Lagoon Homes Club

Makan Around Kota Kemuning - K3K Cafe

2012-03-02T10:33:00.001+08:00

K3K Benta Kaya Cafe is located at the new shop lots area facing opposite our very own Gamuda office. There are 2 rows of shop lots there that facing the roads, and K3K is at the row after Chatime row, located exactly next to a clinic.

So, what is good there?
To me, it is a Old Town / Paparich type of cafe, but offer much more in terms of food and drinks.

Do try their Hakka noodles (spicy / non spicy 2 versions), their fried spring chicken, their special bun, and their special rice (forgot the name hehehe)

And for drinks? If you are coming in the afternoon under the scorching sun, a MUST TRY is their Cucumber with sour plum ....their coffee and other ice blended drinks are recommended too.
(By the way, their free WiFi is super fast ......... )

Hakka Noodles (Spicy version) with Cucmber sour plum juice


Their nasi (forgot the name already sorry)

Makan Around Kota Kemuning

2012-03-02T10:17:00.004+08:00

Dear Lagooners,

Since last year, there are many new shop lots coming up around Kota Kemuning, and as typical Malaysian landscape, a lot more makan place spruced up! Let's share these makan place. You can post about any restaurant, cafe, stall that you tried, where it is (in Kota Kemuning), what is their recommended food/drinks. Let's share this among our Lagooners.

JOM Makan!

(Make sure it is makan place within Kota Kemuning/Bukit Rimau area)

Are you satisfied with our guards?

2012-02-28T23:09:00.001+08:00

After almost 2 years of Hoo-Hahs, and after the forming and re-forming (but now seems defunct anyway) Lagoon Committee to address the guarded and gated issues, finally, like it or not, we got our guards (somehow). And like it or not, more and more houses is starting to pay them for patrolling our area.
So what do you think of them, (most important their patrol services) now that they have been here for more than 6 months ? Are you happy? Satisfied? No choice? Don't care?
Do share you feel about it.
Personally, i feel they have been trying to do their job, and what i like about them is they even patrol consistently our back lanes via motor cycles after midnight. Having said all that, being one of the ex committee members, i still not very comfortable about their origins, and how is their track records. So, even till now, i have not pay them for their patrolling.
Let's just view this issue a bit more neutrally and share your thoughts about it, treat this as a channel to voice (after trying to take action for the past 2 years...... ) Cheers.

Breaking News

2011-12-14T19:48:00.002+08:00

First Robbery attempt then
Break in NOW

MURDER in our Lagoon area
Happens today 14/12/2011 at 6pm Foreign worker found murdered in the TNB power station
Next to the playground at Phase 1

His hands were tighd next against the parameter wall and stabbed to death

It's about time we think about fencing up the area and collectively securing our homes

Market Value

2011-08-16T08:52:00.001+08:00

Mind i ask what is the market value for phase 1 Type A (with many extra)?

Security Concern

2011-08-01T20:30:00.001+08:00

Dear Lagooners

The security issue has been a concern for years and from the 1st time we all moved in. Many meetings many discussions has been placed. Efforts have been made and yet the security concern has yet to be solved or rather broght moving. Lagooners in phase 2 has moved forward to appoint a security company to solve their security concerns. It has been Brought to my attention that many homes have fallen victims to break in and attempts. It is also to my knowledge that a total of 50 homes at phase 2 have signed up with the security company
The security company is now on its efforts to offer security services to phase1. If they can achieve a total of 100 sign ups they can go 24hrs 7days a week. Wehave signed up with a few others and kindly urge all Lagooners who are concern of the safety of their homes, valuable, and loved ones to join in. Why should we use Commitee as an excuse to not register. What happens when something bad happens what does the comitee do in fact what can the commitee do.
I strongly urge and seek the support of our fellow commitee members to join in use this security company for the better of all Lagooners rather than wait further. On the last we meet we were seeking security companies now we have it lets use it.
Why wait!

