Revised Layout Plan

The above plan is now finalised. Inputs and ideas from several residents have been incorporated into the revised plan (thank you folks for your feedback and ideas) and it has now been submitted to MPSJ for their attention.

A hardcopy will be distributed to you this weekend as well as forms for car stickers, etc. Please follow the instructions and timeline carefully as we do not want to inconvenient you when the security operations starts.

We anticipate hiccups and issues to crop up during the implementation stages, as such we would like to seek your kind cooperation and understanding so that the implementation is executed with minimal interruptions.

As for the residents who have not paid yet, please do so to your street leaders. This is crucial as if we are not able to collect sufficient funds, this project will fail. We seek your kind cooperation.

Who is first?

Dear Residents,

This morning, I had an interesting email from Michael Chow, one of our committee members which I am reproducing here...

Dear All,

Break-In Update

I was told by my neighbor (X USJ 11/3M - actual address removed) that their house were broken into yesterday afternoon. When the police arrived to do the investigation, they said that yesterday alone, 6 houses were broken into in our area!
Are these people trying to beat our dateline in setting up the Guarded Community!

BR

Michael Chow

Comment moderation

Dear Residents,

I would like to inform you that I have decided to moderate the comments posted here in this blogsite after getting comments which are not constructive in our committee's view in our attempts to make the security project a reality. So, if you feel strongly about the issues at hand, please come forward as we would like you to contribute alongside us rather than just suggest and full stop! That is such an easy way out...!

As the intention of this blogsite is for our community, I will restrict it to our residents residing here in USJ 11/3. As such, if you wish to post your comments, kindly leave me your contact so that I know who you are and that you actually live in this area. Anyone signing off as anonymous will not be entertained from now on. I believe if you are sincere in wanting to share your concerns, you will at least have the courtesy to leave your us your name and address.

I would like to reiterate that I have left the comments open before, for a reason. To have open and mature discussions that affects our community and I was hoping that as responsible adults, you will leave your details behind so that we know who we are talking to. If you do not wish to reveal who you are, then there is no reason for us to have any discussions at all as it has to be a two way interaction between the parties concerned.

For those who have doubts about the work done by the 20 odd committee members, feel free to get in touch with us and we will address it with you personally on the issues that you may have.

Thank you for your understanding.

Did the victim know she was going to be next?

From The Star

Tuesday September 9, 2008 MYT 4:46:49 PM
Woman stabbed to death by robbers
CHRISTINA TAN


SHAH ALAM: Two armed robbers who stabbed a woman hostage to death were killed in a shootout when a crack police team stormed the house that had been set ablaze by the robbers.

Two other robbers who were outside the house were arrested during the 4.45am incident on Tuesday at the D'Kayangan housing estate here.

The victim and her family members were in the midst of their morning prayers and sahur when the robbers struck.

State CPO Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said the victim, a 41-year-old woman, had slash wounds on her throat and wrist.

“We do not know the exact cause of death yet and will wait for the post mortem report.

“The woman’s husband and two children, aged 18 and 20, escaped unharmed, “ he said.

DCP Khalid said the police recovered a . 32 Smith & Wesson revolver from one of the dead robbers.

The revolver was reported stolen from a senior government officer’s house here on Sept 3.

DCP Khalid said police had to storm the burning house after all negotiation efforts failed.

“We received an emergency call at about 4.45am and a patrol car in the vicinity responded.

“When they reached there they managed to nab two of the robbers and called for backup when they realised there were two armed men in the house holding up the family of four,” he added.

DCP Khalid then led a team to the crime scene and found that the businessman husband and two children had managed to escape.

He said the police asked the robbers to surrender but they refused.

“My men who had taken position at strategic locations saw them causing harm to the victim and saw that they had even set fire to the room where they were.

“When all negotiation efforts failed we had to act fast to try and rescue the victim,” he added.

The crack police team forced their way into the house and in the ensuing shootout killed the two armed robbers. The woman was found slumped on the floor and was bleeding.

She was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.

It is learnt that the victim and her family members were the only family living in the new housing estate.

Collection means commencement!

Dear Residents,

The Committee Members and Street Leaders have started collecting the money from all of you for this security project. We are happy to say that the response have been quite good so far although there were some who wanted more information about the operations before they decided to come on board. Most of the residents were very happy with the security project. With the commencement of the collection, we hope to start the operations by 27 September 2008.

