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Gemparjalan'rayamendapMPSJlantik
kontraktorkajipuncapembentukanlubangsedalamlima meterNUR
FARHANA
ABDUL MAHAN
PUCHONG-Menggempar-kan apabiIajalan di TamanKinrara Seksyen5/1
di sif1idi-katakan tiba-tiba mendap clanmembentukkawahbesarme-
nyebabkan laluan itu terpaksaditutup kepada pengguna ja-Ian~,
petangkehnarin.
Difahamkan, ketika ke-jadian cuaca baikclantiada se-bab yang
boleh mengakibat-kan Iubang selebar tiga meterdi tengah-tengah
jalan antaraclua pangsapuri di sini
men-jadimendapsehinggasedalamlima mete!:
Tmjauan Sinar Harlan ke
Iokasipada jam lOpagi,~-lam mendapati Iubang itu se-makin
membesar jika diban-dingkan dengan pemerhatian
diIakukan pada jam 1 pagihariyangsama.
Kejadian pada jam 2 pe-tang keImarin itu hinw kinimasih. behun
dapat dikenalpastipw1Cat1ya,namun MajlisPerl>andaran Subang
Jaya(MPSJ)melalui kontraktor di-lantikgiatmengkaji.
Penolong Pengarah (Ka-nan) Jabatan KejuruternanMPSJ,Ir
Mohd.ArifucldinKa-marl berkata, selepas mene-rima aduan berhubung
per-kara itu, pemantauandilakukan clan kontraktol' se-
get'!:lke tempat kejadian."Kita akan besarkan Iu-
bangclanmasukkanbatukeri-kil untuk melihat sarna
adaberlakupergerakan tanahatautidak di permukaan bawah.
"Majlis juga akan me-manggilbeberapaagensitel'-
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HockAunyangmeninjautem-pat kejadian awal pagi se-malam berkata,
MPSJharnsmelakukan kajian terperincimengenai kejadianitu.
f "Bagi penduduk, merekadisarankan menggunakan la-Iuan altematif
melalui Tan1all
Kinrara Seksyen 3 atau me-lalui Jalan Merbok untuk
keTan1allKinrara Seksyen5.
Ahli Dewan UndanganNegeri (Adun)Kinrara,TeresaKok Sub Simpula
belkata,pihaknya berharap kejadianhanya terhad di laluan itu
sa..
TeresaKok(dua.kanan)danHockAun(tengah)melihatIaIuanjaIanyangmendapdiJatanTaman
hajadantidakmengakibatkanKinraraSeksYeIl5disini, semalam.
kaWasanpersekitaran
Menurutnya,JabatanGeo-logi dan Mineral (GMG) per-Iu
dif>anggilmelakukan pe-mantauan bel'sama-sarna
kontraktor MPSJ mencaripunca bagaimana ia berlaku.
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masuk Indah Water Kon- kan kawasan terbabit adalah
sortium (IWK) clan Syarikat bekas kawasaniombong.BekalanAir
Selangor(Syabas) Katanya, pemerhatianuntuk mengenal pasti-punca
awal mendapati tiada penga-
kejadian7katanyamemaJdun\- !iranairbocol' di kawasan itu.
SINAR HARIANT
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"Iniadalal1kejadianperta-ma di siniclankitaharap iabu-kan
tanahjerlus;'katanya.
Sementara itu, Ketua Ba-hagian MCA, Datuk Wong
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Liu:ThosefoundmisusingallowanceswillbesackedSELANGOR Local
Governmentcommittee chairman Ronnie tiusaid that councillors found
with-out a servicecentre at their respec-tive zones will not have
their termrenewed.
Uu warned that those caughtcheating by "pocketing allowanc-es"
allocated for the rental ofpremises and salary for an
officeassistant would be sacked.
Uu said the state's policy onthe matter was very clear and
hecould not understand how thiscould be abused by the
council-lors.
He said it was only logical thatallowances for service
centreswere offered to those genuinelyoperating their own service
cen-tres with an employee.
"( do not see how a councillorcan be entitled to the allocation
ifhe or she does not even have acentre to serve the people in
theirareas.
