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.

Attempted Snatch Theft from a Car

Snatch thieves no longer use motorcycles to commit crimes nowadays. They are now using cars instead.

In a latest attempt on Tueday, two snatch thieves used a multi-purpose vehicle to grab a woman's gold chain. However, the woman narrowly escaped them in Desa Aman Puri, in Kepong.

In the incident which occured at 12.26pm, the footage was captured via a dashboard camera by another motorist. The video that was submitted to Malaysian Crime Awareness Campaign by Lim Kwee Han.

The video showed the woman walking past a stationary car before a man in the front passenger seat pounced on her in attempt to grab her chain.

However, the woman struggled to fend off the attacker and managed to escape.

Civilians are advised to be on constant alert for the car with the number plate, ADN 1555.

Desa Jaya police station official said the woman has yet to make a police report on the case.

He said the victm should make a report at the nearest station to help police in their investiagtion into the crime.

Happy Deepavali 2013

Seeing red over removal of security barriers

Taking action: MBPJ enforcement officers removing the barriers put up along Jalan SS22/41 and Jalan SS22/2 in Damansara Jaya during the operation.

RESIDENTS in SS22, Damansara Jaya are angry after the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) removed barriers in their neighbourhood.

They said MBPJ had acted in a high-handed manner by removing the barriers put up for their security along two roads in the area.

“There was no attempt to discuss the matter or even inform us about the action,” said Damansara Jaya Residents and Owners Association (DJROA) chairman Datuk Yew Cheng Hoe.

He said Damansara Jaya was one of the first neighbourhoods to implement and register its gated-and-guarded scheme with MBPJ.

He said a copy of DJROA’s application to implement the scheme was sent to the mayor’s office in 2008.    Read more  .......

Police seek help to tackle crime with CCTV

DCP Mazlan Lazim showing the ‘Safe Cam’ sign to be posted at premises during a briefing at the police headquarters in Kota Baru. — Bernama

KOTA BARU: Police have sought the cooperation of 20 government and private agencies in the state to tackle crime via closed circuit television (CCTV).

Kelantan deputy police chief Datuk Mazlan Lazim said under the Safe Camprogramme launched last year by the Home Ministry, owners of premises with CCTVs could assist the police by letting them have the recording of crime incidents in their area.

“We called them today for a briefing on the Safe Cam programme before initiating a memorandum of understanding with them on crime prevention.

“Among the advantages of being in the programme is that police will be patrolling their area more frequently,” he said in conjunction with the briefing at the state police contingent headquarters here yesterday.

The Safe Cam programme is an initiative under the 1Aman-United Against Crime campaign listed in the government’s transformation programme to reduce crime. — Bernama