Azzizi into F&B business in Port Dickson

Last year when i collected my key for Desa Putra Condo, Mr. Azzizi was the person who assisted me to inspect the apartment. He is now in F&B business in Port Dickson. During my recent visit to Melaka and Port Dickson, I coincidently went to his outlet and having lunch there. Apparently, his outlet is with most prominent signboard, and design (go the feeling like in KL). Wish him has a good venture in his business. He can be contacted at 012-3993373

Satellite Dish on a Tree

Joint Inspection on the Defects

JMC, Management, Developer, Main Contractor, Sub-Contractors were doing joint inspection on Last Thursday 18th (Stephen & others) and Friday 19th (Eddie). There will be another joint inspection on next Tuesday to finish off the balance of the defects listed in the list submitted to DBKL, Local Housing Ministry, Developers. The last portion are mostly on architectural and structural defects, some engineers (JMC member) will be arranged by JMC to join the inspection.








Inspecting the defects of CCTV - image, location, pointing direction etc.

Christmas - One of the most celebrated holiday in Malaysia

You'd better watch out
You'd better not cry
You'd better keep cash
I'm telling you why:
Recession is coming to town.

It's hitting you once,
It's hitting you twice
It doesn't care if you've been careful and wise
Recession is coming to town

It's worthless if you've got shares
It's worthless if you've got bonds
It's safe when you've got cash in hand
So keep cash for goodness sake, HEY

You'd better watch out
You'd better not cry
You'd better keep cash
I'm telling you why:
Recession is coming to town!

Finance products are confusing
Finance products are so vague
The banks make you bear the cost of risk
So keep out for goodness sake, OH

You'd better watch out
You'd better not cry
You'd better keep cash
I'm telling you why:
Recession is coming

Summary Minutes of 9th JMC Meeting

(Full Details copy can be obtained from Management Office)

Matters Arising

Request from Arab Community

Mr Abdul Rahman Alseddiqi was introduced by Mr Abbas F Mahmud to the members of the Meeting. Mr Abdul Rahman Alseddiqi would be the intermediary person to converse matters concerning the Arab community to the JMC.In regards of the creation of football field as per the request from the Arab community, the Meeting has decided that the request would be approved subject to the availability of fund. Meanwhile, Mr Robinson Rodrique, Mr Brian Wong and Mr Abdul Rahman Alseddiqi have been assigned by the Meeting to carry out a survey of places where are deemed suitable to be used as a football field.

Fire Alarm System

BRM informed the Meeting that the Management has received one (1) quotation thus far for the installation of the 2nd siren. The purpose of the 2^nd siren is to confirm should there is a real fire. The Meeting requested BRM to source for additional quotations for the installation of the 2nd siren for fire and present the quotations to the JMC at the next Meeting.

Warning/ Alarm Light

The proposal for the installation of the warning/alarm light system at each level of exits to warn motorists of the incoming vehicle was still pending. The Meeting requested BRM to source for additional quotations for the said installation works. Besides, the Meeting also suggested BRM to install a sensor to alert motorists at Ground Floor when a car approaching the ramp from Level P1 to Ground Floor.

One (1) Way Signage

The Meeting commented that there should be sufficient and clear signage being installed for the driveway at the Ground Floor to indicate way to enter and exit. This signage is important to promote smooth traffic along the driveway and to prevent drivers from travelling in an opposite way. There was a suggestion from the Meeting to draw and paint lines on the road to indicate the way for entrance and exit along the driveway at Ground Floor. However, the suggestion was rejected by the Meeting as the Meeting was of the opinion that the driveway would not look nice with the lines on it.

The Meeting then decided to install a one (1) way signage board at the driveway for easy identification of traffic flow and the Meeting requested BRM to source quotations for the said signage.

Access Doors and Update

BRM informed the Meeting that the sub-contractor had carried out repairs work to the access doors. The faulty circuit board located in the Management Office which controls the sensors of the access doors had been rectified and thereafter, the access card system for Block A, B & C is functioning.

Barrier Gate and Access Card System

The Meeting was informed that the present access card system allows users to gain access to all blocks using the same access card. Some members of the Meeting were of the opinion that such system is better as it provides much convenience to users during rainy times. However, some members of the Meeting were not agreeable to the comment as such system would jeopardize the security in the condominium.

Those members of the Meeting were of the opinion that residents may look for other access to their own block during rainy times. The Meeting decided that this matter would be further reviewed and studied by the Building and Facilities Sub-Committee. The Sub-Committee would then present its proposal on the said matter to the JMC.

The meeting also noted that the wiring for the access doors particularly on the Ground and First Floor of each block has been exposed since the repositioning of the EM locks were completed by the sub-contractors. The Meeting commented that the exposed wiring would jeopardize the security system in the condominium.

The Meeting requested BRM to write formally to the developer requesting for the exposed wiring to be concealed inside the access doors. BRM reported to the Meeting that the sub-contractors had come to rectify the intercom malfunction problem in the condominium. However, the intercom malfunction problem at Block A still could not be resolved and the sub-contractors would return next couple of days to resolve the problem.

