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DTRA AGM 2010-03-28

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE 12th Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held on SUNDAY 28. March 2010 at 8:30 pm at the De Tropicana Condominium Multi Purpose Hall for the following purpose:

兹通知本协会第十二届常年大会定于 2010 年 3 月28 日星期天晚上 8 点半在居民会堂举行。

1. To confirm Minutes of 11th AGM 2009 held on 22.03.2009
覆准前期第十...一届常年大会纪录 （22.03.2009)

2. To receive the Chairman’s Report and Financial Statement for the year ended 31 December 2008
接纳 2008/09 年度主席报告

3. To receive Treasurer's Report & Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2009.
接纳财政报告与账目 （ 2009 年 12 月 31 日终结账）

4. To elect new Committee Members for 2010
推选 2010 年度新委员

5. To transact any other business for the due notice has to be submitted to the Association latest by 21 March 2010.
处理其他事项 （须於 2010 年 3 月21 日前提呈於协会）

By Order of the Association
Dated : 11 March 2010

(Banie) Chin Yen Foo 陈元虎
Chairman 主席

(Oscar) Beh Kok Siang 马国祥
Secretary 秘书

DTRA 11th Blood Donation 17 JAN 2010

Date: 17 Jan 2010, Sunday
Time: 10 am – 4 pm
Venue: Multipurpose Hall,
De Tropicana Condominium,
Jalan 2/116B,
Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park


日期：2010年1月17日 星期日
时间：早上10点 至 下午4点
地点：De Tropicana 礼堂


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DTRA 10th Blood Donation 19 JUL 2009

Date: 19 Jul 2009, Sunday
Time: 10 am – 4 pm
Venue: Multipurpose Hall,
De Tropicana Condominium,
Jalan 2/116B,
Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park


日期：2009年7月19日 星期日
时间：早上10点 至 下午4点
地点：De Tropicana 礼堂

Exercise Equipment 健身器材

BEFORE:


AFTER:


DTRA had purchased exercise equipment currently install beside swimming pool.
居协添购了健身器材，并安装在泳池边。

Influenza A(H1N1) 保护你自己

Jerebu 烟霾

DTRA 11th AGM 第十一届常年大会

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE 11th Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held on SUNDAY 22nd. March 2009 at 8:30 pm at the De Tropicana Condominium Multi Purpose Hall for the following purpose:
兹通知本协会第十一届常年大会定于 2009 年 3 月22 日星期天晚上 8 点半在居民会堂举行。

1. To confirm Minutes of 10th AGM 2008 held on 20.04.2008
覆准前期第十届常年大会纪录 （20.04.2008)
2. To receive the Chairman’s Report and Financial Statement for the year ended 31 December 2008
接纳 2008/09 年度主席报告
3. To receive Treasurer's Report & Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2008.
接纳财政报告与账目 （ 2008 年 12 月 31 日终结账）
4. To elect new Committee Members for 2009
推选 2009 年度新委员
5. To transact any other business for the due notice has to be submitted to the Association latest by 15th March 2009.
处理其他事项 （须於 2009 年 3 月15 日前提呈於协会）

DTRA 9th Blood Donation 11 JAN 2009

Date: 11 Jan 2009, Sunday

Time: 10 am – 4 pm

Venue: Multipurpose Hall,

De Tropicana Condominium,

Jalan 2/116B,

Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park

日期：2009年1月11日 星期日

时间：早上10点 至 下午4点

地点：De Tropicana 礼堂

2009 Chinese New Year Party

Gong Xi Fa Chai

春 节 贺 岁

正月初十三 星期六 晚上 七点半
7-Feb-2009, Saturday 7:30 pm

All are Welcomed

公开活动 – 欢迎大家参与

• Karaoke - 唱卡拉 OK
• Lion Dance Show - 舞狮表演
• Line Dance Show -排舞表演
• Display Show -精彩表演

DTRA 2009 Members Only - 开放于2009年居民协会会员

• Lucky Draw 幸运抽奖
• Members Games 游戏

星洲日报：发展商擅申请管理权，陈元虎促房地部检讨法令

Blood Donation Drive on 6th July 2008

De Tropicana Condo Resident Association ( DTRA ) and National Blood Centre jointly organised the 8th blood donative drive at the condo Multi Purpose hall on Sunday 6th July 2008 from 10am to 4pm.The response from the public was more than the residents with 63 registered donors but only 53 qualified to donate. The next drive will be held next year January 2009.

By YHF yeo-innocreative.blogspot.com

DTRA 8th Blood Donation Drive 捐血活动

De Tropicana Condo Resident Association(DTRA) and Pusat Darah Negara ( National Blood Centre) will jointly organise the 8th Blood Donation Drive as described below:

捐血活动

Date: 6th July 2008 ( Sunday )
Time: 10am to 4pm

Venue: De Tropicana Condominium Multi Purpose Hall
Jalan 2/116B, Off Jalan Kuchai Lama,
58200 Kuala Lumpur.
(Opposite Golden Sun Restaurant)

Dear Potential Donors:
1) Please have at least 6 hours of sleep before donating.
2) Refrain from taking alcohol 1 day before donating.

