SuataduanketikaHariMesra-Rakyat°J!t:tUSJ - Penduduk di bawah pentadbiran Majlis orang ramai dan bersama memikirkan cara me-Perbandaran Subang Jaya (MIISJ)yang mem- nyelesaikannya.punyai sebarang masalah dan pertanyaan ke- Ditanya adakah publisiti meluas diberi-pada Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) kan untuk program itu, beliau menjelaskan, se-masing-masing, boleh berbuat demikian dengan takat ini 16 kain rentang sudah diletakkan se-mengunjungi Hari Mesra Rakyat pada Jumaat kitar kawasannya untuk tujuan pemberitahuanpertama setiap bulan. kepada penduduk setempat.

ProgramHari MesraRakyat itudiadakanber- Sementaraitu, ADUN SubangJaya, Hannahmula jam 9pagi hingga 12tengah hari bertujuan Yeohberkata,beliauakancubameluangkanmasa!TIemberipeluang kepada masyarakat setempat pada Jumaat pertama setiapbulan bagi bersama-menyuarakan aduan, pandangan dan pendapat sarnasemua PengarahJabatan MPSJ mendengarmereka mengenai masalah yang dihadapi secara aduan penduduk.terus kepada wakil rakyat berkenaan. "Hari ini merupakan hari pertama kita me-

Yang Dipertua MPSJ, Datuk Adnan Md nyertai Program Mesra Rakyat MPSJ dan se-Ikhsan berkata, pihaknya memberi ruang ke- kiranya berkes~m,pasti saya akan meneruskanpada masyarakat untuk bertemu wakil rakyat usaha dan cadangan YDP.mereka dengan lebih dekat, di samping meng- "Penglibatan ADUN terhadap Hari Mesraadukan masalah. Rakyat juga sebagai satu lagi inisiatif pusat per-

Katanya, ia dapat memberi peluang ke- khidmatan selainyang sediaada di kawasan ma-pada ADUN berkongsi masalah yang dihadapi sing-masing,"katanya.

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BuataduanketikaHariMesra'Rakyat°J!t:r:USJ -Penduduk di bawah pentadbiran Majlis orang ramai dan bersama memikirkan cara me-Perbandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ) yang mem- nyelesaikannya.punyai sebarang masalah dan pertanyaan ke- Ditanya adakah publisiti meluas diberi-pada Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) kan untuk program itu, beliau menjelaskan, se-masing-masing, boleh berbuat demikian dengan takat ini 16 kain rentang sudah diletakkan se-mengunjungi Hari Mesra Rakyat pada Jumaat kitar kawasannya untuk tujuan pemberitahuanpertama setiap bulan. kepada penduduk setempat.

ProgramHari MesraRakyat itudiadakanber- Sementaraitu, ADUN SubangJaya, Hannahmula jam 9pagi hingga 12tengah hari bertujuan Yeohberkata,beliauakancubameluangkanmasa!TIemberipeluang kepada masyarakat setempat pada Jumaat pertama setiapbulan bagi bersama-menyuarakan aduan, pandangan dan pendapat sarnasemua PengarahJabatan MPSJ mendengarmereka mengenai masalah yang dihadapi secara aduan penduduk.terus kepada wakil rakyat berkenaan. "Hari ini merupakan hari pertama kita me-

Yang Dipertua MPSJ, Datuk Adnan Md nyertai Program Mesra Rakyat MPSJ dan se-Ikhsan berkata, pihaknya memberi ruang ke- kiranya berkes:;m,pasti saya akan meneruskanpada masyarakat untuk bertemu wakil rakyat usaha dan cadangan YDP.mereka dengan lebih dekat, di samping meng- "Penglibatan ADUN terhadap Hari Mesraadukan masalah. Rakyat juga sebagai satu lagi inisiatif pusat per-

Katanya, ia dapat memberi peluang ke- khidmatan selainyang sediaada di kawasan ma-pada ADUN berkongsi masalah yang dihadapi sing-masing," katanya.

