Opal Damansara

Opal Damansara win two awards

2010-12-21T11:17:00.001+08:00

THE Opal Damansara project in Sunway Damansara received two awards for its design and layout.

With 248 units, the condominium developed by Sunway Damansara Sdn Bhd has 30% of the development allocated for landscaping.

The two awards the project received were the 2010 Green Asian Townscape Award by the Asian Habitat Summit in Fukuoka, Japan and 2010 Design Grand Award of Chinese Residential Projects by the World Association of Chinese Architects.

Sunway City Berhad property development division managing director Ho Hon Sang said they were happy to win the awards.

“A lot of thought and effort has been invested in this project to create a practical living environment that is both contemporary and functional,” he said.

Opal Damansara is located within the 162ha integrated Sunway Damansara township with good access and proximity to facilities, commercial centres and shopping malls.

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Selangor to acquire private land in Jalan Tanjung

2010-11-29T12:03:00.000+08:00

To be acquired: Half of Jalan Tanjung is currently closed to traffic following the tussle between developers and residents of Bandar Utama and Tropicana last year.

SELANGOR will proceed with the acquisition of the private land in Jalan Tanjung following the Shah Alam High Court’s dismissal of Bandar Utama City Corporation (BUCC) and Bandar Utama Technology Park’s application for leave for a judicial review recently.

“Now that the court has ruled, we will proceed with the takeover,” said Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim.

“We had instructed the Petaling Jaya City Council to go on with preparations for an open tender for a road-upgrading project to save time if the court ruled in the state’s favour,” he said.

It was the state’s decision to take over the stretch of land and upgrade the road from two to three lanes to enable two-way traffic following a tussle between residents and developers of Bandar Utama and Tropicana last year.

Developers of surrounding projects had been roped in to contribute to the road project.

The acquisition was put on hold when Bandar Utama filed an application for judicial review against the state’s order. Jalan Tanjung was only open for one-way traffic from Tropicana to Bandar Utama since last year.

Source : TheStar

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Jalan Tanjung users want state govt to speed up process of acquiring land

2010-02-10T10:28:00.000+08:00

USERS of Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, are getting frustrated about the worsening traffic situation in the area.

About 30 residents from Tropicana, Riana Green condominium and the surrounding areas held a press conference at the Riana Green function room to highlight their plight.

“The state government had made an announcement in December to acquire the land belonging to BUCC (Bandar Utama City Corporation) and to widen the road but right now, nothing has been done,” said Action Group Against Closure of Jalan Tanjung Bandar Utama chairman Mohamed Shukri Zain.

He said the traffic had worsened since school reopened and it took at least 20 to 30 minutes just to get onto the Sprint highway from Jalan Tanjung.

Slow drive: The barriers in front of 1 Tech Park is slowing down traffic because the guards would stop cars coming from Riana Green and give priority to cars turning in and out of the Tech Park.

“The other alternative is through the tunnel in Persiaran Tropicana and that is also jammed as traffic gets backed up at the BU11 and BU12 area in Lebuh Bandar Utama,” he said.

Residents had brought up the matter to the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) and had requested for the timing of the traffic lights to be changed but all to no avail.

Shukri also said it was not right for BUCC to place barriers and speed bumps in front of the 1 Tech Park because it was out of the boundaries of its private land.

“They have reduced the road to only one way going out and the guards would stop the traffic to give priority to cars going into and out of the 1 Tech Park and this slows down traffic,” said Shukri.

Cita Damansara Condominium joint management body committee member Kenneth Tan said the whole issue had created an “us against them” border mentality between Bandar Utama and Tropicana.

“It shouldn’t be the case because many of us use the road to go to Bandar Utama,” said Tan.

SJK(C) Damansara board chairman Michael Tang said most cars using the road in the morning were heading towards the highway.

“The shopping centres in Bandar Utama are not open until 10am so how can they say that we are bringing congestion into their neighbourhood?” asked Tang.

Shukri said they just wanted answers as to when the road would be opened and the current status of the land acquisition.

“We are pleading with the state government to speed up the process so that we don’t have to suffer anymore,” said Shukri.

Riana Green joint management body committee member Kong Chock Heng said they had earlier received a letter from the Land Office to attend a meeting because some portions of their land was required for the road expansion.

“However, the meeting was later called off because of some legal matters,” said Kong.

Riana Green resident Udo Kraus, who is a retired mechanical engineer, conducted a study on the time and resources wasted by fellow residents since the road was closed.

“We now have to travel an extra 4.5km distance when using the Persiaran Tropicana or an extra 6km using the Kota Damansara way,” said Kraus.

He said this took a lot of time and fuel wasted for residents of the 1,200-odd units since the road was closed in November.

When contacted, BUCC general affairs manager Paul Fernandez said they had already received the acquisition order from the Land Office but they had also obtained an order from the court to put everything on hold until the case management and hearing of their pending case has taken place.

“We can’t go against the land acquisition order and we are just asking for it to be put on hold until the court has listened to all parties involved,” said Fernandez.

Regarding the barriers in front of 1 Tech Park, he said BUCC had to put in place a traffic management system for the office tenants and the guards were put there to manage traffic.

As of press time, the MBPJ has yet to give a statement regarding the status of the road and the traffic lights timing.

Source : STAR

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Jalan Tanjung to be made public road

2009-12-11T16:18:00.000+08:00

JALAN Tanjung in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, which has been opened one way to motorists from Tropicana to Bandar Utama, is expected to be turned into a public road.

On Wednesday, the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) put up a signboard near the SJKC Damansara announcing the proposal to to turn it into a public road.

Members of the public who would like to submit their objections could do so during the 30-day objection period between Dec 7 and Jan 5.

The road connecting Bandar Utama to Tropicana and its surrounding areas was closed on Nov 16 by the Bandar Utama City Corporation because a piece of land in front of the 1-Tech Park was owned by them.

Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim had ordered the road to be reopened one-way for 14 days to ease traffic congestion and to facilitate a traffic study.

The council said it would make a statement on this issue after a meeting between mayor Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman and the mentri besar yesterday.

A spokesman from the Bandar Utama City Corporation said they would close the road on Dec 15, in accordance with the agreement with MBPJ.

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Jalan Tanjung Remains Open despite BU Residents Injunction

2009-12-10T10:41:00.002+08:00

New Signage by MBPJ on Jalan Tanjung dated 7 December 2009

THE Shah Alam High Court has fixed March 18, 2010, for the Bandar Utama Residents Association’s (Bura) case against the Bandar Utama City Corporation (BUCC) and the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ).

Judicial Commissioner Datuk Zaleha Yusof fixed the date in chambers on Tuesday.

The residents had filed a writ summons and application for injunction against the defendents from reopening Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya to motorists.

MBPJ was named as the first defendant with BUCC named as second defendant. The Selangor Mentri Besar was named as the first defendant.

Bura was represented by counsel Puthan Perumal while counsel Datuk Harpal Singh appeared for BUCC.

“We informed the judge that BUCC had re-opened the road since Dec 1 to facilitate a traffic study.

“And it was recorded by the court.

“There was no mention of the injunction at all,” said Harpal.

The residents had taken legal action against the defendants after the issue of reopening Jalan Tanjung met a dead end.

Despite their objection, the Selangor Mentri Besar had requested for the road to be reopened to facilitate a traffic study. The developer, BUCC had granted permission to the MBPJ to remove the barricades on Dec 1.

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Jalan Tanjung Opens 1-way Today for 2 Weeks

2009-12-02T10:10:00.000+08:00

A week after Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim made the announcement to re-open the road to ease traffic congestion, the Bandar Utama City Corporation (BUCC) had granted permission to the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) to remove the barricades on Monday night.

In an unexpected turn of events, the Bandar Utama Residents Association (Bura) representatives also showed up in front of the 1 Tech Park to prevent the road from being opened.

Bura chairman Datuk Manpal Singh had informed those present that they had at 6pm on Monday night filed a writ summons and application for injunction against BUCC and MBPJ to prevent them from opening the road.

Making their stand clear: The banners put up by Bandar Utama Residents Association around the Jalan Tanjung area calling for the road to be closed.

It was scheduled to be opened at 9pm but MBPJ officers and BUCC representatives debated the legality of opening it for more than an hour before deciding against it.

In the end, BUCC relented and reopened the road at about 2.30am.

BUCC general affairs manager Paul Fernandez said they decided to reopen the road out of goodwill to facilitate the traffic study as requested by the Mentri Besar.

He said all legal matters would go ahead and they would attend the hearing fixed for Dec 8 at the Shah Alam High Court.

Meanwhile, the joint action group against the road closure headed by Tropicana Residents Association Mohamed Shukri Zain called for an emergency meeting yesterday morning at the Tropicana Golf and Country Resort to discuss the matter.

The group decided that they too would file an application for an injunction by Thursday but would discuss it with their solicitors on who to file it against.

About 50 people attended the meeting including those from Tropicana Residents Association, Riana Green, Citra Damansara, Palm Springs and Casa Tropicana.

During the meeting, some of the issues raised by the representatives of the joint action group included:

·The application of injunction filed by Bura, which would go against the Mentri Besar’s request to reopen the road to facilitate a traffic study;

·The setting up of a booth at the 1 Utama shopping centre by Bura to collect signatures for their petition to keep the road closed, raising questions to the credibility of the signatures collected; and

lThe putting up of banners along Jalan Tanjung to protest the reopening of the road by Bandar Utama residents, which is seen as in bad taste.

Meanwhile, the Selangor government thanked BUCC for re-opening Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama as agreed with the state, MBPJ and Dijaya Corporation at the meeting on Nov 22.

Khalid said as agreed at the meeting, the reopening of the road for two weeks would not prejudice the ongoing legal disputes between BUCC and Dijaya.

The move will now allow MBPJ to study the feasibility of widening Jalan Tanjung to a four-lane road from its current two-lane road.

He said this study was not limited to the widening of Jalan Tanjung and was part of a holistic traffic dispersal study to other access routes in search of long-term solutions to the problem of bad traffic conditions in Dama-nsara.

Apart from the reopening of Jalan Tanjung, MBPJ plans to implement the short-term measure to ease traffic congestion which includes reassigning the U-turn at the junction of Jalan Tropicana Selatan and Jalan Hilir Bandar Utama near a nursery further up in the area; and building a road to link Jalan PJU1A/1 in Ara Damansara to Persiaran Tropicana.

The state is committed to finding long-term measures to address the problem and will be calling all developers in Damansara to take part in the process.

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Jalan Tanjung still closed to traffic

2009-11-30T14:26:00.000+08:00

THE controversial Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, is still closed to traffic despite a call by Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim to open up the road a week ago.

The decision was made by the mentri besar on Nov 22, after meeting Bandar Utama City Corporation (BUCC) and Dijaya Corporation Bhd, who were the developers of Bandar Utama and Tropicana Golf and Country Resort, respectively.

The road was closed on Nov 16 because the piece of land in front of the 1-Tech Park, on which the road passes through, is owned by BUCC.

Residents from Tropicana and the surrounding areas want the road opened while Bandar Utama residents are lobbying for it to remain closed.

When met during Malaysiakini’s 10th anniversary dinner on Saturday, Khalid said there was still an ongoing dispute between the two developers involved.

“I will try to resolve it on Monday (today) when I meet the two developers, as I know one had taken the case to court,” Khalid said.

He reiterated that the road would be open for one-way traffic after he had clarified the issue with both developers.

“It will be open for two weeks to allow commuters to use it as well as to ease the heavy traffic flow from Persiaran Tropicana to Lebuh Bandar Utama.

“We will also be looking at the feasibility of widening Jalan Tanjung to four lanes,” said Khalid.

When BUCC closed the road on Nov 16, it also announced that it had filed a suit in court to protect its rights.

BUCC director Datuk Teo Chiang Kok said they wanted assurances that the request to reopen the temporary one-way access for two weeks should not prejudice their court case with Tropicana.

Therefore, they had sought from Tropicana for confirmation that the reopening of the road would not prejudice the court case.

However, according to Teo, Tropicana had replied with a solicitor’s letter dated Nov 26 that they were “not privy to the discussions between Khalid and BUCC.”

“We are ready to reopen the temporary access for two weeks but this current impasse has made it impossible for us to do so,” said Teo.

Teo added that since the agreement between BUCC and Tropicana was in dispute, “all traffic plying the route after the reopening of the temporary access constituted a trespass and they had asked the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) to take out the appropriate public liability insurance to protect these trespassers.

According to a Dijaya spokesman, there were no such conditions set during the Nov 22 meeting between the Mentri Besar, Dijaya and BUCC.

“We have no knowledge of these conditions so we cannot agree to them,” he said.

He said the public liability insurance was a request made to MBPJ and they had received a copy of the request.

Commenting on the court action filed by BUCC, he said neither their lawyers nor the company had been served the summons regarding the Jalan Tanjung issue.

Source : STAR

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Selangor state government to study feasibility of widening Jalan Tanjung to four lanes

2009-11-24T11:24:00.001+08:00

THE controversial Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, will be opened to traffic coming out from Persiaran Tropicana to Lebuh Bandar Utama for two weeks.

According to a statement released by the office of Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, this temporary measure will ease traffic congestion while the state government studies the feasibility of widening Jalan Tanjung to four lanes from the current two.

On Friday and Sunday, the Mentri Besar had held meetings with Bandar Utama City Corporation (BUCC), Dijaya Corporation Bhd and the residents whose housing schemes were affected by the road closure.

The Selangor Government is concerned over the predicament residents would face following BUCC’s decision to close Jalan Tanjung, which was temporarily built on the company’s private property.

The meetings were also attended by Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) officials led by mayor Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman and Petaling Jaya district officer Datuk Zulkefli Ahmad.

Temporary measure: Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama, which had been closed to traffic, will be opened to traffic coming out from Persiaran Tropicana to Lebuh Bandar Utama for two weeks.

It was agreed by all parties that Jalan Tanjung be operated as a one-way road for two weeks to allow road users to exit from Persiaran Tropicana to Lebuh Bandar Utama.

“If it is feasible, we will work with BUCC to make Jalan Tanjung a permanent public road instead of a temporary one. In the event that it is feasible, the road will be reopened as usual while construction work begins,” Khalid said.

To ensure that traffic is not worsened by the temporary measure, the state has instructed the MBPJ to reassign the U-turn at the junction of Jalan Tropicana Selatan and Jalan Hilir Bandar Utama further up, near a nursery in the area.

A second measure is to build a road to link Jalan PJU1A/1 in Ara Damansara to Persiaran Tropicana.

These two measures, which will start immediately, are being taken after consulting MAG Technical & Development Consultant Sdn Bhd’s traffic consultant Goh Bok Yen.

Meanwhile, the state government is appealing to all residents to be patient while the feasibility study is conducted.

The discussions also identified poor planning in the past to be the root cause of the traffic woes in Damansara, which involved some 3,716,122 sq metres of development.

“It is obvious the traffic condition is bad since the level of service at all outlets from the area is ranked C, D and F. With or without Jalan Tanjung, the traffic is just bad. This is why the state is now looking into mid- and long-term solutions to the problem,” Khalid said.

Among the mid-term solutions are re-alignment of roads to avoid residential routes in Kelana Idaman and improving Persiaran Surian by building an overpass at Persiaran Mahogani.

