Dato Raja Nong Chik, the Federal Territory Minister

Official Opening of Wangsa Walk Shopping Mall

The biggest shopping mall of north eastern quadrant of Kuala Lumpur was officiated by The Minister of Federal Territory, YB Senator Dato Raja Nong Chik Bin Dato Zainal Abidin. There are about 200 guests witnessed the ceremony including the tenants of the mall. YB and MD of MSL were joined by all the tenants to cut the ribbons which is consider as the longest ribbon in Malaysian history.

Briefing on the slope maintenance for Desa Putra Condo

There were about 20+ residents turn up for the briefing on 18th January, 2010 organised by Management with the co-operation of developer. The briefing was done by the Geotechnique Engineer from original earthwork contractor, Mr. Tan Chin Shu. He give an in-depth knowledge on how the retaining wall was build as well as the foundation. They have adopted the safety guidelines of Hong Kong, which currently Malaysian government/JKR also adopted 90% of their guidelines.
Ir. Leon Weng Seng, the consultant engineer for Desa Putra Project was also presented during the briefing to give more technical aspects of the construction of Desa Putra Condo.
All slope construction require maintenance in order the safety of residents are not compromised in any circumstances. Mr. Tan also brought a book written by Ir Shaik Abdu Wahed titled "Slopes Made Simple", and I immediately grab one at RM50. The book is very informative.
Here are some tips picked up from the book on "signs of landslide danger":-
1. Drainage - Channels, streams, gullies, ponds and erosion on slope indicate potential slope problems. Sudden flow of water from slop with or without washed fine soil particles in the form of muddy yellow water.
2. Debris - Objects such as mud, rocks, fragments of concrete/brick and uprooted vegetation falling from the slopes and retaining walls. Deposition of soils and vegetation at the base of slopes show erosion, flow and creep from above indicating unstable conditions above.
3. Vegetation - vegetative charactistics indicate slope conditions. High slopes may show erosion and sliding. Trees which bend downhill show creep of upper soils. Trees tilting uphill may show deep rotational landsliding. Patches of younger vegetation may show former slope failure. Such signs should be watched for increasing ground movements.
there a lots more.....

Tips of buying a house

Major Consideration:-
a) Location
b) Reputation of Developer
c) Price

Other Consideration:-
a) Infrastructure - road, highway & LRT
b) Commercial - shopping mall, and others shops
c) School, College, University
d) Hospital, clinic and etc

Secondary Consideration:-
a) Landscaping - type of trees
b) Type of locks and sanitary fittings used
c) sound proofing of window
d) number of lifts provided, security features of lift
e) width of the road in front of your house
f) the availability and number of visitors parking
g) layout and lighting in basement parking
h) the design of traffic flow and the ease of security implementation

Bird near Desa Putra

Crowd is coming to Wangsa Walk, where people parking rampantly near Desa Putra made 3 lanes road become 1 lane. It has massive crowd in Wangsa Walk last week end due to promotion of electronic/multimedia products in the car park of Wangsa Walk.
Birds also coming to Desa Putra, the picture was taken in the evening after rain.

Community Service Project

Launching of Muk En Community Care Centre cum Funds Raising Carnival for Chinese Primary School in Setapak Area. MP of Wangsa Maju, YB Wee Choo Keong was invited to grace the opening ceremony. The main sponsor of the Carnival is Easy Phar max http://www.easypha-max.com Community Centre Contact : 03-41425255

5% property gains tax seen as a temporary move

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government’s proposal to impose a real property gains tax (RPGT) of 5% from Jan 1 may just be a temporary measure, says Taxand Malaysia Sdn Bhd managing director Dr Veerinderjeet Singh.

From left: Irene Dorner, Dr Veerinderjeet Singh and Taxand executive director Kang Beng Hoe at the seminar.

“We feel that it is a temporary imposition. We think that in the long term, the original scale rates of 30%, 20%, 15%, etc will be coming back,” he told a press conference prior to a seminar on Budget 2010 jointly organised by Taxand and the Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MICCI) yesterday.

Prior to the exemption of the RPGT in April 2007, tax on gains from property sales was on a progressive basis from 30% to 0% depending on the holding period of the property.

Veerinderjeet however, said that total exemption from RPGT would be unlikely.

“What would probably not change is the 5%,” he said.

He called the RPGT tax imposition a “revenue generating measure that has not gone down too well with individuals.”

“We do agree that 5% does not appear to be sensible. Whether there will be a lot of revenue to be collected, we’re not sure – it depends on the transactions. But people would probably be happier if this took effect from 2011 rather than next year.”

He added however that property owners should be thankful that the RPGT was capped at 5% and not higher.

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