Please do sign up & join the BASRA Guarded Scheme. Let us be good neighbors & make our Burhanuddin-Athinahapan Area a safer & more secure neighborhood. Contact your STREET REPRESENTATIVES now. FYI - these Streets Reps are volunteering their time & energy for us all. Please emailttdisecure@yahoo.com for more details.
On behalf of Clinton, Chris, Kheng Hoe & BASRA Committee, we wish to thank each and everyone of you for your kind words. Honestly we could not do this without your support. Therefore we hope you will keep an open mind for an alternative plan.
Date:18 May, Tuesday
Time:8.30pm
Venue:Meeting Room, Ground Floor Sri TTDI Condominium
1 Lorong Rahim Kajai 14
(When you drive past the Muhibah Restoran on the left, take a right turn and directly infront is the Sri TTDI Condo).
However, please understand that this will be the 1st Security Sub-committee and there will be members from the 3 zones primarily Rahim Kajai, Datuk Sulaiman and BASRA. Please understand that this is not a meeting for us to complain but rather a brain storm meeting on how to move forward to implement an acceptable guarded scheme.
1.Why should I participate in the BASRA Guarded Scheme?
a.Look at all our neighbouring tamans - Bandar Utama, Damansara Utama, Damansara Jaya, etc – they have all been guarded up. By not implementing a similar scheme, we are merely inviting the criminals to come into our area freely to carry out their criminal activities.
b.Before the 3 guarded schemes in Aminuddin Baki, Datuk Sulaiman and our area were implemented, there were as much as 60 reported cases monthly in TTDI. The latest statistics show only about 20 cases reported at our local Police Station in the month of February, 2010. That is a drop of about 70% in crime related cases !
c.Property prices in safe and secured areas fetch at least 15% higher (Star Saturday, August 01 2009).
2.Is this Scheme Legal?
a.The BASRA Guarded Scheme is as “legal” as the one that is implemented up at TTDI Hills, where the FT Minister resides.
3.What is the difference between BASRA and Homeguard?
a.Homeguard provides only patrolling service. They have ceased to patrol the Burhanuddin Helmi area. And in the Athinahappan area, their patrolling has been very sporadic and irregular, and mostly doneat nights.
b.The BASRA guarded scheme employs Static Guards at all 6 entry points into our area, combined with regular hourly patrolling (motorbikes with Yellow flashing lights). We found that this combination has been most effective in deterring crime.
c.If the Homeguard service had been effective, would we have had to implement all these Guarded Schemes?
d.The company that is providing the guards and operating BASRA is DU Security. It is the same company that is providing the service at Aminuddin Baki/Rahim Kajai and Datuk Sulaiman.
4.We don’t feel it’s worth paying money for guards who merely wave their light batons.
a.BASRA had started with very strict SOPs such as physically stopping suspicious cars and motorcycles. But many residents in our area are still resisting change and are against the guarded scheme. Some of them have even intimidated the guards to the extent of driving their car over one guard’s foot. Many others have made Police reports against BASRA. Since last year, the Police had sternly warned the guards that they are not supposed to stop any cars.
b.However, the guards have been given very clear instructions to not only prevent flyer boys from entering into our area but also to try as best as they can, to screen any suspicious figures, cars, vans, lorries and motorcycles.
c.Finally, the results prove for themselves that this Guarded Scheme works. Or else, how else do you explain the drop of almost 70% in crime related cases reported at the Police Station?
5.Why should I join when many of my neighbours have not done so?
a.John F Kennedy once said, “Ask not what your country can do for you but what You can do for your country?” In a similar vein, let us all play our part for the Safety of our very own neighbourhood.
b.In case crime strikes us, let us not be the one to regret that we had not done our part in supporting a safer neighbourhood. If you believe in security, there is no better time to start than NOW.
6.Why do I have to pay more than my neighbours?
a.A bungalow house has a bigger road frontage and area than a Semi-D and likewise, a double storey over a single storey. A ronda guard takes the same amount of time to ronda a street with doubly less bungalow houses than a street with all single storey houses. Therefore, if we pro-rate it, the bigger houses naturally should contribute more.
b.In the same vein, DBKL charges higher quit rent and land assessment tax on bigger houses.