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ShahA/am,KualaLumpur,?etalinglaya, Damansara, l.embah Pantai,5egambut, Subang laya, Gombak, 5e/ayang,Ampang, Cheras,Wangsa Maju dan kawasan sekitar.Hubungiskuad(aknakamiuntuk mengal<tifkankomuniti anda.

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JemaahbimbangsurauruntuhImam SurauAsy-Syakirin,AbdullahSakirAhmad berkata,kejadiantanah tebingsungai itu runtuhberlaku dua minggusebelum ini, namun iadikatakan semakin

meruncing sejakhujanlebat tiga hari lalu.

. NURFARHANA ABDULMANAN

SERDANG-JemaahsurauAsy-Syakirin di Taman Muhibbabdi sini melahirkankeblmbang-an mereka berilnJtan kejadi-an tanah runtuh yang berlakukurang lima meter daripadabangunan surau tersebut se-jak duaminggu lalu.

Menurut mereka, akibattebing batu yang runtuh itu,bangunansuraujuga dikatakanretaksetiapkali pergerakanta-nabberlaku. ,

ImamSurauAsy-Syakirin,AbdullahSakirAhmadberkata,kejadiantanahtebingsungaiitu

runtuhberlakuduamingguse-belum Ini, namunia dikatakansemakinmeruncingsejakhu-jan lebattiga liari lalu.

Katanya,berikutankejadl-anitu, diatidak dapattidurlenadi rurnabsetiapkali hujanme-landa kawasanterbabit padawa1.1uawal pagi, keranabim-bangkeadaansurauyang ha-nya beberapametersabajaba-kal runtuh ke dalamsungai.

"Jika ditunggu lagi, sayayakin keadaanakan,bertambahburukkeranasehinggakini, ta-paksurauini hanyabergantungkepadabinaanlongkang yangsebahagiannyasudahruntuh.

"Sayasudahmengutarakanperkaraini kepadapihakMajlisPerbandaran Subang Jaya(MPSJJd<mJabatanpengairandan Saliran (JPS),namu!\ma-sih tiada tindakan susulandi,ambil," katanya.

Menurut Sakir,pihakuyadimaklumkan tindakanmem-paiki semula tebing runtuhitu hanyaaka!\diambil dalammasaduaminggu lagi.

Je1asbeliaulagi,dalammasa

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duaminggulalu,pergerakanta-nahberlalmmenyebabkantanahterhakis sedikit demi sedikit,apatab lagi mabu menlmggudua minggu lagi untuktindak-anmembaikitebing.

"Perkara ini sudab pastimembimbangkanjemaah ke-ranakeadaanhujan lebatber-lakusejakakhir-akhir i!\i bolehme!\gakibatkanapasahajaber-laku padabi!~Tbilal11asa.

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daa mengalir ke dalam SungaiPati Liat," jelasnya ketika di-temui Sinor Harlan, semalam.

Menurut Sakir, buat ,se-mentara waktu dia bersatna be-berapa abli jawatallkuasa suraume1etakkan kain kanvas untuk

mengelakkan lebih banyak ta-nab terhakis dan jatuh ke da-lam sungai.

"Kamijuga risau keselamat-an kanak-kanak dan orang de'wasa kerana tiada penghadangyang memisahkan sl\Dgai de-

ngan kawasan l~ang."Justem, jerniJah bethan\p

kerajaan yang memimpin rakyatsekarang nuun padang melihatpennasalahan ini kerana ia ke-mudahan unnllcsemuapendudUkIslam di sini," tegasnya.