As for long-term solutions, the state will be calling all developers in Damansara to work together to solve the traffic problems in the area.

The state plans to set up a special fund to improve the infrastructure in Damansara.

“It has to be a collective responsibility by every developer to improve the situation there. It is not only good social responsibility but also good for their business. If traffic is clear, not only will residents be happy, their property prices will also go up. So it benefits every one,” Khalid said.

Source : STAR

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MB: Jalan Tanjung opens to one-way traffic for two weeks

2009-11-23T18:28:00.000+08:00

Jalan Tanjung Bandar Utama will be opened to one-way traffic for two weeks to allow road users to make their exit from Jalan Persiaran Tropicana to Lebuh Bandar Utama.

Abdul Khalid Ibrahim

Announcing this today, Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said the decision was the outcome of a meeting with residents protesting the closure of Jalan Tanjung, with developers Bandar Utama City Corporation (BUCC) and Tropicana developer Dijaya Corporation Bhd, the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) and the Petaling district office over the weekend.

To ensure that traffic is not worsened by the temporary measure, the state has instructed MBPJ to reassign the U-turn at the junction of Jalan Tropicana Selatan and Jalan Hilir Bandar Utama further near a nursery in the area.

In addition to the reopening of the road as a one way street, a road to link Jalan PJU1A/1 in Ara Damansara to Persiaran Tropicana will be built. These two measures will start immediately, Abdul Khalid said in a statement.

The MB said these are temporary measures being put in place to ease the traffic congestion along Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama while the state government studies the feasibility of widening it to a four lane road from the current two lane.

Abdul Khalid said if it is feasible the state will work with BUCC to make Jalan Tanjung Bandar Utama a permanent public road instead of a temporary one.

"In the event it is feasible, the road will operate as usual during construction," he said.

These plans were mapped out after consultation with traffic consultant Goh Bok Yen from MAG Technical & Development Consultant Sdn Bhd, he said, adding that the state government appeals to all residents to be patient while the feasibility study is conducted.

The discussions also identified poor planning in the past as the root cause of the traffic woes in Damansara which involved some 40 million sq ft of development.

"It is obvious the traffic condition in Damansara is bad since the level of service at all outlets from the area is ranked C, D and F (A is the best rating)," Abdul Khalid said, adding that with or without Jalan Tanjung, the traffic is just as bad.

This is why the state is now looking into mid and long term solutions to the problem," he said.

Abdul Khalid said re-alignment of roads to avoid residential routes in Kelana Idaman and improving Persiaran Surian by building an overpass at Persiaran Mahogani are among mid term solutions.

In the long term, the state will call on all developers in Damansara to work together to solve the traffic problems in that area.

Selangor plans to set up a special fund to improve the infrastructure in Damansara, Abdul Khalid said.

"It has to be a collective responsibility by every developer to improve the situation there," he said.

Source : The Sun

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MB’s decision on Jalan Tanjung today

2009-11-23T18:16:00.002+08:00

THE decision on the Bandar Utama Jalan Tanjung road dispute is expected to be made today by Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim.

Bandar Utama City Coporation Sdn Bhd had earlier announced that it would be taking back a piece of land belonging to it.

The road was used by motorists from Tropicana, Sunway Damansara and Kota Damansara to get to Bandar Utama and onto the Sprint Highway and the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE).

It was initially agreed by all parties to turn the road into a one-way street for six months, starting Nov 20, before closing it completely.

However, after much pressure from the action group formed to keep the road open, BUCC had closed the road on Nov 16 without prior notice.

Traffic coming out from Persiaran Surian onto Lebuh Bandar Utama at the BU11 area had been chaotic during the first two days but this had eased considerably after the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) changed the timing of the traffic lights at the junction of the Lebuh Bandar Utama bridge.

Residents of Bandar Utama were in support of the road closure while those in Tropicana and areas like Sunway Damansara and Aman Suria were against it.

Last Thursday, the developers and residents’ representatives from both sides were invited to attend the Selangor Economic Action Council (MTES) meeting.

Khalid had announced that he would meet with both developers on Friday.

During a fundraising dinner by Bukit Lanjan assemblyman Elizabeth Wong at the BU3 community centre on Saturday night, Khalid said he would settle the issue by Sunday night.

The war between residents on both sides of the divide has taken a new levels, with both sides putting up advertorials in local dailies.

Residents against the road closure put up a full-page notice last Saturday calling for the state to acquire the land and keep the road open.

On Friday, the Bandar Utama Residents Association (BURA) had also put in a half-page notice in StarMetro in a plea to keep the road closed.

Among the suggestions made by BURA were:

• To keep closed the temporary access road to ease traffic woes;

• That the residents in the other developments lobby their own respective developers to build proper accesses;

• That MBPJ appoint a traffic consultant to make a careful study and propose a good traffic dispersal system.

Source STAR

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Decision on Jalan Tanjung on Monday (23 Nov 2009)

2009-11-22T18:30:00.000+08:00

THE MUCH anticipated decision by the Selangor state government on the Jalan Tanjung issue will only be knwon on Monday.

“We will meet both developers today and make the decision on Monday,” said Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim after the Selangor Economic Action Council (MTES) meeting at the SUK building in Shah Alam.

Representatives of residents associations for and against the Jalan Tanjung road closure were also invited for the meeting to present their views on the matter.

The road in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, connecting Bandar Utama and Tropicana was closed on Nov 16 by the Bandar Utama developer without notice.

It was earlier announced that the road would first be turned into a one-way traffic flow for six months before being closed.

Jalan Tanjung was used as a temporary access road 12 years ago and the Bandar Utama developer owns part of the land in front of the Bandar Utama Technology Park.

Subang MP Sivarasa Rasiah, who was also present at the meeting, said they were not only looking at solving the Jalan Tanjung issue, but also the overall traffic problems in the area.

The road will remain closed until a decision is made.

As a temporary measure, the Petaling Jaya City Council has changed the timing of the traffic lights at the Lebuh Bandar Utama to ease the traffic congestion due to the extra load of vehicles coming out of Persiaran Tropicana.

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BURA Advertorial to Keep Jalan Tanjung closed (Star Metro 20 Nov)

2009-11-20T18:24:00.002+08:00

The Bandar Utama Residents Association (BURA) released an advertorial on Star Metro Page 26 today indicating that the Jalan Tanjung should remain closed.

Click on the picture for a larger view.

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Protest in Star Metro Today

2009-11-18T17:44:00.001+08:00

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More Traffic Congestion with Jalan Tanjung Closed

2009-11-18T17:29:00.002+08:00

We are seeing more traffic congestion along and around Opal Damansara with the close of Jalan Tanjung. Be it day time or night time ...... cars are all JAMMED up!

Something should be done about this sooon!

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Jalan Tanjung closed to traffic

2009-11-17T07:26:00.002+08:00

MOTORISTS using the Persiaran Tropicana-Jalan Tanjung stretch in Bandar Utama yesterday morning were disgruntled to find that the road has been closed to traffic.

The entrance from Lebuh Bandar Utama turning into Jalan Tanjung has been barricaded, preventing cars from turning into SJK(C) Damansara, Riana Green condominium, Tropicana and also Kota Damansara.

Cars from Persiaran Surian and Sunway Damansara trying to go straight from Jalan PJU 3/22 were also prevented from going straight towards Jalan Tanjung.

Rela officers were stationed at the Lebuh Bandar Utama junction (near Bandar Utama Technology Park) while traffic police tried to control the traffic at the Riana Green junction, where a signboard with the words “No Through Road” was put up.

In place: Barriers were set up overnight to prevent motorists from turning into Jalan Tanjung.

However, that did not deter irritated motorists from trying to force their way through and many even shouted at the police officers for not letting them through.

Not being able to prevent the stubborn morning commuters from trying to turn in, the officers removed their motorbikes at about 8.30am and allowed cars to turn into Jalan Tanjung.

Motorists discovered that the road was closed and they had to make a U-turn at the Technology Park.

There was a long line of cars along Lebuh Bandar Utama at the BU11 and BU12 junction as cars exiting through Persiaran Tropicana spilled out onto the road.

The road was initially scheduled to be turned into a one-way traffic flow coming out of Tropicana on Nov 20 and to be closed six months later.

At about 1am on Monday, barriers were already put up at the junction and even though traffic was not heavy, some motorists trying to turn into Jalan Tanjung were confused when told that the road has been closed.

Bandar Utama City Corporation Sdn Bhd (BUCC) issued a notice in StarMetro yesterday explaining the history of the agreement between them and Dijaya Corporation.

Among some of the points raised in the notice were:

·A 1993 agreement granted temporary access to privately-owned land by BUCC to Dijaya Corporation;

·This temporary access was to be removed once Lebur Bandar Utama (completed in 1995) is completed, ready for Persiaran Tropicana to be connected;

·There are several approved and existing accesses to Tropicana like the Lebuh Bandar Utama, Persiaran Bukit Utama, Persiaran Surian, Kota Damansara-NKVE and the twin tunnels under NKVE along Persiaran Tropicana;

·The residents associations had reneged on the agreement to make Jalan Tanjung one-way on Nov 20 and to close it six months later. It was also agreed that with urgency MBPJ and their traffic consultant plan for more accesses to cope with the massive developments;

·BUCC is forced to close the temporary access after 14 years, especially when Bandar Utama residents are directly being affected by worsening traffic on a temporary access on private land not meant to be a road; and

·BUCC has also filed a case in court to protect their rights.

Source : STAR

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Access road tussle turns ugly

2009-11-17T07:25:00.001+08:00

THE SUDDEN and immediate closure of Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, took many by surprise, especially urban commuters and parents who had to send their children to the SJK(C) Damansara.

Even police officers who were stationed at the junctions to direct traffic were shouted at as motorists demanded to know why they were prevented from using the road.

Those who were obstinate and insisted on turning into the road only to see the road blocked had to make a U-turn back to the Riana Green junction.

On the surface, the tussle is between the developers of Bandar Utama and Tropicana, as an agreement was signed in 1993 to use the land owned by Bandar Utama as a temporary access into Tropicana.

In reality, many developments including high-rise dwellings have sprouted along the area, and thousands of cars now ply the road as a shortcut between Kota Damansara and Bandar Utama, with access onto the NKVE and Sprint highways.

While the Bandar Utama developers have every right to take back what is theirs, the closure of the road would affect many residents from Tropicana and beyond.

Last week, more than 11,000 signatures were collected from residents who were calling for the state government to keep the road open.

The Bandar Utama Residents Association was in full support of the road closure. Some residents staying in BU11 and BU12 were angered because traffic coming in from Persiaran Tropicana, which was the approved permanent access road, would spill onto their part of Lebuh Bandar Utama.

The domino effect would also be felt by residents from Kampung Chempaka and Aman Suria, who also use Lebuh Bandar Utama as an access road.

There was a slight congestion at the Tropicana tunnel and the road leading into BU11 and BU12 on the first day of the road closure and the long queue of cars past the morning peak hour was unusual for that stretch.

Many felt that the congestion was alleviated due to the SPM examinations and that most secondary schoolchildren were on holiday.

The state government now has an important decision to make to not only appease residents on both sides of the divide but also be fair to all parties concerned.

Some residents I spoke to also resented comments made by Bukit Lanjan assemblyman Elizabeth Wong, who is also a state executive councillor, which they felt were one-sided and made without thorough understanding of the issue at hand.

Residents are getting agitated and they want a swift decision on the matter.

The MBPJ would also have to answer to taxpayers the reason it had approved so many developments in the area, knowing very well that the piece of land was privately owned and never surrendered as a permanent road.

The council had also allowed the PJU3/22 through road from Persiaran Surian that joins both Persiaran Tropicana and Jalan Tanjung, knowing that the latter sat on privately-owned land.

This tussle also saw the parties involved using the media to advertise their stand, with a full-page notice on Saturday jointly issued by the various RAs calling for the state government to acquire the land and a half-page notice yesterday issued by the Bandar Utama developer to explain their side of the story and why they are closing the road.

Unless the state government steps in to find an amicable or at least workable solution soon, the brewing tension could turn into a second episode of the Bandar Mahkota Cheras drama.

Source : STAR

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Sudden closure of Jalan Tanjung catches residents by surprise

2009-11-17T00:43:00.001+08:00

The sudden closure of Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama here today, caught residents by surprise, leading to a protest mounted by about 100 representatives from 19 Residents Associations (RAs) this evening.

Jalan Tanjung at Bandar Utama road close

The protest was one of four decisions reached at an hour-long meeting among about 50 representatives of the RAs following the closure of the road by Bandar Utama City Corporation (BUCC) early in the morning.

The group also decided to:

>> lodge a police report against BUCC for barricading part of the road that is public property;

>> consider seeking a court injunction against BUCC; and

>> confirming with the mentri besar whether he and the state executive councillors will be meeting with representastives of the RAs on Thursday.

Action Group Against The Closure of Jalan Tanjung, Bandar Utama chairman Mohd Shukri Zain said: "BUCC only owns 800m of the road but they barricaded more than that."

He said part of the land where the barriers were placed -- where the i-Tech building was located -- did not belong to BUCC and was public property.

Mohd Shukri, who is also the Tropicana RA vice-president, said the closure of the road "during the wee hours of the morning" caught many residents by surprise.

"I was informed by a Tropicana resident at 1am that the road closure had been enforced despite BUCC saying the closure will only be enforced on Friday," he said.

"I went to the site at 2 am and found several plastic and concrete barriers put up in front of the entrance to Jalan Tanjung near the traffic lights and also near the i-Tech building."

Mohd Shukri said the barricading of the road had inconvenienced many residents and created a massive traffic jam.

He also said he would be calling Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim tomorrow to ascertain if there would be a meeting between him, the Selangor state executive councillors and representatives of the RAs on Thursday "as said by Bukit Lanjan assemblyman and exco member Elizabeth Wong.

One of the representatives of the RAs had reported receiving a message from Wong asking them to stay calm and "not do anything rash" as a meeting was being arranged for Thursday.

According to the representative, the message indicated the state government may consider acquiring the land in question from BUCC.

Last Tuesday, Mohd Shukri led a 19-man delegation to hand over a petition to Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) urging it and the state government to intervene and stop the closure of Jalan Tanjung.

Residents stage a peaceful protest at the barricade.

The petition, received by deputy mayor Puasa Md Taib, contained 11,000 signatures, including those from the officials of 19 residents associations, a school, and commercial managements in the affected areas of Tropicana, Kota Damansara and Sunway Damansara, covering some 20 housing estates.

The next day, Puasa announced that the council would write to BUCC to postpone its decision to close down the ungazetted road until a more viable solution was found.

BUCC ran an advertisement in an English language daily today to explain its side of the story.

It had also put up notices to inform motorists that the ungazetted Jalan Tanjung would be turned into a one-way street on Friday and closed for good six months later.

Shukri also denied a claim that the RAs "reneged on the agreed agreement" supposedly reached after a series of meetings held with Wong, MBPJ officers and councillors.

"We did not agree on the decision to make Jalan Tanjung a one-way street, except for the Bandar Utama representatives who were present," he said, adding that the RAs had the minutes to prove it.