7.Why are other tamans only charging RM50 per month?
a.Definitely, when we get more subscribers, we will reduce the fees. But how can we reduce the fees when we have not even touch 50% subscription rate yet?
b.Unfortunately, BASRA was built in such a way where we have many openings. As such, we have to spend more to employ more guards to secure all these openings.
c.In many tamans around PJ, their residents are united enough to permit the closure of certain roads – which is not only done to prevent escape paths for criminals, but also to reduce the cost of guarding them.
8.I have an Alarm system and dogs – why do I need to subscribe to BASRA?
a.We have a resident in Jalan Datuk Sulaiman, who has a CMS Alarm system, 3 dogs inside her house and yet, her house was broken into. Fortunately for her, she was not at home at the time the incident happened.
b.We have a resident here in BASRA who told us that even with an Alarm System and CCTV installed, 2 robbers still managed to rob his wife as she was driving into their house compound.
c.Security is not only about guarding your property. What about when you go take a morning walk?
9.I can’t afford to pay for this BASRA Scheme.
a.Can you afford to drink a cup or two of Teh Tarik everyday? If you can, you can afford the BASRA Scheme.
b.What price do you put on the safety of your loved ones? Would you sacrifice their safety for RM2 – 4.60 per day?
c.There are always people who will give 1001 excuses not to subscribe to security but would not hesitate to pay more than RM8 everyday for cigarettes.
Testimonial 1 I live in LBH 7. I was away over the last weekend and my alarm company called me to say that my alarm had triggered. I wasn't overly alarmed ( forgive the pun ) as it had been triggering at the slightest vibration in spite of their attempts at rectifying the problem. I apologise to my neighbours who have had to put up with this disturbance.
But my point of writing this is to say this. When I returned home yesterday evening, one of the guards who patrol on motorbikes, stopped by to tell me that my alarm had triggered over the weekend and was everything alright.
Then last night, my alarm triggered at about 2 am and this time a guard rang my doorbell and inquired if there was a problem.
In spite of having installed my house with an alarm system, I felt really reassured having the guards come personally to inquire about my safety and made me realise that those of us who had committed to the TTDI-BASRA scheme had made the right decision.
Regards, Daya (Burhanuddin Helmi) 26th April, 2010
Testimonial 2 We must remember that we are viewing the guards from an insider's perspective, and we know therefore they are merely waving people through.
I have had 2 clients tell me that they were deterred by the security guards. The first client commented that wow, TTDI is now guarded. He didn't think at all that the guards were ineffective.
The 2nd client (whom I have just met for lunch just now) told me how she wanted to drive through, saw the security guards, and made a U-turn.
Hatim Abdullah, Chairman Kasim Sotin, Deputy Chairman Henry Goh, Hon.Secretary Margaret Lee, Asst Hon Secretary Kam Wai Peng, Tresurer Mohd Hilmi, Asst Treasurer Mohd Afif Mohd Yatid, Exco Member Zakaria Mat, Exco Member Dr Nirmal Singh, Exco Member Dato' Borhanuddin Osman, Exco Member Ann Chee, Exco Member Ahmad Kamil Abdullah, Exco Member Abdul Hafiz, Exco Member Chan Kheng Hoe, Exco Member KS Sivajothy, Exco Member Mubarak Ali, Exco Member Tuan Hj Badri, Exco Member
Dear committee members, we look to your leadership in getting our guarded & gated community to best level.
Please follow these 5 simple steps step 1 : Download the subscription form step 2 : Print the subscription form step 3 : Fill up with the appropriate details step 4 : Prepare a cheque with appropriate amount step 5 : Call Clinton Ang @ 012 290 2840 or Margaret @ 012 329 1190
Please bevigilant when you open your house gateand if you feel you being followed or otherwise, please call the Hotline010 240 0116and inform the Guard for immediate response.
This afternoon, at Jalan Aminuddin Baki, 3 Indians stormed into an Indianhouse with knifes and stabbed the couple (husband and wife). They are now in hospital and the matter is now under policeinvestigation.
So far DSarea has enjoyed a relatively safeincident free for past two months or so. No report of any untowed incidents from January up to now.
S-Bandbarrier will be implemented at JDS3 with Spotlights soon. This will give the Guard ability to control the entry in and out of JDS3 and easier for them to write down non-sticker car numbers. We want to take astatisticof the number of non-sticker cars that use JDS3 and try to track downthose cars that are parked in and around JDS3 andrecognize them that they are residents’ car. The statistic willalso help us in our meeting with DBKL for G&G on how many cars uses JDS3 and maybe JDS4 as "pass-through".
