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 ...... 

First woman mayor will fulfil her duties the best she can

MALAYSIA has a woman mayor — the first in the country. Her name is Datin Paduka Alinah Ahmad and she will take over the helm as Petaling Jaya mayor as of Jan 1, 2013.

Alinah will replace former mayor Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman, who will assume duties as the deputy state secretary.

The first question StarMetro asked Alinah, who is currently Selangor Singular Real Property Housing Board chief executive officer, was how does it feel to be Malaysia’s first woman mayor?

“This is very important to me and I shall do my best to deliver. That is my main objective,” said Alinah, 63, who is busy clearing her work schedule as CEO until end of December.

She thanked the Selangor state government for giving her the honorific appointment.

Yes, she is the first woman mayor in Malaysia, but that does not make her special, she said.

“Yes, I am a lady, but I still have to prove that I can perform my mayoral duties.”   Read more ..........    

Petaling Jaya set to get Malaysia’s first woman mayor on Jan 1

PETALING JAYA: The Selangor Government has appointed Selangor Singular Real Property Housing Board chief executive officer Datin Paduka Alinah Ahmad (pic) as Petaling Jaya mayor effective Jan 1.

She will be the country's first female mayor.

“I believe her vast administrative experience at state and federal levels will make her an effective mayor,” said Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim who announced the appointment after chairing the weekly exco meeting.

Alinah will replace Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman who has been appointed deputy state secretary (development).   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 ......