The Star’s People’s Voice will Take Place in Bandar Puteri Puchong on July 17 – List of Issues Raised to Date

Common Issues raised at the meeting (24/6/10) by Dato Samson and add-on: -
• There are no pedestrian facilities linking the residential zone and commercial zone, all pedestrians have to use the main road. No road safety.
• More bus stops with proper shelter.
• Building of road humps along roads with junction.
• Lack of Community Hall and football field for Community activities in a modern Bandar. (Hopefully MPSJ will temporarily grant such facilities to the RA’s of Bandar Puteri in their new Puteri library complex)
• No Schools at Bandar Puteri Puchong (especially Secondary)
• Giant Shopping should repaint their internal traffic flow to guide cars to correct external exit with the change in outer traffic flow. It is accidents waiting to happen at present.

Crime Control Issues raised by Dato Samson: -
• As RA’s we want to have our own community policing Committee for Puteri and Wawasan areas under our Balai. The current Committee is too big for all of Puchong and their charter says every Balai should have its own. Look at cops.org.my for details.
• Residents would like to work out closer cooperation with the Balai and its officers and not just see them when there is a crime.
• Status of Commercial crimes Investigation in covering Bukit Puchong and Bandar Puteri.
• Status of cases covering photographic evidence given by RA on Car thieves and no action or news to date. 14 Months.
• Proliferation of gambling arcades within range of Police Stations. MPSJ only covers licensing issues (fines RM 1k max – seizure is not legal as per bylaws) but police covers gambling as offences (seizure and jail or fine). Why this is not enforced? Grey areas do not allow one to encroach into the other leaving such establishments to thumb their noses on both parties. Residents and RA’s are concerned as children gamble away their allowances.
• Procedures in making reports. What then on feedback?
• Formation of RT and Rela Centres in Bandar Puteri.

Issues raised by Puteri 12 RA: -
• Traffic Light or mini roundabout at our foot hill out to the main road Since Puchong Hartamas access road is operated, the traffic flow was very heavy. Residents in Puteri 12 are unable to use the main road, very dangerous to drive across and have various accidents.
• Hawkers are now operating at the main road along the road going up to Puteri 12 causing a lot of inconvenience to us especially when traffic from Wawasan out to Puteri 12 are blocked by cars parking along the road for hawkers food. Why MPSJ allow hawkers to operate business along the main road blocking the traffic?
• Public have been driving up to Puteri 12 hilltop every night and park their vehicles along the road causing a lot of inconvenience for residents and have caused a lot of accidents esp. they u-turn to park their vehicles along the whole stretch of the road which is already very narrow. Illegal and dangerous car parking ,drinking, throwing rubbish ,operating loud music, creating very unhealthy activities and causing inconvenience and fear robbery and stop residents cars especially during wee hours on Saturday and Sunday. Residents of Puteri 12 are very concern of our safety since this is the only access road to our houses and having nightmare and eye sore to see the inconsiderate public causing nuisance to our beautiful place.
• Need to install road humps on Jalan Puteri 12/2 and along roads with junction to prevent speeding vehicles.
• Need a community hall facilities and football field.
• Electricity and Indah Water problems, few houses of Puteri 12 have switchboard on fire recently due to lopping system of 6 houses as inform by workers of TNB who come to repair the damage switchboards. Very dangerous and houses might be on fire especially daytime residents not at home. Overflow of water from Indah Water piping along the main road to the hilltop whenever heavy rain occurs. Indah Water staff will come and suck away the water but the root of the problem i.e. blockage in the piping system which need to rectify. Residents worried they might be erosion and finally landslides might occur.
• Propose MPSJ to have a project every month to take away all rare dogs and cats.
• Illegal houses built along Jalan 12/12, near the back guardhouse between Puteri 11 and 12.
• Slow respond from MPSJ on complaint of potholes, cracked road surface and maintenance of playground of Puteri 12.
• Need free shutter buses like Sunway and Bandar Utama residents providing for them, all residents of Bandar Puteri have problems for public transport.
• Lack of sweepers swiping the streets, not sweep daily especially back lanes and drains.