MPSA, MPP Zone and PPKK Chinese New Year Celebration

2011-02-16T10:00:00.006+08:00

Dear Lagooners,

Please inform friends & neighbours to come celebrate & join in the festivities (Attractions / Performances include Dragon & Lion Dance, Belly Dance plus lots of Food & Lucky Draws) :

Date: Wednesday, 16th February 2011
Time: 7.00pm - 11.00pm
Venue: Kota Kemuning Lakeside

Another Case ... Security Alert!!!

2011-02-15T21:00:00.003+08:00

Dear all lagooners,

Please be alerted. This happened to my car during the very first day of CNY. I believe it was happened in the midnight where all of us was asleep and no many people in the lagoon area as most of them went back to hometown to celebrate CNY.

The car's windscreen was being smashed more than 3 times. I am doubt what was the intention of that person doing this as there were few more cars parking out my house in the same row that time but only this car being smashed. Furthermore the person would have break the side mirror instead if he's in the purpose of stealing.

Regardless of what intention it is, this is not the first case happened...

UNIFI @ Lagoon Homes

2011-01-23T00:12:00.003+08:00

Has any Lagoon Homes resident managed to subscribe the UNIFI successfully?

I have walked in to the TM Point at Menara TM (HQ), but still could not subsribe the UNIFI since the Lagoon Homes roads (Jalan Anggerik Malaxis) is not shown in their system.

Can any Lagoon Homes resident who has UNIFI share about their steps? There is free installation fee for UNIFI (5, 10, 20) from 15 Jan 2011 till 15 Feb 2011 so I would like to catch up this opportunity.

HAVE YOU SUBMITTED YOUR REGISTRATION FORM?

2010-11-21T02:04:00.002+08:00

Short reminder to everyone - please submit your registration form. The response so far is very good, it is getting closer to 100 members. But it is not enough. We need more and we need your support.

The sooner we can finalize this, the earlier we can form our own security.

Please drop your form at Albert's house @51/175. Please help to remind your neighbours to do it.

CHECK YOUR POSTBOX - ITS FROM US

2010-11-12T01:54:00.003+08:00

Further to earlier post, we have printed out the flyers & registration form, put it in plastic cover and delivered it directly to your house. Do not mistook it as another hypermarket or slimming promotion brochures as it is actually from us! As of 12 November 2010 2 am, all houses in 173, 174 & 175 should have received it. 172 is scheduled to receive it by tomorrow night.

The flyer is a notice to everyone for the meeting date and venue and behind it is the persatuan penduduk registration form that we need you to review and fill in if it is of your interest to join.

Some may wonder why do we need to fill in another form as we have done so before. The previous form was more towards a survey form while the current form is our own persatuan registration form. With a majority, we will be able to improvise our area to Guarded or even Gated (if the government or local authority permits). You can register as a member even if you are not interested to have guards in our area. Please check the option box on the form.

So please come to the meeting, please spread the word. To those who are interested, please fill in the form and bring during the meeting. To those who cant come, please pass your form (only if you agree) to your neighbour or road reps.

Hope to see you!

RED ALERT!!! HTH session must happen ASAP!!!

2010-11-04T11:14:00.003+08:00

To all dearest Lagoonners...Hereby I wish to trigger RED ALERT to all of us, our beloved home land in danger stage. Hence is time we really need to move without any further excuses.

HTH Session
Date: 14-Nov-2010
Time: 8pm

Agenda: House to house visit for hiring security company registration.

Objective:
- To know among ourselves & introducing committee members/row representative.
- Register new member to Lagoon Home community / Update contact or new owner etc.
- Explain how selected security company providing their services to us.
- Explain payment method & fund usage (Security & Future enhancement etc)
- Community Fund account transparency - Time-to-time review (how/when?)
- Set security enforcement target start date.

p.s. We had been planing and talking bout this issue for too long already, as some of our committee members had contact with several security company, interview with them & short listed, lets put a bit more effort to make it happen. Is time for us to stay together as one team and achieve our target as one team.