YOU GIVE...THEY LIVE...

De Tropicana Condo Family Day

De Tropicana Condo Family Day
Sunday, 29 June 2008

Swimming / 游泳比赛
50 meter breaststroke-age 7-8
50 meter breaststroke age 9-10
50 meter breaststroke age 11-12
50 meter freestyle age 13-15
100 meter family relay (parent and child below age 12)
七至八岁 蛙式 五十米 。
九至十岁 蛙式 五十米。
十一至十二岁 蛙式 五十米。
十三至十五岁 自由式 五十米。
亲情游泳项目 开放式 一百米。 (年龄：成人无限， 小孩十二岁以下）

Family Games / 有奖游戏
Game A - Puzzle (Family) 拼图
Game B – Ping Pong Ball (Parent and Child below 7) 兵乓球

Children Art Competition /儿童绘画比赛
Category A – Coloring (Age 5-7)
Category B - Drawing and Coloring (Age 8-12)
A组 五至七岁 填颜色。
B组 八至十二岁 彩画。

Medical Qi Gong Show By Master Lawrance Tan
医疗气功 由陈金狮师父表演

Please contact / 请联络：
Ms. Jacqueline (019-365-7732),
ms. Megan (012-218-8628),
Mr. Sam Lim (017-683-4688),
Mr. Chong (012-347-8128)
Registration at DTRA Room (near lift 6) every Friday / Saturday / Sun 8:30pm-10:30pm. Closing date 22 June 08
报名处：居协会所( 6号电梯底楼)， 每逢星期五、六、日，
晚上八点半至十点半。截止日期：6月22日

2008.06.01 Tear Poster

One guy spotted tearing poster in lift 2, going from level G to level 9 at 11.30am.
Video in youtube.

KL City Plan 2020

According to KL City Plan 2020, development around De Tropicana Condo:
1. Balai Bomba (beside our condo!!)
2. Balai Polis (infront of KK Minimart)
3. Surau
4. Temple
5. School
6. New Road (Interchange on KL-PutraJaya Highway)

More info visit, http://klcityplan2020.dbkl.gov.my/

Flood 闪电水灾 21-05-2008

There was heavy rain this afternoon around 4pm. The water rush from the construction site opposite De Tropicana Condo and flooded the main road and our guard house. DBKL is doing a good job on upgrading the drain beside the highway. However, the developer still does not have proper drainage system and causing flood. Some vehicle park at road side damaged.

今天下午四时倾盆大雨，大量泥水从对面的发展商涌入马路，造成马路淹水。至于大道方面，市政府，已经提升排水沟。由此可见，发展商还是没有恰当的排水系统。

More Photo: http://picasaweb.google.com/detropicana/Flood21May2008

Swimming Class 游泳课程

Individual Swimming Class starting June 2008

Every Monday to Friday from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
RM 70 per month, 1 hour session weekly.
Please contact : Charlie (016-2722-102)

游泳课程 (6月开课)

一对一授课
每次1小时，每星期 1 次。
学费：每个月RM70
时间：星期一至五，6-7pm。

有兴趣者，请联络： Charlie (016-2722-102)

NST: Opinion: Apartment owners trapped in a limbo

©New Sunday Times
by Lee Siew Lian

Pitfalls await unwary apartment owners now that they are starting to manage their own common properties, writes LEE SIEW LIAN

APARTMENT owners are trapped in the middle of a roiling dispute over who should control the lucrative business of property management.

With an estimated RM600 million in annual fees at stake, the long-standing battle has left owners in a bind over who to appoint to help run and maintain their communal properties once they take over from developers.

While the two groups of property players slug it out, state governments are dithering over who to appoint as building commissioners, the officials who should be best placed to decide on the issue.

This leaves the country's 1.2 million apartment owners with little guidance over what to do and few safety nets to catch them if they make a mistake.

Because regulation of this industry is inadequate and dotted with loopholes, apartment owners are now exposed to major risks, including financial disaster.

"It's a daunting and confusing task," says Veronica Gan, president of the Bangsar Heights Residents Association, which will soon form their own management corporation.

"What we need are some guidelines on the best practices to adopt or how to negotiate. The only material we have is from the House Buyers Association, but it's not really enough."

"There are many pitfalls during this transition period," says Chang Kim Loong, honorary secretary-general of the national HBA, "But no one's looking out for the consumers."

Thousands of joint management bodies (JMBs) were supposed to have been set up this year, giving owners of flats, apartments and condominiums a say, together with developers, in how subdivided properties are run.

JMBs are interim bodies for the years before strata titles are issued and owners' management corporations (MCs) set up to take over from developers.

One of their biggest responsibilities will be to appoint someone to manage their common property, from the grounds and lifts to corridor lighting and swimming pools.

Almost overnight, a huge and lucrative industry has opened up.

