PJU Health Campaign 2013

You are invited to the Petaling Jaya Utara Health Campaign 2013 on Sunday, 8 December 2013.

PJ council invites feedback on changes of Draft Plan

RESIDENTS are invited to give feedback on the proposed changes to the Petaling Jaya Local Draft Plan 1 (RTPJ1) and Local Draft Plan 2 (RTPJ2). They can do so at the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) headquarters in Jalan Yong Shook Lin.

MBPJ has made amendments to the RTPJ 1 (second amendment) and RTPJ 2 (first amendment).

“These changes are done based on public suggestions and comments during our workshops with them,” said Petaling Jaya mayor Datin Paduka Alinah Ahmad.

She said during the full board meeting that the changes were necessary in view of MBPJ’s future transportation and development plans.

Changes in the RTPJ 1 include one light rail transit (LRT) station in Taman Jaya, which is made as part of MBPJ’s Transit plans (Zon Perancangan Transit) for 2014.

In RTPJ 2, 21 plots of land have been earmarked for a change in land status.

The affected plots include state land, recreational reserve land and public space.

In addition, there will be six changes involving public transport services.

Mass rapid transit (MRT) stations include the one at 1Utama, The Curve, Dataran Sunway and PJU5.

Other train stations include the Ara Damansara LRT station and the Setia Jaya commuter station.

Residents can view the full plans at Menara MBPJ from now until end of the year.

Clean up to fight dengue

PETALING Jaya City councillors are urged to organise regular gotong-royong sessions in their area as a way to battle the increase in dengue cases this year.

Between January and Nov 18, a total of 2,067 dengue cases were recorded by Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ).

Sixty areas in Petaling Jaya have been identified as dengue outbreak areas, with nine areas marked as “out of control.”

“Our initiatives of fogging and larvaciding will not help bring down the numbers if the public do not do their part as well,” said mayor Datin Paduka Alinah Ahmad.

She said during the council’s full board meeting that in most dengue cases, the source was found in the victim’s home and not in the surrounding area.   Read more ...... 

Security alert - house break-in

Friday, 22 Nov 2013, 10:19am
House break-in at Jalan SS20/14.

Intruder in a black MYVI was going round Central Zone 15 minutes before he broke into the house at Jalan SS20/14. He appeared to be a young man, slim, wore a dark shirt with stripes and black pants, like an office worker.

He parked his car in front of the house, forced open the gate, then went back into his car and drove off. A few minutes later, parked his car further away and walked to the house. Seemed to have operated alone.

Police were alerted about half an hour after the intruder left the house.

Missing metal drain covers

Keep a close eye on the metal drain cover outside your house. Most of the covers have been stolen at Jalan SS20/21 last week and some at Jalan SS20/13, leaving gaping holes.

Security update from police - 14 Nov 2013

3 criminal cases reported last week.

1. House break-in at Jalan SS20/13.
House owner was away for 2 weeks leaving tell tale signs of an unoccupied house - accumulated mail and lights left on 24 hours.

2. Car break-in at Jalan SS20/10 and Jalan SS20/11. In both cases, the window of the cars were smashed and laptops were stolen.

Robbery at handphone shop

KLANG: A video footage showing two parang-wielding men robbing a handphone shop in Bandar Puteri, Klang, here has gone viral on social media sites.

The 1.42-minute video recording from the shop’s CCTV showed the men threatening a female worker with parang before ransacking the store.

Midway through the video, a customer is seen walking into the store and fleeing immediately upon seeing the robbers.

Suresh Kalyenannan, 25, who is the store owner’s brother, uploaded the video at 2am yesterday to warn the public about the robbers.

He said the thieves even snatched a gold chain from the neck of the frightened shop assistant.

“They left scratches and red marks on Ana’s (the shop assistant) neck,” he said yesterday.

He added that a barber next door came to Ana’s aid when she heard her screaming but the robbers had already fled the scene by then.

“She is still shaken by the entire incident,” he said.

The two suspects had allegedly entered the store on the pretext of buying top-up phone cards.

The owner lost more than RM1,000 in the robbery.

The video was first shared on the Malaysian Crime Prevention Foun­dation (MCPF) Facebook page before being uploaded on YouTube.

The video on MCPF’s page received more than a hundred comments con­demning the act while some called for the police to act immediately.

South Klang police chief Asst Comm Mohamad Mat Yusop said police were currently studying the CCTV footage.

“We have launched a manhunt for the suspects,” he said.

Armed with info to fight crime

THE Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) has embarked on a pilot project called the Electronic Sector or better known as (E-Sector) to help combat crime in Petaling Jaya neighbourhoods.

The project will see 24 police personnel gathering information from about 14,000 residents living in SS20, SS21 and SS22 Damansara.

Damansara police station OCS Mohd Isa Abdullah explained the details of the project to the residents recently.

He said the police would collect details such as residents’ identity card number, their vehicle registration, number of occupants in a house, and other relevant details.

He said the information gathered would be fed into an electronic system managed by the police.

The project involves three police officers put in charge of a residential zone, with the same officers conducting frequent checks in the area.

Mohd Isa said the E-Sector project would help the police to foster better ties with members of the community as well.     read more ,,,,,, 

Use of styrofoam to be phased out

THE Petaling Jaya City Council plans to ban the use of styrofoam food containers in stages starting from January next year.

To start with, operators at foodcourts managed by the council will be encouraged to use bio-degradable food containers.

The move is part of the council’s aim to become a low-carbon city.

The Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) Health and Environment Department director Dr Chitra Devi N. Vadivellu said styrofoam food containers were detrimental to both humans and the environment.

“Besides being said to be cancer causing, styrofoam that end up at the landfill are also slow to degrade,” she said.   .... read more .........

Coffee Morning - 9 Nov 2013

Coffee morning organized by RA SS20 Central Zone at the Community Policing Cabin at Jalan SS20/14 which was attended by residents from all 3 zones. Breakfast was sponsored by some of the residents.

Wanted by the police

Police are on the lookout for 4 Chinese men in a white Mercedes with the number plate WRN 1618. 

They are suspected to be involved in house break-ins and are armed with parangs. 

If you spot this car going round in SS20, please alert the police. They may also come in cars like the Toyota Camry or Toyota Vellfire.

Dengue cases spike due to current wet weather

PETALING JAYA: Dengue cases went up by 19% the past week to 1,680 cases compared to the previous week (1,408) - the highest recorded over 10 years - mainly due to the wet weather.
Selangor registered the largest increase with 1,142 cases (272 cases the previous week).
The cumulative total of reported cases of dengue fever nationwide from January to Oct 26 is 28,707 cases, a 58% increase from the same period last year (17,847), the Health Ministry said in a statement.
It noted that Selangor saw a significant upswing in cases since June, with 323 of the 408 current outbreak areas found in the state.
Out of the outbreak areas, 54 were identified as high-risk hotspots - 26 in the Petaling district, 19 in Hulu Langat, eight in Gombak and one in Sepang.    read more ..... 

Dengue prevention in the home

1. Tip out water from things like flower pot bases, plastic containers or tin cans. .

2. Store anything that can hold water undercover or in a dry place, including tyres, gardening equipment, toys, pails.

3. Throw out any rubbish lying around your garden like leaves in gutters, fallen palm fronds and unused containers or tyres.