NOTE: THE REASON WHY WE MUST HAD THIS SESSION, NOT ONLY TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES OR SURVEY AT THIS VERY MOMENT. WE ALL KNOW WE NEED TO PAID IN ORDER TO HIRED SECURITY COMPANY TO GUARD OUR BELOVE HOMELAND. WITHOUT ESTABLISH THE RIGHT PROTOCOL HOW WE COLLECT MONEY (NOT 1 OR FEW HOUSES, AT LEAST 100 TO 150 HOUSES) & KNOWING WHY WE PAID THAT MONEY PROPERLY...WE WILL FAIL!!!

Lagoon Public Playground

2010-10-26T03:34:00.002+08:00

These photos was taken last Saturday at the public playground next to Lagoon. As we are all aware of, the playground is open to public access although it is located in Lagoon. We cant say much on this issue as it is pre-decided thing before we moved in; however we need the authority/ies to understand that without proper supervision, the playground will not last long. As we can see we have users driving into the playground and park their cars there. In separate cases, we have the all football field spotlights breakers taken out or perhaps stolen. There are parts of the metal green fence broken for months, teenagers with bikes coming in to hangout/drink alcohols, rubbish thrown everywhere and nobody is taking action on it.

As Lagoon residents, we should be concerned on issues like this as this will effect the quality, safety and harmony of our neighbourhood.

MBSA should come and monitor, police should check this area regularly.

Security Company Presentation & Moving Forward

2010-10-26T01:38:00.002+08:00

On 23rd Oct, our committee members conducted a presentation and Q&A session with a security company to understand and evaluate its capability to perform its duty at our beloved Lagoon. The 1st technical screening was completed and we are now going thru with all other important details before completing and confirmation of selection.

All Lagooners must bear in mind that we need to achieve certain numbers of residents participation in order to make our neighbourhood to a Guarded Community. We have identified a few ways so that the message are relayed to all residents and we sincerely hope that we can have everyone's support to achieve it. November will be a busy month where we are arranging for (1)Security Company Site Inspection (to see and evaluate the security company performance at their current customer base, (2) House to house visit to residents house for registration invitation (3) Flyers, SMS, Phone Calls, E Mails to all residents for registration invitation (4) General Assembly for All Residents to attend Security Briefing and Community Activities. This will be the best time and venue to brief all residents on the security company's scope and responsibility, method of payments, future planning as well as a kickstart to know our neighbours

On behalf of the Committee, I would like to thank PPKK for its support to facilitate our activities as well as plans to provide Banking facilities to accomodate the residents payments in the future. It seems that we have a good planning strategised and we plead to all residents to be actively involved in our implementation.

New Government ruling on Guarded/Gated Community - Effective immediately

2010-09-02T21:14:00.000+08:00

Taken from The Star online, 02/09/2010

New guidelines for gated, guarded housing areas in effect immediately

PUTRAJAYA: New guidelines for gated communities and guarded neighbourhoods will be implemented with immediate effect, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Thursday.
These include a specific height for fences and a permanent guardhouse with security personnel manning the area around the clock for gated communities, while guarded neighbourhoods must ensure that boom gates and guard posts are temporary structures which can be removed if found unsuitable by the local authorities.
However, existing gated communities and guarded neighbourhoods have been exempted from having to follow the guidelines.
"Local authorities will approve the gated community concept by developers or guarded neighbourhoods proposed by residents' associations only if all points stated in the guidelines are met," Muhyiddin told reporters here after chairing the National Council for Local Government meeting.
He added that the guidelines, approved and endorsed by council, were aimed at streamline these facilities.
"The guidelines, however, do not touch on the issue of pricing as this is for the concerned parties to negotiate and decide," he said.
Muhyiddin said it was also important that approval be given by a higher percentage of residents before a guarded neighbourhood could be implemented.
He added that a by-law would later be formulated to allow local authorities to take action against those failing to abide by the guidelines.
In a gated community, all roads and facilities in the gated areas are privately-owned, whereas in guarded neighbourhoods, residents engage security services but the roads and facilities within the area are public infrastructure.
Gated communities and guarded neighbourhoods have sprung up in recent years, especially in urban areas, as a initiative by residents to protect themselves.
However, criticism has been levelled at the security firms employed as they often limit access to the areas.

