Monday, November 29, 2010

The MC has no balls and ethics

Fellow residents,

The MC has the audacity to post an Open Letter to defame me and my daughters but no balls to allow my open reply to stay posted on the Notice Boards.

Yesterday at about 4-30 pm, I pasted my reply to the MC's Open Letter on the same Notice Boards that they posted albeit outside the boards and by 8 pm I checked, my open reply was torn down / removed from the said Notice Boards.

Today, we repeated the pasting at about 6-30pm and again by 8 pm the 'ball-less' MC tore down my open reply.

So, they do not even have the balls and ethics to allow my open reply to be posted.

This is the sort of high handed tactics that this MC is capable of.


I rest my case!

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Letter from the MC on my balcony

The issue on my balcony is a non-issue purposely created by the MC to tarnish my character, to show that I am not a law-abiding resident in Anjung Hijau. How pathetic, shallow and narrow minded they are? Pl see the attached letter that clearly says that notice is served on me to dismantle the enclosure by the 15 Dec 2010!


PERBADANAN PENGURUSAN ANJIJNG HIJAU
A-0-6 ANJUNG HIJAU
NO 8 JALAN 1/1558
57OOO BUKIT JALIL
KUALA LUMPUR

04-11-2010
Liew Yeon Keong
B-07-10
Anjung Hijau Apt
Bukit Jalil
57000 Kuala Lumpur


Dear Sir,
DEMOLISHING AND REMOVAL OF EXTERNAL STRUCTURES AT BALCONY OF
B--07-10
We refer to the above matter,
We wish to bring to your attention of the Anjung Hijau House Rules IX
RENOVATION ftem 1, which reads as follows:
Balcony and exterior facing windows shall not be enclosed, altered,
configured or covered by awning, shades ,canopy whatsoever unless
specifically approved by the Management.
Therefore the building of the external structures at your unit's balcony would
constitute altering and/or changing of the building facade. We are also
advising you that such structures may impose safety hazard( to the owners
of unit'B-07-10 in the event of fire or any other unfortunate incident. The
same may also hinder and obstruct safety measures to be undertaken by the
appropriate authorities like the 'Bomba' in the event of fire. In view of above
the Management hereby instruct that you demolish and remove the said
structures.

As of the date of this letter, the Management is hereby giving you notice to demolish and
remove all these structures and reinstate to its original condition
at your own costs on or before 15 December 2O1O.


We wish to inform that in the event that these structures are not demolish and/or
remove by 15 December 2OlO, the Management of Anjung Hljau would reserve every right to take necessary action against you in respect of the same. In the event you need any
clarification in respect of this matter kindly contact the Management Office.
Thank you.

PERBADANAN PENGURUSAN ANJUNG HIJAU.



Cc: En Rohaizan Bin Ahmad (Jabatan Reka Bentuk Bandar & Bangunan)
Cik Marini (COB-KL)


The due date is some 17 days away! Neither did I refuse to comply! This is the high handed manner in which your MC acts without due process of procedures and law. Do you want such incompetent and rash people like this to handle the affairs that affects your daily life? I certainly hope not!

It's your life man!

For the benefit of those who have just come on board this blog

Just in case you are questioning, what is the big fuss all about? What was the 'slanderous and libelous' pamphlets that were distributed by the 2 girls on 12 November 2010 who were 'caught red handed' by the head of security! I reproduce below the articles or rather the questions posed to residents / tenants and owners of Anjung Hijau Apartments.




                                                                                                                        NOV 2010
ATTENTION:
ALL RESIDENTS AND PROPRIETORS OF
ANJUNG HIJAU (GREENFIELDS) APARTMENTS
@BUKIT JALIL

Do you have a complaint? Are you aware of your rights as a resident and as a proprietor of an apartment at Anjung Hijau?

  1. Are you NOT tired of all the threats to enforce the rules, penalties and fines imposed by the Management Corporation (MC) in the maintenance of Anjung Hijau Apartments (AH) that very so often appears on the Notice Board of our apartment blocks?
The MC has turned into a school disciplinary master!

  1. Are you happy how they are treating you, a long time resident of AH, like outsiders in a dogmatic manner instead of using a friendlier and more cordial approach with a personal touch?
They certainly don’t treat us like neighbors!

  1. Are you aware that all the fines and penalties imposed by the MC are not sanctioned under or in compliance with the Strata Titles Act as they were never passed by resolutions and voted upon in an Annual General Meeting (AGM) or extraordinary meeting (EGM) of the MC? As such, legally, you can demand a refund of penalties and fines that you have paid to the MC!

