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Alas das:al' Uu, AJam\Plom, svn-rikat pengm'usan sisa-sisrt j)epejalyrmg ted)8:::m'(li lVlnbysb telah me-ilgamhil pelbag;;i pendekatan untukmernillimllmlmn pembuangan sisapepejal deng::U1uwnggalaldmn pe-ngasingan bahan huangan.

Alam FlO1(akini mengorak lalliZ-kah dl~ngan\ mengadal.an kerja-sama dengan~;:ontraktor pengu-rnsan sisa pE'pejal dahun nwn-ja1anbm pellyelidjkandan pem..hangnnan (R&D) 11lengenai kae-dah kompos dan pr,ogram kitarsenmb eli sehuah pusat R&D.

Pusa! R&D il.u iilen~'ecliakan la-tihml bel'terusan kepada pillaky:mg bennillat dahun lUEjningkat-kan pengetahuan mengellai earnpengUl'Usan sisa pepejal denganbetul di samping menggalakkanpengeluanm kompos dad sisa-sisa 'orgallik.

Sebin itu, ia menggalakkan pe-ngasing:m hahan buangan di pun-ea dan mempl'omosikan usaha-sama dengan konmniti setempatnntuk meningkatkan aktiviti kitar,senmla.

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PUSAT R&D Alam Flora menyediakan latihan pengasingan bahan buangan kepada masyarakat setempat.

dirikan di No. 83D,JalanBatu 3,Off Jalan 8ireh, Klang menawar-l'-an aktiviti pengkomposan, kitarsemula, menuai hl\jan dan pi'Og-ram latihal1elankesedaran.

Pengkomposan aelalahproses dimana sisa org:mik seperti bahanhW.l!l; "Hl nwlmnan, k(-'..tas, dedaul1

dipecahkan secara biologi oleh or-ganisma mikro seperti bakterladan mikrob unl.uk menjadi bahanberguna seperl.i baja elan gas.

Kajian mendapati sebanyak 50peratus daripada sampah yang di-lupuskan eli tapak pelupusan aela-lall tfc'rdif'i.dnripada sisa organili:.

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Sementara itu, kitm- senmlaaclalah penting kerana ia men-jimatkan tenaga clan sumber, me-ngurangkan pencemaran clan me-nyeeliakan bahan 111entah unl.ukmenghasilkan procluk barn.

Selain iill, pusat tersebut juga cli-lengkapi del1gantimgki bersaiz 2,000liter lmtllk menyimpan air hujanlmtuk kegunaan aktiviti kompos,pembersihan pusat dan sebagainya.

Program lal.ihan clan kesedaranjuga dititikberatkan di pusat te1'-sebul. kemna ia merupakan satusl.rategi efektif untuk mengurang-kan penjanaan sHmpah.

Pusal. tersebut akan menyedia-kan langkah demi langkah bagai-mana untuk memulakan aktivitikompos clan mel1jalankan projekkitar semula kOI11Uniti.

Latihan tersebut bo1eh mening-katkan kefaharmm clan penglibatanorang ramm da1ampengurnsan s;uu-pal1yang betul ck'll1mesra alml1.

Bagi mereka yang berminat me-nyertai program latihan dan ke-sedaran eli Pusat R&D bolehmenghubungi Alam Flora elitalial1bebas tal: Ku800-880-880, e-mel:feedback@alamflora.com.nlY at3ukhidmHt pesanan ringkas (SMS):ALA1V[(jaral,) pesal1an clan hantm'ke ::~331O.

PemilikkondobuntuJubinlantairosak,silingbocorPUCHONG - Tidak seind3.hnamanya, pemilik kondorni-nium The Heron Residency,Bandar Buldt Puchong dekatsini buntu memikirkan pelbagaimasalah yang dihadapi merekaselepas membeli unit rumall ber-harga antara RM170,OOOhinggaRM235,OOOitu enanl tallun lalu.

Difahamkan,lebih 30 peratusdaripada 299 pemilik berdepanmasalah kerosal<an jubin lan-tal selain siling mengalami ke-bocoran.

Sinar Harian din1aklumkanaduan berhubung perkara itu su-dah diajukan kepada pemaju clanpihaleberkuasa tempatan namunmenyedihkan tiada sebarangtindaleandiambil.

Dakwa pendudulc, pe-maju melalul surat bertarilch 23Disember tahtm lalu mendakwapemilihan dan pemasangan ju-bin mereka mengikut spesifika-si seperti praktis pembinaan in-dustri

Dengan memberi alasantempoh: tanggungan kecacatan'(DLP) sudah tanlat pada )anuari2009 seperti I11anaterkandtmgdalam Perjanjian )ual BeliRunlah(SNP) pillak itu, dal(Wa pen-dudule turut dilillat seolah-olahtidak mahu mengambillangkahpembailcan terhadap aduan yangdisalurkan.