Security Review and Update

The Meeting requested from BRM the report for findings on the incident in which security guards were found bringing other residents/guests directly to the JMC members to seek clarification regarding the car park issues in Desa Putra. BRM reported that having checked with the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) camera, it was found that the reported incident was actually a misunderstanding case. The person who was clad in a T-shirt who approached the committee member was actually the security officer who was off-duty.

The Chairman, Mr Stephen Lim informed the Meeting that all JMC members in future should refer to the Management should they have any message to be conversed to the security guards and the JMC members were advised not to approach the security guards themselves.

The proposed resignation of the committee member, Ms Lilian Quah was rejected by the JMC members. The meeting requested BRM to remove the unit no. and contact no. of all the JMC members from the JMC members’ name list that was placed at all the notice boards. BRM noted the request from the Meeting.

Update on Conversion of Usage of Common Facilities

BRM informed the meeting that they have obtained relevant information from City Hall of Kuala Lumpur (CHKL) in regards of the conversion of usage of the common facilities. The Meeting was informed by BRM that CHKL would require the building plans for the proposed conversion.

BRM had notified Mr Yip Foo Wah of MSL/GQA Sdn Bhd with regards of the required building plans. Mr Yip Foo Wah would provide the said building plans. The Meeting queried BRM on the reason to engage an architect to prepare the building plan for the said conversion as several members of the Meeting was of the opinion the building plans could be prepared by any person.

BRM explained that preparation of the building plans by a professional architect is part of the proper channel to enable conversion of usage of the common facilities. BRM further explained that a proper channel is required to prevent the issuance of strata titles from being obstructed.

Some members of the Meeting was of the opinion that by submitting the building plans for the conversion of usage of the common facilities, the issuance of the strata titles would be even obstructed.

The Meeting suggested that the conversion of the usage of the common facilities to be carried out without making formal application to the City Hall of Kuala Lumpur (CHKL). The conversion of usage of the common facilities should be done internally.

BRM explained that as a professional property manager for Desa Putra, BRM has the responsibility and duty to advise the JMC on the proper procedures required to convert the usage of the common facilities. BRM further expressed that an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) has to be called for the said conversion. However, the JMC choose to overrule the advice given and the Meeting decided not to make a formal application to CHKL for the said conversion. The Meeting further agreed to fully compensate BRM and relieve BRM of all responsibilities, liabilities and obligations in relation to these decisions of the Meeting, should litigation be initiated by any party against BRM over this change of usage of the common facilities which might result in a penalty imposed by the relevant authorities and/or cause delay or rejection of the strata title application submitted by MSL/GQA.

The JMC unanimously decided to proceed with the conversion of the usage of the common facilities internally and not making any application to the CHKL for that purpose in order to avoid any complication.

Report on Common Areas Future Rental

BRM reported to the JMC that the Management had received several letters from prospective tenants who are interested in renting the common areas such as the launderette, the shop lots and the car wash area.

The Meeting informed that the equipments in the launderette have not been removed yet by the owner and the Meeting further queried BRM on the actions that had been taken by the Management to request the owner to remove the belongings.

BRM reported to the JMC that the Management had contacted the owner of the equipments in the launderette and was informed that the said owner is waiting for further information from the JMC with regards to the rental of the launderette.

The Meeting informed BRM that the said owner had earlier verbally agreed with the developer to rent the launderette. However, upon formation of the JMB, all the contracts of rental had been considered as null and void and the developer had notified all tenants on this matter through writing.

The JMC requested BRM to start the tender process for rental of the common areas. BRM was also requested to put in writing to the owner of the present equipments in the launderette requesting the owner to remove them within a specified period should the owner is not interested in renting the place.

Financial Matters

Mr Yong Yen Kiong of BRM reported to the members of the Meeting that as at 31 July 2008, it was noted that the total amount transferable to the Desa Putra Condo JMB account was RM822,907.40, RM55,995.42 and RM39,153.60 respectively from the MSL Properties S/B current account, Landserve Property Management S/B current account and the unidentifiable collections.

A total amount of RM150,000.00 had been earlier transferred from the MSL Properties S/B current account to the Desa Putra Condo JMB account.

On the other hand, it was also noted that a total amount of RM648,755.84 was owing by Desa Putra Condo JMB to the developer, Golden Quantum Acres S/B.

However, BRM informed the JMC that BRM was unable to quantify the said amount of RM648,755.84 owing by Desa Putra JMB to the Golden Quantum Acres Sdn Bhd.

The Meeting requested the developer’s representative, Mr Yip Foo Wah of MSL/GQA to explain on the said matter. Mr Yip Foo Wah of MSL/GQA informed that he is unable to provide explanation on the said amount as he has no access to the information. However, he would request the personnel from the accounts department to liaise with BRM on the said matter.

BRM presented the cheques requiring the signatories of the Chairman, Mr. Stephen Lim and the Treasurer, Mr Lau Eng Shinn.

