Many thanks to all which have promptly responded to the survey form to collect population statistics of Prima Villa. Out of some 27 households, the data show that Prima Villa is truly a highly diverse neighhourhood! So far, the statistics show Malay, Chinese, Iban, Chinese-Malay, Kayan, Melanau, Anglo-Iban, Australian, Indonesian, British ...
The reason to collect the statistics is to fill out the official application form for setting up Kawasan Rukun Tetangga Prima Villa. Information collected shall be used only to generate the neighhourhood area statistics for submission to the Jabatan Perpaduan Negara dan Integrasi Nasional.
A copy of the survey form can be printed/downloaded from here. Thank you!
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Police Contact wrt Mental Disorder or Homeless Person
The following information is based on email by Peter Chia of Lot 15, on 30 Sept 2009. Thanks!
Residents have reported that mental disorder person appeared once in a while in the neighbourhood. In case anyone who would come across such person in future, see below person to call - the Police Officer assigned is Inspector Gihe.
Public complaint to Police on mental disorder/homeless person
OIC: SI Gihe ak Lepan
Tel: 016-8007254
Polis MPV: 085-433730
Based on a process coordinated by the Miri City Council of which Peter himself is involved, the Police will investigate and refer accordingly to the following persons.
If homeless person, Police to refer to Miri Welfare Department
OIC: En. Joseph Lau (Penolong Pengarah Kebajikan)
Tel: 085-419072/419073
If mental disorder person, Police to refer to Psychiatric Unit, Miri Hospital
OIC: Dr. Aida b. Arif (Pakar Psikiatri)
Tel: 085-420033 ext 413
Residents have reported that mental disorder person appeared once in a while in the neighbourhood. In case anyone who would come across such person in future, see below person to call - the Police Officer assigned is Inspector Gihe.
Public complaint to Police on mental disorder/homeless person
OIC: SI Gihe ak Lepan
Tel: 016-8007254
Polis MPV: 085-433730
Based on a process coordinated by the Miri City Council of which Peter himself is involved, the Police will investigate and refer accordingly to the following persons.
If homeless person, Police to refer to Miri Welfare Department
OIC: En. Joseph Lau (Penolong Pengarah Kebajikan)
Tel: 085-419072/419073
If mental disorder person, Police to refer to Psychiatric Unit, Miri Hospital
OIC: Dr. Aida b. Arif (Pakar Psikiatri)
Tel: 085-420033 ext 413
How to get your car stickers?
To get your car stickers, send an email to the Treasurer Michael Tiong treasurer.pv@gmail.com.
Michael will send you an application form to fill out, or you can try download/print from this link.
Each sticker costs RM 3.30.
Michael has also mentioned in one of his emails: you may drop by Dai Lieng head office near Shell Petrol station Pujut Lutong Road. Pick up from Ms Angela at front office during office hour (8:00 - 12:00 ~ 13:30 to 17:00).
Michael will send you an application form to fill out, or you can try download/print from this link.
Each sticker costs RM 3.30.
Michael has also mentioned in one of his emails: you may drop by Dai Lieng head office near Shell Petrol station Pujut Lutong Road. Pick up from Ms Angela at front office during office hour (8:00 - 12:00 ~ 13:30 to 17:00).
Monday, October 5, 2009
How many houses are there in Prima Villa?
Do you know that ...
there are 200 lots in Prima Villa,
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there are 200 lots in Prima Villa,
101 lots have been developed or being developed,
57 houses, which took up 70 lots, have been occupied,
14 lots have houses that were completed but not yet occupied, and
17 houses were still under construction.
Altogether that makes a total of 88 houses!
This was surveyed in March 2009. Since then a few more houses have been occupied and a few more started construction.
Who's Who in the Prima Villa Neighbourhood Protem Committee
Reference Minutes of Meeting for meeting held on 21 February 2009, at Prima Villa Lot 48, here is the list of committee members and zone leaders who were elected on voluntary basis.
