Security guard robbed

SS20
Last week, one of the guards manning the boom gate at Jalan SS20/1 in the Northern Zone was robbed of RM500.00 by 2 Malay guys on a motorbike.

SS2
At about 11am on Monday, June 25, a young man crossing the road in front of MacDonald's in SS2 had his gold chain snatched by Malay guys who came on 3 motorbikes. The one on the middle motorbike did the snatching.

Snatch theft incident at TTDI

June 27
Snatch theft incident at Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad 1, TTDI opposite Alliance Bank at  around 10 am.

Chinese man had part of his gold chain snatched, the other half dropped inside his shirt. Suspect Malay guys using 3 motorbikes, Yamaha 125Z. One of the motorbikes was black in colour, using false number plate.

2,000 former detainees could be roaming the streets of Selangor

PETALING JAYA: With the repeal of emergency and preventive detention laws there could be as many as 2,000 former detainees roaming free in Selangor, Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam said.

The sharp rise in crimes in Selangor recently could be attributed to this, said Ramon, who is the Selangor chapter adviser of Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation.

He said there had been an obvious surge in serious crime cases in Selangor despite statistics showing a decline in the overall crime index.

“In Selangor, about 2,000 detainees were released when the laws were repealed,” Ramon said.  Read more ...... 

Thieves resurfacing in neighbouring TTDI

Recent incidents in TTDI, reported by TTDI residents

June 21

A friend almost became snatch theft victim in ttdi in front of the esso station. 2 guys on a bike was pulling on her bag till she fell. She screamed continuously and one of them got off the bike to attack her. Lucky another friend was passing by in a car saw, stopped and started honking continuously. We heard it from across the street and ran towards her and they gave up and left . This is about 200m from the police station

June 22

Last Friday, around 2pm I saw a very unsuspecting smartly dressed Chinese male walking along Jalan Helmi 10 side lane. As he was in office attire, I thought he was just another innocent guy walking . After few minutes later, he tried to break in neighbor’s car that was parked at side lane near Jalan Helmi 9. I and my son shouted to get neighbors’ attention and he ran away. I
immediately informed Balai TTDI just to get them to do some work. Within five minutes few policemen were dispatched to the scene to get clearer description of the guy. Initially, I thought this thief must have left TTDI and no way police could find him and maybe the police just doing ‘some formality’ to pay a visit because I alerted them. Without realizing, in about 15minutes more than 10 policemen dropped by at the scene and ensued to search for this guy and many
of them were in plainclothes. Soon after, while we neighbors still chatting of what had happened earlier, we were so surprised that a police came and informed that the guy has been caught! Later the police informed that this car thief confessed that he has been doing this job nearly 7 years! Lesson learnt; just call the police to do ‘some work’ even if you think that they can’t do much. Kudos Polis TTDI!                    

Townhall meeting with Tony Pua

At the meeting to address the concerns of residents were YB Tony Pua, Councillor Ir. Lee Suet Sen, Special Assistant to Dr. Cheah, Mr. Robert Tan and MBPJ Public Complaints Director, Tengku Nazaruddin.

Among the various issues brought up by the residents were concerns of G&G communities, insufficient parking bays, maintenance of roads, drains, collection of garden refuse, etc.

Briefly: 

1) Issues like maintenance of roads, drains and other similar concerns will be attended to promptly while other more complicated matters will be studied further to identify the most suitable action.

2) G&G community - Tony Pua explained that every 'taman' is unique in its layout and requirement of the community and requested residents to come to a compromise regarding any disagreement over blocking of roads. 

3) Haphazard parking/insufficient parking bays around DSH - To address the problem, Tony Pua is agreeable to the proposal of the construction of a multi-storey car park at Jalan SS20/10 provided it has the support of the residents.

Councillor Ir. Lee giving a few words to start the meeting

Tony Pua briefing SS20 residents on what he has done in parliament

Concerns of G&G community, request for MP to meet SS20 residents at least once a year and Councillor to meet residents once every 6 months

Wants field at Central Zone to be gazetted as a playground

Concerned with congested road, Jalan SS20/10 in front of hospital.

How healthy is our national economy?

Concerned with telecommunication tower on top of the reservoir

Foreigners 'invading' field in the Southern Zone, request  for community hall to be built at former sewerage land next to Wisma TA ....

Replant trees  chopped down by Glomac at Jalan Damansara, build retaining walls to prevent soil erosion ....

Garden refuse not collected

Many abandoned vehicles in SS20, pedestrian bridges not maintained

Look at the possibility of relocating road exit onto LDP at Jalan SS20/1 in front of residents' homes, haphazard parking  at Jalan SS20/11 and  area  surrounding DSH

TNB cable being stretched tautly and dangerously at Jalan SS20/6 ..

SS20 RT Chairman, Puan Eileen Thong requesting space at Jalan SS20/10 (Northern Zone) in front of residents' homes (opposite TTDI Bomba) to be gazetted as a  green lung 

More signage to be put up at TTDI interchange to ease congestion

Congested : There is a daily jam at the new TTDI tunnel near Bandar Utama going towards the LDP highway.

Traffic is expected to flow better when more signage is put up at the new Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI) Interchange on the Damansara-Puchong Highway (LDP), said Lingkaran Trans Kota (Litrak).
Litrak’s head of communications Shah Rizal Mohamed Fawzi said congestion would be minimised when motorists became more accustomed to the new traffic scheme.