Festival Celebrations

BRM gave an update report on the DeepaRaya Celebration that had been held on 1^st November 2008. BRM reported to the Meeting that the DeepaRaya Celebration had been successfully organized and in future, more similar events could be held to promote harmonious residential living in Desa Putra.

Update on Construction of Sri Rampai LRT Station

BRM informed the Meeting that a discussion had been held between the developer (Golden Acres Sdn Bhd), BRM and the project consultant for Sri Rampai LRT Station (KLRT Consult Sdn Bhd) with regards to the construction of the Sri Rampai LRT Station.

BRM further informed the Meeting that the construction of the Sri Rampai LRT Station is expected to be completed by the end of year 2009. BRM also briefed the Meeting that the road access to Sri Rampai LRT Station is too near to the condominium and the access from the condominium to the said station may also be affected as according to the consultant, a sewerage tank will be constructed near to the boundary.

BRM advised the JMC that request could be made to the relevant authority in order to shift the sewerage tank to other places rather than at the place obstructing the access door from the condominium to the Sri Rampai LRT Station.

The Meeting decided to put in writing officially to the relevant authority requesting for the sewerage tank to be placed at other locations rather than at the area obstructing the present access door to the LRT station. Besides, the letter will be used to urge the relevant authority to pay attention on the access road to the LRT station.

Any Other Business

Lift – Floor and Wall Panel Protector

BRM informed the Meeting that the Management would be obtaining quotations from the present lift maintenance contractor, MS Elevator Engineering Sdn Bhd as well as others similar companies for quotations for installation of the lifts floor and wall panel protector. Upon receiving the quotations, BRM would prepare the Service and Maintenance Approval (SMA) for the consideration and approval of the JMC.

Notice Boards (Arcylic Sheet or 7’’ LCD screen panel)

BRM reported to the Meeting that upon finding, it was noted that the installation of a 7’’ LCD screen panel would require a cost of approximately RM600.00 while installation of an acrylic sheet would require a cost of approximately RM1,000.00. In addition, BRM informed the Meeting that rental would be received from the company who install the LCD screen panel in the lift. The Meeting has decided to install a 7’’ LCD display screen panel at every lift as a new format to inform residents of events and activities happening in the condominium.

Internet

BRM informed the Meeting that the Broadband service provider, Izzi net requires some documents such as the Quit Rent, Land Titles, Assessment (if any), Certificate of Fitness for Occupation (CFO) and Building Plans from the Management. However, as the Management did not possess the Land Titles and CFO, thus the Management would be obtaining the copies of the documents from MSL Property Sdn Bhd.

The developer, MSL Property Sdn Bhd informed that all the documents had earlier been provided to the Management, However, since it was noted that the documents were not in the possession of the Management, thus the developer would provide the Management with the required documents. BRM to follow up on this matter.

Car Wash

BRM informed the Meeting that the Management would inform the JMC on the commencement date to rent the car wash area to the interested parties. BRM also further informed the Meeting that there were a few parties who were interested to rent the car wash area. Mr Nah Teik Pheng of BRM informed the Meeting that Mr Brian Wong, Resident Manager of Desa Putra would be preparing the schedule for the commencement of renting the car wash area. The schedule would be given to the JMC members for reference.

Swimming Pool

BRM informed the Meeting that the faulty treads or steps of the swimming pool side ladder had been rectified.

Traffic Signage

BRM informed the Meeting that Mr Brian Wong would be studying the needs of new signages to be placed at key areas in the condominium. Upon finding out the additional signages required, BRM would source for quotations and thereafter, provide the quotations for the consideration and approval of the JMC.

Retractable Polycarbonate Shade

BRM presented two (2) quotations that had been obtained from the suppliers, namely Hobbycraft Design (M) Sdn Bhd and JV Pro Trading & Services for the installation of the retractable polycarbonate shade to the JMC. Tn Haji Abbas Bin Ibrahim queried the reason for two (2) polycarbonate shade being installed at the entrance to the condominium. BRM informed that the polycarbonate shade would be installed at the entrance for the resident’s and visitor’s lane as well.

Mr Abbas F Mahmud was of the opinion that the polycarbonate shade may not be effective if the shade is too low. Thus, the Meeting decided to make a joint inspection with the Management on the coming Saturday (22 November 2008) at the security guard house to further study on the subject matter. The Meeting decided to KIV this subject matter until further notice.

Recalibration of LV Room

BRM proposed to the Meeting to award the job of recalibration of the LV room switchgears to Sunses M&E Engineering Services. As there was no objection from the Meeting, thus BRM would be preparing the Service and Maintenance Approval (SMA) for the consideration and approval of the JMC.

Iron Cast Floor Trap

BRM informed the Meeting that the supplier, Hobbycraft Design (M) Sdn Bhd had taken away a sample of the existing iron cast floor trap along the driveway. BRM further informed the Meeting that the said supplier would want to create a better and more durable design for the floor trap. BRM to follow up on this matter.

