UPDATE, 16 June 2008: Now, read about the “horrors” that I had discovered during my visits. Go to the lower section of this post.
Here are some pictures taken during my visits this morning and afternoon. A write up of the events will be posted later. Please bear with me.
Launching of the “Free from Aedes Mosquitoes” in Sungei Mulia by Ministry of Health in conjunction with DBKL.
Visit to Danau Kota Flat – hearing out the problems faced by our Muslim brothers in their surau.
Hearing out and talking to the Residents Association’s Chief of Danau Kota pertaining to their long list of problems.
ATTENTION: It has come to my awareness that there were many people making their rounds in Danau Kota who had claimed that they were representing me or working on my behalf.
This is not true and I have not appointed nor given any authority to anyone or any organisation to carry out such ‘work’ on my behalf.
Should I be appointing people to approach the residents for whatever reason or cause, you will hear of it from me first in this blog.
I urge the rakyat of Wangsa Maju not to be easily taken in by these people’s talk and, under no circumstance, please do not contribute money or funds to whatever program or project they claim to be undertaking.
Thank you.
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Yesterday at the Jamuan Makan Malam in Section 1, I heard that our Muslim brothers had problems with their surau. Dirty water was flowing out from the sewage pipe from upstairs. I was extremely surprised to learn that this problem had been brought to the attention of the previous MCA MP and nothing had been done. Well, this is very normal for me now because I have been facing many problems which were grossly neglected and carried forward from many years ago.
I assured our Muslim brothers that I will contact the developer of Danau Kota Flats to attend to this problem. I will also be questioning DBKL, especially Jabatan Perancang, why on earth did it issue Certificates of Fitness for the Danau Kota Flats without building a surau? I would have thought all facilities should have been completed before Certificates of Fitness are issued. I had also been told by our Muslim brothers that a piece of land had been allocated for the surau but there was no plan to build it at the moment. I do not know why.
In the interim, the broken sewage pipe must be attended to by the developer immediately as it involves a place of worship.
After I had attended to our Muslim brothers’ problem, I didn’t know that I was about to stumble upon a mine field! One Mr Lim, who is a resident association leader approached me with all the problems and I must confess that I was shocked to my bones after hearing what he had told me.
To understand more about the Danau Kota Flats, we must go back to history as the project had been abandoned and taken over by several companies. We must also take into consideration the people behind all the companies that had taken over this project in order to understand it better.
Brief History:
It all began in 1982 when the authority wanted to move out the squatters from Kampung Pasir. So the Danau Kota Flats were born. Peremba was the first developer to develop Danau Kota Flats. The construction of the flats was abandoned a few times and several other developers took over from Peremba to complete the development of the Danau Kota Flats. Several developers were involved before the five blocks of flats were finally completed. A unit of flat cost RM25,000-00.
Trust me, there are a lot to check up on the history of this Danau Kota Flats. There are still many unanswered questions with regards to the Kg Pasir land, the tin mine land and the original piece of land occupied by the army known as Wederbun Camp. Subsequently Wederbun Camp was moved to the present site opposite the JPJ. Now the development of this piece of huge prime land had been undertaken by a special developer. Perhaps someone, somewhere would be able to provide me with more information on the history of this piece of “land”, which Wederbun Camp was situated, off Jalan Genting Kelang.
For the moment, I will not go any further until I have verified the stories that I have heard so far.
Problems:
I had been informed that many squatters from Kg Pasir and residents in the vicinity had not been allotted units at the Danau Kota Flats. I was also informed that there are 1,900 units of flats for the 5 blocks of Danau Kota Flats.
A vital question to the developer: have they allocated the low cost flats in Danau Kota Flats to ALL the registered squatters of Kg Pasir and the residents in the vicinity?
The conditions of the Danau Kota Flats were appalling. I was told that when it rained residents had to use umbrellas in the lift! At Block C, the lifts break down on an average of 3 to 4 times a day. The lift problems had been in existence since year 2002 until now.
Collection of rubbish was badly attended to by the Service Management company.
Anti-Lightning Cables were stolen and the management had not installed new anti-lightning cables. Whenever there is lightning, electrical appliances like TV, radio and etc. will be destroyed.
Inadequate parking spaces for the residents. I just wonder how on earth did Jabatan Perancang approve such a big project with such limited number of parking spaces.
There are too many foreigners/immigrants in Danau Kota Flats. They are mainly from Bangladesh, Indonesia, China, (Negroes), Myanmar, Vietnamese and Thailand. I am sure that many of these foreigners are without proper permits. Strictly speaking they are far too many illegal immigrants in Danau Kota Flats. I will inform the respective authority and immigration department about this.
The Service Management company:
The Service Management company has been changed by the developer without consulting the flat owners. The Service Management company also had been collecting RM45 per flat every month and another RM4 per month go into a sinking fund account. To-date the flat owners have no access to the accounts of the funds collected (general maintenance and sinking fund accounts). This is not right. The flat owners must demand for an independent auditor to audit the maintenance and sinking fund accounts.