Issues raised Puteri 6 RA: -
• Need police patrol more in Bandar Puteri residential area. Why robbery cases reported to the Bandar Puteri station are not at all investigated.
Issues raised by IXORA RA (Puteri 6): -
• Security - Police to patrol into each housing area even though those guarded, more frequently during day time, have log book at designated locations inside build brick wall fencing for those housing area along the main road (i.e. Lebuh Puteri) - IXORA is the only taman without one now
• Public Transport - Ampang line LRT extension to cover Bandar Puteri in phase 1 of the whole project while the traffic volume along LDP still manageable.
• Landscape - more appropriate types of trees to be planted in Bandar Puteri, and must be well taken care - it feels refreshing moving out from Bandar Puteri into Taman Wawasan
• Community - public swimming pool should be built, hypermedia library process book loan manually - inefficient, and prone to "book theft" and seating capacity and book collection of hypermedia needs to improve.

Issues raised by Acacia RA (Puteri 7): -
• Requests for another speed table in front of the existing speed table fronting Columbia Hospital as the present one is not effective in reducing speeding of oncoming cars. A lot of problems to cross the road for cars coming out of Puteri 7 area.
• Another suggestion is for the road kerb at Lebuh Puteri fronting Puteri 7 to redesign the road junction similar to the existing junction in Puteri 6.
• Jalan Puteri 7/1 and the whole of Puteri 7 need road resurfacing as it has been 10 years since the road was resurfaced. Further there also exist many potholes due to heavy traffic usage especially at Jalan Puteri 7/1 and Jalan Puteri 7/2.
• Alam Flora personnel were supposed to sweep our back lanes and drains twice monthly, unfortunately this have been adhered to and hope MPSJ can assist us on this issue to ensure strict compliance to cleaning schedules by them. Further the playground in our area is also full of leafs. If left unattended it will create health issues. Please to ensure that the personnel doing the job clear the debris such as rubbish, leaves, etc within the same day.
• The "No U-turn" sign fronting Columbia Asia is not effective as a lot of cars are still making U-turns at the junction. This is very dangerous as it hampers cars coming out from Puteri 7 and cars trying to enter Puteri 7 from the other side of the road. Accidents have already happened many times, luckily no DEATHS yet.

Issues raised by Puteri 8 RA: -
• Long awaited U Turn sign for Puteri 8 Residents at traffic lights.
• Bad conditions of roads and drainage issues with frequent potholes.
• Urgent Request for Road widening at entrance and relocation of RA Cabin to Puteri 8/10 small padang with electricity connection.
• Overgrown trees and incessant shedding of leaves that clog drains etc – Wrong type of tress planted.
• Internal road humps for safety of residents.
• Sewage line overflows and dumps sewage on the roads at entrance of Puteri 8/1 as well as traffic light junction from manhole every time there is a heavy shower.
• Resurface our roads which are full of pot holes.

Issues raised by Puteri 9 RA: -
• Current children's playground is tucked behind the back lane of Jalan Puteri 9/1C and too far for parents with young toddlers on pram;
• Traffic coming into Aseana Condo poses accident risk as condo residents turn right before turning left into the condo.
• Very sharp and narrow junction at 9/1 and 9/1B bearing in mind there is no through road and the road 9/1B serve 54 houses.
• Residents would appreciate if MPSJ and/or IOI could -Redesignate the current Aseana showhouse area as new playground or basketball court; re-align or move the entry lane of Asean Puteri further in so that cars do not have to veer right before driving in and look into widening the junction.

Issues raised Aseana Puteri Condo (Puteri 9): -
• Aseana Puteri Condo have corrected the entrance angle of vehicles in to the condo so as vehicle need not veer to the right before turning left into the condo. (SOLVED for item 2 raised by Puteri 9 RA) but will not be complete until we do the next thing which is for MPSJ/IOI to draw the road line in the middle to clear dividing for left and right. Building concrete divider, and road hump built with interlock brakes. Pictures below for detail. This either should be done by IOI or MPSJ.
• Many Negroes hang around in Wawasan market and shop lot areas creating noises, peeing, drunk, quarrels and fighting. This area may not be in Bandar Puteri Puchong proper but it is our neighbor and may get out of hand if no control to this.
• Realign the road lines from the LDP to the overhead bridge that connecting into Bandar Puteri.