  1. Do you know that the money that you paid and will pay to the sinking fund has actually been spent already? Yes! From the accounts, we will owe the painting contractor about another RM403K upon completion of the painting works wherein we only have about RM186K in the sinking fund as at 30 June 2010 (as per the Income and Expenditure Accounts presented in our recent AGM on 9 October 2010).

  1. Do you not think that there is a lack of information and feedback from the MC pertaining to the accounts of our service charges and sinking fund? The strategy was NOT to place this under the limelight and scrutiny of the owners and proprietors.

  1. Are you aware that the MC has been spending money from the sinking fund accounts without special resolutions by an AGM or EGM? There are also no proper guidelines and procedures formulated by the MC council members before committing our money for the capital expenses despite our request in the AGM!

UNFORTUNATELY, SOME RESIDENTS WHO QUESTION THE RULES, PROCEDURES AND DECISIONS OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PUT IN A SPOT AND ARE NOW BEING VICTIMISED AND DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE MC IN ITS UNILATERAL IMPOSITION OF RULES AND REGULATIONS TO CREATE INCONVENIENCE WITH TOTAL DISREGARD TO PROPER PROCEDURES AND THE PROVISION OF THE LAW. THESE RULES ARE CURRENTLY BEING CHALLENGED AND ARE PENDING OFFICIAL RULINGS BY THE COMMISSIONER OF BUILDING, DEWAN BANDARAYA (CITY HALL) AND THE STRATA TITLES BOARD.

To know more, please visit the blog at thegreenfieldshome.blogspot.com for more updates on the happenings at our Anjung Hijau Apartments.

Residents and owners are welcome to post your comments and constructive proposals on how we can improve the living environment here.



Without fear or favour,


The Shadow MC of Anjung Hijau Apartments

The reply to the attack by an Open Letter from the MC to Liew Yeon Keong

I have sent and also pasted my reply to the MC which is duly signed by yours truly, Liew Yeon Keong so unlike THE OPEN LETTER OF ATTACK FROM THE MC WHICH IS INCOGNITO WITH NO SIGNATURE.

It seems that none of  council member is brave enough or like they put it, have the guts to reveal who drafted and posted the Open Letter to defame and insult me and my family.

The contents of my reply (that I am sure will be removed instantly from the Notice Boards) are reproduced below: -


28 November 2010

Foo Yau Lim, Ho Yee Phing,
Nuraizah Binti Shamsul Baharin,
Ching Miew Yoke, Tee Lai Ping,
Chan Ah Ho And Law Hun Wei
The individual and respective council members of
Perbadanan Pengurusan Anjung Hijau
A-0-6, Anjung Hijau
No. 8, Jalan 1/155B, Bukit Jalil
57000 Kuala Lumpur.

Dear members of the council,
Re:       Open Letter on the Notice Board defaming me and my daughters
This refers to your Open Letter backdated to “22-11-2010” posted on the Notice Board that was only hand delivered to my Mail Box today on 28 November 2010. I wonder what sinister motive you have to backdate the said letter to 22-11-2010 and to personally attack me and my daughters over the distribution of pamphlets by posting a letter addressed to me on the Notice Board. This is clearly an attempt to put up a show and play to the gallery that you are now offering me an avenue to discuss an amicable solution.
Please get your facts right! Where and how is it stipulated under the law or rules that the distribution of the pamphlets by a resident in Anjung Hijau Apartments is illegal and immoral as stated under item 4 of your Notice and that your Head of Security Personnel had caught my daughters red handed for inserting the pamphlets into the letter boxes of residents?  Your statement under item 4 implied that we have committed an illegal and immoral act, of which we categorically deny, and we demand that you substantiate the aforesaid statement with proof that it is a crime.