BUCC had, in 1993, signed an agreement allowing Dijaya Corporation (Dijaya) to use the land temporarily to access areas for Tropicana development.

Source : The Sun

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Re-Open Jalan Tanjung on Facebook

2009-11-16T15:39:00.001+08:00

On 16/11/2009, the Bandar Utama City Corporation (BUCC) closed Jalan Tanjung, one of the key access roads to Tropicana, Aman Suria, Sunway Damansara and Kota Damansara. The BUCC has proceeded with this closure despite many pleas by the resident associations and groups representing the many affected areas, a petition signed by 11,000 signatories to the MBPJ and also a study by the MBPJ's Infrastructure and Road Traffic Advisory Committee that the road should continue to operate as usual.

Join this Facebook Group if you want to Re-Open Jalan Tanjung : http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=176206584209&ref=nf

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Star Metro : Hundreds of irritated motorists forced to make U-turns and detours

2009-11-16T15:35:00.001+08:00

Hundreds of irritated motorists forced to make U-turns and detours due to closure of Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama - read StarMetro tmrw.

Guess we'll have to wait to tomorrow to see the outcome of these complaints!

Follow StarMetro on Twitter Now! - http://twitter.com/thestarmetro

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Bandar Utama Advertisement in STAR (16/11/09)

2009-11-16T15:01:00.005+08:00

Bandar Utama response to the Jalan Tanjung Road Closure.

Hmm... rather cheeky of them to start it off with Michael Jackson's song "This Is It!" .... click on the picture for a larger view.

Stated in Point 9 : BUCC have decided to CLOSE THIS TANJUNG ROAD (Temporary Access) and have filed in court to protect BUCC rights!

Source : STAR

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Jalan Tanjung issue to go up to the MTES (Selangor Economic Action Council)

2009-11-16T11:13:00.000+08:00

THE PETALING Jaya City Council (MBPJ) will present its findings on the Jalan Tanjung issue to the Selangor Economic Action Council (MTES).

It was announced recently that the road in Bandar Utama, which is used as a connection between Bandar Utama and areas like Tropicana and Sunway Damansara, would be closed after being used as a temporary access road for 12 years.

“We will submit a proposal to the state, taking into account the views of the residents,” said Petaling Jaya mayor Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman after launching the MBPJ crow-shooting competition at its headquarters yesterday.

He said that one of the alternatives presented to the state was to acquire the piece of private land belonging to the Bandar Utama developer.

“We are also looking at widening the road because it is a heavily congested,” said Roslan.

If the developer was not in favour of selling the land, then the council would leave it to the state government to decide on the matter.

Meanwhile, MBPJ secretary Puasa Md Taib earlier told StarMetro that the council would also send a letter of request to the developer to put on hold the closing of the road.

“We are in the process of determining the status of the land on which the remainder of the road sits on, as the different portions belonged to different owners,” he said.

CPO Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said that the police have not been consulted on the proposed road closure.

“They have not invited us for any discussion on the traffic situation there.

“We will wait and see. If invited, we will give our views on the matter,” he said.

Commenting on a full page notice in the StarMetro on Saturday jointly issued by the various residents associations calling for the state government to acquire the land, Bandar Utama Residents Association (BURA) chairman Datuk Manpal Singh said that the association would continue to support the closure of Jalan Tanjung.

“We are requesting for the developers within Tropicana to find another access road out of their area as the current bridge can’t cope with the traffic,” said Manpal.

He said that there are still ongoing high-end development within Tropicana which would rely on the same infrastructure. This would generate additional traffic.

“Why must BU residents continue to bear the brunt of the traffic problems as a result of the increase in the number of developments in the Tropicana area?” said Manpal.

He added that there was currently a way out through Persiaran Surian leading onto the highway.

He reiterated that only a minority of BU residents who do not understand the situation appeared to support the petition of the road.

“The only one who has an legitimate claim on using the road is the school (referring to SJKC Damansara), as parents have to send their children to school,” said Manpal.

Source : STAR

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Jalan Tanjung Closed Early - 16 Nov 2009?

2009-11-16T09:53:00.004+08:00

We were informed by various sources that the Tanjung Road leading out to Bandar Utama from Tropicana was closed to Traffic this morning itself (16 Nov 2009).

If anyone has more information please let us know.

The below photos are taken at the Traffic Light Junction of Jalan Tropicana Utara, The School & Riana Green & Sunway Sutera Condo!

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Road Closure Advertisement on SUN Newspaper

2009-11-13T08:57:00.002+08:00

Residents of Tropicana, Sunway Damansara, Bandar Utama, Aman Suria, Kota Damansara & Its Surrounding Seek Much Needed Assistance from the Selangor State Goverment.

Source : Sun newspaper

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Tanjung Road matter remains unsolved

2009-11-13T08:07:00.001+08:00

THE Jalan Tanjung service road in Bandar Utama does not sit on the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) highway reserve.

The road, which served as a connection between Bandar Utama and areas like Tropicana, Sunway Damansara and Kota Damansara, was scheduled to be closed in six months because part of the land which it passes through belonged to a private developer.

The other part of the road was believed to be sitting on LLM reserve but a LLM spokesman said only a small portion was built on their reserve and they had no use for that bit of land, which was on a slope.

Bukit Lanjan assemblyman Elizabeth Wong said if that was the case, the state would look into taking back the land.

To accommodate the closure: For six months, the traffic flow in Bandar Utama would be changed to a one-way system and only cars coming out of Tropicana would be allowed.

She said the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) had received the petition from residents and it would be up to them to make recommendations to the state regarding this matter.

“They should submit a paper to be tabled at the state exco meeting,” said Wong, adding that if land acquisition was an option, the council should discuss who should bear the cost of acquisition and compensation.

Representatives from various residents associations in the area had on Tuesday handed over a petition with more than 11,000 signatures to the council to call for the road to remain open.

The council had discussed the matter during the traffic and infrastructure sub-committee meeting recently but has yet to make an announcement on the outcome.

“We’re are now exploring all options that will benefit the residents,” said Wong.

Spokesmen from Highway concessionaires PLUS and Sprint have said that they have no expansion plans for their respective parts of the highway in the area.

Source : STAR

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Jalan Tanjung access road reopened to traffic

2009-11-12T09:20:00.001+08:00

SIGNBOARDS informing motorists that the access to Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, was closed have been covered up with black plastic bags.

Jalan Tanjung has been used as a connection between Bandar Utama and areas like Tropicana, Sunway Damansara and Kota Damansara.

The Bandar Utama developer announced recently that the road would be closed after 12 years of being used as a temporary access road as a piece of land near the Bandar Utama Technology Park belonged to them.

The agreement was for the road to be changed to a one-way flow coming out of Tropicana starting from Nov 20 for six months before being closed.

Covered up: The ‘Access Closed’ signs in front of the Riana Green condominium covered with black plastic bags.

After the announcement that the road would be closed, residents from areas like Tropicana and Sunway Damansara submitted a petition to the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) on Tuesday.

Many were also against the closure because of the potential increase in traffic going into Persiaran Tropicana and into BU11 and BU12.

Residents who submitted the petition at the MBPJ headquarters in Jalan Yong Shook Lin also protested when signboards with the words “Access Closed” had been put up near the Riana Green Condominium.

Bandar Utama Development Sdn Bhd director Datuk Teo Chiang Kok told StarMetro that his contractors were not supposed to put up the signboards until later and had asked them to cover the signs for now.

Source : STAR

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BUCC to be asked to postpone road closure

2009-11-12T09:05:00.001+08:00

The Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) will write to Bandar Utama City Corporation (BUCC) to postpone its decision to close down an ungazetted road sitting on its land until a more viable solution is found.

Puasa Md Taib

"MBPJ will write to BUCC to request it to postpone its decision to turn Jalan Tanjung into a one-way street from Nov 20 and close it completely after a certain time," Deputy Mayor Puasa Md Taib told theSun today after a three-hour intense meeting with the councillors at its headquarters.

The decision was made following more than 11,000 signatories petitioned to the mayor on Tuesday to stop the closure of Jalan Tanjung which partially sits on land belonging to BUCC.

Puasa, who chaired the meeting in the absence of the mayor said this is the outcome of the meeting after taking serious consideration from all parties.

"Nevertheless it is totally up to the discretion of the land owner to take the necessary action about matters concerning his land," he said.

Puasa said the matters discussed in the meeting will be informed to the Selangor state government, however there are certain aspects of enforcement and execution that empowers the city council to make its own decision.

"We will refer to the state government in all the developments of the issue but MBPJ still has more discussions and meetings to go before the final decision can be made," he explained.

"We also need to re-discuss the matter further with all the residents associations and the developers and will solve this issue in stages."

BUCC has put up notices to inform motorists that the ungazetted Jalan Tanjung would be turned into a oneway street on Nov 20 and closed for good six months later.

Motorists use the road daily to access Lebuh Bandar Utama, Jalan Tropicana and the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE).

BUCC had in 1993 signed an agreement allowing Dijaya Corporation (Dijaya) to use the land temporarily to access areas for Tropicana development.

On Tuesday, Tropicana Residents Association led a 19-man delegation to hand over the petition to MBPJ urging it and the state government to intervene and stop the closure.

The petition carries 11,000 signatures, including those of officials of 19 residents associations, a school and commercial managements in the affected areas – Tropicana, Kota Damansara and Sunway Damansara covering some 20 housing estates.

Source : Sun

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Residents continue to protest planned closure

2009-11-11T16:36:00.001+08:00

ABOUT 100 residents showed up at the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) headquarters in Jalan Yong Shook Lin to hand over a petition against the closure of Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama.

The residents from areas like Tropicana, Aman Suria, Palm Spring @Damansara Condominium and Bandar Utama are against the closure of the road.

Also present were representatives from SJK (C) Damansara and Dijaya Corporation.

United front: Residents from several areas gathered at the MBPJ headquarters to voice their displeasure about the closure plan.

It was recently announced that the road, which served as an entrance and exit point for motorists travelling between Bandar Utama and Tropicana, would be closed.

A signboard was also put up, announcing the change of traffic flow to one-way coming out of Tropicana.

Action group chairman Mohamed Shukri Zain, who is also Tropicana Residents Association vice-president, said they had collected more than 11,000 signatures from residents who were opposed to the road closure.

The MBPJ was surprisingly organised this time around, preparing a room for the residents to hold a press conference and to hand over the petition.

Petaling Jaya deputy mayor Puasa Md Taib was present to receive the signatures and to take note of the issues and concerns raised by those present.

Shocking sight: Signs saying that the access has been closed have already been placed in Jalan Tanjung.

MBPJ engineering head Ismail Shafie was also present during the meeting.

Shukri said during several meetings between residents, the Bandar Utama developer and MBPJ, most of the residents were against the road closure.

“It is a critical road for many residents besides those from Tropicana. If the road is closed, then the council should also consider closing off access from Kota Damansara (via Persiaran Surian) as many cars from outside use the road,” Shukri said.

A Bandar Utama resident said those staying in Bandar Utama were also affected as they also had to deal with the traffic congestion.

“Bandar Utama has already waited 12 years to take back the road.

“Why can’t they wait a bit longer while we find an alternative road?” Aman Suria Residents Association chairman Wendy Chan asked.

Several residents said they saw a signboard on Tuesday morning in front of the Riana Green Condominium saying that the access to the road was closed.

Puasa said the matter would be brought to the traffic and infrastructure sub-committee that would meet today and he assured residents that the road would not be closed until Nov 20.

“Our traffic consultant has also done a traffic study and has concluded that Jalan Tanjung was one of the major roads that needs to be considered in view of development in the area,” Puasa said.

For the sake of public interest, Puasa said it was an option for the state to buy over the land but that would only be decided after the sub-committee had gone through all the details.

When contacted, Bandar Utama Development Sdn Bhd director Datuk Teo Chiang Kok said he was disappointed to see that residents have reneged on the agreement reached during the previous meetings, which was to change the traffic flow to one way for six months before closing the road.

“There are already many approved access roads which residents can use. This is not an approved road.

“We also have to mitigate our losses because we’ve lost a multinational company which was renting our building before this. We also have more land to develop.

“We hope that they understand and look at the bigger picture. Jalan Tanjung was supposed to be a temporary access and, after 12 years, it’s only fair that we close the road,” said Teo.

Commenting on the “Access Closed” signboards, Teo said the contractor was not supposed to put up the boards until later, and he would ask them to cover up the boards for the time being.

Source : STAR

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11,000 Reasons to keep the Bandar Utama Road Open

2009-11-11T08:34:00.005+08:00

Tropicana Resident Association vice president Mohd Shukri Zain (right) handed over
11,000 signatories and petition to Petaling Jaya City Council(MBPJ) deputy mayor Puasa
Md Taib yesterday urging the council and Selangor State Government to stop the road
closure.

More than 11,000 households today petitioned the mayor to stop the closure of the a road which partially sits on land belonging to Bandar Utama City Corporation (BUCC).

BUCC has put up notices to inform motorists that the ungazetted Jalan Tanjung would be turned into a one-way street on Nov 20 and closed for good six months later.

Motorists use the road to access Lebuh Bandar Utama, Jalan Tropicana and the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) -- see map .

BUCC had in 1993 signed an agreement allowing Dijaya Corporation (Dijaya) to use the land temporarily to access areas for Tropicana development.

Today, Tropicana Residents Association vice-president Mohd Shukri Zain led a 19-man delegation to hand over the petition to the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) represented by Deputy Mayor Puasa Md Taib.

The petition, carrying 11,000 signatures, including those of officials of 19 residents associations, a school and commercial managements in the affected areas -- Tropicana, Kota Damansara and Sunway Damansara covering some 20 housing estates.

Puasa said the council’s Infrastructure and Road Traffic Advisory Committee would meet today to decide whether to allow the road closure or not.

He said based on a traffic study conducted early this year, “it is better to let the road operate as usual”.

“This is just an opinion and a decision will be made by the committee chaired by the mayor, after taking into consideration views from both parties, including BUCC.

“MBPJ will also ensure that till Nov 20, the road will not be closed to public because it will worsen matters,” he added.

Shukri lamented MBPJ’s lack of response to the issue and urged it to push for a decision to acquire the land on which Jalan Tanjung sits.

“We cannot accept (Bukit Lanjan assemblyman and state executive councillor) YB Elizabeth Wong’s statement that it is not feasible for the Selangor government to acquire the land,” he said on behalf of an action committee formed by the 19 aggrieved groups.

The petition claimed if the road was closed, it would inconvenience some 20,000 daily users.

“The usual 15-minute journey would become an hour-long one due to the existing daily traffic congestion. It will affect thousands of pupils of SJK(C) Damansara located on Jalan Tropicana Selatan,” said Shukri.

He said Jalan Tanjung had been in use since 1996 by commuters from Kota Damansara, Tropicana and Bandar Utama.

BUCC only owns a small portion of the road, about 8,600 sq ft, representing about 4.75% of Jalan Tanjung to Lebuh Bandar Utama and NKVE.

The agreement between Dijaya and BUCC was to allow Dijaya temporary access into Tropicana Golf & Country Resort (TGCR) and the land be returned after a permanent road is constructed.

However, Jalan Tanjung evolved into a “public road” since then as several more development projects were approved in the area over the past 10 years.