Join Us! 1 Passion 1 Goal, 1 Lagoon

2010-05-04T08:51:00.005+08:00

Date : 08/05/2010 8.30pm
Location : Lagoon Big Playground.

Sorry to all, due to rushing print out, my mistake forgot to check on the date had confuse some of yours, plus we didn't encounter on first week May Mother Day, so the participations are low. We agree to call again Meeting on this Sunday 16/May/2010 8.30PM

Home Decoration Exhibition (HOMEDEC) 2010

2010-04-29T08:45:00.001+08:00

Exhibition Venue	Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia
Exhibition Date	29 April – 2 May 2010 Admission is free and open to public
Exhibition Time	10am - 8pm
Exhibit Area	Approx. 13,000sqm (Gross Space)
Expected No. of Visitors	90,000
Target Audience	Homeowners, General Public

PPKK-Notice of AGM

2010-04-20T09:30:00.001+08:00

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the 10^th Annual General Meeting of the Persatuan Penduduk Kota Kemuning will be held on Tuesday, 20 April, 2010 at 8.00pm at HerbaLine Beauty Square, 28 Jalan Anggerik Mokara 31/47, Kota Kemuning

A G E N D A

1 To receive and adopt the Minutes of the AGM of 2009

2 To receive and adopt the President’s Report of 2009

3 To receive and adopt the Statement of Accounts ended 31.12.2009

4 Any Other Matters

PPKK Office

2010-04-16T15:45:00.004+08:00

PPKK Office Location

Security Quotation Presentation & Committee RA Meeting

2010-04-14T09:50:00.002+08:00

Security Quotation & Presentation
Date : 16 April 2010
Time : 9pm
Venu : PPKK Office above Kota Kemuning Post Office. (2nd round about beside polis station)
11B, Jalan Anggerik Aranda D31/D

Committee RA Election
Date : 25 April 2010
Time : 8pm
Venu : Lagoon Park Badminton Court(Lagoon Playground/Field area)
if rainning venue will change to PPKK Office above Kota Kemuning Post Office.
11B, Jalan Anggerik Aranda D31/D

Privacy Concern of Contact List Sharing

2010-04-14T09:49:00.000+08:00

Hi Lagooners,

Recently, some of our members had raised a concern as stated in subject and yes, we understood & agree regarding this concern.

Motive of creating & maintain this contact list & share to all lagooners.

Emergency references.
Building up a channel to allow everyone of us to know our neighbors better.
Communities usage (passing information, forming official RA/community, collecting funds (eg, security, fencing), etc.

Summarize of our members concern regarding privacy.

Not everyone like to expose themselves to everyone.
Doesn't wish to receive unnecessary email/call from "someone" or spam.

Solution proposed

Each house row will select a row representative to keep that contact list which content members info for that particular row only.

Reason - we believe most of us will get our left/right/front or back neighbors contact for emergency cases. Hence, we just advice to extend a bit to row wise. Because these are the people you might meet them frequently and they are the nearest helper in case of emergency too.
Concern Control - as now everyone's contacts was maintain by they row reps, if you found out ur information had been use for other purpose, we know who to go after with.
Hence, we strongly advice each house row members to select the most trust-able person to be their row reps.

Like I said, some how our community need a full version of this contact list for community usage only, hence, each row reps will send their version back to central control from time to time. With this approach, hopefully we able to protect everyone's privacy and at the same time, meeting our community needs.

Thanks and Regards
--
Albert Ho

p.s. I might not able to do big thing, but together as 1 team, yes we can!!!

Notice!!!

2010-04-08T08:37:00.005+08:00

Concerns,
Do we have security guard?
Who are these ‘guards’ patrolling around Lagoon Home lately?
Are you curious? Have you been approached by any security companies?

Actions,
Attend this upcoming Lagoon Home Residents Meeting,
“IF”
you care,
you want ‘true security’ for yourself, your loved ones etc.,
you want a harmony living environment, and
you want to be able to identify who your neighbours are and who are the real strangers!
“OR”
Do you prefer to always be the last person asking,
“What’s going on with my residential area?”
“How come I don’t know about this?”
“I have an issue who should I go to?”