Your allegation in your Open Letter to me that I exploited my children to serve my heinous intentions is a serious allegation and is defamatory and libelous and I will instruct my lawyers to pursue this matter legally against each and every one of the council members. You are at liberty to proceed with appropriate action against me as I will continue to distribute pamphlets when I think appropriate and fit to do so against your dogmatic and dictatorial mind-set.
Your further allegation that I wanted to cover up my breach of the House Rules due to the iron grille enclosure of my balcony is clearly frivolous, vexatious and lack of logic. You have forgotten that you have issued me a Notice only on 4 November 2010 giving me until 15 December 2010 to remove the enclosure and this is still pending. Why are you creating an issue when the due date is NOT YET DUE??!! I have NOT even said that I will not remove the iron grilles even though they were installed 11 years ago when none of the members of the council has even moved into Anjung Hijau! So what is your fuss about this matter?? The dismantling of the enclosure is NOT the issue here!
WHEREAS the high handed and dogmatic manner in which you, as a member of the council, by openly attacking me and my family personally, HAS NOW CREATED A LEGAL CONTROVERSY and let me remind you that you cannot hide under the veil and guise of acting as the Management Corporation as I shall hold each and every one of you liable and accountable in your personal capacity for allowing the defamatory and libelous notices and open letter to be posted on the Notice Board.
Lastly, your invitation for a discussion is completely insincere and full of hypocrisy otherwise you should have contacted me and sent the letter directly to me instead of posting the Open Letter for all residents to view. Since I have until 15 December 2010 to dismantle the enclosure of my balcony which I intend to do so, you therefore will not have any other excuse to divert attention to some of the issues that I have articulated in my blog and circulars to the residents.

Yours sincerely,



Liew Yeon Keong

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

A little bit of history

Some of the older and longer folks at AH may know me and this story but I bet the majority do not know!

My family and I were one of the earliest residents of AH who moved here in Jan 1999. At that time, the developer, Berjaya runs the show and there were a hosts of problems with the security, a defective intercom system and plenty of construction defects. The main problem then was the huge number of house break ins and stolen cars like 2 cars a week got stolen from our car parks.


At some time in 2001, I took upon myself the initiative and sent out fliers to all the units in AH similar to what I did recently huh.. (at that time Block D was under construction) to call for a residents meeting and many residents (about 100) responded to the call. After the first meeting, and together with a few other residents, we set up a protem Residents Association to deal with the many problems we have with Berjaya. We even arranged our own vigilante patrols to do security rounds during the nights until mornings. The first protem meeting was conducted in December 2001 and we registered our RA a few months later and on 28 November 2002, we held our first AGM of the RA and I was nominated and elected the Chairman of the RA for the term from 28 November 2002 to June 2004.

And here is the bomber!

Madam Lena Tee Lai Ping was the then elected Vice Chairman of the RA for that period and I must say that she has been a very responsible vice chair person then. She attended all the committee meetings and seemed to be the perfect sensitive and responsible person to take over the Chair. As such, I relinquished and passed the reins of the RA chair to Madam Tee on 23 June 2004 and she would then call me occasionally for advice until the Management Corporation was formed. I have always allowed time to speak and provided guidance to her whenever she called me on issues in the running of the RA then. This is like the Dr. M and his successor's story! Ha..ha..ha..

During the first year of the MC, Madam Tee was elected into the management council and even before engaging Mr. B as the then building manager, Mdm Tee used to seek advice from me on various issues until a point in time when she got into a feud with the then chairman NCH (full name left out as respect for this gentleman) and Mr. B.


She even consulted me on how to remove NCH from the council with various allegations of improprieties against this gentleman as well as Mr. B. Subsequently, I found out that NCH resigned from the council and Mr. B was suddenly asked to leave his job as property manager. The reason for that I do not wish to delve on as it is purely speculative.

I do not know what happened after that as I have kept away from the running of the MC. Once, I was invited to attend the AGM when NCH chaired the meeting that I found to be done more professionally with full interaction and engagement with all residents. I am sure those who attended the AGM will agree with me. There were no hostilities towards residents and everyone were quite happy with a lot of give and take. As you all may be aware, I was also asked to sit in on the first meeting on the repainting exercise which I obliged but only for that 1initial meeting and thereafter, I was not invited for the tender exercise for whatever reasons best known to the council members.

I do not know why the MC has taken such a vicious turn from being engaging to being hostile to the residents of AH and under whose influence! This has totally baffled me but then again as the saying goes," Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely!"

Your comments welcome.

From the Shadow MC of Anjung Hijau Apts

The Balcony Issue

You may have noticed a very nicely taken photo of my balcony on the Notice Board with a finger pointing up. Ha..ha.. Well, this balcony grilles were installed in March 1999 more than a decade ago ( and I still keep the receipt) when my children were still of very young ages from 2, 7, 9 and 12 years. At that time there were many tragedies of children climbing over open balconies and falling to their deaths and therefore, I took the precaution of installing the grilles at the balconies.