Melalul surat dikeluarkanMajlls Perbandaran Subang )aya(MPSj) pula, pendudulcdifaham-l<an permasalahan timbul tidakberkaitan dengan DLP sebalilc-nya ia berkaitan dengan kegagal-an bangtman atau kemungkinan

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sebahagian daripada bangtman(kemasan lantai) ketika dibina.

MPS) dalam surat tersebutmemaklumkan permasalahanterjadi berkemungkinan daripa-da kualiti jubin inlport yang ti-dale sekata dan terdapat kualitijubin tal1apsederhana yang me-ngembang apabila cuaca panasselain fal:tor keadaan pemasang-an jubin yang terlalu rapat.

Pihak berkuasa tempat-an (PBT) itu turut mengarah-kan pemaju bertanggungjawabmelalcsanalean kerja-kerja pem-bailcan jubin dengan mematuhipiawaian termasulc undang-un-dang binaan yang sewajarnya.

Bagaimanapun, sejakbebera-pa surat peringatan dikeluarkankepada pemaju bertarikh 16 )un2010, sehingga kini pendudukmemaklurnkan tiada sebarangtindakan dian1bil pemaju ber-hubung perkara itu.

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PENGERUSl )awatankuasa Pen-gurusan Bersama (JMB) kondo-minium itu, Mohamad Nor AbuBakar berkata, unit rumah berke-naan dibeli pada tahun. 2005 se-belum mula diduduld dua tahunselepas itu.

"Baru tiga tahun menghunikondominium ini, pelbagaimasa-lahmula timbuldanmengundangketidakselesaan penghuni di sini

")ubin lantai rumah meletupdan terkopaledi ruang tamu, bililetidur, dapm' dan lain-lain tempattanpa diketahui puncanya;'kata-nya yang memaldurnkan kejadianjubin nleletup mula berlai-'lIpada)ulai2008.

Mohamad Nor berkata, adu-an pernah dibuat kepada MPS)dan pihak itu ada datang me-lawat, melakukan pemeriksaandan mengarahkan pemaju men-

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jalankan kerja-kerja pembaikannamun tiada sebarang maldum-balas tindalean dilihat sehinggakini.

"Penghmu dilanda ke-binlbangan, mereka mendai-wasekiranya meletup bunyinya ma-cam mercun dan menakutkan.

"ltu belmn lagi mengenai ba-haya apabila jubin lantai ill.!pe-cah dan menjadi bersegi-segi ser-ta berbucu tajanl;1,atanya ketil,amenunjuldcan beberapa rumahyang menghadapi masalah samadi situ.

Katanya lagi, ada penghlmiterpalesa membuat bailcpulihsendiri kerana bimbang risilmkeselamatan anak-anak yang be-rada dalam rumah apabila jubinmula meletup dan pecah.

"Kalau sildt sah.aja yang me-letup mungkin mereka bolehmembaikinya sendiri, tetapi ba-gainlana seldranya hampir se-bahagian besar jubin dalam ru-mall rosal(.

"Walaupun tiada kecederaandilaporkan -sehingga kini nmUlU1tindakan perlu diambil dengansegera;'katanya_-

Selain masalah jubin meletup,Mohamad Nor berkata, kira-kira20 unit tingkat atas menghadapimasalah kebocor~ll air dari si-ling.

"Memanglah sekarang ini airhanya melutik dari tempat yangboeor tetapi sekiranya tidak di-baiki dil,huatiri alcan meniadi

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pancutan air terjun pula kelak"[(alau hendak baiki sendi-

ri memang memerlul"an kosyang tinggi;'kat.myayang m"m-beritahu ada pengllluu turutmengalanu kebocoran tandasdan sebagainya eli unit rumahyang dibeli. .

Kata Mohamad Nor lagi,ke-retal,an turut 'menghiasi' kondo-minium dibeli dan iaboleh dilihatdi dalam dan di luar rumah.

"Macam-macmn masalall clirumah ini meskiptU1barn bebe-rapa tahun menghmunya.

"Saya minta pihak pemajusupaya selesaikml segera masa-lah ini dan PBT dapat membantusama;'katanya.

Seorang pendudulc, ChongKok Wall, 34,yang ditemui Sinal'Harian berkata, kos hampirRM7,OOOuntuk membaikpulihjubin yang rosak menyebabkaildia tel'paksa tinggaldalam rumallitu tanra membail;inya.

Katanya,dia terpaksa berialanperlahan-Iahan di atas jubin un-tuk mengelaldam mengalami ke-cederaan berilmtml l;eadaan iu-bin l'Osakyang memballayakan.