Issues raised by Banyan RA (Puteri 10): -
• The existence/approval of 6 kindergardens for an enclave with 361 households has added to the massive traffic flow. What are MPSJ criteria of approving kindergarden?
• Installing road humps along Laman Puteri 2, near the entrance/exit of Banyan Guard house.
• Slow respond from MPSJ on complaint of potholes, cracked road surface and maintenance of playground.
• Inner roads at Banyan, Jalan Puteri 10/2-10/12 need resurfacing, potholes aplenty.

Issues raised by Melia RA (Puteri 10): -
• Need to have a hump at the main road (both sides) just before our guardhouse to slow down oncoming cars from Puteri 11, Sri Bayu apartments and Puchong Hartamas. We have found that some cars are speeding and certain times dangerous for our residents to exit our area.
• The playground condition at our area is badly maintained and urgently need upgrading e.g. the equipments, garden chairs, jogging path, ground condition etc.
• The condition of roads at our area is very patchy resulting in uneven driving. We even have some residents doing their own patching work using cement after it has become unbearable.
• Melia has too many entry/exit points (4) and we propose to close 2 of them. This will render our effort to safeguard this area easier.
• We seldom see police patrolling our area. We would like to see an increase in this aspect.
• There are hawkers setting up their stalls on the main road which makes the whole Bandar Puteri look messy and disorganized, especially for Puteri 9, 10 11 & 12. Also the image has been affected.

Issues raised of Puteri 11 RA: -
• The surprise development of a massive 422 units condominium complex in between two steep slopes next to Puteri 11 by IOI.
• Illegal and dangerous car parking on both roadsides of Jalan Puteri 11/1 by Bayu Apartment residents.
• Need to install road humps on Jalan Puteri 11/1, 11/1A and 11/13 to prevent speeding vehicles.
• Remove unsightly and Ah Long advertisements on trees, lamp posts and parameter fencing.
• Need a football field and community hall facilities.
• Request for more frequent and faster response to infrastructure maintenance service.

Act Against Crime Together Building A Safer Puteri 12

Prevent House Robbery And Theft - Act Against Crime Together Building A Safer Puteri 12