At that time, the developer, Berjaya understood the situation and as such they ostensibly allowed the installation since my apartment unit faces the park at the rear and not that visible or ugly. It is hardly noticeable as it is blocked by trees from the park view anyway.There has not been any issue with the grilles until recently when I took the MC to task with my letters of complaints to the Commissioner of Buildings on various issues questioning the MC's non compliance with the Act. For the record, I did not write directly to the COB first but wrote to the MC at least thrice to give a chance to resolve the contentious matters amicably but being high and mighty with so much self righteousness as they are, there was no room for settlement.

On the 4 November 2010, there was a letter from the MC demanding that the grilles at my balcony be removed by the 15 December 2010 citing reasons such as changing of facade and fire safety of which are mere excuses to further discriminate against me and several other residents. I have actually got quotations for the removal of the grilles at RM200 and have not yet decided whether to remove the grilles at the time of my posting in this blog since I have up to 15 December 2010 to decide so. As such, the MC's contention that I have breached the House Rules (which I again reiterate that it is not a legitimate House Rules since it did not get properly voted for its adoption in an AGM or EGM) and that I try to cover this up is so frivolous and empty of ideas! I still can decide to remove my grilles by 15 December 2010!! They are the ones who are trying to cover up their flaws of non compliance with the STA and are using this excuse of the balcony to plant their allegations against me as a diversion to the issues raised with the COB.


However, their retaliation against my little lone voice of dissent by pasting my name and apartment unit's photo on all the Notice Boards clearly indicates the immaturity and narrow mindedness of the council members; or was it only under the sole direction of the Iron Lady?

Be that as it may, I stand steadfast in continuing with posting my opinions on this blog without fear or favor; or with 'cowardice' as the council members so put, whether there be reprisals or otherwise. I will let all be a judge of that! Cowardice or otherwise, you decide.

My home's scanner is presently out of order otherwise, I will be able to scan some of the letters that were sent to the Commissioner of Buildings and Strata Titles Board questioning the legitimacy of some of the MC's actions. I regret to point out that I have received no courtesy of any copy of replies from this MC despite their claim on the Notice Board that they have replied to the respective authorities. I have always respected the MC by providing them copies of my letters to the authorities but being dogmatic and narrow minded as they are, they must have refused to copy their replies to me since until now the 24 Nov 2010, there was nothing in my mail box!!

For those of you who may wish to refer to the Strata Titles Act please follow this link: -

http://www.hba.org.my/laws/Strata/2007/A1290-2007%5B1%5D.pdf



Even when there are plenty of legal technicalities in which the MC has to be knowledgeable in; the most important component is the human relationship and sincere interaction with all residents that counts! Nobody likes to be imposed and slammed with rules, regulations and fines without the human touch to it and proper inclusion of dialogues, discussions and consent of all stakeholders. That ought to include residents, tenants and occupiers of the apartments and not merely the registered owners, who some don't even reside at AH; like Mr Foo, the Council member who chaired the recently concluded AGM! If that is the case, how sensitive or oblivious is he about the residents' feelings when such rules and penalties were imposed on the residents. The current MC practises an exclusive policy whereas we need an inclusive policy!

In Malaysia, even the present ruling coalition seeks mandate thru dialogues and discussion groups, stakeholders before imposing any new Act of Parliament. Then there is also the education process so people get acclimatised to them. Some laws like the increase of compound fines for traffic offenses to RM 1K was also rejected after strong opposition from the Rakyat! This is what constitute the good governance of an elected body like Parliament or the MC! Take a cue from there!

A check and balance by

The Shadow MC of Anjung Hijau Apts

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

HI Folks, I'm Back

Wow! I'm back this morning after a short holiday and found myself and 2 daughters famous and pinned all over the Notice Boards of Anjung Hijau. I must thank the MC of PPAH (in particular to Madam Lena Tee Lai Ping) for publishing my names and even that of my daughters and defamatory statements on the Notice Board.  In case you do not already know this woman, she stays at Apt No. C-04-01 and she is the one that calls the shots at the MC. She succeeded me as the Chair person of the Residents Association of Anjung Hijau during those days when some of us residents had a few bones to pick with the developer, Berjaya, That will be another story for another time.

Folks, the attempt by this so 'Over Righteous' MC in trying to humiliate me and my family exactly proved my point! This Management Council; (and mind you, only 7 of them out of we residents and owners of a total of 651 apartment units) is so intolerant of dissent or disagreement with them, with such sheer ARROGANCE and unforgiving to those who have the guts to take them on that they act worse than the Barisan government. Even the developer, Berjaya, gave the residents greater respect than this MC. This MC controls the ONLY media of communication to all AH residents (via the Notice Board) and I have no 'guts' but to disseminate my views via the distribution and blog. (Well I did use an acronym in my phamplets and blog as the Shadow but hey, everyone does that! They can already guess who I am because I did mention a parking incident my daughter has with that rude Candy character). The attitude and conduct of this MC is so amateurish with total disregard to procedures of the STA. In fact, I am questioning the legitimacy of the so called 'election' of this MC because there was no ELECTION conducted during the last EGM. I will deal with these other matters later.