"If unit owners paid an average of RM50 in monthly maintenance charges, it would mean RM50 million a month, RM600 million a year," says Kumar Tharmalingam, secretary-general of the International Real Estate Federation (Fiabci), in Asia Pacific.

The Board of Valuers, a statutory regulator, says owners should appoint only property managers that it has registered. But a lobby group, the VAEA Joint Action Group, insists that there is no such restriction.

The VAEA refers to the Valuers, Appraisers and Estate Agents Act 1981, the statute that governs the board.

The Joint Action Group has players from different industries as members, ranging from the Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda) to apartment management corporations and the Associated Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCCIM). Fiabci Malaysia, which Tharmalingam used to head, is also part of the group.

The group reads the law differently and asserts that by definition under two other Acts, the owner bodies and corporations escape the effects of the Valuers Act.

They claim the two Acts -- the Strata Titles Act 1985 and the Building and Common Property (Maintenance and Management) Act 2007 -- allow owners' committees to appoint what they call managing agents.

"Anyone with the right experience and ability can be a managing agent. JMBs and MCs can appoint any one they see fit to manage their properties," says Datuk Teo Chiang Kok, See Hoy Chan director.

Their problem with the Valuers Act is that it effectively allows only registered valuers to become property managers. They say this makes the property management industry a monopoly for just a few hundred registered valuers.

"But it is the free market that should decide," Teo says.

Board of Valuers president Datuk Abdullah Thalith Md Thani says anyone involved in managing and maintaining property should be properly regulated and well-qualified.

"I want to open up registration to anyone who is interested. It's a misunderstanding."

He says he had proposed to amend the Valuers Act, but intense resistance from developers and other property players forced him to drop the matter. Thalith is president by virtue of his post of director-general of the Valuation Department under the Ministry of Finance.

Thalith agrees with most industry players that the Act's provisions for regulating property managers are inadequate, and enforcement patchy.

But he worries that those who appoint the so-called managing agents could be courting financial disaster arising from mistakes, negligence and dishonesty. Those registered under the Act would be required to obtain professional indemnity insurance, he points out.

The HBA, a voluntary organisation which represents home owners, agrees owners are exposed even if these unregistered managing agents had adequate indemnity insurance.

Chang, who is honorary secretary, argues that the insurer could repudiate liability and refuse to pay up since the managing agent is not a legitimate property manager registered with the Board of Valuers.

Indeed, the same could happen to owner bodies themselves, the JMBs and MCs, he says.

"The relevant statutory provisions do include prosecutions and the right to sue, but this is hardly any protection at all to owners. There are too few preventive measures." The HBA favours tighter regulation and compulsory licensing of property managers. "Lives and properties are entrusted to their care, control and management," Chang says.

He also urges the board to grant amnesty to competent but unregistered property managers, to encourage them to register.

"It's similar to the drive that was extended to unlicensed real estate agents some years ago."

Fiabci's Tharmalingam agrees, saying the board has, by inaction, allowed unlicensed property managers to flourish for 20 years: "They now have the right to exist."

A valuer by profession, he goes even further to say the JMBs and MCs should also be registered. Registering these owner bodies would offer a safety net to individual unit owners, he explains: "Those who serve in the (executive) committees have a responsibility for the (financial) performance of the JMBs and MCs. If the board is prepared to regulate property managers, then it should take responsibility for the JMBs and MCs too."

The problem is the laws governing stratified properties have been drafted and amended piecemeal, leaving loopholes that expose apartment owners, Tharmalingam claims.

"It's a solvable problem, but cooler heads must prevail."


NST 4 May 2008
http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/opinions/comments/opinion_apartment_owners_trapped_in_a_limbo.html

Cheque Ready for 24 December 2007 Flood Claims 水灾赔偿支票

Car owners who has completed their claims for flood damages during the flood on 24 December 2007, please be at De Tropicana Condo, Karaoke Room (near lift 6) on Wednesday 7th May 2008 (8.00pm – 10.00pm) to collect your cheques.

敬请已完成十二月廿四日水灾赔偿手续的车主前来领取支票。
日期：2008 年 5 月 7 日 （星期三）
晚上 8.00 pm – 10.00pm
地点：居民协会会所
（底楼 6 号电梯前）

News: Drive Carefully

Recently few accidents happend around De Tropicana area:

1. KL-Putrajaya Highway before Kuchai Lama exit 21 & 24 April 2008.

2. Several accidents at traffic light under KL Putrajaya, beside De Tropicana Condo. Please watch out for the car coming from Sri Petaling.

Residents are urge to pay extra attention when driving pass the above mention area.

Activity: Tenis Clinic 10 May 2008

One Day Tennis Clinic

1. Forehand (grip and execution of shot)
2. Backhand (single or doube handed shot)
3. The Volley
4. The Overhead smash
5. The Serve

Students aged 8-12 years old.

Date/Time : 10 May 2008 (Saturday) 8.30 to 12.00 noon
Place : De Tropicana Condo Tennis Court
Fees : RM 35

Please contact : En Aznel 019-6938-538 before 3 May2008
All Are Welcomed.