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Pusatkawalan((TV di setiapPBTakanditambahtt~QSHAHALAM-Polis Selangorbercadang rnenambah pusatkawalail karnera litar tertutup(CCTV} di seluruh kawasanpihak berkuat kuasa ternpatan(PBT}secara berperingkat

Ketua Polis Selangor,Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar ber-kata, PBT disarankan rneng-adakan perbincangan bersamaKetua Polis Daerah bagi rne-ngenal pasti lokasi dan kawa-san strategik memerlukanCCTV di pasang di kawasan mereka.

Setakat ini, katanya, sebuah pusat .

telah beroperasi di Subang Jaya dancadangan penambahan akan dilakukansecara berperingkat sehingga memenuhimatlamat satu pusat kawalan bagi sernuaPBT seluruh negeri ini tercapai.

"Pusat tersebut juga akan beroperasi24 jam dan pemantauan akan dilaku-kan anggota kita di setiap bilik gerak-an di kawasan PBT terbabit," katanyapada sidangmediaselepastamatMajlis

bagitujuanpencegahanjenayah~kita berharap usaha inidapatdirealisasikan," katanya.

Terdahulu, Khalid bersamatimbalannya, Datuk JamshahMustapha,KetuaTrafikPasukan,'BukitArnan, DatukHamza Taibdan 16 pegawai kanan PDRMKontinjen Selangor menerimalesen memandu pasukan yangdisempurnakan oleh KomandanMaktab Teknik PDRM, MuarJohor, DatukZakaria Yusofse-.

Jepas tamat Kursus Asas MenunggangMotosikal Berat, Pegawai Kanan (KhasPDRM}. .

Kursus 10 hari berakhir semalamrnendedahkan peserta kepada teknik pe-manduan dan tunggangan selamat selainrnenjadikanplatform sarnarnendekatkanpolis dengan rnasyarakat menerusi peng-edaran risalah pencegahanjenayah di 10-kasi terbabit termasuklah Morib, KualaSelangor, Kuala Kubu Bharu, Sepang,Hulu Selangor dan Sabak Bemam.

IIPusat tersebut juga akanberoperasi 24 jam danpemantauan akan dilakLikananggota kita di setiap bilikgerakan di kawasan PBTterbabit"

KetuaPolisSelangor,DatukKhalidAbuBakar

Penutupan Kursus Asas MenunggangMotosikalBerat Pegawai Kanan (Khas}Polis DiRaja Malaysia (PDRM}, se-malam.

Khalid berkata, pendekatan tersebutdiambilsebagai respons kepada cadang-anbekas Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri DrMohamadKhirToyo yang mahukan 60CCTV dipasang di beberapalokasi stra-tegik melibatkan seluruh kawasan PBTdi negeri jtu awal 2008lalu.

"Kita mengalu-alukan cadangan ter-sdbut untuk menambah jumlah CCTV

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'ALA LUMPUR4April- Kong-res Kesatuan PekeIja- PekeIja Dalam Per-khidmatanAwam (COOPACS)tetap dengankeputusan memboikot sambutan Rari Pe-keIja pada Mei ini selagi pihak kerajaantidak memanggil untuk merundingkan limatuntutan yang tertangguh sekian lama.

Presidennya, Omar Osman berkata, kaliterakhir mereka bertemu Perdana Menteri,Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi pada 7Januari lalu dan sehingga hari ini masihtidak mendapat sebarang jawapan positif.

Menurut beliau, tindakan membisu ke-rajaan terhadap tuntutan COOPACS ituibarat'mencur3h air di daun keladi'.

"Berikutan pertemuan COOPACS de-ngan Perdana Menteri itu, kita tidak tahuapakah kedudukan kelima-lima tuntutanitu kerana tiada tindakan dilakukan terha-dapnya melainkan dalam perhatian s3ha-ja," katanya ketika dihubungi Utusan Ma-lavsia di sini hari ini.

.Omar berkata demikian ketika dimintamengulas apakah CUEPACS tidak lagimengekalkan amalan berunding dan ber-tolak ansur dalam membuat tuntutanterhadap kerajaan.