It is of Lagoon Home (Temporary) Committee’s concern and thence a note of sincere advice to all its residents, you are strongly NOT recommended to engage with any security companies personally to avoid possible scam and to ensure receiving of value worth and reliable services.
Prior to an official subscription to a security company, it is a MUST to clearly understand the company’s profile and range of services it offers. Legal documentation must be executed rather than verbal agreement or few pieces of paperwork.
The Lagoon Home (Temporary) Committee hereby invites all Lagoon Home residents to attend this urgent meeting for discussion of the above highlighted concerns. You are most welcome and indeed encouraged bringing up any issues that you would like to talk about.

REMEMBER, we all share the same ultimate goal:

“To Live in a Loving, Peaceful, and Healthy Residence!”

Details of Meeting:

Date : 11th April, 2010 (Sunday)
Time : 8pm
Venue : Lagoon Park Badminton Court(Lagoon Playground/Field area)
(3 minutes walking distance, no need drive, easy find)
Agenda :
1) Discussion of security issues
2) Official set up of Lagoon Home Committee
3) Other arising matters

Hope to see you there and together we can make our goal a success!

The Star -Metro

2010-04-07T08:44:00.001+08:00

Tuesday April 6, 2010

Nod for only one gated and guarded scheme

By CHRISTINA LOW

christinalow@thestar.com.my

THE only approved gated and guarded community among the 16 operated by the residents associations in Petaling Jaya is the one from Damansara Jaya.

Another 28 residents associations (RA) which are operating gated and guarded service in Petaling Jaya have not obtained approval from the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ).

The council’s engineering director, Cheremi Tarman, said during a briefing on Sunday that the Damansara Jaya Residents and Owners Association (DJROA) was the only one approved so far.

“The application by DJROA was the only one approved for gated and guarded community out of the 16 applications we received while the 28 other housing areas providing such facilities have not obtained approval from the council.”

Not allowed: The use of oil barrels like in SS2, Petaling Jaya, will have to be removed.

Cheremi said the council had approved DJROA’s application as they had fulfilled the criteria under the term “guarded community”.

“They have 85% of the residents giving consent for the service and the security booths do not obstruct traffic,” said Cheremi during his presentation on guarded community to about 100 residents representing their associations in the city.

With photographs to assist, he pointed out the several gated and guarded community schemes which had guardhouses obstructing the traffic as well as those using oil barrels as gates for backlanes and main roads at night.

“Gated community areas should not hinder vehicles from entering the area by putting up barricades. The local authorities have the right to enter such housing areas at any time of the day,” said Cheremi, adding that this was one of the Selangor Housing Property Board’s guidelines and which MBPJ had been adhering to.

The other guideline is that each security booth should only measure 6m x 8m.

Obstructions classified as critical

· Barriers placed on public roads which cannot be removed;

· Barriers that could affect the current traffic flow in the area;

· Barriers using a pass or an autogate system; and

· Action taken on barriers if the council receives complaints from residents in the area and after investigation had been conducted.

He said in the council’s infrastructure and traffic advisory meeting in December last year, it was agreed that action would be taken on permanent structures while the council would also not take responsibility for the demolition costs or the removal of the barriers. This would have to be borne by the residents.

He went on to enlighten the residents on the Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974 (Act 133) 46 (1)(a) that states that any person who builds, erects, sets up or maintained any wall, fence, rail, post or any accumulation of any substance or any obstruction in any public place shall be guilty of causing an obstruction.

The Road Transport Act 1987 states that any person who places objects across a road that endangers lives will be fined or imprisoned for a term not exceeding six months or both.

All in order: The guardhouse in Damansara Jaya.

MBPJ enforcement and security director Mohd Fauzi Maarop then took over with another presentation on MBPJ’s suggestion to introduce auxiliary police in the city.

Fauzi said application for MBPJ’s auxilliary police was sent to both the Selangor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar as well as the Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan on Feb 26. They hope to have 100 personnel involved.