It was on 14 Oct 2005, we already foresee this... "New Project Worries Residents"

It was two years ago. We voiced our concern about the new development. It prove our instinct are correct... correct... correct..

两年前的旧闻，但值得我们深思。

OB

THE STAR, 14-Oct-2005, METRO, Page 8.

New project worries residents

A NEW development project in Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park is worrying residents of that neighbourhood. Plans are in the pipeline for a 17-storey service apartment, a five-storey car park and a two-storey office block to be built right along a busy main road.

Jalan 2/116B, Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park off Jalan Kelang Lama is not just a busy road; motorists from nearby areas like Happy Garden, Sri Petaling and Taman OUG use it to head to the town centre.

The residents believe that once the project is approved, the development, which fronts the De Tropicana condominium, will add to the already serious traffic problem in the neighbourhood.
Residents of De Tropicana condominium recently got together to voice their concerns over the matter.

Its residents' association chairman, Banie Chin, said the notice board informing residents of the project was only recently put up.

“According to the board put up by City Hall at the proposed site, we have only two weeks to voice our objections and that's just not fair as it is too short a time,” he said.

“The main concern here is that the area is already congested with little parking space and traffic is bad,” Chin added.

Resident Patrick Dewin said he had no problem with development but felt that the authorities concerned should get their priorities right.

“If they plan to develop a particular area, they should ensure that the facilities provided are adequate,” he said.

“As it is, Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park is congested, there is insufficient parking space, traffic is a constantnightmare and most importantly, we don’t even have a park,” he said.

Another resident, Yeo Heng Fo, said the neighbourhood had no recreation area.
“What we need is more parks or green area rather than more condos,” he said, adding that the nearest park was eight kilometres away in Bukit Jalil.

Long-time resident Geoffrey Ho said City Hall should study the population density of an area before approving any development project.
“Jalan 2/116B is a main road and even now it is congested during peak hours.
“De Tropicana Condo has 540 units and only 60 car parking bays, which is hardly sufficient,” he said.

Chin, who is also the Barisan Nasional Information head for Seputeh constituency, said he would be compiling an objection letter to be submitted to the mayor and City Hall's planning department.

When contacted for comments, a City Hall public relations department spokesman said only that they were looking into the matter.

http://aplikasi.kpkt.gov.my/akhbar.nsf/8521d968204e8b454825697400224ca6/3dfac1944837c75f4825709a000bb210?OpenDocument&TableRow=2.1#2.

Notice of 10th AGM 2008 年第十届常年大会通告

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 10th Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held on SUNDAY, 20th APRIL 2008 at 8.00p.m. at the Residents' Community Hall for the following purposes:
兹通知本协会第十届常年大会定于 2008 年 4 月20 日星期天晚上 8 点在居民会堂举行。

1. To confirm Minutes of 9th AGM 2007 held on 25.03.07
覆准前期第九届常年大会纪录 （25.03.07)
2. Strata Title Status
3. To receive the Chairman's Report 2007/08
接纳 2007/08 年度主席报告
4. To receive Treasurer's Report & Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2007.
接纳财政报告与账目 （ 2007 年 12 月 31 日终结账）
5. To elect new Committee Members for 2008
推选 2008 年度新委员
6. To transact any other business for the due notice has to be submitted to the Association latest by 12th April 2008.
处理其他事项 （须於 2008 年 4 月12 日前提呈於协会）

By Order of the Association


Yeo Heng Foo
Secretary

Dated : 21th March 2008

Note:
1. Only members who have renewed their membership for 2008 are eligible to attend and vote at the Meeting.
仅有已缴纳 2008 年会员捐之协会会员可参加会议与投票。
2. NO PROXY WILL BE ENTERTAINED AT THEN AGM.

News: KL-Putrajaya Flood 隆布大道天桥底下水灾

15th, There was a heavy rain today in the evening. The KL-Putrajaya highway drainaige system overflow, causing massive mud water, branches and stones to flow into the traffic light area of the KL-Putrajaya Highway. The entrance to Salak South under the highway also affected by the water. Water raise about 2 feet, disrupt traffic flow.

15日，今天近傍晚时分下了一场豪雨，隆布大道的排水系统不胜负荷，导致大量泥水、树枝及石头流向De Tropicana旁的天桥底下以及Salak South入口。水深一度高达两尺，令交通中断。

More Photo 更多照片： http://picasaweb.google.com/detropicana/20080415HighwayFlood

OB

News: Drain System Upgrade 提升排水系统

DBKL currently upgrade drain system under the KL-Putrajaya Highway.

市政府正在提升隆布大道天桥的排水系统。

More Photo 更多照片: http://picasaweb.google.com/detropicana/154O8

HARIAN METRO: Panik air naik mendadak

03/04/2008
KUALA LUMPUR: Hujan lebat luar biasa hampir tiga jam semalam sudah cukup untuk meresahkan warga kota berikutan beberapa kawasan rendah ditenggelami banjir kilat, selain kejadian tanah runtuh di sekitar Lembah Klang.