Planter Box in Block B & C

BRM informed the Meeting that grass seeding would be placed at the planter box of Block B & C to enhance the aesthetic of the areas or BRM will discuss with the present landscaping service provider, WC Landscape Services to grow some plants in the planter box of Block A and C without any cost involved.

Items Requiring JMC Approval

BRM presented to the JMC the agreement prepared by Macro Lynx Sdn Bhd for the proposed broadband service in Desa Putra Condominium as well as the rental agreement prepared by E L Office Automation (photocopy machine).

Both the agreements had been duly signed by the JMC. Proposal to Purchase Office Equipments BRM requested for approval from the JMC for the purchase of office equipments including executive chairs and tables, drawers, cabinets, safe cabinets and water dispenser machine.

The Meeting agreed and approved the request and required BRM to proceed with sourcing for quotations and thenceforth, submit the Service and Maintenance Approval (SMA) to the JMC for consideration and approval.

Gymnasium

Tn Haji Abbas Bin Ibrahim informed the Meeting that there were several incidents he had noticed that the electricity supply for the air-conditioner in the gymnasium was not switched off during night time even when nobody is inside the room.

BRM noted the comment from Tn Haji Abbas Bin Ibrahim and further informed that the Management would look into this matter and also prepare a checklist for the maintenance personnel to check on this matter regularly.

Official Website for Desa Putra

Mr Nah Teik Pheng of BRM informed the Meeting that upon his finding, it was noted that the creation of an official website for Desa Putra Condominium would require the cost of approximately RM8,500.00.

The Meeting commented that the cost was too expensive. The Meeting informed that the purpose of the official website could be utilized for residents to lodge their complaints.

The meeting requested BRM to study the possibility just to register the email hosting which would only require about RM50.00 as the registration fee and between RM100.00 to RM150.00 for the purchase of the memory. BRM to look into this matter and to report the finding in the next Meeting.

Issuance of Strata Title

The Meeting requested Mr Yip Foo Wah of MSL/GQA to provide an update on the status of strata title application to the JMC during the next Meeting.

Date and Time of Next Meeting

The Meeting has decided to hold its next meeting (10^th JMC meeting) on 17 December 2008 (Wednesday).

Conclusion

As there were no any other matters to be discussed, thus the Meeting had been adjourned at 2315 hours with a vote of thanks to the Chairman.

NOTICE TO ALL DESA PUTRA OWNERS

DESA PUTRA CONDOMINIUM JOINT MANAGEMENT BODY (JMB 194/2008)
11th December 2008

RE : STAKEHOLDER LAWYER ON 2.5% RETENTION SUM AND OUR SLOPE ADJOINING THE CONDO

1. STAKEHOLDER LAWYER 2.5% RETENTION SUM
I am happy to inform all of you who has signed and was part of the signature campaign to ask the stakeholder lawyer to withhold the final 2.5% retention sum and based on the recent lawyer letter dated 28th November 2008 which indicated that this final sum will be released on 10th December 2008 – the lawyer has decided upon objections from both the JMC and the owners to hold the money further pending an amicable settlement between the owners and the developer. Therefore, the letter dated 28th November 2008 is no longer valid on the point of the money to be released on 10th December 2008.
Further to this, a group of owners being together with the property management company Burgess Rawson will conduct a series of joint inspection starting from next Thursday afternoon to review all the defects listed with the developer. A report or minutes of the inspection will be produced upon the completion of each session for recording and later submission to the stakeholder lawyer. We hope with this mechanism both owners and developer will have a proper method to resolve these issues to both sides satisfaction fairly.
With this, i would like to thank on behalf of the JMC all owners who had played their part to sign & fax to the lawyer coupled with those who also got involved in helping to circulate the news within their groups in the condo. Thank you all.

2. THE SLOPE ADJOINING TO OUR CONDO
With the recent incidents of landslide in Damansara and Bukit Antarabangsa, some residents had voiced their concerns on the slope adjoining our condo. These concerns are perfectly valid and should be given top priority especially with the rainfall being heavier over a longer period of time allowing huge volumes of water to accumulate.
Initial clarification with the developer has been positive whereby we were told that the building itself has its foundation on bore piles and the hill behind or adjoining to it was a cut hill and well drained and protected with guniting and soil nails. This is basically to say the slope was done properly and so far there had been no visible signs of impending dangers.
On the other hand, we have instructed the property management to quickly perform visual inspection on the slope for any tell tale signs of potential danger and to clean all possible blockage of any of the drainage areas on the slope. This has been done early this week itself and our SOP has now included this as part of their weekly checks and maintenance.
This coming weekend i will be meeting up with the developer to study the design drawing and also to listen to their briefing on the design and construction of the slope. It is the JMC aim that we do not have any possible dangers with the slope adjoining to our condo. Once we have more details, we shall update all of you to give your information on this matter.

