Do not pay for road resurfacing work, public urged

RESIDENTS are urged not to pay money to council-appointed contractors for road resurfacing works.

Petaling Jaya mayor Mohd Azizi Mohd Zain urged residents to lodge a complaint to the council if they encountered such an incident.

“Members of the public do not have to pay anything for such work,” he said.

Councillors had raised the issue of contractors demanding money from the public to resurface the patch between their gate and the road.  Read more ......

Be proactive and report potholes, PJ mayor tells councillors

Petaling Jaya mayor Mohd Azizi Mohd Zain has urged councillors to be proactive in lodging reports on potholes. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, December 25, 2015.

Petaling Jaya councillors have been urged not to wait for complaints from the people on potholes and instead they should take the initiative to inform the engineering department when they see one.   Read more .....

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 ...... 

MBPJ’s RM344mil budget

IN WHAT appears to the largest budget in its history, the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) yesterday agreed to mayor Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman’s proposed RM344mil budget for 2013.

This is to be Roslan’s last budget as Petaling Jaya’s mayor.

It was agreed upon after the councillors felt that the Environmental and Health Department needed extra funds to purchase five roll-on/roll-off lorries as standby waste collection units after residents’ complaints of contractors not fufilling their jobs.

In addition, the current “emergency” funds allocated to expedite council services has been increased by RM3mil to RM7mil.

In terms of social development, active residents’ associations (RA) and Rukun Tetangga (RT) will have their allocations increased — from the current RM3,000 to RM5,000 for RAs, and RM1,000 to RM3,000 for RTs.

RAs and RTs that had successfully instituted Neighbourhood Safety Teams will be given an annual RM5,000 each.       Read more ....    

Voicing their views on MBPJ’s budget

THE meeting rooms at the Petaling Jaya City Council’s (MBPJ) headquarters were a hive of discussion as representatives from different quarters came to give their input on the council’s 2013 budget.

The recent session was attended by representatives from residential associations (RAs) and Rukun Tetanggas (RTs), as well as representatives from MBPJ, including councillors and deputy mayor Puasa Md Taib.

The attendees were divided into four discussion groups, focused on infrastructure, city sanitation, “greening the city” and social development, and moderated by the respective department directors from MBPJ.

“One prime area the budget for 2013 will focus on is the level of sanitation,” said Puasa in his opening address.   Read more ......