BBRAeNEWS No.256 - Invasion of the Touch-Me-Not.

The Invasion of the Touch-Me-Not.

More commonly also known as the humble plant or sensitive plant, it is scientifically called Minosa pudica.



The Smaller field, in front of Bungor and Bidara Precincts, next to the Large Football field, there is a silent but gradual large scale invasion of the touch-me-not plants. The compounds leaves of these plants fold inward and droop when touched or shaken, and re-opened within minutes. It is sparsely to densely prickly. It may be a beautiful weed plant but hazardous to human especially children due to its prickly thorns.

Smaller parts of the Big Football field are also been invaded, though not noticeably widespread.

BBRAeNEWS No.255 - Gated community or not?

Gated community, or not?
The following extracts taken out from Malaysiakini.

Malaysiakini
Sim Kwang Yang Oct 29, 09 2:51pm

I moved into a brand new housing estate at the top of a hill in Cheras more than five years ago, and have seen how the area develops into a very plesant neighbourhood, with shop, an Econsave, a pasar malam on Sunday, and even a wet market in the morning every day.

Comments: By cala
This is an excellent article from Sim justifying the need of Residents’ Association(RA) in the Klang Valley (in view of high crime rates). In fact, the debate about RA is part and parcel of a discourse on privately governed urban neighborhoods/common interest housings/ gated communities/ enclosures of the urban commons/ condominiums etc in academic journals. It has been reported that one quarter of Americans are living in one of the schemes like this. In New South Wales, Australia, two our of three persons are also found staying in such schemes. If by allowing the gating up of a neighborhood means maintenance cost can be transferred to RA, then there is a good chance that any local authority would allow the “succession”. Why not? In the proposed institutional arrangement, a local authority gets to tax the residents as before but enjoying less areas to manage.

Comments by: myop101
I have recently bought a house in a gated and guarded cluster of houses. I spoke to a few friends and they also bought properties with similar facilities. When I went to my parent’s house, I noticed that the township phase where the house is located have more or less been either fenced up or hiring guards to patrol that area. As an ordinary citizen, I too fear for the safety of my family and properties. The police ........ Perhaps their resources are strained but I have not seen police patrols for a very long time. Is it really our fault if we want to safeguard our own safety by our own means i.e. fencing up and hiring security guards? Crime will never go away just by whining and complaining and giving lame excuses like it is the ‘police Job” but not willing to even spare RM50-100 per month to get someone to patrol the place.

BBRAeNEWS No.254 - A Moment of Beauty.

A Moment of Beauty
BBRA Moment of Beauty
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.The goal of this blog is also to show at least one moment of beauty for each day. We can all benefit from taking some time each day to appreciate the beauty that surrounds us.A new lovely photo or image is presented every day. From bright images of flowers and landscape to solemn photos of religious status in shadow, to little hands discovering new things. BBRA Moment of Beauty will offers you a wonderful new surprise each day. Why you will like this site is because it is very family friendly and will brings a smile or moment of happiness of so.

BBRAeNEWS No.253 - Beware of Fake Money.

Dear Residents,

Beware of Fake Money.

BBRAeNEWS No.252 - A Resident's Voice.

A Resident’s Voice

Sunday, October 25, 2009 12:55 AM
From: Letter from a Resident
To: Residents c/o BBRA



MPK & TMO taking notes of complaints
Dear residents,
Am glad to note that as per last week, MPK has started to clear the mess at common areas in phase 6. They have even started cutting the grass again after some hiatus. Refer to picture 'slide 1'. This week they have completed the grass cutting and have removed most of the rubbish that were thrown indiscriminately by some residents. MPK has also got the contractor who was doing renovation to straighten the lamp post beside the corner house. Refer to picture 'slide 2'.Though it took MPK really long and TMO some time to acknowledge such things, I believe it is a good sign that there is genuine improvement. I do hope that the residents can do their part to not litter and vandalize common areas in our garden. Today, MPK enforcement was also at the park in the evening. See Picture 3. I did not spot any motorcycles using the park near phase 4 & 6 when they were at the park.