1. Know all the emergency numbers
   
   • Bandar Puteri Police Station: 03-80632222
   • Our Security:
     Mr Cicak (Manager) 016-361 8502
     Mr Ramesh: 012-615 3511 (Day)
     Mr Kumar: 016-6276872 (Night)
   • General Emergencies Numbers
     Police/Ambulance: 999
     Civil Defence: 991
     Fire & Rescue: 994
     Call from Any Handphone: 112
     Electrical Breakdown: 15454
     Gas Emergency: 995
     Water Woes (Selangor): 1800-88-5252
2. Make provision of good lighting, but switch the lights off during the day. Outside lights that are on during the day and posts that are left in the mailbox are signs of no-one being home. Do not leave your gates, front or back door open or partially open – it serves as an invitation to burglars.
3. Never open the door immediately or the front automatic gate whenever the door bell rings or if someone knocks. Make completely sure the person wanting to enter is expected. Domestic helpers, garden staff and children are often approached by robbers who act as salesperson, telephone or TV repairmen, electricians, plumbers, TV licence or inspectors and many other professions. Even be careful if it is a lady or elderly person. In an effort to gain entrance robbers use a handphone and make as if they are talking to the owner of the house so as to put pressure on unsuspecting victims to open the gate or door. Those remaining at home should be made aware of these scams. Emphasise the need for security to your domestic helper, so too ensuring his/her own safety. Arrange with people who remain at home on how you will inform them if there is a need for them to open the house for deliveries, maintenance work or repairs. Always use the same procedure and inform the companies involved that they will not gain access unless you have made a specific arrangement.
4. A watchdog is a good early warning system. Keep it visible as a deterrent but beyond the reach of strangers. The unexplainable death of a watchdog is a warning sign of a possible burglary.
5. If your house alarm goes off, or you hear strange noises or your dogs bark switch on the outside (front or back) lights and investigate. If you feel uncomfortable, call our security to investigate. If you are sure of a robber in progress, immediately call the police.
6. Always check the identity of strangers who visit for business purposes, to do deliveries or repairs. Ensure that you stay out of their reach to prevent being grabbed through a closed gate.
7. Report suspicious characters who pose a threat to our security guards or the police. When employing someone request their identity document and make a copy thereof for safekeeping. Check their previous employment references and do security clearances at the police at Bukit Aman.
8. Install the best security you can afford. Do not rely on the standard locks installed by the developers because it is very easy to open. Replace those locks with some high-tech locks.
9. When approaching your house entrance by foot or by car ensure that it is safe to enter and that you have not been followed. Be aware of persons loitering at the entrance and always be alert to look behind your car if there is a stranger car following you. If you suspect you are being followed, immediately take down the vehicle number and description and drive to our security posts or the nearest police station. Most robbers use luxury vehicles to avoid being suspected.
10. Always keep you keys safe to prevent duplication thereof. Never leave your house keys under a doormat or in a pot plant. Once you have locked your door from the inside remove the key and place it in a safe place. Do not leave keys in a hidden place for domestic staff or children, robbers often stake out a house and will find out about these hiding places. Do not give keys to people who do not live on the property or to anyone if it is not absolutely necessary.
11. Know your neighbours and build a relationship of mutual trust and support. When going away inform them and the security guards to keep an eye on your house.
    It is always best to arrange with persons living in the same street as you to be ready at all times to come to the rescue of one another in dangerous or suspicious times. Exchange phone numbers or signalling methods when you find yourself in distress. Your strength always lies in how many people are able to support you in an emergency.
12. If you buy luxury goods, cut up the boxes and dispose of these in tied black bags. A branded box is a telltale sign of what thieves could find in your house. Keep cash and valuables in banks or safes.
13. If your house has been broken into, contact your nearest police station immediately. Wait until fingerprints and statements are taken before touching anything. Do not allow private security companies to enter the house or touch anything before the police have arrived.
    A list of the make, model and serial numbers of electrical appliances and other valuable equipment should always be available for investigation purposes.
14. If you are held up during a robbery, just surrender everything the robbers want and do not fight them. If you believe you can over power the robbers, please think twice and consider the safety of your family members. But if you have the opportunity to escape, run out and scream for help.

Don’t be a miser… But be wiser…
We care for our safety and yours too…

(This article is contributed by Edward Skading)

Neighbourhood or Home Watch

Each of us has a vital role to play by becoming actively involved in crime prevention. We the Residents of Puteri 12 possess a much specialised knowledge of our neighbourhood which even our local police may find hard to achieve.

A police officer might not recognise someone in your garden as a stranger but your neighbour might. It is this kind of awareness and willingness to help that is the basis of neighbourhood watch or home watch.

By letting our security guards or the police know of anything suspicious you see or hear, you are helping to reduce the opportunities for crime to occur and more difficult for criminals, and more likely that crime can be reduced.

Quite recently, two different houses in our neighbourhood were robbed. Both robberies happened during the daylight hours and we believe that both robberies were done by the same person or group because both break-ins were similar.

When a house is burgled it is more likely to be burgled again than a house that has not been. If it does happen it is likely to be within the next few weeks. After all, a burglar has been into the home found the weak points in its security and had a good look at the contents and layout. So stepping up the security of a home straight away can prevent a further crime.

Even with our security guards patrolling our neighbourhood, we as a community of Puteri 12 should work together to watch over our neighbourhood and help to look out for any suspicious activity in our area. We should keep an eye on strange vehicles moving around our neighbourhood or suspicious strangers and if you suspect such activities, you have to respond fast by informing our security guards to investigate or if you are sure that a crime is taking place, call the police. When suspecting criminal activities, you are encouraged not to intervene but to contact authorities.