Penduduk mendakwa hujan lebat yang bermula kira-kira jam 3 petang dan berlanjutan lebih dua jam itu menyebabkan mereka panik apabila air naik mendadak sehingga paras paha.

Penghuni Kondominium De Tropicana, Jalan Kuchai Lama di sini, mendakwa kejadian banjir lumpur yang berlaku semalam berpunca pembinaan lebuh raya yang menghubungkan Kuala Lumpur ke Putrajaya tidak mempunyai sistem perparitan sempurna.

Pengerusi Persatuan Penduduk kondominium berkenaan, Chin Yen Foo, berkata banjir lumpur yang berlaku kali ini adalah yang terburuk sejak kejadian pertama 24 Disember tahun lalu.

“Kali ini, empat kenderaan yang diletakkan di aras bawah rosak kerana gagal dibawa keluar.

“Hujan hanya dua jam saja sudah cukup untuk meresahkan kami kerana masing-masing sibuk menyelamatkan kenderaan.

“Kejadian ini berpunca daripada pembinaan lebuh raya kerana mereka tidak membuat sistem perparitan sempurna,” katanya ketika ditemui di tempat kejadian, semalam.

Difahamkan pihak pengurusan kondominium terbabit terpaksa membuat laluan alternatif bagi membolehkan air mengalir keluar ke longkang 100 meter dari kondominium itu.

Tinjauan Harian Metro di sekitar kawasan itu mendapati kesan kelodak jelas kelihatan memenuhi setiap penjuru kondominium terbabit.

Beberapa pekerja dilihat sibuk membersihkan kelodak menggunakan pili bomba dan dikatakan mengambil masa tiga hari untuk membersihkan keseluruhan tingkat bawah kondominium itu.

http://www.hmetro.com.my/Current_News/myMetro/Thursday/Setempat/20080403093847/Article/index_html

星洲日報：隆市局派員觀察水災後無行動‧舊古仔路公寓居民不滿

公寓居民攜老帶幼地到導致水災的渠道前，抗議政府當局沒有及時為他們解決水災問題。（圖：星洲日報）

（吉隆坡）舊古仔路“De Tropicana”公寓的居民不滿大馬大道局及吉隆坡市政局於4月3日派官員到公寓附近觀察水災情況後，卻沒有採取任何補救行動，因而舉牌抗議當局未及時解決水災問題。

公寓居民協會主席陳元虎說，繼去年12月24日的閃電水災後，公寓在4月2日再次面臨第二次的洪水來襲，但有關當局卻沒有採取實際行動，以監督及解決這個天災問題。

陳元虎也是馬華直轄區公共投訴局副主任，他譴責吉隆坡市政局批準發展商任意在該公寓附近大興土木，卻忽略建設完善的排水系統，導致處於低窪區的公寓居民，在大雨後面對閃電水災的侵襲。

洪水破壞車輛

“第一次水災時，洪水忽然大量流入公寓前的主要道路和停車場，破壞了45輛車；第二次有10輛車損壞，水災後還留下滿地爛泥，令居民非常難受。”

他說，吉隆坡市政局的發展計劃不應為居民帶來麻煩的後遺癥，並吁請聯邦直轄區部前來考察水災地區，以制定長期性的解決水災方案。

同時，公寓旁的綜合商業中心發展商，也派出代表和居民商討水災問題和解決方法。

發展商代表鄭來生表示，他們也是洪水受害者之一，並向居民承諾將盡本份，提昇建筑工地的排水系統，以確保雨水被導向主要排水道，而不是流向公寓和工地，導致閃電水災。

陳元虎：政府發展商有責建設完善排水系統

陳元虎週六（5日）早上連同發展商代表，以及受水災影響的公寓居民，到該公寓不遠的溝渠巡視，以瞭解導致閃電水災的主因。

他說，4月2日的水災，是因為附近位於高地的隆布大道，以及發展區的排水系統不完善，導致兩個地區的排水流入該公寓附近的渠道，但有關渠道的設計卻無法容納及排出洪水。

“溝渠水應該被導向靠近公寓的蓄水池，再流入主要排水道，可是雨水太多了，池內的雨水不但未排出，還逆向流出來地面，然後湧入公寓。”

他說，公寓居民被逼自救，自資為部份溝渠進行填土，以防洪水再次被有關溝渠導向公寓，而引發閃電水災。

他強調，政府當局及發展商有責任為居民建設完善排水系統，以便及時解決當地的天災問題。



晴朗天氣下的排水系統，仍然出現“急流”狀況。（圖：星洲日報）





陳元虎（左，蹲者）指出，高山區的排水大量湧入該渠道，引發水災問題。（圖：星洲日報）





大量的積水從高山區流下，淹沒低窪區的渠道。（圖：星洲日報）

http://mykampung.sinchew.com.my/node/29805?tid=6

南洋商报：陈元虎：耗14亿建大道 却不建完善排水系统

陈元虎说，在发生了第一次水灾之后，居民都预算大道局及市政厅会拟定长期的解决方案，但是却事与愿违，令居民再一次受害。

他也抨击政府可以花14亿令吉兴建一条大道，但是却不愿花钱建设完善的排水系统，令附近居民受害，这是说不过去的。

他说，就因隆不大道没完善的排水系统，下雨时大量的雨水都会流向发展工地，加上市政厅也批准了上游另一项发展计划，排水系统也是接到同一条沟渠，汇集在工地旁边的沟渠，导致沟渠无法负荷，而倒流工地，继而涌向公寓。