3. ALARM SYSTEM FOR THE CONDO
This is just a brief note to inform you of our plan for the very near future. Over some time, in some recent fire alarm incidents (where the fire alarm was activated either by accident or as a recent case, one of the resident kids whose fireworks triggered it) we found that most of the residents DID NOT PAY ATTENTION nor REACT BY COMING DOWN from their unit. Upon investigation by our committee members we discovered that :
1. The security team was not clear on their roles and the SOP (standard operating procedures)
2. The people do not take the alarm seriously which render the whole system redundant
3. If there is an actual emergency either a fire or in this case, a landslide, triggering the fire alarm will not induce the effect of getting everyone to come down.
To prevent this and to make it clear that an actual emergency is happening, we will do the
following very soon :
1. We will have a second alarm installed at the basketball court
2. This alarm will be similar to those bomb alert alarm found in some countries (for eg Singapore) – loud and very clear to all residents
3. This alarm will ONLY be triggered manually by the security officer in charge when he has determined that the normal alarm or any emergencies is a REAL event thus requiring all residents to come down immediately
4. This second alarm will be a clear signal to all residents that YOU MUST GO DOWN NOW as this is trigger by the person in charge and not an accident!
With this, we hope we can make our condo safer and the emergency procedures clear to all of you. In due time, our property management Burgess Rawson will conduct fire drills so that all residents will familiarise yourself with how to evacuate in event of emergency. We should all be prepared for such eventualities as we are living now in a multi level property.
I will update all of you with more details soon.
Yours faithfully,
Stephen Lim
Chairman – Desa Putra JMC

LRT Work in Progress

We have gather information from DBKL that the LRT work may only be able to complete in 2nd half of 2009. Most of the residents hope that the LRT will be ready sooner for the conveniences of everyone.

Update

Unofficial Bank Valuation: Desa Putra Condo now at RM385k. Some renovated unit is getting valuation at RM440k
Average Rental: Fully Furnished RM3000 (Highest RM3500), Partly Furnished RM2000

Fresh, Cool and Fascinating

You can compare Wangsa Maju with Cameron Highlands.

Wangsa Walk - The new happening place in Wangsa Maju

The construction work of Wangsa Walk is in fast pace now, expecting to be completed by March 2009. With current economic situation, not sure whether there will be any delay in the completion date or not?
Total about 500,000 square feet gross area, comprising of major brand like Cold Storage Supermarket, Starbuck, TGV and fitness first etc. The 7 cineplex are fast taking shape.

Defects

Some of the defects has been ratified by developer and some are still pending. The magnet door were ratified although it is yet to be completed as some wiring still exposed. The water leaking under the swimming pool (under the plant box) is yet to be repaired, it was painted just to cover the mark instead of repairing.

Fitting Up in Progress

The LRT station is fast fitting up, although we have "sound pollution" even during night and Sunday but we still can tolerate at this moment. Will lodge complaint to DBKL if the situation getting worse.
This is the sound pollution I am talking about, it has been a month plus already. Hopefully, it will be over soon.

Not easy to be JMC that can satisfied everyone

From Star Newspaper:

OWNERS and tenants of the Amcorp Trade Centre who had been frustrated with their present Joint Management Committee (JMC) were prevented from holding an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) here recently by a court injunction.

This was despite the fact that the owners and tenants had received a notice from Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) Commissioner of Buildings Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman to hold the EGM.

Read more here: http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2008/10/22/central/2321920&sec=central

罪恶的大都市；吉隆坡

吉隆坡的夜空真美，它是２１世纪大都市的典范，但它却隐藏着罪恶，危险，纷争。ＤＥＳＡＰＵＴＲＡ公寓是在高地，我们居高临下，仿佛这大都市在我们的脚下。哇塞！我们拥有了吉隆坡。。。。。

Rainy Day in KL

It is a rainy season in Malaysia with almost rain every evening. Today is Saturday and it rain heavily again, and there was flash flood in PJ. Hot weather but rain everyday, people get sick easily.

World Recession Coming?

In 1997, the world recession started off in Thailand. Yesterday, Thailand heading the list of tumbles with sharemarket down at 6.48%. Hopefully this cycle of recession will not be as bad as 1997.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

Flowers Blooming in Desa Putra - The Real Resort Feeling

We have a professional landscaping company that taking care of our plants and flowers in Desa Putra now, we see flowers are blooming and felt like living in a resort.

LRT Refurbishment Work Round the Clock

The contractor work round the clock, some of the work can only be able to carry out after 12 mid night after the train stopped. Although it is a bit noisy but happy to know that the LRT Station is opening soon.
Contractor need heavy hacking because the cement was too long and it is "dead cement", so need to be hacked before tiles can be laid on it.
Management has sent complaint to DBKL (city hall) to ask them to minimise the work during night time as DP is about 90% occupied.
We also hope that the security in parameter fencing bordering the LRT Station land be increased as there are workers staying in the 2 cabin there.

Inflation never been so high during Tun Mahatir's Times

The petrol price increased by 70 cents in June 2008, and all foods price are also increased from 10% to 100% and some even more within a month.
Now, when the petrol price reduced but the foods price will never reduced. Just imagine the "DAMAGE" done, the life will never be the same anymore.
There are many Malaysian live in Kampung survived with less than RM3.50 a day especially those from Sarawak, Sabah, Kelantan and Trengganu.