At JDS4, we are still studying the traffic flow before S-Band barriers can be implemented. The last time we tried to implement, the guards were nearlyknocked down by the carscoming from JDS4 and 5.In my once a while night petrol to make sure the guards keep vigilant, I encounter some cars speeding in excess of 30km/hr. Only when they notice my Strobe lights attached on top of my car with my LED torchlight, they tend to slow down. Anyway, it is just one of the few night encounters Ihave experienced.
RESIDENTS Associations (RA) in the Klang Valley are trapped in a Catch-22 with regard to the guarded and gated community schemes implemented in many neighbourhoods to curb crime.
Many are aware of the legal ramifications as they know that under the law, they have no power to block public roads but they feel they have no choice but to turn a blind eye and go ahead with the scheme.
Also the proposed guideline by the Housing and Local Government Ministry that RAs must get the 100% consent from residents before they are allowed to implement the scheme has got many of them riled up.
Medan Damansara Residents Association committee member Randir Singh said the 100% requirment as proposed by the ministry was “down right ridiculous.”
No through road:According to the two Acts, barricading public roads like in the picture is illegal and those doing so may even be arrested.
“It is impossible to get everyone to agree on this but we have done it because there is a demand for it.
“We know that it is against the law, but we have followed all the rules and we have done everything right and the crime rate has dropped in our neighbourhood,” he said.
“We are catering to the majority. The government and the police are not able to help us so we are helping them to do their jobs,” Randir said.
Taman Mayang RA chairman Liew Wei Beng said he had no choice but to implement the guarded scheme in his neighbourhood as he was more afraid of the criminals than the courts.
“No one wants to live in a barricaded community, but we have to protect ourselves. If I take out all the barriers today, tomorrow the crime rate will go up,” Liew said.
Liew suggested that the ministry come up with a workable percentage. He felt that 100% consent was ridiculous.
“A simple majority of 51% is a more reasonable number,” he added.
Speaking on the legality issue, TTDI RA president Datuk Abdul Latif Mohd Som said that RAs were also liable if any accidents were to happen as a direct result of the roads being obstructed.
“Morally, we want to support them (the residents) but we cannot take the law into our own hands as we (the office bearers) are the ones who will be sued,” Abdul Latif said.
Under the law, two Acts of Parliament — the Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974 (Act 133) and the Road Transport Act 1987 — directly prohibit any restriction of access to any public road by a private individual or RA.
This makes every barrier, boom gate, guard house, fence and steel drum put up by RAs to obstruct public roads illegal.
The Acts also say that those guilty of doing so may be arrested without warrant by any police officer or employee of the local authority authorised in writing by the local authority and taken before a magistrate’s court and shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding RM500 and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding RM1,000.
“In TTDI, we cautioned the residents of the legal implications but they still went ahead and implemented the scheme. We empathise with the residents as security is a legitimate concern.
“We are trapped in a Catch-22. If we don’t support them, the neighbourhood will not be safe but if we give our support, we are breaking the law,” he said.
Taman Bukit Maluri Houseowners and Residents Association treasurer See Beng Loo agreed that RAs were stuck in a dilemma.
“We have seven security committees and two RAs here and since the guarded neighbourhood scheme was implemented about three years ago there has been a reduction in crime. Legal problems aside, we want peace of mind,” See said.
Most RAs also agreed that a solution must be found before the matter gets out of hand and that the answer may lie amending the said Acts in Parliament.
I have been hearing a spate of car thefts this whole week. There was a BMW stolen at Pinggir Zaaba and now, the one below, 2 nights ago at LRK 13. These are thefts in areas of TTDI where there is no guarded scheme.
But even with our Guarded Scheme, we should still be careful. Therefore, do remember to lock your cars, secure your steering lock, at all times.
For those of you who came last weekend to drop off your renewal cheques, I'm glad to announce that the new batch of House tags have just arrived.
Therefore, it would be most appreciated if you can make that little effort to come back again this Sunday to pick up your brand new, shiny Fluorescent Yellow house tags.
And for those of you who have not renewed, please don't wait any longer as we only have limited tags in this new batch. See you all on Sunday at the Community Hall from 1-3pm.
MUCH has been said and reported on the issue of illegal gates and road blocks across public roads in housing areas in Petaling Jaya.
No one can deny that the existence of a gated and guarded community has greatly complemented police efforts to keep crime at bay. However, I do agree that it should be controlled and monitored by the residents’ association of the area.