他指出，为求自保，发展商已经把隆布大道衔接至工地的排水沟堵住，以免三度遭遇水灾。

他也说，如果当局依然不闻不问，没有采取积极行动，居协将带领居民到大道局及市政厅抗议。

http://www.nanyang.com/index.php?ch=8&pg=15&ac=830595

南洋商报：不满两次水灾没受正视 鸿图园De Tropicana民抗议

（吉隆坡5日讯）旧古仔路鸿图园De Tropicana公寓居民不满大道局及吉隆坡市政厅没有正视该公寓所遭遇的水灾问题，在两次水灾之后都没有采取即时行动，因而展开抗议行动。

同时，居民也恫言，如果当局还是对他们的心声无动于衷，将会把抗议行动升级，集体到大道局及市政厅纠察，以求当局正视他们3个月来两度遭遇水灾的困境。

从没发生过水灾

居民表示，该公寓已经有10年之久，过去从没有发生过水灾，但是自从吉隆坡－布城大道开辟后，加上该区两个发展计划，令居民饱受无妄之灾。

该公寓前后遭遇两次水灾，已经导致至少55辆汽车遭殃，居民须自掏腰包修理，损失惨重。

同时，现在居民也处于闻雨色变的惊恐之中，不知道第三次的水灾会在几时发生，因此希望当局能够立刻采取行动，解决他们的问题。

该公寓居民协会主席陈元虎指出，虽然在公寓管理层的致函下，大道局及市政厅在昨天（4日）都有派员到来与管理层及居协对话，但是会上却以各种藉口推卸责任，也不接受居民所提出的各种解决问题方案，毫无诚意可言。

他说，经历了两次水灾过后，当局都没有采取任何积极行动来解决问题，这令居民感到非常失望。 “当然还有公寓对面的发展计划发展商，也要负责任，我们要求该公司能够尽快改善工地外的排水系统，以便容纳大量的雨水。”

他是星期六带领一众居民到隆布大道举行抗议行动后，在记者会上如是指出。

出席者包括居协顾问邓水木、财政李宝宝、发展商代表郑先生、工程顾问纪玉和、公寓管理公司经理林志明等。

http://www.nanyang.com/index.php?ch=8&pg=15&ac=830593

中国报：公寓停車場又浸水

舊古仔路鴻圖園DE Tropicana公寓再度遭洪水侵襲，超過10輛車遭殃，所幸管理層從去年12月水災中取得經驗，在發現洪水高漲時即拉響警報，提醒居民把停放在底層的車輛移至高處，避免損失嚴重。


舊古仔路鴻圖園DE Tropicana公寓再度遭洪水侵襲，管理層派員清洗停車場。

水災是在下午4時許發生，當時下著傾盆大雨，泥漿從對面的發展工地不斷湧向位于低窪的公寓，水深約2尺之高。

馬華聯邦直轄區公共投訴局兼公寓居協主席陳元虎指出，這是繼去年12月24日，聖誕節前夕后，第二次發生水災，所幸管理層發現情況不妙，即馬上提醒居民移車，同時把公寓停車場的主要排水喉打開，讓洪水得以更快流入大路的主要溝渠，避免水質持續漲高。


大道排水系統欠佳

泥漿從對面的發展工地不斷湧向位于低窪的公寓。

他說，根據觀察，洪水是因為吉隆坡布城大道排水系統欠佳所導致。

“因為該大道排水系統銜接至對面的發展工地，而有關工程排水系統無法符合突然其來的大量洪水，續而流入公寓。”

他也非議吉隆坡市政廳在上次水災之后，沒有徹底進行清理工作，把阻塞在公寓外的溝渠淤泥給清理干淨，所以在今天豪雨中，溝渠水倒流進入公寓，加劇水災情況。

因此，他認為，這次事件市政廳及大道局都必須負上責任，包括市政廳應指示發展公司有完善的排水系統，大道局也應該指示布城大道公司建設完善的排水系統，以避免影響附近的居民。

他說，就這起的水災，他將會致函是市政廳及大道局反映此問題，並且要求舉行一項四造會議，包括市政廳、大道局、公寓管層及發展商，商討解決方案。

此外，發展商代表鄭先生指出，該公司也是其中的受害者，因為布城大道的排水系統把大量的雨水引入工地，導致該工地也水淹5尺高，續而流入公寓。

他將會致函市政廳，要求該局指示檢討布城大道的排水系統。

他說，在上次的水災中，他們還不瞭解洪水的源頭在哪裡，可是經過一輪觀察，他們發現洪水是來自布城大道。

“所以，這件事應該由此大道公司負上責任。”