Bazaar Ramandhan in Wangsa Maju

Sri Rampai LRT Station - Now in Full Swing Refurbishing

4th JMC Meeting Minutes

MEETING AGENDA
1. Amendment, acceptance and adoption of previous Minutes of Meeting
There was no review of the previous Minutes of Meeting (MoM#3) since this meeting was intended to meet up with the newly appointed Property Manager - Burgess Rawson Management Sdn Bhd (hereinafter referred to as “BR”) for Desa Putra whose services will come into effect from 1st August 2008.
2. Presentation of Action Items as agreed at the previous Minutes of Meeting
N/A
3. Agenda topics
3.1 Appointment of Service Providers
The meeting discussed on a few proposals of each category of service, which were submitted by some potential service providing companies to JMC through BR. The meeting underwent extensive consideration in relative to present condition of budget and future implications, the meeting unanimously made a collective decision to engage/appoint the following service providers effectively as from 1st August 2008; Particulars Name of Company Contract Price Remarks Security Kawalan Perwira (M) Sdn Bhd RM 19,599.30 Person to contact: Mr. Daniel Chan H/P 012 3113753 Address: 3-2, Jln KP 1/8 Kajang Prima 43000 Kajang SDE Cleaning Ambience Daya Jana (M) Sdn Bhd RM 7,650.00 Person to contact: Ms Jenny Ganesan H/P 012 3095066 Address: P-113A !st floor, Tropic Shopping Centre, 15, Jln PJU 8/1, Bandar Damansara Perdana, 47820 Petaling Jaya SDE Swimming Pool CH Pool RM 1,550.00 Person to contact; Mr Chong Chee Hong H/P 017 8895137 Address: 6, Lrg Brunei 2, Off Jln Pudu, K.L 55100 Wilayah Persekutuan Landscape WC Landscape RM 2,500.00 Person to contact: Mr. Vincent Cheah H/P 01203328245 Address: Block E-3A-2, East Lake Residence, Tmn Serdang Perdana,43300 Seri Kembangan, SDE The JMC emphasized that a probation, termination and penalty clauses must be included in the contract agreement.
Action Items	Responsible Parties	Deadline
To produce circular letters informing all residents about the appointment of new Property Manager and Service Providers. To post the cleaning schedule on the bulleting board.	BR	1st August 2008 1st week of Aug.
2. Defect List
The Developer (MSL Properties/GQA) was informed that despite the defect list had been submitted to the Developer since January 2008, the issue has been outstanding to-date and no attempt of rectification was made tangible to JMC. The Developer advised the meeting that its consultant and contractors would hold a joint inspection on 31st July 2008 at 1000 hrs, Desa Putra site and welcomed BR to join such inspection. BR agreed to send their personnel to do so.
Action Items	Responsible Parties	Deadline
To join the inspection with the Developer	BR	31st July 2008
3. Spring Cleaning
BR informed the meeting that without extra charge, on the 1st August 2008, there would be a spring cleaning for all the blocks including lifts and car-parks floors where the fire water hose at a respective car-park floor would be used as a cleaning instrument with the intention to simultaneously conduct the integrity test of the fire water hose.
Action Items	Responsible Parties	Deadline
To do spring cleaning	BR and the cleaning provider	1st August 2008
4. Cleaning of the Lifts
The meeting agreed that BR would remove the ply-wood sheets in all the lifts and clean. The Developer promised to replace the missing light-covers in all the lifts.
Action Items	Responsible Parties	Deadline
To remove the ply-wood sheets and clean all the lifts To replace the missing light-covers in all the lifts	BR and the cleaning provider MSL/GQA	1st August 2008
5. AOB
The following are items discussed and agreed;
Action Items	Responsible Parties	Deadline
To review the house rules, summarize and circulate to all Residents. To provide the color code of DP common areas to BR To put up a banner telling the residents of taking over of property management. To purchase a digital camera (budget 400+ RM) and later become JMC property	BR MSL/GQA BR BR	1st week of Aug 1st week of Aug 1st August 2008 1st August 2008
6. Next Meeting
The next meeting schedule was not fixed at this meeting, however sufficient time will be given to notify the members prior to the next meeting.

A Special Guest to Desa Putra

This guy entered DP without access card and also never registered with Guard House, therefore our security guard chasing after this suspect. They suspected that he was involved in a break-in case in Desa Putra.
Our guard remand him for a few hours before he ran away, not sure whether his gang is still up there in the hill. They may come in a bigger number to do more break-in during festive season.
Because of this, we have tightened our security and increase the personnel by 50% especially during this Ramadan Month and coming Hari Raya Puasa.

MSL Voted as Best Developer in Setapak

In recent poll in my blog, it show that MSL is the best developer in Setapak which 60% support MSL as the BEST.

The poll results are:-
MSL 60%
Platinum 24%
Sime Prop 12%
UOA 3%

Congratulation to Ir. Tan Ching Meng and BOD of MSL. Major shareholders of MSL are MCL (singapore) 50%, Saujana Group (30%) and Landmarks Group (20%).
Hope that MSL not only best developer in this area but also the most Social Responsible Corporate in Wangsa Maju.

