Protecting your home and your investment for the long term

To all PV residents,
a number of us (Larrie, Alex, Allex, Fred, Penn, David) and thanks to Alex of lot 28 for coordinating, have convened this afternoon to review the grave bank account situation and on the quality of the security services rendered by KPD. It is fact the quality of service have deteriorated and we are reviewing options and follow-up actions.

Payment
We would like to urge and remind all PV residents to update your payment - up to either June 2010 or prefereably to Dec 2010 - as these will greatly help to minimise the adminstration burden and more importantly to ensure we have sufficient funding to make longer term commitment to security service company.

Payment is RM100 a month. Bank account info, please refer to Michael previous mail or as posted on the PV blogsite here: http://prima-villa.blogspot.com/2009/10/payment-information.html

As highlighted by Michael, the bank account is now in deficit due to a back log of outstanding payments. We appreciate that most of us are busy and you may have overlooked this. The PV neighhourhood requires your full support to sustain its security service.

Quality of security service
The quality of service rendered by KPD has not met expectations set forth by the neighbourhood committee. We will be following up with KPD, but at the same time the commitee are already exploring other options including inquiry to other security service company, and we would welcome your suggestions and ideas you may have.

The security service at PV currently costs about RM 4000 per month, in order to hire 4 guards to establish 2 guards x 12 hour shifts. After adminstration, expenses, EPF, etc, we understand that each of the guards take home approx RM 700 to RM 800 per month. Assuming they get one day off per week, it works out that each guard earns about RM 2.8 per hour - that includes working the weekends and the night shifts! With such salary, it is not difficult to understand why there is such a high turnover of security staff, and I hope this also sheds some light on the challenges of improving security service at PV.

Protecting your home and your investment for the long term
It should be of little doubt by now that PV is well regarded in Miri as one of better neighbourhoods to live. Whether it is actually a safer neighhourhood is quite another matter, but the entrance with the security guards and the barrier probably helps to enhance it's image, or at best, probably help deterred petty crimes.

The fact is that when the security funding runs out, the security service will stop. And after that, it will only be a matter of time that the security house deteriorates, the barriers will be gone and the committee will disperse. If i were a shrewd investor, I know what I'd be doing with my PV property before the neighbourhood loses its "shine".

There are 200 individual plots in neighhourbood, and when fully developed there will be somewhere in the region of 175 bungalow houses (some with multiple plots). Without even knowing how Prima Villa will shape up, most of us made the right decision and took a fair amount of risk to decide to invest in a property here. Right now, PV is already a great place to live but has great potential to be even a better and safer neighbourhood - but it will require all of the PV residents and owners (even though you may not live here yet) to make the right choice now. I hope it is obvious enough that a decision to contribute to the security fund will not only serve to protect your home, but to protect your investment in the longer run.

These last paragraphs are for those that may yet be fully convinced about contributing to the security fund. You decision, and the collective decision of all residents today, can set things in motion to help make PV progressively a better and safer place to live. When the neighhourhood grows, it is hoped that we will be able to grow the fund so that we can tackle other neighbourhood improvement projects such as landscaping etc for the benefits of all residents.

I apology that this is a rather long email, but thanks for reading if you get this far. Views expressed are entirely mine, and if you find errors in my maths or my logic above, I would love to hear from your. Thanks.

For older stuff go to: http://prima-villa.blogspot.com

Kind regards,
Richard Kho

Email from Michael Tiong (Treasurer) dated 10th March 2010

Dear fellow neighbours,

Greetings! I wish to inform that our neighbourhood watch security fund (PVNC account) is having negative balance after the payment of February 2010 security fee to KPD.

This could possibly because some of our fellow neighbours have overlook the payment for the monthly security fee (as some was paying few months in advance). Therefore, on behalf of PVNC committee, I wish to urge and remind our fellow neighbours to check your last submission of security fee, it will be glad if you may submit the overdue amount soon to cover the neighbourhood’s security expenses.

Please take note , the half-yearly advance payment (RM100 X 6 months = RM600) can be accepted. Please bank in to PVNC accounts:

If you have any question or inquiry please contact us.

Thank you for your attention and your prompt action will be appreciated.

Best Regards
Michael C. L. Tiong
P. O. Box 1881
98008. Miri, Sarawak,
Malaysia.

Survey Form to Collect Statistics

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!

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

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).

How many houses are there in Prima Villa?

Do you know that ...
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:

• 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.