The application for the RM4.2mil project was turned down on March 22 and the council reapplied again on March 25 and would only know the final outcome in two months.

Fauzi also specified the 15 duties of the auxilliary police officers and why they were needed to keep the city safe.

However, after a repetition of several points and duties, Fauzi’s auxilliary police presentation was the first to be questioned by the residents during the Q&A session.

“You are applying for 100 police bantuan, then you want them to guard the courts and the MPBJ. Then the 100 people would be of no use and the residents are not going to see the use for them.

“As far as I know, police bantuan are meant to assist police where the police cannot get access to residential areas. It is no wonder that the IGP turned down the application. We must get our act together first. There was not enough deliberation before proposing the idea to the IGP,” said a resident from Section 18.

A resident from Kelana Jaya said he too did not agree on the duties that the auxiliary police would be undertaking.

“With only 100 officers in 25 zones in the city, I don’t think they would have time for the residents as they would be busy guarding the courts and escorting VIPs,” said the resident.

Councillor Derek Fernandez who was at the meeting was quick to rebut, stating that the residents had overlooked the main point of the presentation by Fauzi.

“The main reason is protection in the area you are talking about, and all the other areas are subsidiary duties,” said Fernandez, referring to the list mentioned by Fauzi like assisting MBPJ officers in raids, on duty at its free trade zone, escorting VIPs, checking illegal foreign workers and other duties set by the council.

Another resident said his housing area decided to implement only the guarded community concept after reading the problems in setting up a gated and guarded community.

He said for a guarded community. the residents only had to employ guards to make rounds in their housing area.

“Why do we need the consent of so many people when we are not a gated community. I feel that we do not have to have such a clause as long as the residents within the housing area are agreeable to paying the guards each month.

“We are not disturbing anyone, we don’t have boom gates, we don’t have pass cards.”

Fernandez then continued to give his explanation on the gated and guarded community problems faced by the council.

“The problem here is not that MBPJ wants to victimise the RAs. The fact that there are 28 that do not comply with the law and that we have not taken any drastic action shows that we sympathise with their problems,

“We recognise the need of the residents to protect their homes. We have to operate within the law and we feel that the law presently does not allow the barricades and the closure of roads.”

At present he said MPBJ was only taking down barriers in critical areas like those which were causing traffic congestion and the removal of oil barrels that had been said to be a breeding ground for mosquitoes.

DJROA president Yew Cheng Hoe said he was surprised when MBPJ announced the decision at the meeting.

“When we started in 2008, we gave the council, police and the fire stations all our plans, and we will brief them whenever there are any changes,” said Yew when contacted.

He added that crime in the area had reduced from about 35 cases a month to about two now.

Something to share- Secuirty and ROS

2010-04-06T09:47:00.001+08:00

From Kelvin mail.

Guys,,,
Found this on website...may be good as reference:-

I am a proponent of this system having organized quite a few myself and personally seen a drastic drop in the crime rate in the areas it has been formed and implemented correctly, this off course being subjective as what is correct.

You can start off the right way or the wrong way. The list of do’s and don’t,s is very wide but let me try and breach some of it in the few minutes I have to spare. I am not an expert and I am sure more will join in with the necessary advice.

To begin with
1. Call for a meeting among the residents of the area. Do this by way of flyers notifying the date , time and venue and get an attendance list prepared where those present will list their name IC, house address. You will want more house owners than tenants. On the reverse of the flyers list down the crimes and what has happened within your immediate neighborhood, Apathy is an evil. The usual is it did not happen to me, don’t care not my problem, why should we pay etc etc but when they notice what is happening within their doorsteps, you should have a good turnout. Reach out to all in the neighbourhood and don’t make it an exclusive group.

2. Local government is not interested in your problem as it contravenes the Streets and Drainage Act. Local Council will look the other way until it receives a complaint, which there will be quite a few from those not paying, don’t be disheartened.The Local Council requires you to get approval of 75 to 90% approval of residents within the area, if you are going to put up barriers etc and this must be submitted to the MPSJ with the covering letters etc. This will still be illegal at the end of the day but “acceptable” and you most probably will not receive a reply from them, so ensure you have a duplicate copy stamped by them acknowledging receipt of your letter and documents.