I would like highlight two persons who participated from Street 11/3M. A gentleman and Mr. Chin, in particular. Both owned properties in USJ 11/3 but do not live here. They come occasionally to clean up their property. Both have called us up and made payments to our very surprised Street Leader, Michael! He never thought it would have been possible as he had tried many times in the past to get in touch with them before but gotten nowhere. Anyway, thank you Mr. Chin and the other unidentified gentleman for your kind support.

Now, what about the rest of you who live here? Have you done your part yet? If not, please do so as soon as possible.

Anyway, the Committee met last night (5 September 2008) and made many important decisions related to the procurement of car stickers, plaques, guard houses, boom gates, etc. With that done, the many different procurement tasks will be executed as soon as possible. We will also be deciding on which security company to award the contract to and it will be one from the three quotations that we have obtained from three different security companies.

For your information, the criteria for the selection of the guards are:

1. Professionalism, well trained and English speaking.
2. Preferably Napelese as they are known to be very responsible guards. (Locals may cause other problems).
3. Reliability (company stand point).
4. How long have they established themselves?
5. References.
6. Price - are they reasonable?
7. How well equipped are they?
8. Other considerations, public liability insurance, etc.

We will try to meet the target date set and hopefully have the security up and running by then. Also, once the stickers and the peripherals are all are done, it will be distributed to all of you who have paid. Folks, there is no turning back now! Thanks again for your resounding support!

Please do contact your Street Leaders should you have any queries in the meantime.

Thank you.

URGENT MESSAGE FOR ALL RESIDENTS!

Dear Residents,

Someone is going round collecting money purportedly on behalf of the Committee members. Please do not entertain anyone you cannot identify. We have distributed the leaflet with all the faces of the committee members. Their contacts are also in there. If you are still not sure, please cross check with our blogsite.

All moneys collected will be given a receipt issued by YOUR STREET leaders ONLY! In other words, designated street leaders will only issue the receipt for their streets members/residents. If you choose to give the cheque to the other committee members, they MUST get the receipt from that particular street leader to issue a receipt for you. If you must pay cash, please pay directly to the street leaders and duly ask for your receipt.

There is a young Indian man who is going round the houses asking for less than six months payment but in cash - no cheque. He calls himself "YOGI". There is no such thing as 2 months or whatever. We have written to you formally and we will stick to the plan. If you want to make changes in the payment plan, please do talk to the street leaders concern whom we have identified for you in the leaflet.

If possible please pay us in cheque only for control purposes. Please fellow residents, please careful and be constantly aware of people whom you do not know or may take advantage of the situation.

Thank you for your understanding.

Best Guess-timates!

Dear Residents,

I have had many calls the last couple of days, especially from our fellow committee members who have told me that most residents have requested the breakdown of the cost which we have indicated in our flyers. Because it was very much a Work-In-Progress, we did not want to show the breakdown. But due to overwhelming request, we have decided to show you how we derive the figures for the costing and post this information for you on our blog-site. But please be reminded that we have not finalised anything yet as we are still in information gathering mode. After gathering all the necessary information from suppliers, etc, it will be presented to the entire committee for consideration before any decisions can be made. Anyway, below are the information required:


1. 24x7 Security Guards:

Five (5) guards in morning and five (5) guards at night - well trained, 2 on constant patrol on motorcycle with flashing yellow lights, to patrol throughout the housing area. Security personnel will be equipped with uniform, whistle, baton, torch light, walkie-talkie and clocking system at check points.
Estimated cost - RM17,000 (include 5% government tax)

2. Mild Steel Boom Gates (Gate point 1 & 2)

Estimated cost - RM4,400 (2 nos.)

3. Drums with Mild Steel Pipe Gate (Gate point 3,4 & 5)

Estimated cost - RM4,500 (8 sets)

4. Guard House at Gate 1 & 2 (8' x 6' x 8 1/2' @ RM2,025 per set)
Estimated cost - RM4,500

5. Wiring works to Guard House at Gate 1 & 2 + installation spot light
Estimated cost - RM1,300

We hope you will now have a better idea on how we came about with our estimated cost. Please be informed that, should there be any excess funds, it will be put in a sinking fund to be used in other community projects, such as gathering for all residents during major festivals, etc.

We are also working out the cost of implementing the perimeter fencing project which we hope to carry out by the end of the year but that would very much depend on the the availability of funds.

By the way, the committee members will be meeting again this coming Friday evening to address some of the issues and to move forward with the plans. If you have any concerns or maybe better ideas or suggestion, we would like to invite you to come and meet with us. It will be at Chatters at 9:30 pm on Friday, September 5, 2008.

Thank you.