此外，他也答應安排工人協助公寓管理層清洗停車場。

http://www.chinapress.com.my/content_new.asp?dt=2008-04-03&sec=local&art=0403lk00.txt

中国报：豪雨後多處淹水、雪隆交通大癱瘓

（吉隆坡2日訊）一場大雨擾亂雪隆秩序，多處淹水令交通癱瘓，市內多條主要大路嚴重阻塞！

自精明隧道啟用后，吉隆坡已鮮少發生水災，惟最近雨水量偏高，連日來午后經常下起雷雨，導致水災情況再度出現。

雪隆今日約下午3時開始下起傾盆大雨，吉隆坡市中心首當其衝，城中城一帶開始積水，加上已接近下班的車流量高峰時段，市內開始出現車龍。

東西連貫大道兩邊車道皆出現長長的車龍，引起市民怨聲載道。

市民怨聲載道

另外，舊古仔路鴻圖園De Tropicana公寓，也在大雨來擊的約一句鐘內，底層停車場被水淹沒高達2呎，所幸在各造的通力合作下，雨水被緊急疏通，35輛車僥倖逃過水劫，惟有10輛車被水淹壞。

數輛轎車冒險涉水經過淹水已深的馬路，結果一半的車身都已浸在水里。

蕉賴區方面，各條通往蕉賴的主要大道包括東西連貫大道及陸佑路等，皆在大雨後5時許開始阻塞，車子寸步難行。

蕉賴路萬年花園前部分路段，由于路肩旁的低窪處嚴重積水，一條車道被淹沒，路過車輛紛紛放慢速度，加劇塞車情況。

此外，武吉加里爾園坵5間木屋及一間淡小也慘被洪水淹至4呎高，其中兩間更被倒下的大樹壓毀，所幸無人傷亡。

約20名居民被突如其來的情況嚇個措手不及，來不及把屋內的家俱及電器移走，紛紛被水淹壞，損失慘重。

有關地區向來是淹水黑區，多年以來已發生逾10次水災，此次為今年內的第3次。

雪州方面，蒲種數區也出現淹水情況，其中以金鑾鎮及蒲種路一帶較為嚴重，金鑾軍營內組屋區底層被水淹至近3呎，交通大受影響，引起市民怨聲載道。

http://www.chinapress.com.my/content_new.asp?dt=2008-04-03&sec=local&art=0403lk00.txt

星洲日報：一場豪雨隆靈又水災‧蒲種肇土崩情況嚴重

雪隆 2008-04-03 13:36
（吉隆坡）週三（2日）午4時下起的一場豪雨，造成隆靈低窪地區又發生閃電水災，蒲種金鑾第三區商業區和蒲種路六英里半的武吉加里爾園坵情況較嚴重，不少地區被淹，且發生土崩事件。

蒲種金鑾第三區商業區經常一雨成災，週三（2日）午仍逃不過水劫，水淹數呎高，遭殃的業主無不怨聲載道。

同時，武吉加里爾園坵在上個月大選前曾遭水劫，週三（2日）午再遭“水劫”，而且情況更嚴重。消拯局也接到土崩的投報，並派員到現場進行拯救工作。

吉隆坡市政局行動室週三（2日）傍晚受詢說，這場大雨使常見的黑區發生閃電水災，不過災情並不嚴重，行動室尚未接獲嚴重的水災情報。

市區多要道積水

據隆市交警行動室說，市區內多條要道都出現積水，影響整個市區的交通，幾乎每條要道都在塞車。

發生閃電水災的要道包括沙叻秀大道及舊古仔路，只有重型車輛冒險涉水行駛。

其中在舊古仔路鴻圖園某座公寓停車場，也因為洪水入侵，水淹一度達2呎，形如一個大水池。

公寓居民指是附近大道工程的排水系統不完善，以致帶來水患，去年12月份也一度淹水。他們呼吁市政局正視及解決排水系統的問題。

靈市4區浸水

在靈市方面，八打靈再也市政廳水災行動室發言人說，發生閃電水災的地區有4區、8區及靠近舊巴生路的18區；市政廳已派員前往查看情況。

http://mykampung.sinchew.com.my/node/29545

光明日報：逾3小時豪雨‧隆市低窪地成澤國

（吉隆坡）一場逾時3小時的狂風豪雨造成隆市的低窪處成澤國，市區大部分主要道路都變成停車場般，車輛都動彈不得，一直到晚上10點交通仍未恢復正常，而聯邦公路往市區方向的車輛更是寸步難移。