The flat owners should write to the Commissioner of Building in Dewan Bandaraya demanding for the formation of a Joint Management Committee (JMC), where the flat owners themselves will be elected to form this JMC to run its own affairs.
I shall be contacting the Service Management company and the authorities to sort out the above matters. I will be having a meeting with the leaders of the Residents Association in Danau Kota this coming Wednesday, 18 June 2008.
With the above background, now I can understand why the known two tricksters had been trying their utter best to mislead the Danau Kota Flats owners to not meet up with me and at the same time run me down to the ground that I do not care. This is typical of BN style of politics which is politics of deceit. They hope to win with lies and misdeeds.
Thank you very much to the Danau Kota residents for alerting me to the BN dirty tricks.
Addendum: With regard to the problem of Service Management companies not performing up to mark and mismanaging ‘maintenance and sinking fund’ accounts of privately owned flats, apartments, condominiums, etc., Danau Kota Flats are certainly not alone in this issue. I have heard of numerous other similar cases that are happening, not only in KL, but also throughout the country. The authorities must be made aware of this problem and the guilty parties brought to book to protect the rakyat’s hard-earned savings and money.
Wangsa Maju is very lucky to have our YB Wee Choo Keong serving us leh.While most fathers will be taking the day off today, our YB has not neglected his duty and has gone to the rakyat to do work for them leh.Today is Father’s Day.Happy Father’s Day to all fathers. Of course, the same greeting also must go to our YB Wee Choo Keong lah.Keep up the good work YB. I will make sure all members of my family and clan will continue to vote for you.The previous fler … aiyoo, don’t know what to say lah.
happy father’s day everybodyone of the problems I see in Danau Kota is the access road into Taman Melati is too narrow and causing traffic jam (near TARC there)Perhaps YB can join hands with DBKL and look for a solution…widening the road or cutting up a new path.RegardsLee Wee Tak
its heartening to see you visiting the surau there YB. You are a true MP working for all regardless of race and religion.Continue the good work!
Just wanna say; keep up the good works. In times when the economy is down, the people needs all the support they can get. Thank you.
I am from Danau Kota Flats. I have heard of people (one Chinese and Malay) have been going around to tell the residents that they know YB Wee very well and are working for YB Wee. They also said that YB Wee will not come to Danau Kota because YB Wee will only deal with big matter.Now I know they were not telling the truth and have been misleading the residents. Now I know that they are up to no good. The Chinese guy was the former MCA member, Yew Teong Look budak. I will try to find out about the Malay guy. Most probably an UMNO chap. YB Wee thank you so much for telling us about these con-men. The residents in Danau Kota have many problems. We are the Kg Pasir squatters. Please believe me that we have been treated like shit by th developer and management. I will e-mail to you about all the problems faced by us.Thank you for enlightening us. Now we know YB Wee cares for us. These con-men just do not want YB Wee to be near us so that they can cari makan here. Now YB Wee please stop them from cari makan from us.
Dear YB, Please get the police to accompany you on your rounds the next time so that they cn hear first hand from the rakyat re crime matters. jn – idaman sutera, medan idaman
Thank you so much for your comments. I feel so happy that you all are so caring. I sincerely do appreciate your concerns. I will definitely be careful with my safety in Wangsa Maju. Now that i have been moving around the area for a few months, I do know how dangerous Wangsa Maju can be. I will carry on pushing the government to pay more attention to the securities of nation especially Wangsa Maju. Anon 221:59 Thank you so much for confirming that they are people holding themselves out to be representing me and they have been misleading the residents in Danau Kota Flats for sometimes. Since you all know about these tricksters please pass the words around to keep the residents informed so that they all will not be cheated. Please beware of such personalities they are many. Some have gone around using my name to collect monies from the hawkers on the ground that they can get low cost house for them. I have stopped this activity already. It is hoped that such activities by these tricksters will also be stopped in Danau Kota Flats. Please email to me if you hear anything like this again. I am in the process of writing about the problems that I do know about Danau Kota Flats. Please watch out for this page for updates.