“If Jalan Tanjung is closed, traffic volume will be diverted to Persiaran Damansara Indah, Persiaran Tropicana and Persiaran Surian which are already congested,” Shukri explained.

“At valuation, the part of the land which BUCC owns may not cost more than RM1.5 million. Why is BUCC adamant in closing this road and not yield in the interest of the public?” asked Shukri.

On Aug 28, last year BUCC issued a 14-day closure notice to TGCR after which two meetings were held among the aggrieved groups, the two developers, MBPJ officers and Wong to try and resolve the problem.

BUCC proposed to turn the road into a one-way street exit road temporarily, while the entry road should be through Persiaran Bukit Utama from Nov 20 and six months later the road will be closed for good.

Shukri said none of the groups present at the meetings agreed with the decision but it was put to them as a “no-choice-option”.

“All the 19 aggrieved parties want the status quo to remain, that is to allow the public to use the road freely,” he said.

Shukri said closing the road just because part of it was on private property “is unfair” and it deprives the rights of the public”.

“Furthermore, the owner does not have any plan to use the land for any development,” he said.

Meanwhile, Wong told theSun: “The state government has no intention to acquire the land as it has no clear objectives to do so. The land was not supposed to be a road in the first place.”

She said the land, however became a “road” when the public started using it to get across more conveniently.

However, the aggrieved parties said they could not confirm from the state government Wong’s statement on the acquisition.

Wong said Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia (LLM), which owns about three quarters of the land where Jalan Tanjung sits, has submitted a proposal to expand the toll plaza on the highway and thus there was no point to acquire the land.

On this, a resident commented that the extension of the toll plaza, if any, has no relevance to the road closure and would not become an alternative route. The resident stated that that he was surprised with Wong’s solution to the problem.

The residents want the state government to step in to address the problem and not let BUCC to close the road arbitrarily.

Since the land involved is small, which may cost some RM1.5 million based on current valuation, there is a suggestion that the few developers in the area should chip in if the state says there is no budget allocated for an acquistion.

Source : Sun Newspaper

Chronology of events - Leading to Road Closure of Jalan Tanjung

2009-11-10T16:37:00.000+08:00

Chronology of events

Late 1980s: Plans to develop Bandar Utama approved

1992: Tropicana Golf & Country Resort (TGCR) developed

April 1993: Agreement signed between Dijaya Corporation and Bandar Utama to use the land belonging to Bandar Utama as a temporary access to the Tropicana development. Once the permanent access road was completed, the land should be handed back to Bandar Utama. Both parties entered into an agreement to jointly build the overhead bridge linking the northern and southern developments of Bandar Utama. TGCR contributed 25% to the bridge and eastern ramps; bore 100% of the cost for the western ramps, traffic lights and northern and southern access points and paid for the right of way to PLUS.

1996: The bridge and the access points were completed and opened to the public

January 1997: Bandar Utama completed its portion of the permanent access road via BU 11

2006: The western ramp (giving direct access from Bandar Utama onto the NKVE) was closed. Traffic from Bandar Utama heading towards the NKVE now have to make a U-Turn under the Kg Kayu Ara flyover

2008: Following an increase in traffic and complaints from the public, MBPJ widened the Lebuh Bandar Utama bridge

Source : STAR

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Elizabeth Wong: Not feasible to acquire Jalan Tanjung land

2009-11-10T16:34:00.000+08:00

Wong: Not feasible to acquire Jalan Tanjung land

IT IS not feasible for the Selangor state government to acquire the land to make Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, a public road.

“A part of it belongs to the Bandar Utama developer but three quarters of it belong to the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM),” said Bukit Lanjan assemblyman Elizabeth Wong during the launch of the Youth for Change programme at the 1 Utama Shoping Centre on Saturday.

It was recently announced that the road, which served as entrance and exit points for motorists travelling between Bandar Utama and Tropicana, would be closed.

For all to see: A signboard informing motorists that Jalan Tanjung would be turned into a one-way street for cars coming out of Tropicana starting from Nov 20.

Wong said proposals had already been submitted for expansion work on the Sprint and NKVE highways that run parallel to the road.

“Tropicana developer Dijaya Corporation should undertake the social responsibility to conduct a traffic study in the area as it has several developments there,” she said.

Wong said exit points were already available for residents in that area, with the approved one being the exit going out to BU11.

She added that about 20 new projects were expected to come up in the area and the developers of the current and upcoming projects should look into alternative routes.

Wong said the more sensible approach would be to find an access to get onto the NKVE.

Cause for concern: A bird’s eye view of the Lebuh Bandar Utama bridge. Traffic is usually busy during rush hour with cars coming in from the Sprint Highway using the ramp (top right) and cars coming from Aman Suria and Kampung Chempaka from the right of the bridge.

She also stressed that the ultimate solution was public transport and not to build more roads.

Bandar Utama Development Sdn Bhd director Datuk Teo Chiang Kok said the road was initially used as a service road when construction of the Tropicana area began 12 years ago.

“We initially agreed to let them use the road for two years but it has gone on for 12 years,” said Teo.

He said during the meetings held with residents, many of the residents association representatives had agreed to the implementation of a one-way traffic coming out of Tropicana for six months.

“The area behind Bandar Utama is four to five times bigger in terms of density and the traffic from there was never meant to spill into Bandar Utama,” said Teo.

Dijaya Corporation Berhad executive director C.H. Quek acknowleged that there was an agreement signed between the two parties to use the land belonging to Bandar Utama Development Sdn Bhd as a temporary access.

“We have completed the permanent access (Persiaran Tropicana) but it was originally only meant to cater to traffic from our development. Circumstances have changed since then and traffic in the area has increased from the many developments in the area. Even motorists from Kota Damansara and Sg Buloh are using the roads to get to Bandar Utama,” said Quek.

He said the permanent access through Persiaran Tropicana should be an addition to the Jalan Tanjung access and not a replacement in view of the additional developments that had mushroomed.

He added that it was unlikely that PLUS or the LLM would use the highway reserve for widening work because there was a constriction beneath the Lebuh Bandar Utama bridge with only two lanes heading towards Damansara, and there would be a bottleneck from the six lanes at the toll plaza.

He added that for the sake of public interest, the road should remain a public road as the part belonging to Bandar Utama amounted to only a small area of about 800sq metres.

Quek said although the traffic light system would be reduced by one phase (from Jalan Tanjung), when the road was closed, the green time for traffic heading towards Centrepoint from BU11 would need to be increased to cater to the additional traffic so the waiting time for other cars remain unchanged.

A PLUS Highway spokesman said they did not have any plans to extend their Damansara toll plaza.

Source : STAR

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Most residents against road closure

2009-11-10T16:32:00.000+08:00

Most residents against road closure

AMAN Suria Residents Association chairman Wendy Chan feels that Jalan Tanjung should remain open.

“The problem of the Tropicana tunnel has just been solved and when Jalan Tanjung closes, the tunnel will pose another problem as the traffic will spill into BU11 and BU12,” said Chan.

She said many people used the road as an alternative to go to Kota Damansara and Sunway Damansara.

“Those staying in TR1 would have to make a big turn just to go home. It will also be a nightmare for parents who are sending their children to the SRJK(C) Damansara,” she said.

SRJK (C) Damansara board chairman Michael Tang said the road closure would have affect the school as there would be no holding area for parents’ cars.

“There is a road divider there now and if they close the road, parents won’t be able to turn into the school,” he said.

Tang added that it would be difficult for parents from areas like Damansara Utama, Damansara Jaya and Bandar Utama to send their children to school.

Bandar Utama Residents Association chairman Datuk Manpal Singh said the residents of Bandar Utama had no objection over the road closure.

He said the move would help to ease the traffic congestion in Bandar Utama.

“There are no objections so far from the area committee of BU11 and BU12.

“We don’t think traffic spilling into these areas will be significant,” he said.

Source : STAR

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Residents Against Road Closure

2009-11-06T16:25:00.000+08:00

A NOTICE announcing the closure of Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama has residents in the area up in arms.

The road serves as an entrance and exit point for motorists travelling between Bandar Utama and Tropicana.

The road was also frequently used by motorists from Bandar Utama and Tropicana to get to and from Kota Damansara and Sunway Damansara via Persiaran Surian.

Tropicana Residents Association vice-president Mohamed Shukri Zain said they were in the process of collecting about 6,000 signatures from residents in the area, including Sunway Damansara, Sunway Opal, Damansara Lagenda and Riana Green Condominiums.

One way only: A signboard informing motorists that Jalan Tanjung will be turned into a one-way street for cars coming out of Tropicana starting Nov 26. Motorists are advised to use Persiaran Bukit Utama as an alternative road into Tropicana

“Many of the residents do not want the road to be closed. We will be meeting the mayor (Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman) to hand over a petition,” said Shukri, who is heading the action committee.

He said that even though the road was owned by the Bandar Utama developer, it was a matter of public interest as many other people used the road besides Tropicana residents.

“When the agreement was made between the developers of Tropicana and Bandar Utama to temporarily use the road as an access, there were no other residential areas.

“But, over the years, many other developments have sprung up,” Shukri said.

He said the main access through the Tropicana tunnel would not be able to cope with the traffic if Jalan Tanjung was closed.

“It would merely shift the congestion from that junction to the BU11 junction,” he said.

He said that in the interest of public convenience, residents were calling for the state government to acquire the land under the Land Acquisition Act 1960.

Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) public relations officer Zainun Zakaria said the notification signboard to change the traffic flow to one-way was put up by the developer, not the council.

“So far, the council has not made any decision on the road closure. Any decision would have to go through the Infrastructure and Traffic sub-committee,” she said.

She added that the council would discuss the feasibility of acquiring the land for public use.

The sub-committee is scheduled to meet on Nov 11.

STAR

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Jalan Tropicana : ONE WAY STREET by 20 November 2009

2009-10-28T00:17:00.004+08:00

This is the latest updated signage by MBBJ. The signage clearly shows that the road will be turned to a ONE WAY Traffic (Going out from Tropicana) passing the old Sony Building to the junction leading to Bandar Utama.

There is also an article of this in the Malay Mail :

More traffic chaos

Submitted by pekwan on Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Closure of Bandar Utama road will be a nightmare for 20,000 users, say residents

Teoh El Sen

THE closure of Jalan Tanjung Bandar Utama, a major artery linking Bandar Utama with several Tropicana developments, has raised residents’ concern of a chaotic traffic situation if nothing is done to prevent it.

They say if the developer is allowed to close the road, some 20,000 people in the area will be forced to drive an extra four kilometres to access the area — a circumvention that may take up to an hour, which now takes just 15 minutes.

The closure to take place on a 800sq-m plot of land at the traffic junction exiting to Lebuh Bandar Utama will also render some 1.5km of State-owned road useless, they say.

Land owner Bandar Utama City Corporation Sdn Bhd (BUCC) has told residents the exit/ entrance would be converted to a one-way exit from Nov 20 and would be closed six months after that.

Residents from 19 associations and groups in Zone 4, including those from Kota Damansara and Sunway Damansara, have formed an action group against the closure.

Action group chairman Mohamed Shukri Zain said residents are hoping the ramp would remain open with the intervention of the Petaling Jaya City Council or the State government.

“We are hoping to meet with the PJ mayor to learn the council’s stand on this issue. Our call is for the government to acquire this road in the rakyat’s interest to solve this worrying situation,” he said, adding that a signature campaign has been started on a memorandum to be sent to PJ mayor Mohamad Roslan Sakiman and Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.

Shukri said the Land Acquisition Act 1960 allows the State authority to purchase land for public purposes.

“We were told by BUCC director Datuk Teo Chiang Kok that the closure is to reduce traffic congestion in Bandar Utama. But, it will cause massive traffic jams on the alternative road in and out of this area and affect a lot of people.”

PJ city traffic consultant Goh Bok Yen has reportedly admitted to this problem and had suggested the land acquisition but no decision has been made so far.

It is understood that a 1993 agreement between BUCC and Dijaya Corporation Bhd, the developer for Tropicana, provides for the piece of land to be taken back after Dijaya completes a tunnel link.

News Source

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Opal JMB Committee Members (as of 1 Oct 2009)

2009-10-01T00:52:00.002+08:00

The Opal Damansara Joint Management Committee Members as of 1 Oct 2009 are as follows:

Name / Position

Chang Wing Hoh - Chairman

Soon Chee Hung - Secretary

Donald Kwok - Treasurer

Members

Aaron Ong

Allan Loi

Daniel Sim

Elin Lim

Joyce Shia

Lisa Lew

Pek Chee Hen

Ramlee Mahat

Rohaya Abd. Rahman

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Meeting Minutes on closure of Sony Link on 9 September 2009 (Bandar Utama / Tropicana area)

2009-09-23T11:59:00.004+08:00

The below are the recent minutes at MBPJ on the discussion of a proposal to either close or make the road (passing the old Sony Building - near Bandar Utama / Tropicana) into a one way street.

Please read the minutes below and also the conclusion at the bottom. Looks like things will change as of 20 November 2009.

Meeting on closure of Sony Link on 9/9/09 @ 4pm

NOTES:
The meeting was attended by YB Elizabeth Wong, MBPJ, Traffic Consultant (MAG) and RA or JMB or MC from Tropicana, Tropicana Indah, SJK (C ) Damansara, Riana Green, Sunway Sutera, Kota Damansara and Sunway Damansara.

Traffic Consultant – Mr. Goh Bok Yen briefed the meeting
• The proposed closure of Sony Link was not made known to MAG until the traffic committee of MBPJ being told about this on 24/3/09.
• The data on traffic flow during peak hours was based on 2008 survey. No study has been done on the impact of traffic in the area in the event of road closure.
• The link in front of Sony Link is now 80% overloaded, during peak hours there are 1,500 – 1,600 vehicles using the link. Even the proposed alternative road would not be able to take the capacity by year 2020. In year 2020, traffic in this area would be 80% overloaded.
• 38 schemes had been approved + ongoing and only 4 has been completed in this area.
• He was not able to recommend anything or propose for alternative as he was not appointed by anybody to do the study on the impact of its closure.

Dato’ Teoh (Bandar Utama)
• The link will be converted into 1 way to exit only, and enter through Persiaran Bukit Utama for 6 months; then it will be closed permanently.
• MBPJ shall find an alternative road to resolve the traffic problem.

Tropicana Residents’ Association commented
• The link shall not be closed and shall maintain the status quo on traffic flow as the affected traffic will be diverted into Persiaran Tropicana.

Bandar Utama Residents’ Association commented
• To maintain the status quo on traffic flow.
• They are agreeable to convert the link into 1 way i.e. for entry only, not exit.
• The developers in this area shall find an alternative road.
SJK (C ) Damansara
• To maintain the status quo on traffic flow.

Sunway Damansara Residents’ Association commented
• RA will not be happy on the closure of road, and shall maintain the status quo on traffic flow.

Riana Green Joint Management Body commented
• The closure will affect the residents of Riana Green, and shall maintain the status quo however they have no objection to convert the link into 1 way for 6 months until traffic study is done.

Sunway Sutera Joint Management Body commented
• The closure will affect the residents, and shall maintain the status quo. Hope that an alternative road will be created.

Casa Tropicana Joint Management Body commented
• To maintain the status quo on traffic flow.