Best regards,
A Resident’s Voice
Bandar Botanic
Phase 6

BBRAeNEWS No.251 - 4th BBRA Potluck Celebration.

To all residents of Bungor Precinct of Bandar Botanic,
Please join us for a Saturday evening.

4th Garden Potluck Party

at Bandar Botanic!

to celebrate the hard work

and collaboration of the

volunteers and residents

of Bandar Botanic

Community.

Date: November 14, 2009

(Saturday)

Time: 5.30 PM -1030 PM

Gathering Location :

Near the play ground in Jalan Bungor 7,Bungor Precinct

Objective:

BERKENALAN DENGAN JIRAN-JIRAN/TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOURS/ 居民交流

All those from Bungor are welcome.

BBRAeNEWS No.250 - Gotong Royong Project.

Dear Residents,

Gotong Royong Project.

The Bandar Botanic Residents Association is organisating a Gotong Royong project.

Gotong Royong is done together with Bungor and Bidara.

Date: 7th November,2009 (Saturday)

Time: 6.30am - 10.00am (morning)

Gathering Location: Near the play ground in Jalan Bungor 7, Bungor Precint.

Scope of area: Bungor and Bidara Precint.

BBRAeNEWS No.249 - They Never Learn.

They Never Learn


It is a Cat-and-Mouse Game. When the enforcements units of the MPK are not around, the ‘mouse’ on motorbikes comes out. These photographs were taken in the morning of Saturday 17th Oct,2009.

BBRAeNEWS No.248 - Deepavali

BBRA would like to wish all our Indian friends

"Happy Deepavali"

BBRAeNEWS No.247 - A Moment to Ponder.

Dear Residents,

A Moment to Ponder - Beware of Dogs.



A Pack of stray dogs on the loose, along the Bukit Tinggi-Bandar Botanic Freeway.
BBRA's A Moment to Ponder.

The goal of this blog is also to bring Awareness to all residents of what is actually happening or had already happened. Some of the pictures may seems ruthless. But can each and everyone of us gives a Ponder of a Moment?

What is your personal opinion on this picture? ...Do you know what will happen if an accident occurs ?...Do you have any comments? ...And do you have any solutions?

BBRAeNEWS No.246 - Illegal Parking

To: TMO
cc: MPK
cc: Police-Bandar Botanic
cc: Police-Bukit Tinggi

Illegal and Wrongful Parking.

Very often, large buses, lorries trailers and container vehicles parked illegally along the main road near to the Bandar Botanic Low Cost Flats, inadvertently causing accidents, especially on a hazy or rainy weather.

Today during rainy weather, at night, an accident occurs. The driver most probably could not see the stationery bus parked alongside the road, without any triangular JPJ road signs.

The owners of these buses, lorries and container trucks lives in the low cost flats and they could claim that there is no proper parking for them anywhere.

Could TMO and MPK think of a proper parking solutions for these residents. Could these authorities allow these trailers to park under the High Tension Electrical Power Cables Towers?

BBRAeNEWS No.245 - Phase 8 Bandar Botanic

Dear Residents,


Phase 8 Bandar Botanic.


Harum Intisari has already began constructing the 2 storey terrace houses (20'x70'x20'x80') at Phase 8-B1)

BBRAeNEWS No.244 - Fogging

Dear Residents,

ANNOUNCEMENT
-FOGGING

TMO has sent a letter to the BBRA on fogging in Bandar Botanic, on the following date and time.
Date: 9th October,2009

Time:
1) Parcel A 6am to 9am
2) Parcel B 5pm to 8pm

Kindly take note.

BBRAeNEWS No.243 - Abundant Harvest.