Zone Leaders
The main tasks for zone leaders are to deseminate information to the neighbours including helping with general administrative tasks as and when required such as distribution of slips, notices, collection of fees, etc
For simplicity, the Zones are as per the original zoning of Prima Villa from Zone 1 to Zone 4.
The current Zone Leaders are as follow:
Tresurer: Michael Tiong [Lot 48]
Committee Members:
Zone Leaders
The main tasks for zone leaders are to deseminate information to the neighbours including helping with general administrative tasks as and when required such as distribution of slips, notices, collection of fees, etc
For simplicity, the Zones are as per the original zoning of Prima Villa from Zone 1 to Zone 4.
The current Zone Leaders are as follow:
- Zone 1 – Frederick Ngu [Lot 32], Alex Kho [Lot 28], Larrie Tan [Lot 65]
- Zone 2 – Mary Helena Dan [Lot 102], Alice Ho [Lot 118]
- Zone 3 – Lee [Lot 162], A Shamsudin [Lot 163] (proposed on 29 March)
- Zone 4 – Richard Kho [Lot 5546], Ting Nai Ho [Lot 5541]
Committee Members
List of volunteers to form the Protem Committee for Year 2009/2010:
Chairperson: Larrie Tan [Lot 65]
Secretary: Richard Kho [Lot 5546]Tresurer: Michael Tiong [Lot 48]
Committee Members:
- Liew Mei Yin {Lot 7]
- Sim Siaw Kee [Lot 46]
- Frederick Ngu [Lot 32]
- Alex Kho [Lot 28]
- Lee [Lot 162]
- Mary Helena Dan [Lot 102]
- Alice Ho [Lot 118],
- Ting Nai Ho [Lot 5541]
- Phylis Wong [Lot 9]
- Awang Draup [Lot 89]
- Joseph Law [Lot 77] added post meeting on 29 March
- A Shamsudin [Lot 163] added post meeting on 29 March
Note: this is a Protem Committee pending a the formal registration of Kawasan Rukun Tetangga Prima Villa with the Jabatan Perpaduan Negara dan Integrasi Nasional.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Payment Information
As informed by Ms. Mariani, assistant to Mr. Larrie Tan via her e-mail message dated 5th May 2009, residents can now pay the monthly security fee to PV Neighbourhood Watch’s Maybank Current Account (A/C No. 5111-86315-316). Read further below details about this account. You may transfer fund directly to the account e.g. by ATM or Internet Banking or by cheques. In all cases, the payee name can be anyone of the following:
Payment to be made preferably on half yearly basis (RM600) or yearly basis (RM1200) in order to minimise admistrative efforts.
The security service was engaged since April 2009. All households are expected to pay the monthly fee starting from April 2009, or upon moving into the neighbourhood to ensure adequate fund required to support the security services.
When you have banked in your payment to the account, kindly notify the Secretary, Mr. Michael Tiong (treasurer.pv@gmail.com) with a copy of bank transaction, with your name and lot number to assist tracking of payment.
The monthly fee is RM100.00 for each household. This amount will be reviewed from time to time. The priority is to ensure that there is sufficient fund to maintain the monthly expenses required for the security service as well as utilities such as electricity bill for the guard house and maintenance of entry/exit barriers. If there is excess money available, as more residents move in to contribute to the fund in the future, decision will be jointly taken by committee members and all PV residents with respect to the usage of money such as for maintenance of common area/facilities/infrastructure.
Kindly take note that the current bank account is a “caretaker account” registered jointly in the names of the committee Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer chiefly to facilitate payment to the security company and collection of fees from residents. Cheques issued out from this bank account shall require ALL three signatories. All transactions and expenses are recorded by the Treasurer and available for review by any residents upon request or during general meetings. Once the PV neighhourhood committee (Rukun Tetangga) is formally registered, an official bank account shall be established for use.
The security company that is currently engaged is KPD Security Services. They are an established company currently providing similar services for other clients which include offices and schools in Miri. There are two shifts per day, with two guards on each shift.
