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February 25  27, 2011

issue 13

Residents wantundergroundMRT stations

TradersclaimdiscriminaTion

12–13

Windfallfor oavillages

Alvin Yap

sHaH alam:

An election pro-mise to pay compensation to or-mer Kampung Rimba Jaya settlerswhose homes were demolished in2007 will be ullled by the stategovernment.“Te state executive council haddecided that 283 ormer residentswho took the developer to court stillqualiy or the RM7,000 subsidygiven to ex-squatters to buy low costats,” said Iskandar Samad to

Selan- gor Times.

he state executive councillorsaid under the previous administra-tion, any squatter who took theircase to court would be denied thesubsidy.Some 200 amilies attempted todeend their homes by obtaining aninjunction to prevent Shah AlamCity Council (MBSA) rom carry-ing out demolition works.Te court had ruled against themand they lost their right to compen-sation.But Iskandar,whose portolio in-cludes housing, saidthe present adminis-tration eels the or-mer residents shouldnot be urther pun-ished aer being or-cibly evicted and theirdwellings demol-ished.“I will be negotiat-ing with the develop-er together with the Batu iga as-semblyperson Rodziah Ismail to getthe developer to agree to contributeto the subsidy to be paid,” said Is-kandar.Te State through its Housing Board will also assist settlers toidentiy low cost ats to purchase, i all the lats at the developmentoriginally designated or them hadbeen sold.Former residents who do notwish to buy low cost ats would beallowed to receive cash equivalentto the amount o subsidy in order tohelp them to start a new lie.During a press conerence withShah Alam MPKhalid Samad earli-er this month, thesettlers pointed outthat compensationwas long overdue.Khalid had pro-mised to raise theissue with both thestate and in Parlia-ment because com-pensation was im-portant to the ami-lies,He pointed out that some hadailed to secure housing loans, andneeded the RM7,000 to deray thecost in purchasing a low-cost house.But not all the settlers are satis-ed with the amount being ofered.When met on Wednes-day, Hamzah Basir, who was among 15 settlers, said they were not satisedwith the RM7,000 ofer. “I am hoping the state will pay us more,” said the55-year-old carpenter.

Rimba Jayasettlers to getcompensation

283 ormerresidentsthat took thedeveloper tocourt still qualiyor the RM7,000subsidy givento ex-squattersto buy low costats.

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Hamzah Basir: Not satisfedwith the RM7,000 oered by thestate.

Te settlers claimed that Rodzi-ah, who is state lawmaker or thearea, had said that she would at-tempt to get RM15,000 or eachamily.However when contacted by

Se- langor Times

, Rodziah said the statedecided on a “cut-of” amount o RM7,000 as the settlers had difer-ent requests.She said she was aware that somewere unhappy over the amount butthe state could not satisy every-body.Rodziah will be meeting theormer settlers sometime in the nexttwo weeks to explain the state’s deci-sion.

Rimba Jaya settlers still qualiy or subsidy to buy ats.

February 25  27, 2011

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Gan Pei Ling

SUBANG JAYA:

House buyers o serviced apartmentNewgate 21 are pleased to hear that their white knight hassecured court clearance to resume construction on theabandoned project.“We’re grateul to the people who have helped revive theproject,” said Pritpal Singh, chairperson o the house buyers’committee or the 10-year abandoned project in USJ 21.He told

Selangor Times

that developer Sumbangan Lagendais expected to resume construction in mid-March. Tey willhold a press conerence on Sunday to announce the good news.First abandoned by Solarglow in 2000 and later by PinggiranSetia in 2006, Sumbangan Lagenda is the third developer orthe our blocks o 24-storey apartments and a three-storey retailpodium.Pritpal said over 1,300 house buyers have been aected bythe abandoned project. Many are still servicing bank loans ortheir units.Tey expressed hope Sumbangan Lagenda will not let themdown like Pinggiran Setia.Kinrara assemblyperson eresa Kok praised the housebuyers’ committee’s perseverance in looking or new developersto revive the project.“Tis is a long awaited moment. I also hope the developerwill upgrade the apartment’s design because it’s already morethan 10 years old,” the executive councillor said. Out o the1,000 plus units in Newgate 21, almost 90% are sold.Creditor RHB Bank had appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers(PwC) Advisory Services to resolve the abandoned developmentin Dec 2008. Subsequently, Sumbangan Lagenda won the opentender acilitated by PwC to revive the project. In Dec 2010,99.7% o the purchasers also voted and agreed to allowSumbangan Lagenda to rehabilitate the project.Under the rehabilitation scheme, house buyers can chooseto keep or surrender their units back to the developer.hose who choose to keep their units have to pay anadditional 25% o their units’ original purchase price to coverthe escalated costs o construction. Te developer is requiredto complete the project in 30 months ater it resumesconstruction.