Beliau memberit3hu, tuntutan terseblltbukan baru dilakukan tetapi seb3hagiandaripadanya tel3h dibincang dan dikemuka-kan kepada kerajaan sejak dua t3hun lalu.

Beliau menjelaskan, tuntutan honorari-um RM2.000 telah dikemukakan kepada

kerajaan September t3hun lalu, 1mbuhanTetap Perum3han pada 2005, pelanjutanumur persaraan dari 55 kepada 60 tahundikemukakan pada tahun 2006.

Ditanya dakwaan beberapa.pihak yangmengatakan tuntutan CUEPACS itu tidakkena pada masanya, beliau menegaskan,tuntutan CUEPACS tidakmengira musimsebelumatau selepas pilihan raya, tetapisecara berterusan demi menjaga kebaji-kan kakitangan awam seramai 1.2 juta.

Jelas beliau, kerajaan yang memberijawapan 'dalam perhatian' kepada tuntu-tan COOPACS itu bukan jalan penyelesa-ian, tetapi memberi gambaran bahawatuntutan-tuntutan itu tidak diambil seriusoleh kerajaan.

"CUEPACS tidak mengambil peluang

membuat tuntutan tersebut di atas kega-galan kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN)mendapatkan dua pertiga kerusi pada pili-han raya lalu.

"Pada kami kerajaan BN masih mantapdan kerana itu beIjaya meneruskan ke-pimpinan negara hari ini," ujamya.

PeIjuangan COOPACS,jelas Omar, ber-landaskan prinsip menegakkan keadilanuntuk hak pekeIja dan bukan menyatakan'ya', tetapi pekeIja tidak puas hati danseterusnya menimbulkan suasana tegang.

Dalam pada itu,katanya, CUEPACS ti-dak menafikan ada seseteng3h pihak yangtidak menyokong peIjuangan mereka, teta-pi pada masa yang sama mendapat ganja-ran berlipat kali ganda berikutan kenaikangaji kakitangan sektor awam t3hun lalu.

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FT Ministry agrees toholdmore conferencesOpposition MPswill be invited togive their feeback

By YIP. YOKE TENG andCHRISTINA LOWm"tro!~thestar.conl.m'

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. istry has agreed to hold fre-quent round table conferences

with the 10 opposition MPs to dis-cuss and bring up local issues con-cerning their constituencies withthe relevant local authorities.

"The conferences will be a plat-form for them to voice out theirviews, concerns and issues," FederalTerritories Minister Datuk Zul-hasnan Rafique said after a closeddoor meeting held with the opposi-tion MPs yesterday.

The MPs were also told to beready for the round table conferenceand they have agreed to be present.

"We started the round tablemeetings in November last year.

"We want to make this a platformfor all the MPs to have meetingsapart from the Parliament sessions,"Zulhasnan said.

Earlier, the MPs had only request-ed for a meeting with the mayoruntil Zulhasnan called for theclosed-door session.

During the two-hour meeting,Zulhasnan said they discussed therelationship between the FederalTerritories and its three local

authorities to give a clearer pictureof the three entities to the MPs.

The MPs were also told that theycould directly contact their respec-tive local authorities through e-

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mails and letters and they wereassured of a response within threedays.

Zulhasnan said many of the MPsbrouzht up local issues during themeeting but he asked them to saveit forApril17as the two-hour meet-ing was not enough and the MPshad agreed.

"It was a good meeting,everyonegave their views and feedback.

''This is a relationship that needsto be strengthened so that thepeople can be taken care of andtheir needs givenpriority.

"If the parliamentary session ison, then we will not hold the roundtable conferences," Zulhasnan

added.Zulhasnan also assured the public

that constituencies won by theOpposition would not be discrimi-nated against.

"IT comes under the FederalGovernment and, once all the MPsbehave professionally, I don't seethe reason why we cannot run theministry and make sure all theissues raised are solved in a profes-sional manner," Zulhasnan said.

