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
Friday, July 17, 2009
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
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
Thursday, July 2, 2009
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。
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。
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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）
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）
Thursday, December 18, 2008
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
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
2009 Chinese New Year Party
春 节 贺 岁
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
- Lucky Draw 幸运抽奖
- Members Games 游戏
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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
Thursday, July 3, 2008
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...
Thursday, June 12, 2008
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
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
Monday, June 2, 2008
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.
Friday, May 23, 2008
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/
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
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)
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)
Sunday, May 4, 2008
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
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
Friday, May 2, 2008
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）
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）
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
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.
Monday, April 28, 2008
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.
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.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
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..
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.
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.
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