By being a good neighbour and keeping an eye out for anything suspicious you can help to make our community more secure. These are some of the things you should report:

1. Strangers knocking on front doors or peering through windows and then disappearing round the back, or loitering suspiciously.
2. Strangers hanging around our neighbourhood, playing fields etc and approaching children.
3. Strange unrecognised vehicles moving about or hanging around our neighbourhood.
4. Open windows in houses where the owners are out or on holiday.
5. Strangers trying car doors.
6. Anything that you believe is suspicious.

Details are important – whenever you pass on information, remember that accurate descriptions of suspicious people and vehicles will save time and confusion. These are the information our security guards and the police may need:

• An exact description of what you have seen
• The time
• The place
• The person(s) involved: approximate age, sex, colour, height, build, unusal characteristics, clothing worn, and any other distinguishing features
• The vehicles involved: registration number (even part of this number might help), make and model (if known), colour, condition and direction of travel

Security personnel to report
Mr Cicak (Manager) – 016-361 8502
Mr Ramesh (Day supervisor) – 012-615 3511
Mr Kumar (Night supervisor) – 016-627 6872
Puteri Police Station: 03-8063 2222

(This article is contributed by Edward Skading)

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鄰居的守望相助防犯犯罪醒觉运动

我們每個人都有一個重要的角色，發揮積極地參與防防犯罪。Puteri12居民擁有專業知識认应识附近的街坊，警察是難以分判盗贼或小偷。

一名警方人員不可能認識盗贼或小偷在你的花園里，但鄰居認的。這種類型的認識並願意无条件的幫助，只有鄰居能守望相助往家裡觀看。

你們看到任何可疑或聽到屋顶有走路声请通知我們的保安人員或警察，无形中你們是在幫助減少犯罪的發生。

最近，兩個不同的房屋在我們附近被劫。劫案發生在兩個小時的白天，我們相信幹案的歹徒是同一人或一个組织，因为他们的幹案手法闖入都很相似。

當一個房屋被劫后，盗贼或小偷很大机会会再打劫同一间房屋而不会打劫其他的屋子。畢竟，一個小偷已經知道薄弱的保安系统和一個摩登外观装修的化費，很可能將在未來數星期又再次被打劫，因此，我们的家应加強保安全以防止進一步被劫。

即使我們的保安人員巡邏我們的家，我們也应為这個Puteri12社區共同出钱出力，幫忙監視我們的鄰居和有互助的精神，密切留意任何可疑的陌生人在我們地區活動。我們應該時刻留意陌生的車輛徘徊在我們的地區或可疑的陌生人，如果你懷疑這些活動，你必須迅速作出反應，通知我們的保安人員進行調查，或者如果您確信犯罪正在發生，通知警方。當懷疑犯罪活動，建議您不要干預，向當局聯絡。

Puteri 12 RA和成員打造一個舒適安全的社區,并有很好邻居幫忙監視密切留意任何可疑陌生人，以下都是一些事情你應該注意：

1. 陌生人敲前門窗戶或門外張望，然後消失，或遊蕩，形跡可疑。
2. 陌生人徘徊我們的鄰里，運動場等，並接近兒童。
3. 陌生人的車輛在周圍徘徊。
4. 窗口被打開中，但房屋業主或出外度假。
5. 陌生人試圖打開車門。
6. 凡是你認為是可疑的。

重点 - 當你傳达的信息，請記住，準確描述可疑的陌生人和車輛的車牌號码，顏色將節省很多時間。我們的論点是保安人員和警方可能需要以下的情報：

• 準確的描述你所看到的
• 時間
• 地点
• 涉及的人：大致年齡，性別，膚色，身高，身材，此項特殊的特點，衣物磨損，以及任何其他特色
• 涉及的車輛：註冊號碼（此號碼的一部分，甚至可能幫助），品牌和型號（如已知），顏色，形狀和逃走的方向

保安人員的報告
Cicak先生（經理） - 016-361 8502
Ramesh先生（日主管） - 012-615 3511
Kumar先生（夜主管） - 016-627 6872
Puteri警署：03-8063 2222

(本文由愛德華Skading貢獻)