He added that some of the requestsmade during the meeting wereacceptable while others were not inaccordance with the current policiesof City Hall.

Asked if City Hall officers would

also be required to declare their Iassets, Zulhasnan said the ministryWas waiting for a Cabinet decision.

On the MPs' suggestion to turnthe space in the City Hall building Ipreviously occupied by former par- iliamentary secretary Datuk YewTeong Look into offices for theOpposition MPs, Zulhasnan saidthat would not happen and thespace would be used by CityHall.

Alsopresent at the meeting were IDeputy FederalTerritories MinisterDatuk M. Saravanan, KL mayorDatuk Abdul Hakim Borhan, DBKLdirector-general Datuk SallehYusup and LabuanMPDatukYusoffMahal.

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OppositionMPs not satisfied with meetingTHE Opposition MPs in KualaLumpur, however, were not satisfiedwith the outcome of the meeting.

Bandar Tun Razak MP Tan SriKhalid Ibrahim, Batu MP Tian Chuaand Kepong MP Dr Tan Seng Giawcould not attend the meeting due toother engagements.

Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah

Anwar and Bukit Bintang MP FongKui Lun rushed off right after theclosed-door meeting while CherasMPTan Kok Wai, Seputeh MP TeresaKok, Wangsa Maju MP Wee ChooKeong, Segambut MP Lim Lip Engand Titiwangsa MP Dr Lo'Lo' Ghazaliheld a press conference.

They expressed dissatisfactionbecausethe minister'sanswers to theissuesraisedwere non-committal.

They said the meeting wasunfruitful and called it a gesture to"just sayhello."

They said the minister gave onlythe standard answers of "we willlook into the matter" and "it comesunder the purview of specificmin-istries"in most cases.

According to them, only twoissues received relatjvely concretefeedback - the steep hike in trafficfines would be studied while CityHall's delivery system would beimproved and complainants couldexpect replieswithin three days.

However, the MPs expressedtheir reservations, saying that the

study might not yield any resultsand City Hall'sresponse might onlybe an acknowledgementof the com-plaint.-,-»1 had ealier

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Nevertheless, they accepted Zul-hasnan's suggestion to discuss indetail the local and policy issuesthey wanted to highlight at a round-table meeting scheduled from April17 to 19 at Hotel Istana, KualaLumpur.

Among the issues raised duringthe meeti'ng were the revival of localgovernment elections, the redun-dancy of the FT Ministry, theappointment of City Hall advisoryboard members, harsh enforcementon hawkers and the use of commu-nity halls as offices and electionoperation centres by BarisanNasional component parties.

The long-abandoned Plaza Rakyatproject and the sale of PPR units

were also brought to the minister'sattention.

The MPs in Kuala Lumpur haveanother meeting with the mayor

.. scheduledfor Monday.

Tan KokWai (Cheras):

I We questioned the policy adoptedfor the appointment of City Hall

I advisoryboard membersas wefound out that many of theappointees are members ofBN com-ponent parties and those who lost inthe general election.

The stern enforcement on hawk-

ers and petty traders in the 10 con-stituencies won by the Oppositionlooks like an act of revenge, whyisn't such enforcement imposed onhawkers in Setiawangsa?

By right, City Hall should legaliseall hawkers in Kuala Lumpur solong as they do not cause publicnuisance.

Wee Choo Keong (Wangsa Maju):I hold on to my stand that the FTMinistry is redundant and is a waste.of public funds. I will raise this mat-ter in parliament and the Cabinethas to decide between City Hall andthe FTMinistry.

I had earlier decided not to attend

this meeting but discussed with(parti Keadilan Rakyat presidentDatin Seri) Dr Wan Azizah WanIsmail in parliament yesterday' and

she persuaded me to come see whatthey have to say.

Teresa Kok (Seputeh):We demand better communicationbetween the top officers and theMPs, at least we can now get aforum to voiceour grievances.