據了解，這場豪雨於週三（2日）下午2點開始下，安邦路、舊古仔路、蒲种路、蕉賴路、陳秀蓮路、舊巴生路及金鑾鎮軍人宿舍等都一雨成災。

其中在蒲種路的武吉加里爾園丘不僅淹水達4呎，甚至還發生小土崩，造成一間淡米爾學校被滾滾黃泥沖入，需勞動消拯員使用大水管大力噴射，才能清除黃泥。

消拯指揮官阿末富玆在場指出，當局在下午5點50分接獲居民投報後，派出3輛消拯車和消拯員到場施救，3間木屋遭一棵不堪大風吹襲的大樹壓中，所幸屋內的居民已出外，沒有造成傷亡。

另外，在當地還有3間木屋也被突如其來的大水沖入，屋內的家具毀於一旦。

災黎表示，他們已在當地住了45年之久，期間共發生了10餘次水災，僅僅在今年就已發生了3次水災。

另一方面，隆市水災行動室發言人也指出，安邦路也發生倒樹事件，一輛轎車不幸遭大樹壓毀，而靠近蕉賴路的斯里沙巴組屋也發生大積水，適逢下班時段，因此造成嚴重塞車。

此外，在舊古仔路的鴻圖園De-Tropicana公寓停車場也有洪水湧入，事發時有超過20餘輛車停放在此，所幸水深達2呎，沒有造成車輛損壞。

光明日報‧2008.04.03
http://www.guangming.com.my/node/24460?tid=7

THE STAR: Residents want fast action to solve flood woes

By YIP YOKE TENG

RESIDENTS of De Tropicana Condominium in Kuchai Entrepreneur Park want the Kuala Lumpur City Hall, the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID), the Malaysian Highway Authority (MHA) and the developer of a nearby housing project to bring an end to the flooding problems there.

The carpark of the condominium was again inundated by floodwaters on Wednesday, causing damage to 10 cars.

It was the second time the occupants were affected by flash floods.

The first time occurred on Christmas Eve last year where 45 cars were damaged in floodwaters.
Seputeh Barisan Nasional information chief Banie Chin claimed that the poor drainage at the nearby construction sites of the KL-Putrajaya Highway and a housing project caused the floods.

“The drainage at these sites is not effective in diverting the rain water into the monsoon drain, so the bottleneck causes water to flow back into the condominium compound during downpours,” said Chin.

According to Chin, the rain started about 4pm in the area and the floodwater rose to 0.6m (2ft) by 5pm.

It took about two hours for the water to subside, leaving behind a chaotic scene.

“Fortunately, the condominium committee acted fast this time.

“They triggered the alarm early enough for occupants to remove their cars in time,” Chin said, adding that the committee also opened the manholes to drain the water.

The occupants were unhappy that the authorities did not rectify the problem efficiently when flash floods hit last year.

“The developer only diverted the drainage outlet so that floodwaters would not flow directly into the condominium.

“However, this incident shows that it was not a permanent solution to the problem,” he said.
Chin met City Hall and MHA the next day but was not satisfied with the outcome.

“The officials gave me standard answers, that they need to discuss with their superiors, get approvals and study the budget but we are talking about natural disasters now, how can they drag the issue?” he said.

“It is affecting the livelihood of residents and we want the authorities to act immediately,” he added.

Source: http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2008/4/5/central/20843652&sec=central

MANAGEMENT: Flood Emergency Procedures 水灾紧急措施

Dear Residents and tenants,

Due to recent flash floods, please follow the following emergency procedures:-

1. Upon hearing continuous alarm from the management office, immediately report / call the guard house (Security hotline: 016-9131302).
2. Please display your contact details on your car dassboard for security t contact you in case of emergencies.

Thank you for your kind attention.

From: Management Office - 04/04/2008

翻译：

由于水灾，请大家留意以下的紧急措施：-

1. 当听到管理处发出连续的警报，请联络警卫亭。热线：（016-9131302）。
2. 为了方便警卫在发生紧急事故时联络你，请在车镜内展示您的联络资料。

REQUEST: Flood Media 水灾照片、剪报

If you have photo, scanned newspaper, website etc, please email a copy to detropicana@gmail.com for display in this blog. Thank you.

请大家提供水灾照片、剪报。 请 email detropicana@gmail.com。
谢谢。

NOTICE: Protest agains fooding caused by opposite developements

Dear residents and tenants,

Please be informed that we will be organizing a picket in front of our condominium to protest against the poor drainage system of the opposite development which cause severe flooding to our condiminium.

Please come and support by gathering at:
Date: 5th April 2008 (Saturday)
Time: 10.00AM
Venue: Guard House

敬请居民踊跃出席，支持我们对水灾带来的不满。对有关方面传达我们的心声。让发展商、大道局、市政府改善排水系统，一次性的解决水灾问题。

上午十点，零八年四月五日（星期六）

PHOTO: Flood 水灾照片 (2 APR 2008)

Please visit http://picasaweb.google.com/detropicana to see more photo.

更多照片，包括圣诞节前夕首次大水灾，请到 http://picasaweb.google.com/detropicana。
2 April 2008 - 128 photo
24 Dec 2007 - 165 photo