Who says that it is illegal for a resident to distribute phamplets? What about the phamplets that we receive from OUTSIDERS soliciting for air cond services, catering etc.. all the time in our mail boxes? Next, where is it stated in the Strata Titles Act (or even the illegitimate House Rules that the MC distributed without proper debate and approval of residents in a special resolution) that I cannot distribute the phamplets, so long as it is not religious or political activities, or for soliciting the sale of goods or services. The contents of my phamplets are none of the above nature. 'Caught my 2 daughters the act'??!! In what criminal act that their full names have to be published on the Notice Boards? This MC is living in the past!

Even the Govt has permitted the voice of the Rakyat to be heard in the alternative media and has asked to be more tolerant! But nay! Our MC is regressing into dictatorship and being vindictive as well, they are now out to get me and my family! I'm so afraid for my life!!!
I will gladly distribute the leaflets again, and if you support me, we can do it together on a nice day. Any takers?

Most of us are aware that there are many residents who happen to be the majority staying here have yet to be registered as the proprietors on their strata titles for one reason or another (sometimes because of the high stamp duties) and from what I gathered, more that 60% have yet to register their titles. But as residents and beneficial owners of the properties in Anjung Hijau, who are paying our service charges and sinking fund contributions, don't we have a right to question the decisions of this MC to ensure prudent management and operations of the common areas here. We have every legal right to do so since we are paymasters, just that we cannot vote in the AGM or EGM yet.We are NOT Pariahs and this MC cannot treat the majority of residents such as I with such disrespect!! I will also NOT be so forgiving and tolerant with this MC

So fellow beloved neighbors and RAKYAT of Anjung Hijau, let's do our part. Let's contribute all our views to this blog and I promise not to delete any comments as long as they are not vulgar or profane. Let us all call for an EGM and take this MC on!

We can start with a forum where we can exercise more tolerance with our fellow neighbors instead of being dogmatic like this MC.

I may be contacted at

greenfieldsblog@live.com.my


The Shadow MC of Anjung Hijau Apartments

Monday, November 8, 2010

On season car park again!

It was noticed of late that there are many more cars scrambling to park at 'safe' areas outside the road sides of Anjung Hijau at night after being unsuccessful in the application of a season parking bay by the MC? Have you wondered how the selection of successful applicants were made? Despite the earlier condition that balloting would be done if the number of applicants exceeds the number of car park bays available. Hey! They changed the rules mid stream lah.

Miss Tee (everyone knows that this woman calls the shots at the council of MC of Anjung Hijau Apts) proposed in one of the 6 resolutions of the 3rd AGM to give priority for season parking to residents who pays service charges promptly, has not breached the House Rules. This resolution as well as 5 other resolutions deemed passed in the 3rd AGM are flawed because no proper notice was given to discuss the proposed resolutions whereby 14 days' notice specifying the resolutions to be discussed and voted on has to be given under the Strata Titles Act and this is being challenged at the COB's office.

Nevertheless, an official request was made to the MC to disclose the methodology of the selection but was not given a satisfactory reply. As far as we know, no balloting for conducted! Question, a owner who has stayed here for more than 10 years but was recently fined has his car park application rejected over a tenant who moved in a few months ago! Double Whammy! You get fined and you get to park outside! Is this fair process? Does tenant get greater priority than owners or should each have equal rights? Balloting is fair for all?

There are at least 2 cases of owners who have breached the House Rules recently but was granted rental of the season car park for reasons best known to the council. What do you call this? Biased prejudice; discrimination and victimization that only the narrow-minded and vindictive can implement to their heart's delight? 

If you are one of the victims of this prejudiced treatment, I'd like to hear from you.Your car may be stolen tonite for parking outside!

Your sinking fund accounts is really sinking-man!

You may be very impressed with the nice make over of our Greenfields Apartments lately with a new spanking paint. Aha.. but ponder a bit here. Do you know how long the contractors have started the painting works? Since March 2010, more than 7 months ago and up to today, the works are not yet completed. All painting works were scheduled to be completed by 31 August 2010 for all blocks and we were told in the 3rd AGM by the Chairman of the AGM, Mr. Foo that he has received a letter from the contractor that the contractor will pay liquidated and ascertained damages (LAD) of RM500 for every day of delay in the completion of the works. However, this has failed to appear in the minutes of the AGM for reasons best known to the council secretary. Please refer to the copy of the minutes of meeting on the Notice Board. 