We feelthat all this while,our let-ters and complaints have not beenattended to promptly and the min-ister- has agreed to let us air theissues on April 17 .

Urn Up Eng (Segambut):Three of the 15 seats on the City HallAdvisory Board are reserved for pro-fessionals, but what exactly are thecriteria to be these professionals?

I request that there be a place for alawyer from the Bar Council on theboard.

Dr 10'1..0'GhazaH (TItIwangsa):City Hall Advisory Board membersare the ones advising the mayor, butthe ones who have been doing thisare those sitting in air-conditionedoffices and do not know the prob-lems of the people.

The ones who know the people'sproblems - the MPs -are left out.

They have promised to have pub-lic hearings before gazetting theareas when drafting Kuala Lumpurdevelopment plans and I see this asa good move.

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ILook at the filth: MPSJ health officerNordin Harun pointing to the dirty conditionsaround the vacant shoplots at AngsanaApartment that have become mosquito-breeding spots,

By THO XIN VIthoxlnyj@thestar,com,my

THE SubangJaya Municipal Council (MPSJ)has launched an anti-dengue operation tocurb the disease outbreak in USJ 1,

The team, led by MPSJ health departmentdirector Dr Abdul Rahim Ahmad, started the two-week operation on Wednesday with the cooper-ation of the Selangor Health Department.

"We are now focusing our operation in USJ 1,where 55 complaints have been lodged with 22confirmed cases between Jan 1 and March 29:'said Dr Abdul Rahim.

The operation covers Jati Apartment, MerantiApartment, Angsana Apartment, USJOne AvenueCondominium as well as the factories.

"Our operation is from 9am to 1pm dailywhere we will be going around to apartmentunits and factories to identify the mosquito-breeding areas.

"We will then have a meeting in the afternoon,before carrying out taking action from 5pm toJOpm:' said Dr Abdul Rahim.

The action includes fogging, oiling (spraying amixture of water and diesel) and applying Abate(a chemical for treating mosquito larvae-infestedwater).

House owners will be fined RM100 and factoryowners RM500 for every mosquito larvae caught.

From Jan 1 until March 29, a total of 486 com-pound notices ajTIounting to RM73,553.

Dr Abdul Rahim said residents should not have

High penalty: House onwers will be finedRMIOO for every mosquito larvae caught.

stagnant water in their house compounds whichwould provide a breeding ground for mosquitoes.

"They should check the vases, old tyres, traysunderneath fridges and the toilet tanks :' he said.

He added that the vacant shoplots here havealso become mosquito breeding spots.

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Contractors told to brush up their act or face the axeBY ELAN PERU MALelan@fhestar.ccmi.my

CONTRACTORSprovidingmainte-nance services at the various localauthorities have been told to buckup or face the axe.

The warning was issued bySelangor LocalGovernmentcom-mittee chairman Ronnie Liu inview of the numerous complaintsreceived.

"The errant contractorswill beserved with warning notices sothat they have the chance toimprove their services,"he said,adding that the termination exer-cise would only be taken if theyignoredthe warnings.

'Those who are not providinggoodservicewillhaveto go evenifthe local authorities have a con-tract with them. However,we willensure that their termination is

done accordingly," he said.Liusaid he had a discussion with

all the 12 municipal council presi-dents and q1ayors of Shah Alamand PetalingJaya on the matter.

"I have asked them to check onthe performance of all the contrac-tors and keep the bad ones underclose scrutiny."

Asked if the contracts of theexisting ones would be extendedwhen their terms expired, Liu said

it would depend on their perfor-mance.

Liu,who is also a state executivecouncillor, said this action wasbeing taken if}the best interest ofthe ratepayers so that they enjoyedbetter services.

"We have to work towards mak-ing Selangor cleaner and greener.Complaints such as uncollectedrubbish, overgrown grass and dirtyparks should not arise," he said.

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