Tropicana Indah Residents’ Association commented
• To maintain the status quo on traffic flow but have no objection to convert the link into 1 way.

Friends of Kota Damansara commented
• To maintain the status quo on traffic flow.

Conclusion
• Y.B. Elizabeth Wong stressed that the link is a private land and the state government has no intention of acquiring the land. Developers and MBPJ shall study and find an alternative road.
• MBPJ informed that RTPJ 2 will be ready in October 2009, and the residents may make objection on the draft plan.
• Dato’ Teoh’s informed that the link will be converted 1 way traffic for a period of 6 months effective 20 Nov 09 and MBPJ shall come out with alternative plan within 6 months. BU will arrange adequate notice for public awareness on the closure of the road.

Meeting adjourned at 5.30pm.

Prepared by
HC Ho

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LRT in Kota Damansara - Cheras

2008-09-16T18:01:00.001+08:00

More than a million Klang Valley residents stand to benefit from the extension and new light rail transit lines announced in Budget 2009, a three-fold increase from current levels.

Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB) said with the new level of public transport usage, the country could save as much as RM3bil in fuel costs.

The construction of a new 42km Kota Damansara-Cheras LRT line as well as extensions to the Kelana Jaya and Ampang LRT lines were announced as part of measures to develop public transport under the Budget.

Other measures include the purchase of more trains and buses.

The initiatives will cost a total of RM35bil.

SPNB chief executive officer, Shaipudin Shah Harun, said the first train from the 35 trains that were ordered for the Kelana Jaya LRT line would be operational by September next year.

Speaking to reporters at a special post-budget briefing yesterday, Shaipudin said all the trains, which were ordered in 2006, would be ready by 2011 while the 15km extensions to the Kelana Jaya and Ampang lines would also be ready at about the same time.

“The extensions are now at the detailed design stage and we need about a year for land acquisition,” he said.

Shaipudin said the detailed design stage for the new 42km Kota Damansara-Cheras line would happen by the second quarter of next year adding that this new line would have 32 stations, five of which would be underground.

Source

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Opal JMB Committee Members

2008-08-29T11:17:00.003+08:00

The Opal Damansara Condo has formed their JMB (Joint Management Body) Committee.

And they are great volunteers that have avail themselves to help look into the matters of our living community here at Opal Damansara

JMB Committee Members are :

1. Chang Wing Hoh - President
2. Soon Chee Hung - Secretary
3. Donald Kwok - Treasurer
4. Joyce Shia
5. Danny Hor
6. Rohaya Abd Rahman Goodyear
7. Elin Lim
8. Ramlee bin Mahat
9. Lisa Lew
10. Aaron Ong
11. Pek Chee Hen

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Condo officials ignorant of their rights

2008-08-12T19:09:00.000+08:00

MANY officials of joint management bodies (JMBs) of high-rise apartments and condominiums have no idea about the provisions of the Building and Common Property (Management and Maintenance) Act 2007 and are often unclear about their rights under the act, according to Subang Jaya assemblyman Hannah Yeoh.

Yeoh said she observed this when dealing with the JMBs in the Subang Jaya municipality, who had come to seek her advice on management problems.

“When it comes to high-density units, the JMBs have no experience managing the building,” she said.

“Despite attending training sessions organised by the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ), many JMB officials still do not fully understand the rules and regulations involved,” she said.

“The JMB officials are still vague over their powers and there have been cases where their water and electricity supply are cut due to unpaid arrears by developers,” Yeoh said.

She said this was why she had conducted the recent JMB session in Bahasa Malaysia for the JMB representatives of Angsana Apartments in USJ 1 at the nearby Tabika Kemas to help them understand.

For the session, Yeoh also took along Mak Khuin Weng and Tengku Nazaruddin Zainudin who are familiar with issues related to condomiums and high-rise living.

“Mak and Nazaruddin have been giving talks and advising people in the Klang Valley on the JMBs. Hence, I asked their help to look into the JMBs woes of Angsana Apartments,” she said.

According to Angsana JMB Block C and E chairman Hazlan Omar, he only has a photocopy of the certificate of establishment issued by the MPSJ in March.

Mak said a photocopy was not good enough and the original certificate was required for the JMB to open a bank account.

“You need to either get the original certificate from the MPSJ or the developer,” he told the JMB committee.

“After that, you will need to write a letter to the developer to obtain the current set of accounts, and then get a list of house owners. Without the list, you won’t be able to do your maintenance collection later on as you would not know who has paid and who has not,” Mak said.

The Angsana has eight blocks of apartments managed by four JMBs.

Currently, each apartment pays RM35 a month to the developer as maintenance fee.

Mak suggested that the JMB officials buy a copy of Building and Common Property Act guidebook, which costs only RM15 each, to read up on building management.

According to Yeoh, the original certificate is issued by the commissioner of building (CoB). The MPSJ president and all other local council presidents and city mayors are the de facto CoBs of their respective municipalities.

“I will raise the JMB issue at the next state assembly sitting so that the people will know where to go when faced with problems,” she said.

Yeoh said at the Angsana. there were many tenants, including foreigners and it was difficult to trace the owners of these rented units.

“Moreover, their public hall has been occupied by a political party so they have no place to meet,” she said.

Source : STAR

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Controversial Carrefour Hypermarket in Kota Damansara

2008-08-12T19:08:00.002+08:00

THE decision on the controversial hypermarket project in Kota Damansara is expected to be made during this week’s meeting of the Selangor state executive council.

Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Abdul Khalid had said last Friday that he would need a week to make a thorough study on the matter before making a decision.

Khalid chaired a closed-door meeting between the Selangor executive council action committee and the parties concerned at the Selangor State secretariat complex in Shah Alam last Friday.

Those present were representatives of the Kota Damansara residents, Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) officials, Carrefour company representatives, Subang MP R. Sivarasa and Kota Damansara state assemblyman Dr Nasir Hashim.

According to Sivarasa, Khalid had said he needed a week to discuss the matter further before making the decision.

“We feel that we should be able to resolve the issue and it is possible not to have the hypermarket there as long as the state government can find an alternative site for it.

“I am sure it can be done,” Sivarasa said.

The residents of Section 11 in Kota Damansara and the surrounding area are opposed to the construction of the hypermarket in their neighbourhood.

Several meetings had been held between the parties involved but no concrete agreement has been reached.

The parties then decided to take the case to the state exco action committee.

The residents want the project to be relocated elsewhere as they are concerned over density, traffic and safety of the people once the building is completed.

“The area is zoned for commercial use to cater for the local residents.

“It is designed for those two-storey shophouses but then suddenly a hypermarket is going to be built there. We felt violated,” Kota Damansara resident Vincent Chee said.

“A new hypermarket is not needed in the area as we already have several hypermarkets (Giant and Tesco) nearby,” he said.

Source : STAR

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Power Cut on 13 Aug from 10am to 2pm

2008-08-09T11:40:00.003+08:00

We received a notice from TNB yesterday stating that the entire Opal Damansara Condo will be experiencing a Power Cut from 10am to 2pm on 13 August, next Wednesday.

I wonder if our elevators will still be functioning? Hmmm... pity those on the high floors if they are not!

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New Giant Hypermarket in Kota Damansara

2008-07-29T12:00:00.004+08:00

Location Plan

Background Information
The site measuring approximately 8.3 acres is located in Kota Damansara, a new township located in Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan. Our client Giant, one of 4 leading hypermarkets provider in Malaysia, is building one of the largest hypermarket mall in Malaysia. The total built up area not including the parking level is approximately 500,000 sq ft or 43,935 m².

First Floor PLan	View from the highway hading to the nearly Tol Plaza	(Side view) - The color of the building follows giant corporate colors
Design Approach In order to comply with the design brief, the hypermarket is elevated with its parking floors located at the ground floor. The trading area; i.e. its hypermarket is approximately 90,000 sq ft (with a mezzanine floor). The rest of the built up area is provided for the shopping mall at the parking level and hypermarket level. As the hypermarket is located next to a busy highway, we design to expressed the facade of the mall using glass with clear modern. The corporate colours are used on the facade of the building in order for the building to be identifiable from a distance.

	Giant Kota Damansara is designed with an array of customer friendly features to enhance the entire shopping experience redefining today’s modern retail. The area has 350,000 populations in 70,000 households. It is only 8 minutes drive Jalan Duta and 20 minutes to Kuala Lumpur. The building reflects new look of Giant Mall and has a Gross built-up area of 338,000 sq ft over 3 levels with a net lettable complex area of 88,000 sq ft with space location ideal for 100 retailers. Target opening date is last quarter of 2008.

Source : ATSA Architects Giant

Kota Damansara Hospitals come under Fire

2008-07-29T11:54:00.003+08:00

Project under fire: An aerial view of the hospital site. In the background is Dataran Sunway (white buildings) and a block of commercial shoplots that is under construction.

TWO private hospitals located in Kota Damansara have come under fire from the residents and the business community in the area.

Residents and businessmen claim that the location of the two hospitals would only add to the traffic situation in the township.

One of the hospitals, which have begun ground clearing works, is located on a piece of land adjacent to the Giant hypermarket along Jalan PJU 5/26, next to the Dataran Sunway commercial centre.

Gugusan Dedap residents' association president Zamarudin Zainudin said a hospital should not be built within a commercial area that was prone to traffic congestion.

“Emergency vehicles would have problems getting into the area,” he said.

MBPJ Town Planning Department director Sharipah Marhaini Syed Ali said the hospital must submit a fresh application for approval to the council.

“When the initial building plans were approved, there were no objections from the the Selangor Development Corporation (PKNS), the owner of the neighbouring plots. Since residents are now complaining, we have rejected the building plans. They would have to do a comprehensive traffic study and resubmit plans,” she said.

Meanwhile, there are mixed reactions from business operators at Dataran Sunway about the opening of another specialist centre in the area.

The location of the four-block medical centre, occupying the corner lots of the commercial building along Jalan PJU 5/6, opposite The Strand, is said to be not conducive due to the high traffic volume anticipated in area after the opening of the Giant hypermarket.

A businessman who owns several shoplots in the area said due to the anticipated high traffic, it would be difficult for emergency vehicles to gain access to the area.

However, there are others who think otherwise.

Lee Hui Seng said the specialist centre provided medical facility for the residents.

He said Kota Damansara residents needed medical facilities, as the only hospital in the vicinity was the Tropicana Medical Centre, located next to the Segi College.

“But that is a big hospital with ambulance facilities whereas this specialist centre is for outpatient treatments,” he said.

He added the specialist centre would not add to the anticipated traffic jam in the area as unlike shopping malls, people do not visit hospitals everyday.

“Besides, the specialist centre would only generate more business to the area.

“People should view it as a life-saving subject and not as a bad omen,” he said.

Sharipah said the building plans for the specialist centre has been approved.

Source : STAR

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ODJMC Meeting on 26 July 2008

2008-07-22T19:36:00.003+08:00

The Opal Damansara Joint Management Committee (ODJMC) will be having a Meeting with the residents on :

Date : 26 July 2008

Time : 10am

Venue : Opal Damansara MPH

The Agenda of the meeting is in the document below.

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Update on Intercom System & Access Cards

2008-07-17T22:19:00.002+08:00

We received a new notice today that our Intercom System in Opal is fixed! YAY!!

And if your Intercom System is not functioning, you're to report it to the Management Office at 603 7880 4528.

And with regards to the Access Cards to the Main Entrance & Carpark, apparently its still being repaired. And we'll be updated soon.

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Opal Damansara Service Desk

2008-07-15T22:25:00.003+08:00

Sorry for the long absence of update. Life has just been so so busy.

This is worth a mention!

There will be a new Service Desk operated by Sunway Damansara for all Residents of Opal Damansara on each alternate Saturdays for 3 months.

Objective : For residents to address issues on house defects and rectification works.

The First Service Desk:

Date: 19 July

Time : 11.30am to 1pm

Venue : Opal Damansara Multi Purpose Hall

Manager : Khoo Thian Shyang

Details are attached on the letter below.

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Rectification Works - Swimming Pool & Walkway

2008-04-12T16:14:00.002+08:00

Yups, we received a second notice informing us residents that the Pool will be delayed until 15 April and the Walkway until 12 April 2008.

Here's a brief update based on the the walkaround we did today around the Opal facilities.

POOL & WALKWAY UPDATE

The entire pool is cordoned off with red and white strips.

Today, the pool was extremely DRY.

All the water has been sucked out and rectifcation was done.

Rectangular tiles that run alongside the pool has been changed.

You can see the coloring of the new tiles. The old and broken

ones were used as "weight" for the red/white cones.

Suprisingly a box of TILES for the pool was left by the poolside.

Guess the workers forgot about it.

An ALL DRIED UP Pool.

The walkaway from the Carpark to Block A & B are also

undergoing some rectification.

The White & Black pebbles have all been removed.

In replacement, we can see cement being poured into the fillings.

Work is still not completed yet. Doubt that they can

finish the work by tomorrow, 12 April (as per the notice)

Lot of "fillings" are still empty and without cement.

I hope the steps on the walkway will be flatten too

so that you can walk straight and uninterrupted.

And it will be much easier to navigate a pram, a wheelchair,

a trolley or even a shopping basket. Let's see what comes out at the end.

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Swimming Pool CLOSED 3 - 10 April 2008

2008-04-03T00:14:00.002+08:00

Oh No!! The pool will be "out of order" for one week, starting tomorrow 3 April until 10 April (next Thursday).

The notice states that the Opal Management is doing rectification works on the pool and hope to open the pool before the 10th of April 2008.

So chill everyone .... no swimming for a week :(

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Astro Satelite TV Fixed in Opal

2008-03-28T07:22:00.003+08:00

There were numerous complaints on the bad transmission or no transmission from the Astro Satelite and Local TV channels since last weekend.

The latest notice that came up yesterday was the assurance that the SMATV System for Opal Damansara has since been fixed and that residents should not encounter any more problems with their TV & Satelite Channels.

Click on the Notice above for more details.

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Lion Dance in Opal Damansara on 13 Feb 2008

2008-02-06T10:08:00.000+08:00

This is coool Chinese New Year celebration!!

There will be a Lion Dance performance at Opal Damansara next Wednesday - 13 February 2008 at 4pm!!

Pity about the timing though, for those at work they would miss it!!

It will be held at the Swimming Pool area, and the Lion will be dancing its way to the Guard House, Main Lift Lobbies of Block A and Block B!!

:) Wishing all of u a HAPPY CNY!!

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No Throwing Rubbish!!

2008-02-06T10:05:00.000+08:00

Whoops was rather embarassing to read this notice yesterday from Opal Management.

I wonder why people would do it? To throw rubbish off their balconies? Cos in the end it would either litter the balcony below or the floor/compound area of Opal Damansara. In the end we all live in this place and should be responsible to take care and ensure that our place of residence is always kept clean of all debris and rubbish!

Anyway ... i hope we don't need to receive any more notice like the one below again! Shy-only!!

:(

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Lightings & Timing at Opal Damansara

2008-02-01T14:01:00.000+08:00

We just received anotice from the Management of Opal asking the residents for the best time to swtich on and switch off the lights to minimize electricity consumption and thus conserve energy.