Happy 45th Anniversary Malaysia

Federation of Malaya, Sarawak, Sabah and Singapore formed Malaysia on 16th September, 1963. Later Singapore left to become an independent country. Sarawak and Sabah is a special autonomous state within Malaysia which many parts of the administration are under the jurisdiction of state government.
The highlights of these include separate immigration control, Islam’s status as a national religion being not applicable and the state’s indigenous peoples enjoying the same “special” rights given to the Malay community in West Malaysia.
Sarawak, along with Sabah, also has its own special section in the Federal Constitution. Particular highlights are special declarations towards native customary rights, such as The Land Code of Sarawak and the Forest Ordinance which govern the indigenous peoples and their land rights.
The actual history: http://www.theborneopost.com/?p=23975

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim Win by 15671 Majority

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim win the Permatang Pauh by-election with a majority of 15671 votes, which is 17% higher than 308 election win by his wife (13388 votes). He will be the opposition leader in Parliment after swearing in soon (hope to be next day), and may become 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Congratulation to Malaysia, after 50 years of independent we are moving towards a more mature democratic country. The formation of 2 party system will definitely benefit Malaysian as a whole.

Pray that our political situation will become more stable, government will become more efficient, transparent, less corruption, citizen friendly, fair to all races, and most importantly the economy will be improving, inflation rate will be lower.

The poll in this blog shows that
55% vote that Anwar will win between 10000-15000 votes
Only 11% said Anwar will win more than 15000 votes

Ex-CID director Wan appointed EC member

Congratulation to Datuk Christopher Wan appointment to EC member. His no nonsense character, clean records during PDRM service will definitely benefiting to Malaysia as a whole.

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Christopher Wan Soo Kee has been appointed a member of the Election Commission, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan announced in a statement yesterday.

Mohd Sidek said the appointment of Wan, 57, had received the consent of the King.

Wan retired from the police force on Jan 9 last year and was reappointed Criminal Investigation Department director on a contract basis for one year, from Jan 10 last year till Jan 9 this year. – Bernama

A explanation of Parking Woes after JMC Meeting

JMC Chairperson, Mr. Stephen explained:-

Firstly I would like to thank all contributors for their comments on the issue of parking. The JMC welcomes all comments and would like to see if we can improve and fine tune the system while making it a conducive place to reside and own for all owners and residents.

At the very beginning let me explain the basic principles behind the decisions of the JMC with regards to the parking. Firstly, we view that owners and residents have sole exclusive rights to their purchased and allocated lots under their unit within the ambit of the house rules. Secondly, it is also the owners and resident rights to decide who they want to allow to use on their own parking lots subjected to informing beforehand this arrangement to the management and conforming to the house rules. This is to set the records straight that we do not dictate nor have any policies with regards to the owners car lots which is legally their properties under the S&P Agreement.

We will now then address the issue of visitor car park lots which is for visitors of the owners and residents. Originally, the developer has allocated all visitors car lots to be on the ground floor. This was actually a sound idea and you can see this is so because all the intercom phone for visitors to contact the owners was situated on the G floor of each block. With this, the visitor can contact the owner/residents and the owner/resident can unlock the door for their visitor to access. This helps to keep the security tight. Further to that, all the covered parking lots (P1-P4) is supposed to be strictly for owners/residents and this was again why these intercom was not put on these doors of these floors. This again is a sound idea and practised by most high end condominium in Klang Valley with the nearest example, Seri Maya down the road from us.

However somewhere in between, the developer decided to sell off these excess lots in the condo and they put a higher premium on the car parks on G floor. As a result, quite a large number of lots was sold off with some remaining unsold. Then, to compensate for the “loss” of visitor car park, the developer then assigned some car park lots on P1-P4 as visitor car park lot to make up for that numbers. When the JMB was formed, these “assets” were then handed over to us and for us to manage. So, now, on G floor, we have a few lots near the guard house as visitor car park lots and then a few more isolated single lots around the rest of G floor which makes the whole idea of managing a visitor car park lot a real headache. For example, how do a new visitor knows that there are more visitor car park lots on G floor unless he slowly drive around to look for a red car park lot which is a designated visitor car park .

Secondly, once the G floor visitor car park lots are taken up (normally in the evening or the weekend), then, visitors has to park on P1-P4 where designated. This becomes a security nightmare and also a problem for visitor as when they approach the doors on P1-P4, with no intercom and no access cards, and no idea where the next staircase can bring them up to the ground floor – they have no choice but to call the owners to come down and “escort” them up again. This do not befit a decent condo and hence still remain a problem which we inherited from the developer.