In Taman Mayang Jaya (SS26), Petaling Jaya where I stay, we are only able to have one shift of guards during the night and we have been crime-free with 24-hour patrols during the Chinese New Year.
Although 24-hour patrols cannot guarantee a crime-free area, no one can deny that there is a major drop in the crime rate.
The trouble is that most residents who complain are those who refuse to join the scheme for reasons best known to themselves.
Many such residents do not even mix with the neighbours and refuse to become members of the residents’ association.
Such people like to ride on the charity of others.
These residents keep complaining especially to the press but when the residents’ association holds meetings to discuss security issues in the area, you will never see their faces.
When the security scheme succeeds in deterring outsiders from committing crimes in the area, these same people will think that there is no crime in the area since they have not heard anything.
The other group who vehemently oppose such security schemes are the outsiders who are inconvenienced by the closure of roads which they use as access roads.
They have no regard for those who are living in the area and especially those who have been victims of crimes.
All they think of is using the roads to get to their destination.
Security comes at a price and inconvenience.
If the crime rate is very low and residents do not live in fear, no residents’ association will want to put up boom gates.
No resident will also want to pay for the security scheme if they do not have their own and their family’s security in mind.
In Taman Mayang Jaya, the boom gates at the smaller access roads are closed from 11pm to 6am with only one main access road opened.
This is to prevent robbers from coming in cars from other roads. If they have to use the main road, I am sure they will give it a second thought.
Perhaps residents’ associations in residential areas where most smaller or even main roads are barricaded with drums may have their own reasons for doing so.
They may need to re-look this by closing the main road only at night.
Residents who are not members of residents’ associations and do not even attend meetings will not know of the crimes that happen in their area.
No victim likes to go around telling the whole neighbourhood what happened to them.
Perhaps it is time residents’ associations highlight the cases that happen in their areas, citing only the road name but leaving out the victim’s name and house number.
A guarded community does help to reduce or even ensure an area is crime-free during the patrolling period.
To those who are strongly against this guarded community system, remember that crime exists and the next vicitim could very well be you or your family.
by Stanley Gabriel The author is the Head of the Conveyancing Department in Messrs Jayadeep Hari & Jamil. Having been in legal practice for over 12 years, he has vast experience in matters concerning real estate and probate. The development of gated and guarded community schemes in Malaysia now seems to be part of the features of the housing industry. It is undoubtful that most of these schemes are of the high cost residential types that will be attractive to developers due to higher returns and the increasing demand from the market, especially in the urban areas like Kuala Lumpur, Shah Alam, Penang and Johore Bahru.
Finally, it must be understood and appreciated that all purchasers of houses in a gated and guarded community will have to pay considerably higher charges for the maintenance, sinking fund, security fees, electricity and water and other services because the cost of all facilities within the boundary of gated and guarded community will have to be borne by them in addition to the usual quit rent and assessment rates levied by the local authorities.
From: Adibah To:ttdi-ds@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, February 5, 2010 5:05:49 PM Subject: RE: [TTDI-DS] Fwd: [JiranTTDI] Fwd: Home security Dear neighbours,
Just to share an incident that happened to a close friend who lives on Jalan SetiaMurni4, Damansara Heightsvery recently.She came back from Bangsar at 11.30am, and noticed a motorbike with 2 riders passed by on Jalan Setiamurni 4 (a private inner road). She reached her home and was waiting for her guard to open the gate when there was a very loud crash from her side, and before she knew it, saw a hand grabbed her handbag which she had carelessly left on the front passenger seat.The window was completely smashed within seconds..
They got away with her handbag and she’s been spending the last few days making a police report, insurance report, getting her window fixed, applying for new IC, new driving license, new phone sim-card, credit cards, etc.,etc.,.. ..
So ladies, never, never put your handbag on that vacant passanger seat, and don’t think you’re already safe even when you’re infront of your house in bright daylight!
This is another great reason to be thankful that we have a guarded neighbourhood. May God save all of us due to our honest and sincere effort in making the place safe.
Clinton Ang's neighbour found this lost, stray dog in Burhanuddin Helmi 2. It is a brown dog with white patches. It also has a collar with a Green ID Tag.
If you are the owner, please contact Aunt Ginnie at 012. 263 3080
Thursday, December 10, 2009
A The Star news article (dated October 27th 2009).
