FreevehiclestickersforZone1Colourcodefor differentareasin SubangJayafor easyidentificationBy LlM CHIAYING "

1\~chiaying@thestar.com.my"TRAFFIC congestion. illegal stick-

ers and the rat menace are themain issues concerning Subang

jaya residents.The residents brought up these

issues at the Subang jaya MunicipalCouncil (MPSJ)jKP Zone 1 MesraRakYatprogramme held at the basket-ball court ofSS17 Subangjaya recent-ly.

SS17policestation officer-in-chargeChief Inspector Sulaiman Baputty,MPSjZone 1 councillor Dr LoiKhengMin. MPSj department representa-tives, and fire and safety departmentpersonnel were also present at thegathering.

Representing Subang jaya assem-blyman Hannah Yeoh was her assist-ant TimothyHo.

jKP Zone 1 safe neighbourhoodhead A. B. Naicker spoke about thevehicle stickers programme for resi-dents staying in. Zone 1. which covers

Wangsa Baiduri and from SS12 toSS19Subangjaya.

ASP Sulaiman said priority wasgiven to safety and policemenhad been stationed at hotspotareas likebanks to prevent snatchthefts.

Naicker said they were wellaware of the traffic problem andthat the jKP had discussed withthe school on possible alterna-tives.

MPSj said the counql wouldcreate extra parking bays in jalan17/2 facing Wisma Consplantsoon to overcome the parkingproblem.

nies for emergencies.Naicker said regular meetings

were held to discuss matters con-cerning residents.

SS17 resident Hing Fook Yongwanted to know what the MPSjwasdoing to curb the rat problem incommercialareas and the uglyadver-tisements and stickers that hadmarred signboards all over theplace.

Dr Loicalled on residents to boy-cott outlets that were unhygienicand said Asia Cafewas closed downwhen MPSj found rats and cock-roaches in the premises.

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received lukewarm response fromthe shopowners," he said.

Naickersaid water from the kitch-en should be channelled into a sewerand not a perimeter drain which isthe source of food for the rats.

"It should be made part of the out-let's licensing rule when MPSjoffic-ers go on inspection before issuing alicence.

A council health officer said they

were tackling the issue withstricter enforcement on premises.

S513 resident Soffian Abdul

Rahman said cars of parentswaiting by the roadside for theirchildren at the Sri KLschool was

causing congestion at theKewajipan roundabout.

"People are stuck at the round-about for a long time due to suchinconsiderate parking and whilethe police have been doing whatthey can there. I hope they willstart issuing summonses to thedrivers," said 50ffian.

Wealsoorganisedagotong-royongattheSS15commercialareabut receivedlukewarmresponsefromtheshopowners.-ORWI KHENGMIN

Naickersaid the stickerswere beingdistributed free to residents for easyidentificationof vehicles.

"The safe neighbourhood pro-gramme started about two yearsagounder then councillorTheresa RatnamThong,

"Lastyear. CIMBcame on board tosponsor our self-defence workshopand this year again. they are sponsor-ing 20.000 vehicle stickers," saidNaicker.

The sticker is indicated by a differ-ent colour for each of the nine areasunder the jKP Zone 1 and containsthe telephone numbers of the police.fire department and utility compa-

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\Important: Naicker (standing) representing the residents in bringing up issues to the local council and police.

MPSJtawarkompaunRM10Kadar istimewa bayaran dalam tempoh dua bulan berakhir 31 Ogos.Oleh Halina Mohd Noorhalina@bharian.com.my

KUALALUMPUR:Majlis Per-bandaran Subang Jaya(MPSJ) menawarkan kadar

istimewa bayaran kompaun seren-dah RMlOdalam tempoh dua bulanberakhir 31 Ogos ini bagi semuasaman kesalahan trafik yang di-lakukan orang ramai dalam kawa-san-pentadbirannya.

Selepas kempen bayaran murahitu tamat, pesalah trafIk yang ma-sih tidak membayar saman berke-naan dikenakan kadar lebih tinggiiaituRM20untuksetiapsamanbagibayaran dilakukan pada minggupertama dan kedua pada Septem-ber, diikuti RM30pada minggu ke-tiga dan keempatbulan sama, RM50jika bayaran dibuat pada Oktober,manakala pada November dan bu-Ian seterusnya dikenakan RM80ba-gi setiap kesalahan berkenaan.