The third but very pressing problem which still exist today is the abuse of the parking privileges. Firstly, there are owners/residents who has more cars than their allocated or combined purchased lots. For eg, an owner has two car park lots but has three cars. Therefore, two of his cars are parked legally and the third car is parked illegally within the condo compound. This can be done by declaring the car is staying overnight or he park on a unused owner car park lot. Or he park on someone lot and then when found out, he move that car to another lot. The end results is, all these actions are illegal and not conforming to the house rules. More importantly, it is wrong because, there are people here who paid 15,000 -20,000 MYR for their extra car park and they would feel cheated if this is allowed.

More to this point is, later when the LRT opens up in 2009, we may find people who allow their friends or relatives to park their car within Desa Putra for free to enjoy the facility and access to the LRT station. So, in order to prevent that, we have to come up with policies to address such issues.

Now, in line with this, I have to inform all readers of this blog the situation we are facing now. Firstly, our current maintenance fees is INSUFFICIENT to run the place decently. Our balance sheet for the remaining part of this year will go into deficit (for eg, our current electric bill for the common areas is around 23-25K per month. This constitute around 30% of our collected maintenance fees. Under the new revised electricity tariff , we projected that the bill can go up to 30K in the next invoice, so it will rise to almost 40% of our maintenance fees). As one of the conditions for choosing Burgress Rawson to manage this place, one main consideration was their experience in turning over properties with deficit to a surplus within a few years on their track record. This means, we put the onus on them to help us turn this place firstly doing our best not to increase any maintenance fees for the owners/residents. Therefore, one key option is to generate as much revenue from our “assets” which includes of course the parking lots. By having these additional incomes, we can offset the need to charge a higher fees to the residents or if we do so, we can reduce the quantum needed due to these additional incomes generated. So, for this reason, please view these rental rates of the car park lots as simply means for us to help all owners/residents in meeting our budget and keeping it from going to a deficit.

Therefore in view of that, the JMC has to formulate policies based on these few issues :

1. We have car park abuse problem where people misused or park their cars illegally – this is wrong and not acceptable.
2. We formulate a rental lot program where people can rent the car park legally and therefore do not park illegally or obstruct or cause chaos in the parking lots
3. These rental lots can also then generate income for the building maintenance fees instead of sitting there empty ie maximising the facilities to generate income
4. The JMC also formulate policies where visitors can park for a day visit at the G floor parking lot subjected they leave by 12.30am for security reasons
5. If for some reasons the visitor decided to stay overnight (have too much to drink, too late to drive back), the owner can inform the guard house and the pass can then be changed to an “overnight visitor pass” which then allows the car to park in that visitor lot overnight. This privilege is only for a day. For those cars which do not have it, the car will be clamped after 12.30am.
6. For visitors who comes on a short term visit (for eg, relative visiting, parents visiting etc) – they can apply to the management and the management will allocate them a special car park lot on P1-P4 for that duration of the visit. This will not be charged as the JMC view this as facilities for the convenience of the owners/residents. The maximum duration of stay is up to 2 weeks and if longer for valid reasons, the management office will decide on a case by case basis. Those previous case who has paid 5 ringgit per day will be refunded as we have now fine-tuned this policy.
7. The JMC views that those parking done for eg if the friend is coming over to park the car at the condo and then going somewhere with the owner/resident to somewhere else (overseas trip for eg) will be viewed as parking with fees. The management office will then charge a sum for that duration with the main intention to simply discourage this practise. However in order to discourage abuse, the fees charged will be higher than the monthly rental fees of that car park lot, so, those who feel they can abuse this will find it pointless financially to do so. However if the owner has an empty second lot, is is up to the owner to allow the friend or visitor to use his extra lot as explained earlier above.
8. We will “persuade” the cars who are parking outside around the roundabout to take up the offer to rent a car lot and park legally within Desa Putra. This is also in view that DBKL has written to inform us that they will soon tow away cars which are parked around illegally around the roundabout and the access roads as this is their land and secondly, they have received direct complaints from residents who find this parking on both side of the road extremely dangerous. So while the cars are given a grace period to move to somewhere permanently, we formulate the policy to address this issue and the management will issue a special “Merdeka” offer for them to take up the car rental lots inside Desa Putra. Failing which, one of the days after August or towards end of August, they may find their car missing and in the DBKL car compound ground and the hassle to go there to claim back their cars.

Lastly, as I said earlier, we welcome all comments and we will be happy to engage in discussions with you all to explain the policies and decisions made. We aim to be transparent and open, so all minutes, decisions are put up on not just this blog but also on the notice boards. All finance matters, accountings, statements will also be put up openly for all parties to view and make comments (if any). Most importantly is , these policies are not simply to squeeze money from residents or owners but using these assets wisely and in a manner which can help to offset the costs to all residents /owners so that we can try not to increase the fees or to increase a large quantum. So, if these are the avenues which can help generate funds for these purpose , we shall pursue this as a means to be financially prudent as possible for all the residents/owners.

We have a lot of issues which we need to resolve and tackle, given the fact that yesterday JMC meeting dragged until 12am and we still cannot finish all the points raised. So, we have our work cut out for us and we hope the residents/owners will give us the full support to make Desa Putra a better place and also, increase in the value of the property – which is another key point we want Burgress Rawson to do for us all here.
Thank you.