Abandonedproject to berevived next month

OA get theirbungalows at last

Basil Foo

SHAH ALAM:

Bungalows promisedto 21 Orang Asli amilies in BukitCerakah were nally handed over to themyesterday aer a our-year delay.“Tere is no point talking about thedelays, we are thankul or the homestoday,” said Mela Aib, who was among therecipients.Selangor Public Accounts Committee(PAC) chairman Lee Kim Sin, who at-tended the ceremony, said the bungalowsshould have been built and delivered tothe amilies in March 2007.“Tis is our second visit to this 110.5hectare project, in which 16.2 hectareswere allocated as hous-ing development orthe Orang Asli,” saidLee, who is also theKajang assemblyper-son.He said when thecommittee rst visitedtwo years ago, the de-velopment had notbeen completed despitea privatisation agree-ment between the stateand the developerssigned in 1999.According to theagreement, all develop-ments should have beenhanded over to the Orang Asli by May 2007 but only30 terrace houses werecompleted during PAC’srst visit.Te homes are part o the compensation prom-ised to the community.In addition to the bun-galows, they were promisedlow cost ats, terrace homesand shops lots whichshould have also been com-pleted our years agoTe other amilies whowere promised homes werele in the lurch and someresorted to building make-shi homes in the nearbyagricultural park.“Our visit today is to ensure thepromised developments will be ul-lled without urther delay,” he said.A total o 30 medium and 23 lowcost ats, along with two shop lots haveyet to be built.Lee added that public amenitiesincluding a surau, kindergarten andrecreational acilities were also missing.Lee said PAC will advise the currentstate administration against similarprivatisation projects which are un-protable.He said the previous state adminis-tration had signed o on 40 suchprojects rom 2006 but so ar onlyeight have been completed.Te projects were supposed to gen-erate RM270 million or the state butto date the state had only got RM29million rom them.

16 CCTVs to curb crime in Klang

KLANG:

Closed-circuit televisioncameras (CCVs) have been installedin the town and suburbs here in a bid tocurb crime and maintain public order.A total o 16 installed CCVs,sponsored by the Housing and LocalGovernment Ministry, were handedover to the police and the Klang Municipal Council (MPK) yesterday.he CCVs were placed in areassuch as Jalan engku Kelana and Bukitinggi.“We hope this will make the publicmore considerate. Beore you litter orpark illegally think again because youmight be caught on camera,” said MPKpresident Datuk Mislan ugiu. w o M P Kenorcement ofcerswill be stationed atthe local council’scontrol centre whilea 24-hour helplinewill be set up to takecomplaints andqueries rom thepublic concerning trafc and crime.Mislan believesthe CCVs will helpcurb illegal parking and vandalism aswell as assist theauthorities incatching snatchthieves, illegalt r a d e r s a n dlitterbugs.MPK could also assist the policewith their operations during traiccongestion and road accidents.When asked i the CCVs violatethe public’s privacy, Mislan said they areinstalled in public locations so it shouldnot be an issue.“he cameras are not installed inprivate places like washrooms or bed-rooms…Many developed cities likeLondon and Shanghai have CCVs inpublic places to help reduce crime andmonitor trafc conditions as well,” hesaid.Mislan added that the Selangorgovernment has also approved 60 moreCCVs or the local council.Starting today, Klang residents cancall the municipal council’s toll-reehelpline at 1800-88-23826 or 03-33714404 to ask about trafc conditions orlodge public complaints.Under the Housing and Local Gov-ernment Ministry’s programme, closeto 500 CCV cameras, costing RM59.8million, are being installed nationwideto curb crime and monitor trafc.Besides MPK, six other local coun-cils in Selangor have also received thecameras under the ministry’s pro-gramme.Contractor GC Global is respon-sible or the CCV cameras’ installa-tion, maintenance and providing training or the police and localcouncils’ ofcers to operate theCCVs rom the control centres.Te 16 cameras are installed inthe locations listed below:Jalan Raya Barateluk PulaiJalan engku KelanaJalan Pos BaruJalan Raja HassanLorong Gopeng Klang ParadeBandar Baru Klang aman Eng AnnJalan Datuk Yuso ShahbudinJalan Sg Jatiaman SentosaBayu PerdanaBukit inggi

Lee: Public amenities missing.Mela Aib: One of the recipients.