Timbalan Pengarah Perhubu-ngan Awam MPSJ, Azfarizal AbdulRashid, berkata kadar berkenaan .

dikenakan sebagai usaha mengatasitunggakan kompaun yang ditang-gung pibaknya yang kfui berjumlah1,278,388 kompaun dengan nilaiRM100.5juta setakat Jun tahun inL

Beliau berkata, tunggakan saman

POSTERkempen bayaran kompaun kadar sama rata MPSJ.

paling lama yang tidak dibayar pe-salahterbabit dikeluarkanpada 1999.

Kiltanya, seramai 19,205pesalahmemiliki lebih daripada 10 kom-paun dengan seorang daripada me-reka memiliki kompaun tertinggiiaitu 500samano

"Kempen ini diperkenalkan bagimenggalakkan orang ramai mem-bayar kompaun kesalahan trafikmasing-masing dengan kadar lebibrendah iaitu ditawarkan RMlOber-banding kadar sebenar iaitu RM50bagi setiap kesalahan dan ini kem-pen terakhir kami lakukan bagime-.

ringankan beban orang ramaL"Jadi, kami meminta orang ra-

mai yang mempunyai saman ber-kenaan menggunakan sepenuhnyakempen ini bagi menyelesaikankompaun mereka," katanya.

Azfarizalberkata,selepaskempenitu, berkuat kua~a 1 Septemberini,MPSJ akan melaksilnakan pemba-yaran kompaun mengikut dasar 'le-bih lama anda membuattunggakan,lebib banyak perlu dibayar' dengankajiar kompaun akan dinaikkan se-mula k\!padakadar asal.

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Beliau berkata, pihaknya akanmelaksanakan tindakan seCara ag-resif kepada semua pesalah ken-deraan yang gagal menyelesaikankompaun selepas tawaran berkena-an tamat termasuk melaksanakanoperasi mengesandan mengunci .jkenderaan, sebelum menundilnyabagi pesalah yang mempunyaf re:

I kod kesalahan 10kompaun ke atas."Selain itu, kita juga mengambil

tindakan tegas lain termasuk. mem-bawa pesalah trafik ke mahkamahdalam tempoh dua bulan daripada ta-rikh pemfailan kes dan melaksanakanOperasi Waran Tangkap bagi pesalahtrafik yang gaga! hadir sebutan kessaman di Mahkamah Majistret (Mu-nisipa!) Subang Jaya," katanya.

Justeru, orang ramai perlu me-rebut segera peluang tawaran di-sediakan dengan membuat pemba-yaran melalui Kaunter Tetap Maj-lis, Kaunter Pandu Lalu, MesinKiosk Elektronik 24 Jam di MPSJdan Bayaran Kompaun trafIk se-cara On-LineKadKredit.

TRADmONAL cake maker Yap AhHua who lives at O'KiaraApartments in Taman WawasanPusat BandarPuchongclaimsthatshe has been subjected to contin-uous abuse from her next door

;.' neighbours who use abusive lan-guage and taunt her with wolf

:-whistles.Shehas lodged12policereports

, at the Bandar Puteri Puchong'police station since March 28,

2008.Yap, 61, who has been resid-

f ing at the apartment for 12, years,saidhernightmarebegan,. when a group of foreigners in:, their mid-20s and 30s moved

into the apartment three years" ago.

"These men go on making allkinds of sounds and it is loudenough to drive a person up thewall,"said the women who makes"Ang Ku" cakes.

She added that she was unableto sleep at night as the men

,kept on" making so muchnoise.

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by EDWARDR. HENRY week Policemen have twice VlS- ~' :.: WIIJt" '} .!.,' ;[;~."edward@thestar.com.my ited the foreignneighbourswho H.1: . '>!~\'are bachelors but dismissed theissue. '

"At one time a policeman toldme to plug my ears with cottonif I can't bear the noise," Yapsaid.

She had alsocomplainedto themanagement of the apartmentson numerous occassions but themanager was rude and told her tomove out ifshe couldnot bear thenoise.

Yap said she owned the apart-ment while the foreigners wererenting the units.

"Recently,one of them took aphoto of me using his hand-phone while I was on'the lift,"she said.

Kinrara MCA service centrechief OrKow Cheong Wei,who heard about Yap's plight,went over to the O'KiaraApartments to resolve the prob-lem but the foreign tenants atthe apartment refused to openthe door.

"We can't leave this situation as(, "..'it is.Iwilldiscussthe matterwith ' ~

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