3. The police will encourage you as it means less work when there is less crime. They can not endorse you but they will normally support you as a RA when those uncooperative residents go and make reports. I always show the errant ones to the nearest Balai. Join your area Community Policing Scheme, check it out with the Balai. Get emails from the residents and start your own neighbourhood Googlegroup to communicate.

4. When you hire Security guards the going rate is now from RM 3.80 to RM 7.00 depending on the quality of guards and their nationality. This the police are interested to know as Security Companies must be vetted by the Police or your guards might turn out to be your robbers. You must notify the police of this and keep a record. It will come in handy.

5. You must ensure an RA is organized from your 1st meeting, even if it is a Protem Committee. The ROS office is in Shah Alam, Wisma MBSA. Pay them a visit beforehand and get the necessary forms to form the Residents Association. Remember to get a standard Constitution from them. Use this Constitution with barest minimum changes to submit your Committee application. This way you get the fastest approval and then you amend the Constitution to your requirements. In the meantime you can open your bank account with it. If you amend now you will be bogged down with delay after delay so do it later.

6. Remember the RA can collect money to facilitate Security facilities for your neighbourhood, but you cannot force anyone to pay no matter how good a job you think you are doing, and you also can not bar those not paying from entry to the area etc. This is set to change as there are some new guidelines pending in Parliament. Talk about that if and when it happens.

7. Start small. IMPORTANT: NEVER ALLOW THE SECURITY COMPANY TO GO ROUND COLLECTING FEES DIRECTLY FOR THEMSELVES. ALL MONIES MUST BE COLLECTED AND BANKED INTO THE RA ACCOUNTS BEFORE PAYING OUT. IF YOU ALLOW THEM TO COLLECT, YOU WILL BE ON THE ROAD TO FAILURE PRETTY QUICK AS SOONER OR LATER THEY WILL EMPLOY STRONG ARM TACTICS ON ALL OF YOU. YOU WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY TO HIRE AND FIRE FOR NON PERFORMANCE. THIS IS WHY YOU NEED AN RA AND ALSO RT.

8. On the day you intend to hold your first meeting, consider also registering a RT simultaneously. The RT office is on the third floor of the IC Office side OF THE BUILDING in Wisma Persekutuan, Jalan Sultan, Petaling Jaya. The RT empowers you more as far as security is concerned, and you will also get a yearly Grant of RM 4800.00 to maintain it. It is vital you ensure that the RA and RT Committee is one and the same to avoid duplication and unnecessary aggravation. You can also get funds for Community activities from the RT which is under Jabatan Perpaduan. You don’t have to do Patrols to qualify or you can if you want. That’s the new RT.

9. Ok now lets assume you got through the first round of hurdles. Now lets go to the second part. You must be committed, firm but flexible and have a core team appointed during the meeting to assist you. The core team must be Road reps from the various road with a minimum of 2 from each road to form your security committee within the RA or you will not be able to reach out and will be over extended. The drop out rate is also big as the initial enthusiasm wears out when the work begins to manifest itself, that normal human behaviour.

10. When vetting to sign up a Security Company get a Security Operations Manual done. These companies will promise you heaven and hell. Go to sites where they are and monitor yourself privately. Spell out the Do’s and Donts between you and the Security provider in the Operations Manual and it should be comprehensive to cover all aspects including the guards discipline. If you don’t have one call Mr Jeswant singh and request for one 012-3955575. He is a RA Chairman and a pretty efficient one. He made a detailed one.

11. Now the difficult part. Autogate or Manual Boom Bar or nothing. Here I wont advise you but remember you are looking after your neighborhood security and not running an Army Camp. Your flexibility comes here and your difficulties also start here. Resident who are your contributors will initially give you the most problems. You must request them to notify their parents, brothers, sisters in-laws and friends etc that you have employed security personnel to protect your homes, family and property. Everyone expects the guards to know who their relatives etc are and this will develop into contentious issues when the guards stop them. Send out newsletters to the whole neighbourhood notify them of commencement and pitfalls to avoid. Request their cooperation during the startup.