He was commenting on feedback from motorists who found themselves caught up in the congestion after the TTDI underpass.

From observation, traffic flow has improved at the TTDI Interchange that replaced the traffic lights at the junction.   Read more ...... 

TTDI right turn may reopen

Motorists have to endure the daily congestion along Jalan Damansara Utama.

THE right turn from the Taman Tun Dr Ismail interchange that leads to Damansara Utama may be reopened soon.

The Malaysian Highway Authority and Lingkaran Trans Kota (Litrak) has agreed to reopen the right turn in a meeting last Thursday pending Petaling Jaya City Council's (MBPJ)'s approval.

Litrak communication head Shah Rizal Mohamed Fauzi confirmed  meeting with MBPJ engineering department director Cheremi Tarman.

He said Litrak was told that the new plan would be submitted to the council's infrastructure committee for approval.  Read more .......  

Air Pollutant Index

API for Sunday, 17 June 2012 from the Department of Environment, Malaysia

0-50 = Good
51-100 = Moderate
101-200 = Unhealthy
201-300 = Very unhealthy
> 301 = Hazardous

State	Area	7am	11am	5pm
Selangor	Banting	96*	87*	79*
Selangor	Kuala Selangor	113*	110*	109*
Selangor	Pelabuhan Kelang	139*	127*	114*
Selangor	Petaling Jaya	110*	102*	90*
Selangor	Shah Alam	125*	116*	103*
Wilayah Persekutuan	Batu Muda,Kuala     Lumpur	108*	99*	86*
Wilayah Persekutuan	Cheras,Kuala Lumpur	106*	98*	88*
Wilayah Persekutuan	Labuan	51*	53*	58c
Wilayah Persekutuan	Putrajaya	85*	80*	72*

* denotes fine dust

Know your councillor

The Selangor Time - June 15-17 2012

First time councillor Lee Suet Sen aims to address traffic snarls in his zone by coordinating monitoring efforts by the MBPJ.  

The councillor for Zone 9, which includes Damansara Kim, SS19 and SS17A, says residents are far from happy with construction works along Jalan Damansara.

He says the ongoing development along the boundary separating PJ and KL bogs down traffic heading onto the LDP.

"We are getting MBPJ Engineering Dept to do a study on how to alleviate the problem", says the 42-year old civil engineer.

The PJ mayor has also called for a meeting between the council and the developers, which he hopes will be held in a month's time.

Lee, who has his own business and attends to council matters in his free time, says the most challenging aspect of being a councillor is following up on plans.

"Small or big matter, we must have consistent follow-up. We need to have a culture of making things happen," he stresses.

He gives an example of how a collapsed riverbank in Damansara Bistari was not promptly addressed which he blames on unresponsive government depts.

The councillor says his own organisation, which has many ideas to improve traffic and landscaping, has to work harder to put thoughts into action.

Lee operates from his service centre at the basement level of Menara MBPJ but he also keeps in touch with the public mostly through phone and email.

"I also meet them at RA meetings. In fact, we are having a town hall meeting on June 21 at the SS20/26 basketball court at 8:30pm", he says.

Despite his hectic schedule, the father of four still finds time for sports and reading.

Northern Zone Residents' Meeting

Mr. Wong, Chairman of the Northern Zone security committee discussing on issues to be brought up at the townhall meeting with the MP, YB Tony Pua and State assemblyman, Dr. Cheah Wing Yin this coming Thursday, 21 June, 2012.

Wedding Celebration

SS20 residents organised breakfast this morning at the cabin in the Central Zone to mark the marriage of Police Officer Sharil. Dato Koh, Chairman of the Central Zone Security Committee, presented a wedding gift to Sharil and his wife on behalf of all the residents.

Puan Eileen (in red blouse) with (L to R) Kpl Azmi and wife, Kpl Zahrein's wife and son, Sharil and wife

Sharil and wife (seated). Mr. Chung, Robert and Kpl Zahrein (standing)

Our generous Mr. Leong who always sponsor breakfast and chinese tea at the cabin

Mrs. Leong and her Japanese neighbour

Dato' Koh presenting gift to Sharil and wife

David, our cabin manager and Kpl Azmi

Kpl Azmi's wife, Dr. Joe and Selina

Kpl Zahrein's wife and son

Members of the Community Policing Team

Townhall Meeting in SS20

Townhall meeting with PJ Utara MP, YB Tony Pua and Damansara Utama State Assemblyman, Dr. Cheah Wing Yin at SS20, Petaling Jaya.

Date :    Thursday, 21 June 2012
Time :    8:30 pm
Venue : Basketball Court at SS20 Northern Zone, 
               Jalan SS20/26, Damansara Utama, PJ

Website to rate car park safety

KUALA LUMPUR: A local women's media channel, VenusBuzz.com, is urging Malaysians to start rating the safety of car parks in selected shopping malls around the Klang Valley in efforts of heightening awareness on crime "hotspots" specifically targeting single women drivers.

The VenusBuzz CARing Project is an initiative by online women's media channel VenusBuzz.com.

It was initiated last year after realising that not much was being done to make public spaces safe for women since  incidences such as the murder of Canny Ong in 2003.

Last week, a girl was kidnapped from the parking lot of The Curve but managed to escape without harm.  

Actress Lina Teoh was harassed on the road and had her car attacked by men on motorcycles.  Read more ....