Saya ingin mengemukakan cadangan sampingan, mungkin baik ataupun sebaliknya.Masalah penstrukturan semula harga bahan api yang juga membawa kepada penstrukturan semula harga minyak petrol (minyak naik hargalah tu) secara tidak langsung akan menggalakkan pertumbuhan kadar jenayah. Sebelum keadaan bertambah teruk, saya percaya masalah ini masih boleh dielakkan contonhnya dengan menggerakkan semula jentera rondaan rukun tetangga. Kita terpaksa berpijak pada bumi yang pro-aktif berbanding dengan menyalahkan orang-orang lain sahaja terutamanya kerajaan dalam hal-hal yang bersangkutan dengan keselamatan contohnya. Janganlah kita menghentam seseorang atau sesebuah institusi itu berdasarkan kepada paksi kebencian yang tidak berkesudahan. PRU12 telah empat purnama lebih meninggalkan kita. Bersatulah setidak-tidaknya untuk kepentingan rakyat khususnya di Wangsa Maju ini. Politik dan kepentingan rakyat adalah suatu yang tulus dan murni, jangan sekali-kali kita memperdagangkannya dengan elemen-elemen yang kurang sihat.Memang tugas menggerakkan semula rondaan ini banyak dan remeh kerjanya (bukan kecik anak skopnya) tapi that golden single step has to be taken anyway, mahu tak mahu.Sesekali, kita juga perlu melaung-laungkan apakah sumbangan kita terhadap negara, dalam kes mithali ni kita fokus kat Wangsa Maju udah le.That means gelombang tsunami pengurangan kadar jenayah di Wangsa Maju, bumi bertuah ini harus dimartabatkan untuk menggerakkan naluri kesedaran rakyat bahawa bahawa masalah tersebut adalah PERMASALAHAN dan TANGGUNGJAWAB kita bersama.NABIL – LU PIKIRLAH SENDIRI…
Step Mom is like Rafidah, Step Grandpa is like Pak Leh and you
A BIG THANK YOU for our YB and DBKL- reason?..- Today as I was passing through Ibukota main road, I noticed the scenery was much more pleasant than usual. Reason being DBKL has got rid of those ugly posters (including “wedding” house directions) and banners along the road. YB, please convey our thanks to DBKL too.JN / IDAMAN SUTERA, MEDAN IDAMAN
anon 15 June, 2008 21:59,”Now I know they were not telling the truth and have been misleading the residents. Now I know that they are up to no good. The Chinese guy was the former MCA member, Yew Teong Look budak. I will try to find out about the Malay guy. Most probably an UMNO chap. “you can see how low these buggers can go just to tarnish another person’s image for their own benefits. Sigh!! MCA will always be MCA.YB,just a suggestion, in future, when you appoint anyone, besides updating us in this blog…maybe you can give them some identification to wear, such as a badge or an ID card. This way, the people will at least know who is genuine and who is a rat.one more thing…GO GO PORTUGAL!** Euro 2008 fever already **
Hi Mr Wee,You were at Section 1 on Saturday night right? the same spot when DS Anwar came for the kempen? Im quite surprise you didnt announce about that event that night. I knew from a friend and she said there were also some ‘makan-makan’Oh well, maybe next time you could let us know of your programs here. You can have a calender section at the frontpage letting the people of your public activities.
All Danau Kota Flat owners must be careful now. There are too many MCA con-men around. These MCA con-men cari makan in Danau Kota Flats and every part of Wangsa Maju. Thank you YB wee for alerting us to these MCA characters. YB Wee, you are right on how could Jabatan Peracang approved the Danau Kota Flats with so few car parks. Definitely got hanky panky otherwise how could Jabatan Perancang approved such projects. PKR and YB Wee should lodge a report to the ACA with regards to approvals given by Jabatan Perancang without taking into account of the policy of DBKL and the rules.Jabatan Perancang is the worst in DBKL!
All flat owners should stand up and notlet these so-called Management companies to mislead them. The flat owners must start to organise themselves to run their own affairs. Thank YB you have definitely stepped on the land mines. All these management companies are controlled by cronies of MCA leaders and for the cronies to cari makan at the expense of te people.
YB,With 45ringgit a month, do you think you can manage the flats at Danau Kota. Furthermore, not all the owners pay up. As a developer, do you think you can make money from the low cost flats? Vandalism is the main problem at low cost flats and it is also the main factor in high maintenance cost. Yb, I think you should be appointed to be the chairman of Danau Kota JMB. Then, I guess you would know what is like to manage low cost flats. You are a lawyer and please don’t mislead the common folks there. It’s easy to win support when you accuse the other party of being corrupt. Don’t talk about mismanagement of fund until you see the real account.
The fact that this is an abandoned project, the owners of the Danau Kota flats should be grateful to the developer which managed to provide shelters over their heads.Instead of championing the rights of the common folks, I suggest YB take a walk around Prima Setapak commercial centre in the night. There is no law and order here. Tables lining the street like it is a pedestrian mall. Stalls are placed on the road kerbs. Dirty back lanes. Televisions and projectors hanging on the wall giving the residents here sleepless nights. Get corrupted DBKL enforcement officers to act, YB. Yew Teong Look couldn’t do it but if you manage to solve the problems here, I kow tow to you. I shall get all the residents to vote for you in the next election. Good luck, YB.
After I called upon the original developer, FBO, to sort out the piping problems in the Surau, the piping was rectified within a few hours. On behalf of the Muslim residents in Danau Kota, I would like to say thank you to the developer for their prompt actions.However, I do hope that FBO will look into the allegations of the present management of Danau Kota are people connected with Wangsa Maju MCA leader. FBO, the original developer, should ensure that the management act in the best interest of the Danau Kota flat owners and be transparent with all the accounting records. The Danau Kota Flat owners must now stand up to demand for transparency in the management of their flats.
Gd Morning YB, Im one of ur supporter in Wangsa Maju…..kalau boleh YB perlu publish Jadual Program YB supaya penduduk kawasan ini tahu perkembangan terkini keadaan parti PKR atau YB sendiri. Kalau bole, kami turut bersama dengan Yb dalam program tuan.
sekian terima kasih,