Komunitikini

Multi-purpose Petronas pole built for broadband coverage

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An USJ 6 Petronas pole , which is also a Telco tower, was built for Maxis in order to improve the latter’s broadband service in the area, said Petronas customer service executive Marziana Mahazir.

In a statement released recently, Marziana said Maxis has conducted a thorough survey and deemed the tower as necessary.

The telecommunication equipments were attached on the Petronas unipole on July 13 after Petronas obtained approvals from the MPSJ and the Selangor state government.

“Thereafter the residents in the surrounding area would benefit from Maxis’ broadband facility and services,” she said.

She also stated that the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) have conducted a radio frequency measurement at Petronas’s pilot station at Jalan Tun Razak.

“The summary of the report shows that the radiofrequency is well below the allowable public exposure limit,” she said.

“It was therefore concluded that antennas and microwave dishes camouflaged behind the Petronas unipole pose no health risk to the surrounding community and residents.”

She added that should USJ 6 residents require similar measurement to be conducted at their local stations, Petronas would be more than happy to assist.

Local residents raised their concerns regarding the suspicious Petronas unipole to Komunitikini lately when both flap-sides of the Petronas logo unipole was exposed during a thunderstorm, showing antennas seemingly used for telecommunication functions.

Residents feared that irresponsible companies might have worked in cahoots with petro kiosks to camouflage telecommunication structures inside the unipole strcuture.

MPSJ president Adnan Md Ikhsan had in a press conference held recently assured that the “transformable” structure is legal under the 2007 Selangor Telecommunication Transmitter Structure Building Guideline.

Sweep-up to get rid of rats in SS15

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The Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) will be conducting a rats eradicating gotong-royong across SS15 this Sunday in response to numerous public complaints on unhygienic restaurants causing rats to breed wildly.

The sweep-up will take place from 7.30am to 11am. Participants are called to gather at the MPSJ hall in SS15.

The council president Adnan Md khsan said the gotong-royong will also involve the pest control company Rentokoil to place rats poison at various locations in SS15.

He too called on the eateries’ owners to join the program.

Adnan has previously mentioned that rats and cockroaches are being a thorny issue in Subang Jaya and warned that drastic actions such as forcing every eatery to close once a week will be taken should the situation worsens.

He also chided ignorant traders for their lax attitude.

“Though plenty of enforcement has been carried out, I still received complaints on restaurants putting utensils near to toilets,” he said.

He reiterated his call for restaurant owners to form an organization so that relevant efforts on cleanliness could be taken.

Meanwhile, MPSJ was granted the first prize in the state-level’s management and administration award (APPC) with an average score of 94.67%.

The council also bagged first prize on the Selangor public sector innovation award (AISAS).

Renew commercial licenses for three consecutive years, Subang folks told

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MPSJ has rolled out a policy to allow traders in non-sensitive businesses to renew their commercial licenses for three consecutive years beginning 2011.

Council president Adnan Ikhsan said the non-sensitive enterprises include sundry shops, boutiques, laundry shop, eateries, administration offices are set to benefit from the implementation.

On the other hand, spa, pubs and lounges categorized as risky businesses are excluded.

Adnan also advised traders to file in renewal applications via MY@MPSJ on MPSJ’s website to avoid long-queue at the counters.

“Now about one of every four traders use that method to renew licenses, we hope by 2012 no counter will be needed at MPSJ buildings as everybody goes online,” he said.

New land of Sri Srinivasa temple belongs to land office.

On a separate issue, Adnan said the land currently granted to the Puchong Sri Srinivasa temple for a one year concession belongs to the district land department, hence the council is not entitled to decide on the land ownership.

He was answering the appeal from several temple committee members that the land, newly granted to them last Thursday, should be given permanently as an Indian community hall is badly needed in the area.

He said the objective of granting the 50 sq ft land was to temporarily relocate the temple’s storage room and toilet.

“We hope they will move the utility facilities back into their temple at the end,” he said.

“As of whether the land could be granted permanently, they should refer it to district land office,” he added.

1 Malaysia not banned in Subang

Meanwhile, Adnan denied allegations uttered by the MCA Kelana Jaya that MPSJ has banned 1 Malaysia logo on local banners.

Although initially mentioned the need to consider state government’s sensitivities, Adnan quickly changed his tune when the council’s PR officer chipped in and said that MPSJ is not against the logo.

Adnan too reiterated that the national emblem should not be inserted on MCA’s festive greeting banner as “it is not relevant”.

“It’s not like everybody can use the emblem for their own interests, just like not everyone is allowed to use MPSJ logo,” he said

Land granted for Puchong temple to relocate facilities

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Puchong Sri Srinivasa temple has been granted 50 square feet of temporary land for the duration of one year to relocate it’s utility facilities.

The announcement was made after Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) president Adnan Ikhsan visited the temple in Pusat Bandar Puchong this morning.

Adnan said the temple committee has agreed to move its storage room, toilet and water tank from the current location to the reserve land in front of the temple once the structures are erected.

“For the moment, we will defer the demolition first,” said Adnan.

Puchong’s Sri Srinivasa temple came into media limelight after a Hindu devotee torched himself three days ago.

M Chakragunasegaran, 52, set himself on fire over fears that the utility structures, built on a land belongs to neighbouring SJK (T) Castlefield, would be demolished when MPSJ enforcement team arrived at the temple on Monday morning.

The school is reclaiming the land to build a pre-school.

He was rushed to hospital immediately, while MPSJ halted the demolition to meet the temple committee and the school’s parent teacher association to find a solution.

“Grant the land permanently”

The temple committee member welcomed the announcement, however cautious that one-year concession on the land is too short.

“We consider it as a happy resolution to the matter, but it’s even better if they can give us the land permanently,” temple board trustee MS Samy said.

Samy also said that the Indian community in Puchong has been searching for a place near the temple to be used as a wedding hall.

“We need a place for couples to hold their weddings and for community events,” he said, adding the number of devotees who flock the temple during festivals event would easily surpass 20,000.

He also clarified that no conflict was aroused between the temple committee and the Tamil school management as he said the committee ‘was willing to return the land to the school’.

“We reckon that the land do not belong to us, but our regret is that the local council did not give enough time to relocate the facilities,” he said, adding that MPSJ should have given them another two years for preparations.

He also said the temple committee should have been notified earlier and the whole incident could have been prevented.