KPD Security Services Sdn Bhd (417285-K)
If you have any complaints or suggestions in relation to the security service rendered by KPD Security Services or improvement of security at Prima Villa in general, please do note hesitate to write to the committee.
- Mr. Tan Meng Fu, or
- Mr. Tiong Ching Luang, or
- Mr. Kho Liang Kung
Payment to be made preferably on half yearly basis (RM600) or yearly basis (RM1200) in order to minimise admistrative efforts.
The security service was engaged since April 2009. All households are expected to pay the monthly fee starting from April 2009, or upon moving into the neighbourhood to ensure adequate fund required to support the security services.
When you have banked in your payment to the account, kindly notify the Secretary, Mr. Michael Tiong (treasurer.pv@gmail.com) with a copy of bank transaction, with your name and lot number to assist tracking of payment.
The monthly fee is RM100.00 for each household. This amount will be reviewed from time to time. The priority is to ensure that there is sufficient fund to maintain the monthly expenses required for the security service as well as utilities such as electricity bill for the guard house and maintenance of entry/exit barriers. If there is excess money available, as more residents move in to contribute to the fund in the future, decision will be jointly taken by committee members and all PV residents with respect to the usage of money such as for maintenance of common area/facilities/infrastructure.
Kindly take note that the current bank account is a “caretaker account” registered jointly in the names of the committee Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer chiefly to facilitate payment to the security company and collection of fees from residents. Cheques issued out from this bank account shall require ALL three signatories. All transactions and expenses are recorded by the Treasurer and available for review by any residents upon request or during general meetings. Once the PV neighhourhood committee (Rukun Tetangga) is formally registered, an official bank account shall be established for use.
The security company that is currently engaged is KPD Security Services. They are an established company currently providing similar services for other clients which include offices and schools in Miri. There are two shifts per day, with two guards on each shift.
KPD Security Services Sdn Bhd (417285-K)
Suib Bin Saad, Chief Security Officer 0138303747/0128503747 suib71@yahoo.com
Miri Branch: 2nd Floor, Lot 1985, Jln Pentas, Morsjaya Riam, Miri 085439323If you have any complaints or suggestions in relation to the security service rendered by KPD Security Services or improvement of security at Prima Villa in general, please do note hesitate to write to the committee.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Security Update - Discussion with KPD
In view of the recent incident that resident's dogs were poisoned, several residents and zone leaders have held a discussion session today (29 Sept 2009) with KPD management En Suib and En Amir to provide feedback and to set clear expectation on security checks to be implemented and strictly enforced.
The proposed checks and measures below on entry control, are necessary and form the basic building blocks to maintain the standard of security for the safety of the neighbourhood.
Residents are reminded to collect their PV stickers urgently from Michael Tiong if not yet done so.
The following points were discussed with KPD Management for implementation. All residents to provide your comments, suggestions and feedback please.
Information to be formally issued to KPD
- All PV residents shall have a sticker on each of their auto vehicles for access (KPD Security Guard to be familiar with VALID sticker)
- KPD Security Guard must positively verify the sticker before lifting the barrier arm to permit vehicle entry
- Expectation is that the vehicle, even with sticker, shall stop briefly in front of barrier for the security to have a proper look at the sticker
- All vehicles without valid stickers (taxis, cars, motorbikes, bicycles, etc all included) security guards shall do the following:
- RECORD car plate number, time in
- Ascertain whether resident or visitor
- If Resident, RECORD house number, remind them to obtain sticker from the PV Committee
- If Visitor, ASK and RECORD house number to be visited
- PV Committee to review record of vehicles entering PV on a regular basis
- Hours from 12 pm to 5 am shall be given tight security, additional security measures shall be implemented:
- Block exit barrier, so that all vehicles will pass through entry side and controlled by guard
- SPEAK to all drivers leaving PV area (to prevent car theft!)