We'll use the Email Group and hopefully gather some valuable comments and feedback!!

If you did not join the Email group but would like to voice your comment, leave it here and I'll add it on to the email feedback.

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Map to Opal Damansara

2008-01-31T00:12:00.000+08:00

We googled four times trying to find a decent map of Opal Damansara. All the ones that was featured on the internet, were either to small, or out dated.

I'm sure many of you who invite friends to your place, often have that question... "Where ah?", "How to Get There?"

So in the end, we started digging and found the old brochure of Opal Damansara, and voila, a Map was printed at the back. We've scanned it and provided the link for you to download below.

We hope it will be useful for your friends as it proved useful to us!

Map to Opal Damansara Condo

Large - Medium - Small

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Covered Car Parks for Block B

2008-01-14T00:09:00.000+08:00

First of all don't be upset if any of your visitors complaint why they can't park their cars inside the Visitors Car Park, despite seeing empty lots.

The guards have told us that the Visitors Car Parks have been allocated for Residents of Block B, cos their original car parks are undergoing renovation.

If you come to Opal Damansara recently, you would have seen the red/white tape

barring people from parking at the Open Air car park next to Block B (next to the badminton court)

The contractors are doing work to errect up new covered car parks for this area.

So bear with the renovation progress for the time being until its all fixed. Therefore

there will be limited visitor's car park until its all done.

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Work Update on the GREEN behind Opal

2008-01-13T23:59:00.000+08:00

We see lots of work going on behind Opal Damansara. Ever since our last post we have seen excavators moving over the elevated piece of land and ensuring that the sand embankment is firm and strong.

HOWEVER

During a big thunderstorm (like last Sat - 13 Jan)

You can see the water from the roads and drainage filling up the

drain and almost coming to the top of embankment!

Of course its much better than before, and the water stops at that level!

Let's hope that the embankment holds and the water is channeled out of that

area as fast as the water comes pouring in!

Dirty Kid's Pool

2008-01-11T21:06:00.000+08:00

Sigh we were rather unhappy & disappointed on Wednesday when we went to the Kids Pool!

Our kids were swimming in the pool when we realized it was really really dirty. We brought it up to Opal Management, and Mala informed us that the pool was just cleaned the day before! Mala was prompt and said she will follow up with the person in charge...

Guess the cleaning was not thorough!

There were lots of remnants of bits and pieces of "errr things" at the base of the pool.

The other thing that my wife observed was that she saw Contractors washing their

hands and legs in the kids pool!! Sigh!!

So if any of you residents catch that act .. pls help tell them to wash themselves

in the toilet and not in our swimming pool.

At the steps of the Kids pool, you can also see how dirty it is.

There's even fungus growing all around the steps! Sigh ... i think the pool

needs a big scrub down and the maintenance of the pools needs to be better managed!

s i g h

The adult pool is no better la. Anyone has any other experiences?

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No Electricity on 17 Jan - Thursday

2008-01-11T19:19:00.000+08:00

We have just received a notification that there will be NO Electricity next Thursday on 17 January 2008 from 10am to 12.30pm.

The reason for the Electricity outage is on Simulation Tests.

So take note that apart from no power in the house, the elevators will not be working as well.

So make sure you plan your schedule that day AROUND IT!

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Mosquitoes Fogging Schedule Update

2007-12-07T21:27:00.000+08:00

Dear dear residents take note that the Mosquitoes Fogging Schedule has been updated with some new dates for Dec.

December 2007

11 Dec - Tuesday - 5pm - 6pm

21 Dec - Friday - 5pm - 6pm

28 Dec - Friday - 5pm - 6pm

From the memo on the Notice Board, the pest company doing the fogging is Ractus Environmental Services.

Related Link

Opal's Mosquitoes Fogging Schedule

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Police was on a Saman Party @ Palm Springs

2007-12-07T21:11:00.000+08:00

Was on the way home tonite an was using the road that passed thru Palm Springs Condo (Kota Damansara area), when I noticed a policeman on the road.

Initially I thought there was either an accident or a robbery at Palm Springs and the enforcement officers were here to investigate!

Then i noticed that there was FOUR policeman holding a pad of paper

and walking up and down the road infront of Palm Springs.

For those of you who don't know but the road all around Palm Springs

are always filled with parked cars by the road side. And it is illegal, as there

are yellow lines that are along those roads.

There were easily hundreds of cars parked outside the Palm Springs Condo

And it was like a Saman Party, where the Police Officers were walking from one car

to the next and issuing samans (Parking Fines) to all the cars that were illegally parked there.

If you loooook really close you will see a Policeman writing a Saman

in between the two cars!!

I hope the residents of Palm Springs would stop parking their cars on the roadside.

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Strong Water Pressure - Good or Bad?

2007-12-04T21:11:00.000+08:00

I would think that when the Water Pressure in your Condo is high, that is good news!! But i guess the Maintenance Dept of Opal Damansara must have seen some new costs in the high change of Bidet Spray Hoses, cos we just received a pretty interesting notice from the Opal Management.

There was a notice given by the Management to inform all residents to switch off the water after using the Bidet Spray hoses. :) This must be one of those unique problems with high water pressure! Perhaps the Mgmt have been replacing too many broken bidet spray hoses!! :)

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Sony Flyover Fiasco Upsets Residents [news]

2007-12-01T20:56:00.000+08:00

THE delay in completing the Lebuh Bandar Utama flyover that connects BU11 and BU12 to the central part of the township is making the Bandar Utama residents very unhappy.

The Sony flyover, as it is commonly referred to because of its location next to what was previously the Sony building, was supposed to have been completed last month.

According to a BU11 resident who declined to be named, construction work was not consistent, carried out only on certain days.

Bandar Utama Residents Association (BURA) chairman Tan Ban Loong said that the site management was badly handled.

“There are many potholes along the flyover that motorists have to avoid, causing traffic to be backed up. The place is in a mess,” Tan said.

During a meeting with Bukit Lanjan assemblyman Yong Dai Ying last month, the Bandar Utama residents voiced out their discontentment with the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) over the lack of scrutiny on the project.

According to MBPJ public relations director Haniza Abdul Hamid, the contractor Pembinaan Bukit Timah is scheduled to complete the flyover before the end of the year.

Source

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Opal Damansara Eyesore

2007-11-28T22:51:00.000+08:00

OOooooohhhh this is such an eyesore!!! Yups not really a happy post this time. We spotted this morning where a resident of Opal Damansara was hanging their clothes at the AirCond compressor ledge.

Sigh .. hope they would put a stop to this ... it really cheapens our beautiful Opal Damansara.

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Opal's Mosquitoes Fogging Schedule

2007-11-21T20:52:00.000+08:00

Just created a new "blog label" called noticeboard. This will help when we need to search for information shared by the Opal Management via their Notice Boards.

Opal Damansara's Mosquitoes Fogging Schedule : Nov & Dec 2007

21 Nov - Wed : 5pm to 6pm

27 Nov - Tue : 5pm to 6pm

4 Dec - Tue : 5pm to 6pm

11 Dec - Tue : 5pm to 6pm

18 Dec - Tue : 5pm to 6pm

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HBA Seminar : Strata Property Management - Who's In Charge

2007-11-21T18:33:00.000+08:00

The National House Buyers Association (HBA) is organising a Seminar with speakers, Ms Viola De Cruz and Mr Kuna Sekaran, Advocates & Solicitors, on Saturday, 08 December, 2007 at PWTC, Kuala Lumpur, at 2.30pm – 6.30pm.

This Seminar offers participants an opportunity to better understand the roles of the different bodies – Joint Management Body (JMB), Management Corporation (MC) and Commissioner of Buildings (COB), developers and managing agents in the management of residential strata properties such as condominiums, apartment, flats & townhouses; hear past Court Decisions that relates to the Strata Titles Act, 1985; and highlights of the Building & Common Property (Maintenance and Management) Act, 2007.

Seminar Schedule

2.00 pm: Participants registration
2.30 pm: Introduction & Welcome address By Chang Kim Loong AMN, HBA’s Hon. Secretary-General (Seminar Moderator)
2.45 pm: “Formation of JMB” under the Building & Common Property (Maintenance & Management) Act, 2007 - ‘Role & Powers of COB” By Viola De Cruz LLB, Barrister-at-Law, Advocates & Solicitors
4.00 pm: Break
4.30 pm: “Formation, role & duties of MC, ” under the Strata Titles Act, 1985By Kuna Sekaran LLB, CLP Advocates & Solicitors
5.45 pm: Questions & Answers
6.30 pm: End

FEE
RM 175 per person. Register with payments by 4th December 2007 to enjoy a RM25.00 discount

Download Registration Form

Visit HBA Website : http://www.hba.org.my/events/seminar/08Dec2007/e-info.htm

** Interestingly, HBA also has a section where you can view the Strata Titles Act 1985

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Clean Water at Opal Damansara

2007-11-17T14:48:00.001+08:00

I am was informed by Nancy that the Opal Damansara management have installed a water filter at the main water inlet for the entire condominium complex!!!

I was very glad to hear that we now have clean water coming into our homes and into all areas of Opal Damansara.

So you can't wait to go check it out for yourself??

Filtered Water at Opal Damansara

Where is this Water Filter located?

The next time you drive down the ramp from the multi-storey car park

Turn your head to the right as soon as your car reaches the tar road.

You will see a silver gleaming large looking canister at the far right end of wall

If you were to walk closer to it.

You will see its located at the corner of the right wall at

the far end of this walkway.

(by the way lots of empty carton boxes stored in this area)

Its a BACFREE Water Filter, and its HUGE!

I guess it needs to be of a certain size in order to ensure all

our water is being kept clean at all times.

Was trying to look for a label to determine how many gallons or litre

the BACFREE filter holds ... but the only instrcutions was

for mere Operations of the Water Filter.

As you can see there are lots of taps and pipes leading

into the wall, so i guess this is where all the water are filtered and cleaned!

I am sure we are all thankful that we now have a Water Filter

to keep the water that we use clean and free from bacteria! (that's what BACFREE means rite?)

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Pool Deck Chairs are HERE!

2007-11-16T14:10:00.000+08:00

We are happy to announce that the Pool Deck Chairs are in!! No more sunbathing on the floor. Now there are new Pool Deck Chairs around the pool of Opal Damansara.

The Pool Deck Chair looks great and "new too" of course! :)

The Chairs are spread out around the Pool Side.

At the moment we only have 6 Pool Deck Chairs.

We hear that there are more coming soon! Coolness! :)

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Opal Damansara Mgmt Office has a 5 Day Week

2007-11-13T20:42:00.001+08:00

Did you know this? We just spotted this on one of the Notice Boards in Opal Damansara.

Well in case you can't read the fine print, the Management Office of Opal Damansara declares that they are open daily from 9am to 6pm from Monday to Fridays, and therefore on Saturdays their office is closed!!

So if you're planning something for the weekend, ensure that you contact the Opal Damansara office early!!

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What's Happening Between Opal Damansara & Cita Damansara?

2007-11-13T19:50:00.000+08:00

We've noticed some new construction work happening in the green/small river area between Opal Damansara and Cita Damansara Condo. Perhaps it was a response to our photos taken late October, but then again perhaps not.

We have noticed the presence of an excavator on the far left side of the area, closer to Cita Damansara, where the excavator have been doing some work, in clearing the grassy patch, and definitely doing something to the land there.

What are they doing?

We have not found out yet ....

Meanwhile check out what happens again when it Rains Heavily

Pictures taken on 10 November (last Sat)

You can see again that the little river that runs through, swells up to a rather larger river.

And unfortunately in the still picture above, you can't see, but the water is flowing rather fast.

One of the Water Inlet, we managed to zoom the picture.

Location is just below where the excavator is, and you can see from the white froth

where the water is gushing into this place.

Another two more water inlet. This time its closer to Opal Damansara.

Waters are entering from the drainage area from the street.

Pictures taken on 13 November (this afternoon)

There was a heavy rain this afternoon, and you can see the

river swelling up again!!

A Close Up view of the overgrown river

with water inlet filling more of the said river.

We hope to find out the answer from Sunway / Opal Management

on what are they doing there with the excavators. Once we have some information

we will share them with you.

Related Link

What happens when there's a Heavy Downpour!!

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Opal Damansara is on Facebook

2007-11-13T13:55:00.000+08:00

For all Facebook enthusiasts out there who are living or owning or renting a unit of Opal Damasnara, Shahrul has managed to create a Group for Opal Damansara Residents & Owners.

Facebook Opal Damansara Group

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8258151577

For those of you who are not aware, Facebook is online social networking website. Its a quick and easy way to make friends and keep in touch with updates of your friends. If you have not signed up for it, you can still click on the link above and sign up!!

See ya on Facebook! :)

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Nova Realty - Official Real Estate Agent by Opal Damansara

2007-11-09T15:41:00.000+08:00

Nova Realty has been appointed as the official Real Estate Agent by Opal Damansara for renting (leasing) and selling your property.

I never thought of putting this information in, till I realized that there are some Opal owners who are not buying the property to live in it.

So here are the contact details if you need to rent/sell your unit.

Mr James Ngoh
Real Estate Negotiator

Mobile : 012 393 1100
Tel : 603 5639 8116
Fax : 603 5639 8119
Email : jamesngoh@novarealty.com.my

Nova Realty
Unit4-C Level 4
Menara Sunway Annexe
Jalan Lagon Timur
Bandar Sunway
46150 Petaling Jaya

Their website is still under construction : www.novarealty.com.my
(at the time this post was published!)

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Cool Pic of Opal Damansara

2007-11-07T13:46:00.000+08:00

Check out this cool picture taken of Opal Damansara.

I like the refreshing green color of the leaves with the Opal in the background. Very nice pic!

We believe she's a resident of Opal. :)

Picture Source - Flickr Album

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Security Guard House Telephone Number

2007-11-07T13:29:00.000+08:00

Great NEWS!! The Security Guard house for Opal Damansara just got their Phone Line.

Now we are able to call up the Security directly if there's any queries.

Write this down ...

Guardhouse Tel : 603 7880 4527

Opal Damansara Mgmt Tel : 603 7880 4528

Thankfully our guards at Opal Damansra all speak English, this will help when we need to enquire or check on anything.

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Make your Opal Payments on Maybank2U

2007-10-31T14:02:00.000+08:00

I was very happy to see that Opal Damansara is listed as one of the Registered Payee on Maybank2U.com website.

For all residents who are Maybank2U online users, you can now process your monthly payments to Opal Damansara easily.

From Maintenance Charges to Water Bill to Sinking Fund and other miscellaneous charges, all can be paid directly on maybank2u.com portal!

Website : http://www.maybank2u.com.my/

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What happens when there's a Heavy Downpour!!

2007-10-23T13:39:00.000+08:00

Is this the Klang River?

Nope its actually a small stream which overflowed into a huge river during the thunderstorm / rain last Sunday!

Our concern is that the River that flows thru the backyard of Opal Damansara and Cita Damansara Condo, we hope that it will not cause any soil erosion for either of the condos!

We noticed at least more than 3 inlets where water was pouring in into this area!

On Opal Damansara side, we still had a green embankment which separated the Condo from the flooded river. But from the Cita Damansara side ... u can see the water reaching the cemented wall with only 10feet + gap!! Scarrry!!

