Say No To DASH - Damansara

09/12/2024

09/12/2024

29/06/2024

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested 8 individuals, including the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and 2 top management personnel of a

08/07/2023

LOL.

SHAH ALAM: The traffic congestion regularly experienced along Persiaran Mokhtar Dahari could be soon a thing of the past once the road’s short-term ex...

17/06/2023

Can PJD Link Be Stopped?

I was asked if the residents of PJ have a chance to stop the PJD Link project.

Before I give you an assessment of how resident protests are going, here's an excerpt of resident complaints from Petaling Jaya and Puchong.

Melvin David, 42, fears his double-storey terrace house in Damansara Jaya, Petaling Jaya in Selangor, may be acquired for the proposed Petaling Jaya Dispersal Link (PJD Link) and that he would not be able to afford another house in PJ if his house was forcefully acquired. (1)

The article also Halimaton Saadiah Hassan from Vista Lavender apartments in Taman Kinrara, Puchong, saying her apartment was 20 years old she worries a highway passing by the main road facing her apartment will further damage her property.

In the same article, PJD Link Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Amrish Hari Narayanan said any acquisition of private land and compensation would be carried out strictly in accordance with the Land Acquisition Act 1960.

He also said a professional building surveyor would check the condition of all the property within the planned highway alignment.

“The property will be photographed and recorded. While the construction of the highway is not expected to cause any damage to buildings, any complaints or claims can be submitted at first instance to PJD Link for assessment.

Amrish is talking about how the rules will work for the issues raised and does not address the worries of the residents at all.

Melvin David not being able to afford another house in PJ is not his concern. Halimaton Saadiah's fear that her condo will be damaged is not unfounded but that PJD Link will be able to assess claims for damages if that happens.

This is exactly how a corporation would treat you. They are in the business of making a profit. Their concern is not about whether you would vote for them or not.

See, that is why I have always advocated to go directly to the politicians. You buang masa bising dengan syarikat swasta buat apa?

Tapi kan, I know 95% of you will tell me repeatedly Pakatan won't do this kind of sh*t. They will take care of the residents.

Here, allow me to show you what the residents faced with SUKE went through from just a small sampling of my old posts and tell me that PJ residents are not going through the same sh*t.

In 2016, I wrote this post along with some photos to show how forested areas had been cleared for the SUKE highway project before the forest was officially degazetted. (2)(3)

In 2018 and 2019, residents recorded videos of floods. (4)(5)

I also showed how the SUKE EIA report predicted the floods. (6)

Does this all sound familiar? Wait la, I got the best example yet for you.

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Another Taman Bukit Ampang resident, Mat Nor Mohamed Ali, 70, whose house will also be acquired for the highway, said the local community deserves better than to be informed they would lose their homes from a notice on a wall.

“I have stayed in the same house since the 1980s. It is fully-paid off and now you are telling me I have to start all over again?” he said.

“Those involved should treat us with respect and answer our questions or provide us a chance speak our mind rather than keep us in the dark until the very last minute.

“At my age, where am I supposed to go?” (7)

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Sounds like what 42-year-old Melvin David is facing right? Guess what, if the developer can screw over a 70-year-old Malay man, they can screw you over too.

So, in case it still isn't clear yet, my assessment of the present PJD Link fight is the same as the fight against SUKE. You are not winning this fight based on how passive and timid the response is towards our politicians.

Peace.

1. Residents fear losing homes to highway - https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2023/06/15/residents-fear-losing-homes-to-highway?fbclid=IwAR0QMPeDdVvvGLDvAY8o8JDU8PyoCSXkItojRxx1qtnhy-gDT55MnSwpQ7U

2. Forest levelled for SUKE - https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1154302624590433&id=411551155532254&mibextid=CDWPTG

3. More forest levelled - https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1223925510961477&id=411551155532254&mibextid=Nif5oz

4. Video of flood SUKE 2018 - https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2088953761125310&id=411551155532254

5. Video of flood SUKE 2019 -
https://fb.watch/lcKYz6kicK/?mibextid=Nif5oz

6. SUKE EIA report predicted floods -
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2089926901027996&id=411551155532254&mibextid=Nif5oz

7. SUKE, a highway project shrouded in secrecy - https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2015/10/17/suke-a-highway-project-shrouded-in-secrecy1/988363

16/05/2023

While parties involved in the construction of the RM4.2 billion Damansara-Shah Alam Elevated Expressway (DASH) are slugging it out in arbitration, subcontractors are left holding the baby with a number of them facing bankruptcy.

Read the full story at: bit.ly/dash-subcontractors-facing-bankruptcy

27/03/2023

05/02/2023

Salah Kerajaan Saja Ke? (Armanee Terrace)

I have been saying that developers over-develop and the government allows it, and at the end of the day, the government is always blamed for the mess we are in.

Let's look at this issue from a technical viewpoint, using MBPJ documents to show you the process. (1)

Contoh yang digunakan ialah Armanee Terrace Condominium di Damansara Perdana (Lot 84895).

In the map attached, you see the latest application by MBPJ to change the land use status of Armanee Terrace to high-density development.

In the details section, the land which Armanee sits on is listed as 'bangunan kediaman' and the original blueprint of the city layout (done in 2010) listed the area as perumahan berdensiti rendah.

This development however was finished in 2008 and it was obviously a condominium and therefore a high-density development. (2)

Pegawai kerajaan buat kerja apa? Yang meluluskan projek berdensiti tinggi mereka, yang zon kan kawasan tu untuk projek berdensiti rendah juga mereka, dan lebih 10 tahun selepas kesilapan dibuat, mereka sekarang nak membaiki apa yang dinyatakan di dalam pelan yang dibuat mereka sendiri.

Everything kelam kabut.

Now, it should be okay right? Kerja menambah baik ni.

Problem is, this is a city plan (legal term is 'local plan'), and the process to make this into a legally binding document is tedious, and if you have read the story about how masjid land in this area got converted into commercial land and sold to a Chinese company that I wrote before, this city plan mechanism was the process used to change the land status.

What this kind of move shows is that the legally binding document is only legally binding when interested parties wants to use it for nefarious purposes and can be thrown in the trash bin otherwise.

Salah siapa?

Entah lah.

But do you know what else this means? Your politicians telling you that a highway project isn't in this plan and therefore cannot be implemented is bullsh*t, as DASH highway was approved long before the city plan was amended to include the DASH highway.

Peace.

1. Penggubalan RTPJ 2 -http://www.mbpj.gov.my/sites/default/files/laporan_addendum_rancangan_tempatan_petaling_jaya_2_pengubahan_3.pdf

2. Armanee Terrace - https://www.the1property.com/property/top-00219/

02/02/2023

Development on a hill slope. Billboard and location.

01/02/2023

New project on a hill slope.