"Kalau malam memang tidakboleh berjalan dalam rumah jikatidale memasang lampu keranabimbang terlanggar iubin yangtertanggal.

"I'Jasib bail, saya tinggal se-orang, kalau dengan anak-analek.ecil dan sebagainya memangmembahayakan~ katanya.

~e~ha~!sm won'tjeopardise bumiputras/(~~ \- \ 4, {::s .THE recent announcementof an automatic commiteeheadedbytheStateHousing,BuildingreleasemechanismforbumiputI'a1andquota by Management and Squatters committee chair-Selangor government will not jeopardise the man IskandarAbdulSamad.The resultswill bebumiputracommunity. . outin14workingdays.

Thenew rulingstatesthe automaticreleaseof Therefore,developerscannotsellthe bumipu-bumiputra land quotaswill onlybe given after tra quotaswithout regardastheywillbeanswer-on-sitedevelopmenthas reached50%,75%and able to the state government It is only auto-loo%completion. maticifthere isno replyfromthem.

However,developerswill still have to apply Thismechanismwas decidedon after severalthrough the SelangorHousingand RealEstate discussionsbetween SelangorMentriBesarTanBoard. Sri KhalidIbrahimand exco members with the

Ifthe developersdidnotget an answerwithin RealEstateand HousingDevelopersAssodation.. seven working days, the automatic release of Samad said several parties have questioned

permittedpercentagewillbeenforced. . themformakingthedecisionwithoutconsultingThe amount released for 50%completionis NGOsthat upholdthe welfareof bumiputrasas

20%ofthe balancequotawhilefor75%and 100% they are alsoaffectedbythe decision.completionis 30%ofthe balancequota. He said the state government has always

If developers failed to sell their bumiputra lookedinto the welfareof bumiputrasand theirquotas within six months after obtaining the opinions have never been pushed aside. Hecertificateof fitness(CF),they can apply for the stressed the new mechanism was decided onrelease of all bumiputra quotas from a spedal after considering all parties involved.

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Dry taps againEssential: Zuraini Ramly,43, has to get water from her sister's place.

No supply at apartment since last TuesdayBy THO XIN YIthoxinyi@thestar.com.my

f NSETILED water billsamounting to over... RM300,OOO have left Kenanga

Apartments residents in Taman PutraPerdana, Puchong with no water supply sincelast Tuesday.

According to the residents, the main pipenear the entrance to the apartments was dis-connected by Syarikat Bekalan Air SelangorSdn Bhd (Syabas).

A letter from Syabas dated Feb 21 was dis-played on the notice board to urge the man-agement company, LT Bhd, to pay up thearrears within 14 days to avoid water cut.

The amount owed by each unit was alsoshowed on the board. Only 75 out of 820 unitshave no outstanding balance while a few havearrears between RM3,OOOand RM4,000.

There was also one unit which owed close toRM5,OOO.

Resictent Jenny Chai, 27, said their watersupply was disconnected for the third timesince 2008.

The purchasing executive said her family of-fiv~11a!to eat out, shower at a friend's place

and send their clothes to a laundrette.''This is the problem between the manage-

ment firm and Syabas but the residents aremade the victims," she said.

S. lnderadevi felt that the disconnection wasunfair as those who had paid their bills punc-tually were also punished.

''The management company should onlytarget those who did not pay. Why isn't therea solution since this is not a new problem?How long more do we have to suffer?" thehousewife, 42, said.

The residents said they had to spend extra I

money on mineral water f(i)rboth consump- Ition and dailyusage. I

A homemaker, who wished to be known as ,Siow, said her family forked out about RM30 "for water and RMlO for laundry services.

"We have been having a lot of instant noo-dles these few days," she said.

On the reason for refusing to pay the waterbills, a resident who only wanted to be identi-fied as Van,said her bi-monthly billof RM250 \,was unreasonable.

"When we complained it is too expensivefor a family of two adults and six children, themanagement company simply asked us toappeal," she said.

Chai hoped that Syabas, the managementcompany and the residents association couldorganise a meeting with the residents to sortthings out.

"Eventually, we hope that we can apply forindividual meters, rather than having to payunder the bulk meter system," she said.

The plight was also faced by residents from II

apartments nearby,as highlightedin StarMetrolast Saturday.

The residents of Ruvena Villa Apartments II

had been living without water supply for twoweeks because of arrears amounting toRM390,000.

Syabas corporate communicate executivedirector Abdul Halem Mat Som had said watersupply would be reconnected within an hour ifthe management firm could settle 50% of thedebt.

He also said no water tankers were provided.as it would not help in recouping the arrears.

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