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Telephone Lines Up at Opal Management Office

2007-09-27T10:36:00.000+08:00

Finally Telekom lines are in Opal Damansara.

And the number to reach the people working at the Opal Damansara Management Office is

Tel : 603 7880 4528

This should help all of us residents in contacting the management office for inquiries or follow ups on our defects! :)

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Missing Sun Decks by the Pool Side

2007-08-27T13:54:00.001+08:00

There was an email sent to the Sunway Management saying how nice the Wooden Boards looked at Opal Damansara.

In front of Block B, you will see a Wooden Signage that makes

Opal Damansara feels "resortish"! Very nice touch!!

Poor dude, check out the guy sunbathing on the Floor!

I think Sunway needs to get some Sun Decks soon! :)

Looks like a Railway Tracks?

Cool Blue Neon Lights!

Well if you have not noticed it in the evening,

this the Wooden Beams deco by the Poolside. Very nice feel to the

overall resort-ish look of Opal Damansara! :)

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No Parking At Block A&B Entrance

2007-08-27T13:49:00.000+08:00

Ooooh!! Residents beware!! Sunway Management have issued new Signs to warn residents not to park in front of Block A & Block B, otherwise can kena CLAMP!!

This is the new Signage in front of the driveway of Block A & Block B

Unfortunately for this poor resident, saw this car was Clamped!!

Aiyoyo! At least we know that Sunway means what they say! :)

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The Dustbins Are In!!

2007-08-22T00:58:00.000+08:00

YAY ... finally glad to see some Dustbins located at the Lift Lobby of Opal Damansara! From the YahooGroup, I remember a resident requesting Sunway Mgmt to set it up.

Glad to see the Dustbins are up! :)

Its rather good looking too .. with the silver finishing ... classy!!!

BUT ... was a bit disappointed to see the Dustbins located on the Floors! It kinda reminded me of the DBKL Dustbins by the roadside.

Hopefully Opal Damansara has only put these up temporarily!! We'll see!!

At least you now have a place to throw your trash when visiting Opal Damansara. :)

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Lift Lobby Enhancements

2007-08-11T12:38:00.000+08:00

Was pretty glad to see the following done at the Lift Lobby area of Opal Damansara.

They have added the Push & Pull signs on the Glass Doors and they have also put some wood covering on the floor so as not to damage the Floor Area. Pretty Coool!!

The Glass Doors have Push & Pull Signs

Even the Proximity Card Reader has a sign

that says Card Access :)

Good on Sunway Mgmt to put a protective layer

at the Lift Lobby area to protect the original tiles.

Just a Whole View Glance with the wooden flooring

and the signs on the Glass Doors.

And oh yes. .. spotted this in Block A Lift.

Hmmm someone is advertising for Gas in the Lifts!! :)

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Sunway Management Responds on Resident Queries for Opal Damansara

2007-08-09T00:37:00.000+08:00

We thank you for your feedback and appended below our replies

1. Intercom & Door Access Button At Lift Lobby Glass Area
Residents Suggestion: Suggestion to put Intercoms at the Lift Lobby Glass Area so that any vistiors can call directly to the Residents in their units. And the Residents just need to press a Button on the Intercom in their home unit and the Glass Door opens downstairs.

Sunway Response: For security purpose, all visitors are first screened at the Guardhouse. The Guard will then intercom the owners.
Second level of security is at the lift lobby where the residents are required to come down to the lobby to allow access for their visitors.

Intercom & Door Access Button at the lift lobby glass area is not recommended due to the following reasons:

a. Disturbance to owners if someone play with the intercom for no intended purpose.
b. Owners may accidentally press the door access button and the lift door at the lobby will open and cause breach of security.
c. Some owners may also claim breach of security if owners can allow access to the lift lobby without coming down to bring in the visitors.
d. Irresponsible intruders may use intercom to test presence of owners for criminal activities.

2. Lock Fire Exit at Ground Floor (access from outside).
Residents Suggestion: Why have Secure Proximity Cards at Lift Lobby, when anyone can walk up the Fire Exit to the Condo.

Sunway Response: We have rectified this and it is no longer accessible from outside.

3. Centralised Water Filter
Residents Suggestion: A suggestion was made to have a Centralized Water Filter so that water for drinking, washing food, cleaning and bathing would be always clean and healthy.

Sunway Response: Our consultant is evaluating this installation for us to decide if we have the budget and whether there are other constraints.

4. Proximity Card Reader by Main Entrance/Exit
Residents Suggestion: To ensure that the Card Reader can read the Access Cards thru the Car's Glass windows. So that when it rains, there's no need to wind down the window and get wet

Sunway Response: The design reading distance is 60 cm and we are in the midst of adjusting the card reader to facilitate easy reading.

5. Grill at Balcony
Residents Suggestion: Apparently there was a rule that the Grill must be placed inside the Condo, rather than outside the Balcony Glass Door. Would like to suggest that the exception be made to put the Grill outside the Balcony Glass door.

Sunway Response: Grille is placed inside the Condo unit rather than outside of the balcony glass door to preserve the aesthetic façade of the Condo.

Once again we wish to thank you for your suggestion and if you require any further clarification, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Regards
Ngian Siew Siong
Managing Director (Property Development Division)
Sunway City Berhad

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Opal Damansara Key Handover Ceremony

2007-08-05T20:23:00.000+08:00

Opal Damansara had their first Partee with the owners, where Sunway performed a Key Handover Ceremony on this special night on 3 August 2007.

Here are some photos taken at the Poolside of Opal Damansara.

Opal Damansara

Key Handover Ceremony

Main Entrance leading to the Pool Side

Shahrul and his Door Gift ... a potted plant

how thoughtful of Sunway Management

Owners of Opal Damansara getting acquainted

Yes as all typical pool partee

How can there be no swimmers! :)

Yummy Buffet Spread served up at Opal Damansara

Take on the Roast!!!

There u go our very own Live Kitchen

With Satay prepared before you fresh and hot!

Photos Courtesy of Shahrul, Click on the link for more pics

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Opal Damansara First Resident's Partee

2007-08-03T02:18:00.000+08:00

Well .... its not exactly a party, party ... but its our first Owners' Gathering/Party!! :)

Date : 4 August 2007 (this Sat!!)
Time : 6.30pm onwards
Dress : Smart Casual

Sunway Management is throwing a Western & Malaysian Buffet Dinner; together with a Key Handover Ceremony for all the owners of Opal Damansara Condo.!! WOO HOO!!

Guess where??? Where else but the gorgeous location by the Pool Side!

So make sure you're there ya, and get to meet all of the other Owners and Residents of Opal Damansra! :)

Mr Ngian Siew Siong, the MD of Sunway City will be present too!! Door gifts will be given at the Partee!! And there's a Lucky Draw event too. I wonder what we can win? A Penthouse at Opal Damansara! ;)

Don't forget to RSVP to Shamsul - shamsulb@sunway.com.my or 603 6141 6888

If you've not receievd your letter yet, here's a scanned copy.
Download it by Clicking Right Mouse Button and Save!

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Nice Aircond Insulation

2007-08-03T01:24:00.000+08:00

Thanks to Kevin Tan, here are some pictures of a residence of Opal Damansara concealing their Aircond foam pipes.

As u know Sunway Management has already pre-planned where all the air-conds should be placed. A special ledge that's behind the Masterbedroom toilet has been allocated for all the air-conditioner's condensers.

Take a gooooooood look at the below picture, by concealing the air-cond foam pipes, it really makes the place much much neater and nicer looking. Think about it ... perhaps its worth investing!! :)

Unit with the Aircond Foam Concealed - Vertical

Unit with the Aircond Foam Concealed - Horizontal

Unit where the Aircond Unit is not concealed

Photos : Courtesy of Kevin Tan

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Opal Email Group Notification on the Elevators

2007-07-31T12:47:00.000+08:00

Ha ha ha... hope i don't get penalize for this.

Since we have Sunway Top Management in our Opal Damansara Email Group,

I trust the won't mind us sharing this log in and email accessibility with the rest

of the residents of Opal Damansara.

We have actually given a stack to Rizal to stick on the Notice Board,

but that was like two weeks ago. Since the growing number of residents

are increasing each day, we thought we move forward and stuck the notices up.

So last nite when visiting Opal D, we just stuck it a visible places by the elevators.

*Did u know that we have only 4 elevators for 280 units? ... well now i know-la!*

If you have not signed up for the Email Group yet, enter your email in

the TOP RIGHT Corner of the webpage, OR

Send a Blank Email to : OpalDamansara-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

We stuck a notification to the Email Group on the OUTSIDE of the elevator

And we also stuck one on the INSIDE ... so people can read! :)

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Opal Damansara Receives Certificate of Fitness (CF)

2007-07-27T01:28:00.000+08:00

This is so awesome!! Finally, Sunway Management sent us a copy of

Opal Damansara's Certificate of Fitness!!

I'm glad that we have recieve the CF, this would most obvisouly means .....

Woo Hoo! this means we can MOVE IN!!

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Minor Renovations vs Major Renovations at Opal Damansra

2007-07-21T22:54:00.000+08:00

Here's some additional info on how Opal Damanasara classifies Major Renovations and Minor Renovations.

For both minor or major renovations, you will still have to raise the Renovations APplication & Deposit Refund Form, BUT you will only need to pay a RM1000 refundable deposit if you do a Major Renovation, if its minor then no charge. *

Major Renovation
Works which include

Masonry
Brick Laying
Cement Plastering
Built-in-Kitchen Cabinets, Cupboards & Wardrobes
Sanitary Fittings
Plaster Ceiling
Electrical Wiring
Plumbing
Polishing of Floors
Installation of Grills

Minor Renovation
Works include

Fixing of Lightings
Carpeting
Painting
Air Conditioner installation

* Oh yes, they also charge a RM50 administration fee for an approved renovation.

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Looking for Showroom at Opal Damansara?

2007-07-14T15:22:00.000+08:00

Also yesterday whilst walking from the Management Office to Block A, a gentleman (and that's because he was wearing a tie), approached me.

He said if u are not rushing to move into Opal Damansara, they will have a Showroom Unit available for us to view by 3rd Week July.

His name is Yeo ... and am attaching their cards and information below. They are from B&M Renovation works. (ain't getting any commission from this, just thought it would be useful info for some of u who need to get your second or third quotes for price comparision)

Click on the picture for a BIGGER View .. their contacts are all there.

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Telekom Coming in End August 2007

2007-07-14T15:19:00.000+08:00

Was speaking with Rizal yesterday on when would Telekom (and Streamyx) be coming in.

He said in his last meeting with Telekom (early July), they told him that Telekom would only be in sometime in August to late August!!

So for those of u moving in early ... make sure u have your Mobile Phone ready! :)

pssst ... anyone know when Astro is ready? I see the plug points are all there ... is it already available? And do we need to pay to activate it? Or Free? hmmmm ....

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Opal Damansara Address

2007-07-14T15:14:00.000+08:00

Ha!! This happened to me a few times.

Was filling up a form ... and suddenly... what's my new addresss already ah at Opal??!!

So i thot it would be good to place the address online, just in case at work need to find it, its all here! :)

Our Home Address :
A-01-01 Block A [If u are Block B, 10th Floor, 7th Unit : B-10-07, Block B]
Opal Damansara
No 2A Jalan PJU 3/27
PJU3 Sunway Damansara
47810 Petaling Jaya
Selangor

Better yet .. i've since kept a copy of the above address on my phone, cos we seem to carry our phone everywhere, and easier to find when we need it!

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Opal Damansara Rules & Guidelines

2007-07-12T18:42:00.000+08:00

Opal Damansara management has done a good job in setting the Rules, and providing the Manuals for each resident.

But knowing how most of us operate. We normally keep the Manuals at home and then when we need it we can't find the information.

So I've uploaded 3 rather useful

Opal Damansara Rules & Regulations (3 Pages - PDF - 120kb) - Download
Opal Damansara Aircond Placement (1 Page - PDF - 219kb) - Download
Opal Damansara Grill Specification (3 Pages - PDF - 150kb ) - Download

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Publicity for Opal Damansara Email Group

2007-07-11T17:43:00.000+08:00

We spoke with Rizal today to see how we can help each other to promote the Opal Damansara Email Group to all the residents.

We've created a simple Flyer and have passed a stack to Rizal. We're awaiting his confirmation and hopefully we will see it up on the Notice Boards soon!

Would suggest that when you meet up with other Residents at Opal, tell them about the email group too lah! Let's build a great community there!

If you have a personal Blog too, link it and get the rest of the residents to join as well.

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Pleasant Suprise at Opal Damansara

2007-06-27T14:57:00.000+08:00

What a pleasant surprise when we got our keys to Opal Damanasara Condo.

We were supplied with 3 Manuals, detailing the House Rules, Blueprints and Plans of our Condo. That was really professional from Sunway Damansara.

When we stepped into our Condo Unit, it was amazing. Things that we found which we were a plus (didnt remember it being mentioned during the purchase)

Shower Screen - Both the Main Bathroom & Guest Bathroom comes with built-in Shower Screen
House Alarm - The Condo unit comes equipped with a Siemens Alarm all built in
Bidet Hoses - All 3 bathrooms came with the hoses all done up (Even the Shower Heads provided were of excellent standard)
The Sink & Sink Table - Very nicely done Sink and Sink Table in both bathrooms
Water Heater Ready - Apart from fixing the Switch oustide the bathroom door, they also prepared a tube where the wiring for the Water Heater can be placed without having wires exposed on the Bathroom Wall! Well thought through.
Peep Hole - The Main Entrance comes with a Peep Hole

Would like to say that Sunway Damansara has really thought through the Property well. They have anticipated what the residents would want and have provided them in the Condo!

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Sunway Damansara hands over Vacant Posession to Opal Owners

2007-06-09T14:20:00.000+08:00

Sunway Damansara issued official letters handing Vacant Possession to owners of Opal Damansara on 6 June 2007.

Owners of Opal Damansara can now collect their Keys from Sunway Damansara.

Of course before collecting the keys, they have to ensure all outstanding payments are paid and then make an appointment to meet a Sunway representative to go through the Condo Unit.

We should see residents moving in to Opal Damansara soon.

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News: Form Management Body or be fined

2007-05-30T14:19:00.000+08:00

DEVELOPERS who do not form a joint management body with residential high-rise property owners can be fined from RM20,000 under the newly implemented Building and Common Property (Management and Maintenance) Act 2007.

Jelutong MP Datuk Lee Kah Choon said the Act also allowed for the setting up of the commissioner of building (COB), headed by the president of the local council, to ensure that the joint management body was formed.

“A joint management body has to be formed under this new Act for all
high-rise residential properties before they obtain their strata titles.
“This means once vacant possession of the unit is handed over to the buyer
and maintenance fee is collected,” he said.

Lee spoke after officiating a seminar on high-rise living at the state Gerakan headquarters in Penang.

“The new Act also allows the joint management body and COB to take action against owners of high-rise units who fail to settle their maintenance fees.

“The new Act empowers them to apply for a writ of seizure from the state land and mines depart-ment to confiscate the properties in a high-rise unit that owe maintenance fees.