Do you know that the painting works cost about RM576,000 and we were told that there was no formal contract of works signed except for a letter of award to the contractor? We were made to understand that the letter of award was not even prepared by a professional lawyer or a QS but by a member of the council. We now wonder whether the rights of the MC is protected and should there be negligence, then the members of the council will have to be liable.

Are you aware that all our balance money in the Sinking Fund as at 30 June 2010 has been earmarked to be paid to the painting contractor as the surplus amount of RM180K+ will not be enough to pay the balance contract sum of RM400K + after the works are completed even though they have negotiated to pay the sum over 6 monthly installments. How in the world can this MC council members commit our finances to a future debt beyond their term of office in October 2010; we wonder!   

Moreover, there was expenditure of over RM100K for water filters and water tank linings done. How come none of this appeared in the discussions and special resolutions to be passed in the AGM as required under Section 46 of the Strata Titles Act?

Please share your thoughts.

The recently concluded 3rd AGM of Perbadanan Pengurusan Anjung Hijau(PPAH)

As I approached the Community Hall of Block A at 3 pm on 9 Oct 2010, I noticed the heavy security presence. There were already about 20 other people in the hall whereas, I was immediately denied entry by the registration counter and reception stating that I have arrears in my accounts not paid. I immediately produced my cheque for payment of the outstanding service charges for Sept 2010 and was referred to the Management Office for payment. After making payment for my unit, I then proceeded to the Hall and was abruptly told by a fellow resident (a lady usherer) that I have to sit behind in the orange zone for non-voting owner!

While seated, I heard a commotion at the entrance. An old couple was seen arguing with the same registration gal who refused entry to the couple stating that there was an arrears of about RM60+ for water bills. The lady of the couple was agitated stating that their tenant will pay the water bill soon and there was no arrears in the service charges and they have traveled all the way from PJ to attend the meeting. Why are the council members denying a legitimate owner from attending the AGM solely because of a water bill? They are baffled as the lady subsequently told me that they have many properties in KL and have attended many AGMs of MCs and this is the first time the reception was so unwelcoming! Most MCs will welcome as many owners as possible as normally they find attendance of AGMs to be poor and would like as many owners to come BUT not our Anjung Hijau MC, it seems!


There was another commotion later where one owner came but was told that the title was not registered yet under the proprietor's name despite the owner producing a photocopy of the strata title showing the proprietor's name as the registered owner. The owner was subsequently asked to sit behind as observer with no voting rights.

All in all, I find that the 3rd AGM of Anjung Hijau MC was conducted in an unprofessional manner, with poor PR and management skills giving the impression that the present management council does not welcome other residents and owners to attend the AGM.

What's next?

The Management Corporation (MC) of Anjung Hijau has recently sent out notices to all residents who applied for season parking informing them on their success or failure in the allotment of season car park for the next 6 months from 1 Nov 2010. Aiyah!! As expected, my application was rejected. Why? Because I have been challenging the MC on all sorts of rules and regulations that I was not happy about-lah like sending us fines for hanging of clothes, linens or mop at the balcony, having flower, planter pots and other items along the corridors removed etc! Also once, my daughter park car at wrong bay (her folly for not recognising the rented bay and parking at a bay next to it), her car was clamped and she have to pay RM50 to have the clamp removed even though she tried to explain and apologised for the genuine mistake made!

Are we no longer human and friendly towards each other as neighbours whom we see often and live within the Anjung Hijau community? Are we the ruling 'Government' that has become too arrogant to listen to the residents but has to clamp down on those who dissent? Is this arrogance the breed of power tasted and entrenched from being too long in office?

Is it too much for us to expect the MC to at least adopt a softer approach first like calling us up to warn us of any misdemeanor instead of straight away 'denda' or fined. After all, we are all supposed to be good neighbors mah? Is that too much to ask for? Apparently yes, says the Management Office. "We do not have the time to call everyone that flout the rules. As if Management has to call all 600+ apartments that are to be fined. Also, the usual crap of an answer is, "we are doing this voluntarily without pay, so don't expect us to be your servant!"

If that be the case, then employ someone to be paid to do a good job professionally rather then be scolded for doing a free but sloppy service, right?

Appreciate your thoughts!