Dear Residents,






In Abundant Harvests

BBRA Moment of Beauty
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.The goal of this blog is also to show at least one moment of beauty for each day. We can all benefit from taking some time each day to appreciate the beauty that surrounds us.A new lovely photo or image is presented every day. From bright images of flowers and landscape to solemn photos of religious status in shadow, to little hands discovering new things. BBRA Moment of Beauty will offers you a wonderful new surprise each day. Why you will like this site is because it is very family friendly and will brings a smile or moment of happiness of so.

BBRAeNEWS No.242 - Silent Pumps

To: TMO - Mr Goo CK,

Dear Mr Goo,

Perhaps letting the pumps all go silent is not good for the retention lake and its ecology. I believe some of the pumps have been taken out by your contractors for repair, but I am surprise to find all the pump from one end of the lake to another were silent and not functioning.

The following pictures will testify.












Pump No.1 - Near to Phase 4
27-9-09 @ 0757 (Sunday)











Pump No.2 - near to Phase 3
27-9-09 @ 0750 (Sunday)









Pump No.3 - near to Phase 3
27-9-09 @ 0750 hrs(Sunday)











Pump No.4 - The Water
Fountain near Wild Geese.
27-9-09 @ 0742 (Sunday)











Pump No.5 - Near to Phase 2
27-9-09 @ 0739 (Sunday)

BBRAeNEWS No.241 - Are we sitting ducks?

As reported in today's Star. The article highlights two incidences where security guards were murdered by robbers that occurred in Klang. One case in Kapar and another in Teluk Gong. We are located in the middle of two locations and the threat to our security is everyone's concern. Are our guards prepared in case of emergency?

Most security guards are ‘sitting ducks’

PETALING JAYA: Security guards provided with a baton, whistle and torchlight while on duty, are merely ‘sitting ducks’ in the event of armed robberies.

As such, the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) is concerned for their safety as many guards ended up as statistics to vicious gun-toting robbers.

It said that apart from some banks and financial institutions, most establishments, especially small-and-medium industries employed senior citizens without basic training as guards.

In view of this, MTUC vice-president A. Balasubramaniam said the government should draw up comprehensive guidelines pertaining to the employment of security guards to ensure their safety and that of their clients.

“There is a need for such guidelines as many security guards were killed on the job during armed robberies because of a lack of protective measures.

“Providing them with a baton, whistle and torchlight is tantamount to little or no protection at all.

“Their safety and that of those they protect must be ensured by the government,” he said here yesterday.

Balasubramaniam quoted a recent incident where a 43-year-old security guard was murdered during a robbery attempt in Kapar, Klang, and another killed in Telok Gong, Klang last month.

“In both cases, none of the guards was adequately equipped to protect themselves,” he said. — Bernama

BBRAeNEWS No.240 - Another illegal land grab

Reported by BBRA committee member.

"This morning I walked round our BB lake side and when passing Kiara Precint, I noticed house No. 26, Jalan Kiara 13 (the semi-d row) under going renovations and extensions. Indeed it was REALLY EXTENSIONS much to my chagrin, the extension was more towards occupation as in occupying public land (road side reserve) in front of the said house, without the slightest thought for road users' safety. This blatant act should be officially reported by BBRA to MPK and demand that the construction be put to an IMMEDIATE STOP!"

Dear residents,

From the pictures, it is obvious that the owner of the house has "claimed" public land and added it to his house renovations. This has dwarfed his immediate neighbours and quite frankly destroyed the aesthetics of the street by being a sore thumb that protrudes onto the road.

As a matter of principle, BBRA will lodge an official complaint to the authorities on the matter. However, residents can also do their part in voicing their feedback on the matter to us or even directly to MPK.

The front parameter of the house has extended by what looks like 10 feet. Is this really happening? Would you allow your neighbour to do this if you were living next door?

Please look at where the original refuse chamber and housing gate and the "illegally built"new one.

Can we stay mum to this?