MEMORANDUM

DATE :           22 April 2010

TO     :         Datuk Bandar MBPJ,

                    Dato’ Haji Mohamad Roslan Bin Sakiman

 CC    :          1.      Y.A.B. Tan Sri Dato’ Abdul Khalid Bin Ibrahim,

                              Dato’ Menteri Besar Negeri Selangor.

                    2.       YB Ronnie Liu Tian Khiew –

                              ADUN PANDAMARAN

                              Exco - Jawatankuasa Tetap Kerajaan Tempatan, Kajian Dan           Penyelidikan

                    3.       YB Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping –

                              ADUN BUKIT LANJAN

                              Exco - Jawatankuasa Tetap Pelancongan, Hal Ehwal Pengguna           Dan Alam Sekitar

                    4.       YB Puan Haniza Binti Mohamed Talha

                              ADUN TAMAN MEDAN

                    5.       YB Tuan Edward Lee Poh Lin

                              ADUN BUKIT GASING

                    6.       YB Tuan Lau Weng San

                              ADUN KAMPUNG TUNKU

                    7.       YB Tuan Dr Cheah Wing Yin

                              ADUN DAMANSARA UTAMA

                    8.       YB Tuan Dr Mohd. Nasir bin Hashim

                              ADUN  KOTA DAMANSARA

                    9.       YB Tuan Nik Nazmi Bin Nik Ahmad

                              ADUN SERI SETIA

                    10.     YB Tuan Tony Pua Kiam Wee

                              PARLIMEN PETALING JAYA UTARA

                    11.     YB Tuan Sivarasa a/l Rasiah

                              PARLIMEN SUBANG

                    12.     YB Tuan Loh Gwo-Burne

                              PARLIMEN KELANA JAYA

                    13.     YB Tuan Hee Loy Sian

                              PARLIMEN PETALING JAYA SELATAN

Subject:          Moratorium of “Boom-Gates” and barriers for Security

The APAC (All Petaling Jaya Residents’ Association Coalition), on behalf of Member  and Residents’ Association and Rukun Tetangga of Petaling Jaya, in a meeting on Wednesday, 21 April 2010 held at 8 pm at the Balai Raya of Damansara Jaya Residents’ and Owners Association (DJROA), gave the mandate to submit an Appeal to MBPJ to allow the Residents’ Association and Rukun Tetangga Committees a Moratorium of 2 years to continue the commission of the “Boom-Gates” or Barriers until such time the relevant Acts pertaining to the “Boom-Gates” are amended by the Federal Government.

The basis of appeal of the Residents’ Committees are :

1.     The erection of the “Boom-gates” or Barriers is an effective and necessary measure against the threat of crime occurring in our respective Communities;

2.     As attested by the Police Crime Statistics, the erection of “Boom-gates” and Barriers have effectively  reduced crime considerably;

3.     In line with the “ PEOPLE FIRST and CARING SOCIETY “  Policy,  MBPJ  should SUSPEND any ENFORCEMENT of the current Federal Laws pertaining to the “Boom-gates” or Barriers issues, so long as the respective Resident Associations and Rukun Tetangga abide by the existing Guidelines on Gated & Guarded Community issued by the Selangor State Government.

The suspension should be for a period of 2 years OR until such time when the Federal Laws are amended OR until the Polis can guarantee the same standards of safety achieved by the “Boom-gates”/guarded system.

4.     These are the Wishes of the MAJORITY of the Residents of Petaling Jaya as reflected in the Mandate given to APAC by the elected office bearers of the Resident

Associations / Rukun Tetangga on this matter. 

As such, we the undersigned appeal to MBPJ, State Assemblyman (ADUNs) and Members of Parliament to seriously consider the appeal for Moratorium of “Boom-gates” and Barriers.

An honest Appeal by

………………………

Mr LIEW WEI BENG

President APAC

(Gabungan Persatuan-persatuan Penduduk, Petaling Jaya

/ All Petaling Jaya, Selangor Residents Association Coalition

wei beng LIEW weibengliew@yahoo.com