“The confiscated properties will be auctioned off to settle the outstanding maintenance fees,” he said.

Lee added that there were about 455,000 residential high-rise units in the country with about two million dwellers.

“COB and the joint management body are the proper channels to which they can forward their complaints should they encounter management and maintenance problems,” he said.

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Free Home Design Software - SMART DRAW

2007-05-10T16:36:00.000+08:00

Stumbled upon this Website ... SmartDraw.com

They offer a FREE Download on their Home Design Software.

Well i guess who would best benefit than us new Home Owners moving in to Opal Damansara.
Then we can draw how our kitchen should look like, or bedrooms, or living and dining room. Or perhaps even the little balcony! Have fun .. and enjoy it!

Download SmartDraw Here

Here's Smart Draw's Home Design Software Sales Pitch :

Looking for room design software? Home design software?

SmartDraw is the perfect solution.

Design your home plans & more, fast and easy.

SmartDraw is the World's Most Popular Business Graphics Software that helps you create perfect house plans in minutes. SmartDraw includes dozens of room design software templates and thousands of ready-made textures and graphics. Start with a template and customize with a few clicks. It's fast and easy.

Home design software templates are included, for: House Plans, Kitchen Plans, Bathroom Plans, Garage Plans, Home Offices, Closet Plans, and more!

Top reasons SmartDraw is the ideal home and room design software:

You get thousands of ready-made graphics for furniture, kitchen and bathroom fixtures, lighting fixtures, cabinets, office furniture, landscape elements, and more!
Includes beautiful textures for granite countertops, tiled floors, custom cabinets and much more!
You don't need to be an artist to create great-looking results. SmartDraw helps you align and arrange everything perfectly.
You save time—now you can quickly plan your home improvements or remodeling without having to learn difficult architectural software.
SmartDraw is so easy to use, you can download it and get started right away!

Download SmartDraw Here

http://www.smartdraw.com

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Opal Damansara Recreational Facilities

2007-05-06T17:57:00.000+08:00

Here are some Photos of the Recreational Facilities

at Opal Damansara

Swimming Pool

Badminton Court

[Unfortunately its outdoors!]

Children's Playgound with Swing, Slides ...

Another view of the Children's Playground

Children's Playground - Slides

Children's Playground See Saw

Par Course - for physical exercise

Par Course - Stretch and Stretch!

Tennis Court

Located on the Fifth Floor of the Covered Carpark

A view of the Covered Walkway from

Condo to the Covered Car Park.

* Interestingly, the top of the Covered Walkway is

covered with Stones! *

Opal Damansara Gym

Exercise equipments are in!!

Another view of the GYM

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Opal Damansara Facilities

2007-05-06T17:33:00.000+08:00

These are some photos taken of Opal Damansara's Facilities.

Nice landscaping and facilities provided at the Condo.

This is the Main Walkway area. Good place for to Drop Off your visitors to get to

either your Residence or to the other Condo Facilities.

Wanted to make this point that the design of the Walkway areas

are well planned. There's a built in RAMP.

Which would be good for parents with prams/strollers

or even for those that are disable.

From the Walkway to the Lift Lobby.

There's also a secondary Ramp leading to the Lift Lobby area.

You'll find many of these 4 feet tall earthern jars around Opal Damansara.

That seems to be the Central Theme for the landscaping at the Condo.

Nice to see some GREEN areas.

Well manicured garden with cobble stone walkways leading to the Recreation area.

This section of the Walkway leads to the Swimming Pool area.

AWESOME!!! A Double BBQ Pit with washing facilities next to it.

A close up of the Double BBQ Pit! :)

Swimming Pool & Children's Pool is available.

Interesting art form wall at one end of the Swimming Pool.

Another view of the Swimming Pool from the Management Office location.

Artistic Looking Shower area for the Pool

Close up of the Shower area.

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Opal Damansara Security Features

2007-05-06T17:19:00.000+08:00

We visited Opal Damansara recently and liked the security features provided by Opal Damansara.

The Sales person mentioned basically that as a Resident of Opal Damansara, you will need to use your Resident Access card at least three times when entering the premise.

1. At the Security Entrance - to enter Opal Damansara
2. At the Covered Car Park - to enter the 5 Storeys Covered Car Park
3. At the Lift Lobby - to take the elevator to your home

Additional Info
Security system features are incorporated in every unit blending in neatly with the design of the condominium. This includes security guards at the main entrance, a single multi access card system to the guardhouse entrance. carpark lift and lift lobby. Lastly every unit has an alarm system with panic button linked to a Central Monitoring System (CMS) at the guardhouse.

Opal Damansara Condo Block

This is the Lift Lobby Area

Its secured with a Glass Door and can only be

access with a Resident Proximity Card

Water Feature located next to the Lift Lobby

Photo of the 5 Storey Covered Carpark area

Security Camera situated in the Covered Carpark area

YES!! There's an Elevator that brings you up and down in the

Carpark Covered area.

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79 Ideas & Suggestions to Get You More $ When You Sell Your Home

2007-04-12T18:23:00.000+08:00

In preparation to moving to Opal Damansara, you may already be
living in your own home. Here are some tips which we found online which are
useful. Thanks to Mocean (link at the bottom), use some of these tips to help
you increase the current value of your home. :)
If you make some extra $$$, don't forget to take us out for Roti Canai! :)

These 79 Ideas and Suggestions will Help You Improve Your Sale Price by $1000 TO $5000 - These are ways to help you sell Your Home (some are Quick Easy Fix Ups) Faster and for Top Dollar!

SETTING THE “STAGE” these are some preliminary thoughts…

You will profit by using some ideas compiled in the list below. Beyond the obvious considerations of location, size, present condition and design of your home, buyers look for special qualities that appeal to their emotions.

It is your job to prepare the groundwork, to “set the stage” for a buyer to fall in love with your home. Think of what has made your home so special to you and try to highlight these features. Although no home is perfect, you must try to become aware of its shortcomings. Once you do, you have the opportunity to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negatives by making your home more visually appealing.

For example: a long dark hall will appear shorter if wall papered in vertical pastel stripes; or by hanging a few pictures on the walls and installing inexpensive lights above them, you will stop the buyer’s eyes along the way. The monotonous tunnel effect will be immediately eliminated!

Selling your home, though rarely a “fun” experience, can be a painless and profitable one if both you and your agent put in the effort. It is this cooperative venture that will meet your goal of selling your home fast, with the least amount of inconvenience and at the best price and terms for you.

GENERAL

1. Make those minor repairs - no matter how minor.

2. Whatever the season, do some spring cleaning.

3. Have a yard sale or pack away in boxes those items that clutter.

4. Create the illusion of spaciousness.

5. Give your rooms a light, bright look.

6. Use colour and lighting to draw attention to your homes best selling features.

7. Disguise unsightly views- remove heavy curtains, let the light in.

8. Eliminate unpleasant odors.

9. Avoid eccentricities- remove those beaded curtains!

10. Accessories can make or break a room- avoid clutter.

11. Display photos that show your home during other seasons.

YOUR HOME’S FRONT DOOR AND PORCH

12. Create a welcoming spot in colour- flower pot, paint front door.

13. Invest in a new doormat.

14. Open curtains, have sparkling windows.

YOUR HOME’S ENTRY HALL

15. Create a dramatic focal point - e.g.., flowers, poinsettia, antiques.

16. Add spaciousness with a well placed mirror.

17. Improve floor appearance here, if nowhere else (except kitchen).

18. Clean out your coat closet.

19. Create the illusion of an entry hall if you have none-narrow table, open bookcase, railing, its own lighting area.

YOUR HOME’S LIVING ROOM AND FAMILY ROOM

20. Treat these rooms as if they were stage settings-games room suggests good family life, a guitar is warm, a dictionary, half finished crossword puzzle- let the buyer imagine living in your home.

21. Highlight your fireplace, decorating the mantle or above with picture.

22. Improve traffic flow in these rooms.

23. Draw attention to exposed beams or a cathedral ceiling.

24. Don’t let the TV dominate or be the focal point of the room.

YOUR HOME’S DINING ROOM OR DINING AREA

25. Set the scene by setting the table and add a centerpiece.

26. Make a large dining room into, say, a dining room and a small library or add a desk.

27. Visually enlarge a small dining area-remove leaves, place against wall, remove extra side chairs or large pieces.

YOUR HOME’S KITCHEN

28. Use props to set the scene- open cookbook, basket of eggs, bunch of carrots on a cutting board, ceramic mixing bowl with whisk, etc.

29. Make it smell great- simmer Christmas brew, bake bread, bowl of lemons, fresh coffee, cinnamon sticks etc.

30. Expand your counter space, store small appliances, use a moveable cart.

31. Create more storage space-neat organized shelves, hanging pot rack.

32. Accent kitchen windows-plants, bird feeder outside window.

33. Make small kitchen appear larger-repaint white (walls recede), light curtains, mirror.

34. Highlight an eat-in area, set the table, fruit as a centerpiece.

YOUR HOME’S LAUNDRY ROOM

35. Make it cheerful and appealing.

36. Double duty- corner table or chair, sewing area, set the stage.

YOUR HOME’S STAIRWAYS

37. Make them safe- lighting, clutter-free, rail, carpet or runners secure?

38. Add visual interest- plant stand on landing, wallpaper can narrow.

39. Improve appearance of stair treads, clean or paint.

YOUR HOME’S BEDROOMS

40. Create a master bedroom “suite” effect (”Large is Better”)- avoid busy patterns, small desk, chair with lamp, etc.

41. Tackle your closets, clear clutter, clear floor, organize shelves, smell.

42. Add storage boxes under the bed if you need more storage.

43. Depersonalize teenagers rooms- at your own risk!

YOUR HOME’S BATHROOMS

44. Create a look- plants, glass bowl of shells, pictures, fresh towels, magazine rack, etc.

45. Colour- grey and rose, all white- add some accent colours.

46. Invest in a new shower curtain and/or bath mat.

47. Improve (not replace) your floor covering, scrub and clean.

48. Put out fresh towels and soap.

49. Add a pretty dish of potpourri.

YOUR HOME’S BASEMENT

50. Make it as pleasant as possible- erase all signs of dampness or mildew.

51. Increase wattage of all bulbs to brighten up.

52. Set it up as a games room or teen room -Ping-Pong table, bright posters.

53. Highlight a workbench area, dust, clean and organize.

YOUR HOME’S DRIVEWAY AND GARAGE

54. Fix up driveways for first impression impact.

55. Enlarge and improve appearance of garage with lights, clear floor, organized shelves.

YOUR YARD

56. Avoid an overgrown, unkempt look- prune, cut lawn, edge carefully.

57. Mark property boundaries if fences or lines don’t exist.

58. Use flowering plants to dress up your yard.

59. Draw attention to special trees- flowers at base to draw eye in.

60. Play up flat areas- badminton set or volleyball net.

61. Set up a backyard living/dining area- picnic table or rocking chairs.

62. Let your pool help sell your home- clean, open earlier or close later, if winter, have photo of pool in summer, draw up a pool information sheet including costs, upkeep time, installation date, pool size and pool items included with your home.

THESE ARE IDEAS #63 TO #79, READ THEM CAREFULLY.
THEY COULD BE KEY TO YOUR SALE!
WHEN YOUR HOME IS SHOWN

63. Be willing to show your home (practically) any time -yes it’s an inconvenience to show your home at dinner time, but if the people buy your home, isn’t it worth a re-heated dinner?

64. Have a family game plan for last minute showing- dust the table, put the dishes in the dishwasher, have kids clean their rooms, hide those damp pantyhose hanging on the shower rod - don’t dare apologize about the condition of your home! (This will start buyers out on a negative)

65. Air out your home an hour before showings- smell better, wide open windows on a nice day with a gentle breeze ruffling your curtains.

66. Set your thermostat at a comfortable temperature -this is not the time to economize.

67. Light a fire in the fireplace to set the mood.

68. Turn on lights in each room- brightens up your home.

69. Put pets out and send children to play at the neighbours (if possible).

70. Keep out of sight when your home is being shown- buyers feel uncomfortable when you’re around. The benefit is they can more easily imagine the house as their own when you’re not around.

71. Never volunteer information (you won’t be there if you follow the previous tip). Resist the urge to tell them how great it is to have a bus stop out front for your children, as you may learn later that the prospective buyers have no children, work the evening shift and love to sleep in late in the morning.

72. Don’t be compelled to apologize for what you may see as one of your home’s weaknesses, you may be moving because of the traffic noise of that newly built highway, yet the buyer may be moving in your area because of the very proximity of the highway for quick commuting. Let the salesperson do the job of selling.

OTHER IDEAS AND CONSIDERATIONS

73. Draw up a floor plan if you don’t have one- it’s a visual selling tool and they’ll remember your home much better after they leave.

74. Some purchasers want to know what your heating, electricity, water and sewer costs are per month and also sometimes want to see warranties on appliances. Have this information available if asked.

75. Tell everyone you meet that your home is for sale- why keep it a secret, word of mouth is a strong selling aid.

76. Remain optimistic, it’s easy to get discouraged after your home has been shown ten or twelve times, but you’ve done everything to make your home more salable, so don’t take it personally. Keep in touch with me, I’ll be continually updating you as to market activity. Remember someone is going to walk through your front door and fall head over heels in love with your home. After all, you did.

77. Don’t be afraid to accept your first offer. If you’ve priced your home right, we may get an offer in the first week that is very close to the asking price. Don’t panic and think your home is under priced, it means that the prospective buyers appreciate your home and want it badly.

78. Don’t forget that every buyer wants to feel that he has got a “deal”- that is one reason you built bargaining leeway into your price in the first place.

79. Don’t be afraid to call me any time with what may seem to be the smallest of questions. That’s what I’m here for, to service you and get your home sold in the quickest time, with the least amount of inconvenience, and at the best price and terms for you.

If you follow most of the items in this list you will be sure to receive thousands of dollars more when you sell your home.

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Kota Damansara May Lose All its Greenery

2007-04-03T08:21:00.000+08:00

Residents protesting against the opening of a cemetery in Kota Damansara here have found out that there are other plans in the growing township that could spoil the greenery there.

Section 9 resident Kong Seng Ong claimed that a development plan for the area, obtained from a meeting with Kota Damansara state assemblyman Datuk Mokhtar Ahmad Dahlan, revealed projects beyond just a cemetery.

Kong said the plans, that included a sports complex, housing development and a Petaling Jaya City Council quarters, would cut through the town's green lung.

He added that any change from the structural plan in the use of land would require public notification and inquiry, in which case “we were not informed”.

On March 27, Mokhtar told a gathering of about 300 people here that work on the first Muslim cemetery in the township would continue despite objections by some residents.

Work on the first 0.22ha, which would contain 1,200 burial plots, started on March 17. The first burial is expected to take place by the end of this month.

Yesterday, two groups of residents – one opposing the cemetery and one supporting the idea –came face to face but a tense situation was averted when the opponents of the cemetery withdrew.

A Section 9 resident, Datin Noor Lelawati Khalid, agreed that all religious groups in Kota Damansara needed their own cemeteries but, she added, the authorities should choose a location that does not involve cutting down the forest.

She said the preservation of the oldest lowland forest in the Klang Valley was a national responsibility.

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