"The allowance should only beoffered to those who have an
office in their zones and not out-side as it will not be
practical forpeople Jrom a certain area to goout of their way to
meet the coun-cilors," he said.
Uu said both the councils andthe councillors played an equalrole
in the setting up of the serv-ice centres.
He added that if the councilswere unableto offera
permanentpremises, they should facilitatefor the setting up of the
servicecentre at a strategic location asproposedby the
localrepresenta-tive.
"Thecouncil must ensure thatthe centres exist and are
activebefore paying the allowance tothe councilors.
"The local authorities mustkeepclosetabs on the councillorswho
are the representatives oftheir respective councils," hesaid.
On the lackof a standardprac-tice at all local authorities
per-taining to service centres for
councilors, Uu said: "It is difficultas each of the councils has
theirown challenges, strength andweaknesses."
He said there were variousissues that had to be taken
intoconsideration before a standardsystem was introduced.
"We must understand that notall the councils have the
samefinancial means in order to offerpermanent workplace and
thereare also areas where it was impos-sible to acquire such
premisesdue to cost," he said.
Uu said the most importantthing was that the councillorswere
reachable and served theirzones for the development of thecommunity
and its people.
In the past, he said, the council-lors were not even reachable
orseen working in their areas andpeople had no idea of who
theywere.
"That is why we have createdthe zone system, whereby
eachc£luncillor is required to work.
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with the people in the grass-roots.
"Now, the people onthe groundknow their councillors and theyare
also reachable on their mobilephones," he said, adding that
theircontact numbers were also avail-able in the council
websites.
While there is a need to makegradual changes and improve-ments,
Uu said, the introductionof the zones had helped both thelocal
authorities and the people.
He said the performance andthe efficiency of the local
authori-ties had improved by many foldsand the counciHorshad
contrib-uted their fair share towardsachieving this feat.
"We have come a long wayfrom a point where people hadlost their
faith in the localauthorities and) believe we wiUgradually
introduce a new sys-tem in the future in line with thestate's
vision of good gov~rn-ance and transparent policies,"he said
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In good condition: salimah'sservicecentreis fully equipped and
has a meetinghall.
notall of themhadservicecentres.He said he had received
numerouscom-
plaintsfromtheresidentswhoexpressedtheirdispleasureoverthe
inefficientserviceofferedby somecouncillors.
"Someevencomplainedthat thecouncillorsareneverseenin
theirareasandthat theyarefinding it increasinglydifficult to meet
thelocalrepresentatives.
"Ithink thecouncilmustmakesurethat thecouncillorsare
operatingtheir own
servicecentrebeforepayingthemtheallowances,"hesaid
He saideachcouncillormust be providedwith an officespaceby the
localauthoritiesandthe stafffor thecoundllorsmustbepaidby the
respectivecoundls.
"Thiswill notonlyreflectgoodgovernanceby the coundlsandthe
councillorsbut alsoprovide continuity as new councillorswillnot
have to waste their time looking foranotherp&misesandstaff.
"I alsourgethe stateto ensurethat all
thelocalauthoritiespractisea standardsystemsothatthere will
betransparency,"hesaid.
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Hulu SelangorDistrict Council presidentTukiman Nail said their
councillors wereallocatedwith premisesby the coundl
andgivenRM2,OOOallowanceeach. ,
"Theallowanceis for themto paytheutil-ity bills and the salary
for their assistantssincewe donot hire thestaff,"hesaid.
Whilesomeof thelocalauthoritiesprovidetheir councillors with
permanent seJ:1licecentres that comeswith
comfortableandcosyenvironment,thereareotherswho hadto makedowith
makeshiftpremisessuchascontainersand "pigeon holes" that are
notconducive.
SubangjayacouncillorTanjo Hannsaidhewasoperatinghis servicefrom
two differentvenueslocatednearbydueto lackofaproperpremises.
He said he had convertedan abandonedpolicebeatbasein
PusatBandarPuchongashis servicecentreandturneda4O-footcon-tainer
into aplaceto meetthe residents.
"I havefixed anair-conditionerinsidethecontainerand equippedit
will chairs andtables to have meetings.The SubangjayaMunidpal
Councilhassupportedmy initia-tive andtheyhavebeenpayingthe
salaryfor
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