... A few months ago, a young man was held at knifepoint for a mere RM12 and a handphone. The five thugs on two motorcycles sped off within minutes and that was the last straw for the youth’s father Mohd Hatim Abdullah, the project co-ordinator of the TTDI guarded community committee. Keeping an eye out: The guards in TTDI are equipped with motorcycles to patrol the area as well. According to him, there were 60 cases of robberies and snatch thefts a month within the TTDI neighbourhood alone...
Unfortunately, the OCS has informed us that he is not available for a dialogue with us this Saturday. We shall update you as soon as we have the next date. The following week-ends are long week-ends - please take extra care. Please note there will be no dialogue on Saturday.
The Guards' Supervisor has informed us that there was a break-in early this afternoon at LBH4.
It is very disappointing but we have to keep vigilant. This could be because of the school holidays where it is a window of opportunity when there is no one at home. We have also been advised that there are many crime modus operadi for instance 2 or 3 people in the vehicle on the pretext of responding to repairs or female foreigners on the pretext of buying or renting houses.
As per our schedule, today we will be installing the watchman's keys around BASRA. This is to step up the patrolling inspite of the guarded posts at the main entrance. We do need to be on the look out for any suspicious looking characters.
We have made several attempts to block the entrances at JBH3 and Athinahapan 1 (near the reservoir) and have been unsuccessful. We are reviewing the plans and making arrangements with the security provider to deploy guards at these 2 roads.
Again for everyone's knowledge, the police has advised us against enforcing visitors to register at the guard posts. Even this morning, I received a call from one of the committee members at Jln Datuk Sulaiman (JDS) where they have started to stop visitors and again there has been a complaint lodged at Bukit Aman and again JDS have been asked to relax the rule again.
We are constantly having dialogues with TTDI Police and they are assisting and working closely with us.
Dear neighbours, it is not true that TTDI is crime free. It has been happening especially in the last 12-18 months except that we can eradicate the problems by coming together and sign up for the Guarded Scheme. Please take the first step and encourage your neighbours as well.
We have invited the OCS for a dialogue this Saturday 12 December 2009, 4.00pm at the open space franked by Jln Athinahapan 5, 6 & 7. Please do join us.
... not everyone wants to put their life on the line(Clinton Ang)
Rukuntetangga.com.my is a community based Malaysian portal that provides people in within the residential community centres. Rukun Tetangga or community centres were projects launched in the early years of the 70s and 80s to help minimize the possibility of crime in residential areas. Until today, Rukun Tetanggas are still prominently active in such areas where they run more fellowship programmes than night patrols.Rukun Tetangga was previously very much associated with night patrols where residents of a specific area group together andwalk around in groups every night in order to keep the area safe.(www.rukuntetangga.com)
Home security is important. Crime doesn't go away, it keeps growing. There are many things you can do to keep yourself, and your home/possessions, safe. Thanks go out to Joe for sending in some tips on how to keep your home safe.
This is our TTDI-BASRA FAMILY "cyberhome" where we can be there for each other, draw on the tons of experiences and expertise besides being kept informed of the happenings in our neighbourhood and gossip too! :D
In addition to that, if you feel like inviting your neighbours or the entire neighbourhood to your party, pot-luck or chill-out at Rasta forteh tarik,whatever, just post to the group! We sincerely hope to bring all the residents closer together as a community (like a family) though this initiative.
Most importantly... For all that we received from our parents, teachers and society in our growing years, it is now our responsibility make it better for our future generations too.Yup, it's payback time!:) Each of us has a duty to shape and make our society better. After all, our society is us. If we don't care about the state of our society, it simply means we don't care about ourselves...
So lets start with our neighbourhood... but erm, don't ask me what can you do. :) I know you will come with a wealth of experience, ideas and goodwill. Remember your school/club project days? It's still the same! Form your own team, need be, tap on this group for resources... and just do it!
Should U notice or suspect something is just not right, please do not hesitate to immediately telephone TTDI Police Station at 7728 6222
Good News
Since implementation of the Gated & Guarded (G&G) scheme on 16th August 2009 – 31st August 2009, there has been no cases of crime in the areas of Rahim Kajai, Lengkok Aminuddin Baki, and Lorong Aminuddin Baki 4.JiranTTDI
from a G&G subscriber
The trouble is that most residents who complain are those who refuse to join the scheme for reasons best known to themselves.
Many such residents do not even mix with the neighbours and refuse to become members of the residents’ association.
Such people like to ride on the charity of others.
You are welcome to contribute any things (such as news, photos & videos) that are positive & encouraging to the BASRA community.
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