12. Develop a plan of action. Car stickers etc. There is so much to talk and do here. Remember you are trying to provide security and promote unity not divide and rule. Residents will be a little slow to come around but gradually they will do so if you can efficiently run your RA and local security with proper Communication, transparency, perseverance and understanding. You will have a happy and peaceful neighborhood as gradually the residents get used to the system. 14 days should be about it but it will all depend on you and the Committee.

13. There are about 20 points but I am stopping at fifteen. If you hold your first meeting correctly from the beginning, you will have not have much issues when you implement. There will always be someone out to challenge you but if you have the support of the majority Min 70% you should be moving in the right direction. Visit a few areas and study the situation. Security Guards is no Guarantee. The residents must all know their neighbours in front, on the sides and even the back. You must stress this or they will come for you whenever there is a problem. Swecurity gurds are just a deterrent. The take up collection must also be at best minimal. Do you maths. It is always easier to reduce then to ask for an increase.

14. My neighbourhood had a 100% crime free period of 5 years until just recently when 2 cars were stolen from the same house at 3 am. There was a breach and lax in our security which has since been rectified. This is where you must explain to the residents, if everyone comes to the guardhouse and demand entry because they have a relative inside, the robbers will do the same.It is very essential to issue stickers to identify cars.We have a 95% take up rate out of 530 homes and with the excess funds we have done numerous activities, employed 10 gurds, installed CCTV, built a basketball court etc. You can do it also. Our property values have also soared as resident within the area want to live within us.

15. Remember Carry out more neighbourhood unity programmes with excess funds and get to know residents. Not enough funds, Contact YB Hannah office to do a programme within your area. Foster goodwill, gradually more will join in and you will have a better neighbourhood.

Regards
Datuk Samson

L.U.R Campaign - Raise of Lagooners (03/03/2010 to 31/03/2010)

2010-03-03T14:46:00.036+08:00

L.U.R Campaign respond status @ 15/03/2010
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No___[L]eft_______Yo[U]________[R]ight________Date___________Inform L.R
1.____Ivan Lim____Albert________CW Tan________04/03/2010_____Yes
2.____Yong_______Aaron Choo____Danny________04/03/2010_____
3.____N/A _______Kamal________Yap___________04/03/2010_____
4.____Alan_______Chloe_________Karen_________05/03/2010_____

5.____Kouen______Freddie_______Hooi__________11/03/2010_____

6.____Gunalan_____Peter________ChiHwa________12/03/2010_____

7.____Eason Chiang_Siang Heng____Tony__________12/03/2010_____

8.____Ermie_______Shagila_______George________12/03/2010_____

9.____Guna________Alex Tio______James_________13/03/2010_____

10.___Pua_________Alan Foo______Andy & Chloe___15/03/2010_____

11.___Tan_________Razif_________Amali_________15/03/2010

12. Jamau TK Pang Foong 23/03/2010

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Recent Hot Topic on web
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The recent hot topic in our website was security issue in our housing area & who/where/how to hired security service provider to look after our housing area.

Now here is the fact, none of us willing to pay more than RM50 a month to get such services and we all know that the only way to cut down the cost is getting more people.

What is L.U.R Campaign
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We believe that the majority here should know their neighbors already and normally the earliest would be neighbors next door (Left & Right).

So this is exactly what L.U.R Campaign means for, you need to invite your Left neighbor & Right neighbor to join our committee only. So it is [L]eft.yo[U].[R]ight Campaign.

Information that we need
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House No & road, Contact No, e-mail (optional).

Remark
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Please help your neighbors to submit their information in case they seldom come home or does not familiar with internet surfing. We believe these basic information already in most of your hand phone.

We really hope this campaign will success or at least bring a good start for any other act within majority best interest.

Please do a favor for ourselves.

p.s. I might not able to do greats thing, but together as a team yes we can...