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yang baik dan mudah dise-but sebaik sahaja anak me-reka dilahirkan bagi men-gundang maksud namanyamendatangkan keraguan.

Abli MaJlis PerbandaranSubang Jaya (MPSJ), MohdNasir Yusof ketika meras-mikan Majlis Akikah danBerkbatan Beramai-ramai

I Anak Warga MPSJ di Kuar-ters Pennata Sari dekat sini

I berkata, kebailyakan ibubapa kini suka memanggilanak qengan nama singka-tan sehingga menimbu1kanmaksud yang berbez;a den-gan nama diberi.

"Saya beri contoh adafuu bapa memberi nama

. anak mereka Muhamad

dan seperti diketahui iabennaksud Yang Terpujinamun ada di antara fuu

I bapa yang hanya menggu-I nakan nama panggilan se-Iperti Mamat yang maks-I udnya adalah mati.. "Perkara ini boleh di-lelakkanjika nama anak ti-dak diberi dengan terlalupanjang dan sukar disebut,"katanya ketika berucap da-lam program itu.

Nasir berkata,anak-anak adalab anugerah Al-lah perlu dibertpendidikan

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akhlaksemPWTIa supaya iamembesar menjadi orangyang b'~(glUla.

'M~:r,)J.angakikah dan se-bagafuya adalah tuiltutanmalah aOO beberapa per-kara lain yang adalah sun-nah Rasulullah untuk dila-kukan oleh ibu dan bapa.

"Misalnya aktiviti cukQrjambulbayi selepas tujuhhari ia adalah sunah dila-

kukan nabi tetapi ramaiorang sekarang sayang un-tuk mencukur rambutanak-anak mereka," ka-tanya lagi.

Malah kata Nasir, beliau

juga kecewa apabila aOO Imasyarakat kini sering 00-rasa malu untuk menyata-

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jumlah anak yang ramai."Kalau orang dulu-dulu,

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. . Yeohsaid .the group may be small, but they said.should not be neglected. "I urge the Subang Yeohwas. speaking at a Christmas luncheonJaya Municipal Council to pr6videa dedicated at SunwayI'yJ;amid attended by 37 disabledvehicle for disabled individuals. Contributions people. Each.receIved a RM80Jusco shoppingfrom corporate sPo

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Presidennya,Omar Osman berkata, CUE-PACSmenerima aduan hampir setiap hariberhubung kebimbangan kakitangan kon-trak yang tidak disambung perkhidmatanitu dan kebanyakan mereka kini semakin Itertekan dan terhimpit dengan keadaan Itidak pasti berkenaan.

"Setakat ini sahaja, kami terima aduandaripada kira-kira200 pekerja kontrak Ma- .jIis Tindakan pelancongan Negeri... atasalasan bajet tidak mencukupi, dan kamianggarkanjumlah itu akan meningkat.

"CUEPACS merayu supaya kerajaanmempertimbangkan semula rancanganun-tukmenamatkan perkhidmatan kakitanganterbabit demi masa depan mereka;' katabeIiau kepada pemberita selepas menutupKursus Bola Tampar Peringkat Negeri Se-langor di sini hari ini.

Omar berkata, kebanyakan pekerja kon-trak terIibat merangkumi golongan mudaberusia antara 25 hingga 30' tahun dansudah berumah tangga.

"pekerja kontrak yang dilantik melaluiSuruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam (SPA),tidak menghadapiniasalah kontrak m:erekadilanjutkan;' katanya yang menambah ter-dapat kira-kira 60,000 kakitangan awamkontrak di negara ini. - BERNAMA

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I Guess~ng game as more:roads In PJ are closedI Barriers cancost lives inan emergency

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Df'S: RIVINGin Petaling Jaya at

night has become a guessing. , . ' 'game for motorists unfamiiiar

with the areas as boomgates arelowered and oil barrels are rolledouto the roads to block access to theneighbourhood.

These obstructions have been set -up by residentsassodations through-out the city in the hope of curbingcrime and allowing residents to feelsafer in their own homes.

These associations have to firstsend in appliCations to the PetalingJaya City Council (MBPJ) beforeapprovalis given for them to begin. .

work on their gated' and guardedsecurity scheme.

Once permission is given. secu-rity guards are employed andaccess roads are cordoned off asassemblymen and councillorsvisit the area to launch thescheme.

Unfortunately,those not living inthe area but who have to use theroads are caught in the middle andhave to endure all kinds of obstaclesto find their way arourld.

In many places, neighbourhoodsthat used to have up to five accessroads are almost completely cut off.with only one accessibIe,<l.t'anyonetime.

At the points where access isallowed. security guards are postedand. most of the time. they just wavedrivers through.