- Inspection of car boot (on spot basis) prior to leaving PV area
- Refuse entry for suspicious visitors that cannot provide a valid name of person and house to visit
- Ask for name and telephone of person to be visited for security guard to verify / accompany to the house if necessary
- When identify suspicious character, obtain: driver name and IC particulars
- Patrol to ensure no abnormal behaviour/situation i.e. vehicle must remain at house to be visited not roaming around elsewhere
- There will be no exception. KPD Security Guard is fully expected to implement strictly as per points 2, 3, 4 and 5 above. If needed, guard will hand out clarification statement prepared by PV Committee to explain the need for the checks and measures required in order to maintain the security standard for the safety of the neighbourhood.
- KPD shall submit photos and names and IC particulars of all security guards employed for PV area. KPD shall not change security guards without informing PV Committee. All new security guards must be approved by PV Committee
- KPD shall call the police immediately when seeing security breach. [It was also discussed that another arrangement will be put in place via the Miri City Residental Council set-up with the police - to be followed up separately.]
- KPD Security Guard shall keep the lights on at the guard house at night.
- More regular patrol of area by KPD Security Guards.
Other security matters briefly discussed to be followed up separately:
- There are still squatters in the PV area. Need to contact house owner / developer of house concerned to ask to remove squatters
- Payment - tracking and status, considering shift to yearly payment for 2010 to simplify administration efforts
- Telephone line at guard house to be installed
- Bit box (or more effectively - a time stamping device) at back of PV area to confirm patrol by security guard
Meeting with YB Datuk Lee and Telekom Malaysia
30 September 2009, 9 am at TM office in town. Did not know much about this meeting until Michael called up at half past eight. A few others from PV were there: Councilor Mei Yin, Larrie, Frederick, Michael and Allex (Lot 110).
It was a meeting for TM to provide an status update of telephone infrastructure for the Permyjaya area including Prima Villa to YB Datuk Lee.
Who else were there: En Razali (NAIM), Roslawati (Assistant GM, TM) and several other managers from TM Miri and Kuching, and other representatives for Permyjaya residential/industrial areas.
As far as Prima Villa area is concerned, there is not a lot of new information apart from those that I have written in previous post. Some details:
- at present there are about 30 poles erected in the PV area
- to observe the "no overheads" concept, TM is adopting minimum number of poles to serve the area
- the placement of poles are also dictated by underground ducts and manholes as built by NAIM
- to maintain service quality TM will not typically permit distance between house and pole of more then 100 meter; in which case TM will consider adding additional pole to enable connection to the house. This last point is important for those houses that are very far from the pole. Be sure to discuss properly with TM and the cabling contractor
Mr Tahamat (Manager, Consumer Sales) which was mentioned in previous post was also there. On the side, we spoke and he indicated the possibility of setting up a TM booth for residents if there is a need and a suitable date (I'd like to hear feedback from residents please!) I floated the idea of house call by TM staff which he said he will look into. For those that wish to get connected urgently, you might want to get in touch with Mr Tahamat directly if you have specific queries.
Overall, from the two recent meetings, I find the TM technical staff that we met to be very helpful and knowledgeable. Keep in mind though that there may be some information gap between the TM service/sales desk and the technical people. Do make sure that you speak to the right persons to avoid disappointment and confusion. With the infrastructure already in place and the contact numbers given in previous post, you should have all you need to get connected to TM! Again, good luck and we'd love to hear from you!
It was a meeting for TM to provide an status update of telephone infrastructure for the Permyjaya area including Prima Villa to YB Datuk Lee.
Who else were there: En Razali (NAIM), Roslawati (Assistant GM, TM) and several other managers from TM Miri and Kuching, and other representatives for Permyjaya residential/industrial areas.