However. there is some attemptto stop motorists to record theirparticulars and find out why theywant to enter an area and whothey are visiting.

VVhydo they need to ask suchquestions, and do they even have aright to do so? After all. the cI(:cesspoints are public roads.

There have also been complaintsfrom some residents who do notsubscribe to their security schemes.claiming that the security guardsmade it harder for them to enter

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All dayloog: In many neighbourhoods. the roads are only closed late at night but this neighbourhood inTarnan l\,1egahhas created a permanent barrier on the road.

their oWn neighbourhoods.Several guards admitted to giving

non-members of the scheme a hardtil11ebut said they had no choice asthey Were merely following theinstructions given by the residentsassociation.

Some <l.lsosaid they had be~nyelled at by irate motorists whokicked up a storm when they foundout that the roads had beenblocked.

"We try our best to explain thesituation but they do not understandthat we have no choice but to listentowhat we are told t(}do," ,a guardwho wished to remai11anonymoussaid.

Crime may be rampant in the dtybut to simply set up a boom gate andpadlockit at midnight.without the --

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ASTHEsituation seems to be gettinga little out of hand, the Petaling JayaCity Council (MBPJ) will have toengage the Housing and LocalGovernment Ministry to rectify com-plicationsarising from the conceptof gated and guarded communities.

"It is a difficult issue," said PetalingJaya mayor Datuk Mohamad RoslanSakiman.

"Selangor has drawn .up a set ofguidelines for those who want toturn their housing estates into gated~ndguarded communities, but, eventhe!1,we have received strong voicesfrom two opposing sides."

lie stressed that it was still illegalto put up barriers obstructing accessto public roads under the Street,Drainage and Building Act.

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munities leads to a number of com-plications.

"For instance, motorists may notbe able to file insurance claims foraccidents happening at these barri-caded roads as insurance companieswill try to say they are no longerpublic roads.

"Roads with barriers will definite-ly be a nuisance for rescue units intimes of emergency.

"Who is going to bear the respon-sibility if something untoward hap-

pens in that situation?" he askedafter launchingthe.MBPJAerobicWorkout Programme recently atDataran petalingJaya.

He said while the concept wasintroduced and deemed necessaryby certain.quarters to bring downcrime rates, legalising the movewould involve amending the lawwhich could only be done inParliament.

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try.Meanwhile, the council has also

introduced community policing toreduce the need to cordon off hous-ing estates while the council's trafficenforcement officers would also bedeployed to patrol high-risk areas.

The MBPJ Aerobic WorkoutProgramme, attended by 400 par-ticipants from the' council .and resi-dents associations, would be made amonthly affair starting next year.

Rosl,!n said schools and' collegeswould be invited to take part in theprogramme,to create a healthynationand at the samBtime makegooduseofthefield I

Asked about plans in store for thecoming year, he said they had to be :tabled at the fullboard meeting first Ibut the focuswould be on inculcat- I

ing a clean culture throughout the Icity through the CleanZonecompe-tition.

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slightest regard to an emergency inthe wee hours, is selfish and couldlead to untoward incidents.

We were told that only certainguards and residents on the securitycommittees hold keys to the pad-locks on the boom gates.

Ambulance drivers who are notfamiliar with the area. may findthemselves late in attending toapatient because. even with the bestGPS device money can buy, he wouldnot be able to get to a house on timeas the nearest access could beblocked off.

Fire department corporate tom-munications head Momi Mamat said

blocking off access to housing areascould slow down theTesponse timeof fire trucks trying to reach thescene of an incident

"In the event ofa fire 'or anyother emergency, an extra 10 min-utes can make a lot of differenceand could even result in the loss oflives.

"Furthermore, when we take alonger time to arrive; people saythat we are not efficient," Mornisaid.

He also said some of the back-lanes meant foifire trucksand emer-gency vehicles have been closed offby residents associations.

"We understand that residentsneed security but they should alsoconsider the safety aspect." hesaid.

There have also been numerouscomplaints from residents who donot subscribe. to their respectivesecurity schemes, claiming thatsecuritYguards were takingit out onthem.

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High security measures: At one spot in Damansara Jaya, the residents have barricaded the road with oildrums and also installed agate to prevent people from using the road.

At present certain areas like SS2.Taman Megah Mas, DamansaraUtama, Damansara jaya, KampungTunku and Bandar Utama nave fullfledged gated and guarded securityschemes.

Some of the areas have begunclosing off certain access roadsround-the-clock while others havedifferent operational hours, the mostcommon being between 11pm and6am the following day.

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Looking for it: A sign on this boom gate in Taman Megah informsmotorists to find 'Gate I' to enter the neighbourhood.

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