As far as Prima Villa area is concerned, there is not a lot of new information apart from those that I have written in previous post. Some details:
- at present there are about 30 poles erected in the PV area
- to observe the "no overheads" concept, TM is adopting minimum number of poles to serve the area
- the placement of poles are also dictated by underground ducts and manholes as built by NAIM
- to maintain service quality TM will not typically permit distance between house and pole of more then 100 meter; in which case TM will consider adding additional pole to enable connection to the house. This last point is important for those houses that are very far from the pole. Be sure to discuss properly with TM and the cabling contractor
Mr Tahamat (Manager, Consumer Sales) which was mentioned in previous post was also there. On the side, we spoke and he indicated the possibility of setting up a TM booth for residents if there is a need and a suitable date (I'd like to hear feedback from residents please!) I floated the idea of house call by TM staff which he said he will look into. For those that wish to get connected urgently, you might want to get in touch with Mr Tahamat directly if you have specific queries.
Overall, from the two recent meetings, I find the TM technical staff that we met to be very helpful and knowledgeable. Keep in mind though that there may be some information gap between the TM service/sales desk and the technical people. Do make sure that you speak to the right persons to avoid disappointment and confusion. With the infrastructure already in place and the contact numbers given in previous post, you should have all you need to get connected to TM! Again, good luck and we'd love to hear from you!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Fixed Line Telephone - Update Sept 2009
It's been nine months since my last post! I believe I have a fair bit of backlog to clear but first some good news for all.
Fixed line telephone connection (and that also means Streamyx broadband) has arrived in Prima Villa!
Many would have noticed the installation of the telecom poles a few months ago. A couple of earlier birds have in fact become the first few houses that are now successfully connected to Telekom Malaysia fixed line network. However, apparently there has been some confusion at the local TM shop, several other residents' application were met with disappointment.
To clear up the matter, several residents met up today (29 Sept 2009) with a number of key personnel (Jafer, Kho and Abdullah) from Telecom Malaysia. Here is the story and some handy information on getting connected.
Prima Villa's fixed line network will cater for underground cabling, keeping in line with the original design concept of the PV neighbourhood landscape. TM confirmed that the telecom poles are now all ready for use. The resident is to make the underground connection from the house to the nearest telecom pole ie from point A to point C as shown in the diagram below.
Note that some houses may not have existing underground provision from point A to point B, which may therefore require additional works to be done. To get connected, TM advises the following:
Step 1: To make a survey of connecting from house (point A) to nearest pole (point C), contact telecom contractor JKH (Mr Bong) at 019 8847020. It also makes sense that nearby neighbours group together given that underground cabling/trunking works can potentially be shared. Based on survey, resident will be given estimated cost by contractor.
Step 2: Once ready to proceed, go to Telecom Malaysia to make formal application and for installation works to commence. Contact person at Telecom Malaysia if you encounter difficulty: Mr Tahamat 0138378787 / 085 418558.
Good luck! Please do share your experience with the rest.
Fixed line telephone connection (and that also means Streamyx broadband) has arrived in Prima Villa!
Many would have noticed the installation of the telecom poles a few months ago. A couple of earlier birds have in fact become the first few houses that are now successfully connected to Telekom Malaysia fixed line network. However, apparently there has been some confusion at the local TM shop, several other residents' application were met with disappointment.
To clear up the matter, several residents met up today (29 Sept 2009) with a number of key personnel (Jafer, Kho and Abdullah) from Telecom Malaysia. Here is the story and some handy information on getting connected.
Prima Villa's fixed line network will cater for underground cabling, keeping in line with the original design concept of the PV neighbourhood landscape. TM confirmed that the telecom poles are now all ready for use. The resident is to make the underground connection from the house to the nearest telecom pole ie from point A to point C as shown in the diagram below.
Note that some houses may not have existing underground provision from point A to point B, which may therefore require additional works to be done. To get connected, TM advises the following:Step 1: To make a survey of connecting from house (point A) to nearest pole (point C), contact telecom contractor JKH (Mr Bong) at 019 8847020. It also makes sense that nearby neighbours group together given that underground cabling/trunking works can potentially be shared. Based on survey, resident will be given estimated cost by contractor.
Step 2: Once ready to proceed, go to Telecom Malaysia to make formal application and for installation works to commence. Contact person at Telecom Malaysia if you encounter difficulty: Mr Tahamat 0138378787 / 085 418558.
Good luck! Please do share your experience with the rest.
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