Welcome New 'Binary' Day of New Year - 01.01.10

By this time tomorrow, you will have greeted a new binary day in the new year 2010; perhaps for some you will still be asleep after 'auld lang syne' parties this evening! But my guess is that the new year will see more new digital products in this technology decade!
Our RT will have a new Chairperson in Mdm. Lee Kwee Cheng; so let us all resolve to continue to support neighbourhood activities; let us be happy, healthy and safe together! Cheers to all and best wishes for the new year!

What A Rainy Spell!

As the saying goes, into each life there's almost always some rain; but for some line dancers in our neighbourhood, rainfall invariably occurs every Tuesdays & Fridays! Which means the open air classes in the evenings are cancelled and we have to either find alternative forms of exercises, or eat less during these festive times! Nevertheless we look forward to the new year with renewed energy!

Season's Greetings!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to All

"Hands-On" for a Jolly Christmas!

Its the season to be jolly with some 'mulberries' from your garden; and what better way than a 'hands-on' approach to getting some 'mulberries' for the Christmas season.

Kwee Cheng is new Chairperson for RT SS2B

Mdm. Lee Kwee Cheng is our new Chairperson for the new term of the RT SS2B Committee. Our heartiest congratulations! For those living in the 'dark ages' of our neighbourhood and still do not know who she is, just be assured that you will 'discover' her real soon! Have a happy week end!

One Malaysia Charity Line Dance on 26-11-09

The 7th Unity X'mas Line Dance Party witnessed almost 400 ladies (and a sprinkling of some guys) fun-stomping away to an early celebration of year end festivities! Event Organiser, the PJU Line Dance Council, with co-organizers Wanita MCA Selangor, Persatuan Kemajuan Wanita Petaling Jaya and our very own RT SS2B, managed this year's event, with the theme -One Malaysia Charity! And the beneficiary designated was the Pacific Rim Disaster Fund.
WE thank all participants for a jolly jolly good evening! Season's greetings to all!

One Malaysia Charity Line Dance on 26-11-09

Towards a Safe & Clean Neighbourhood!

At the MBPJ Awards Night on October 30, 2009, our Dato' Menteri Besar Selangor, amongst other things, highlighted two main issues which he would like to see in Petaling Jaya - he wants a safe city and he wants a clean city too!
And this is where every neighbourhood in Petaling Jaya can play a role in striving to achieve these 2 goals! MBPJ has announced the formation of a 'special squad' to assist the Police towards making PJ a safe city; residents have likewise been doing so via various means like putting up gated & guarded communities and skim rondaan sukarela (SRS) or voluntary patrol by residents. One other 'software' is to get to know each other in a neighbourhood and be the 'CCTV' to crimes and report them directly to the Police.
A clean city has to start with each individual neighbourhood taking steps to educate residents on the need to not just keep their own front yard clean but also that of the neighbourhood. There are residents who like to gather all their rubbish and drop them off at their neighbour's house! This 'rubbish thy neighbour' habit has to stop!
And yes - we must also stop the act of 'vandallising thy neighbourhood' - be it Government or private properties! The total disregard for Government & private properties by sticking all sorts of notices on them cannot be condoned; even road signages have been plastered all over! We certainly need the will of all stakeholders in a neighbourhood to put an end to this menace!

Best Neighbourhood Awards Night on 30-10-09

The 2008/2009 Award went to Damansara Jaya Residents' & Owners' Association (DJROA) last night at the MBPJ Civic Centre! Congratulations to them for coming out ahead of 24 other competing neighbourhoods! I believe they also won the Award years ago when the competition first started!
Our RT was not even placed which means we still have some way to go! Let us not be discouraged but we need to get more residents (both young & old) to be active in our own neighbourhood programmes. We need fresh resources and inputs!

Its Unity X'mas Line Dance Party Time on 26-11-09

The 7th Unity X'mas Line Dance Party this year is being organized by the PJU Line Dance Council as Event Organizer, and co-organized by Wanita MCA Selangor, Persatuan Kemajuan Wanita Petaling Jaya and our Rukun Tetangga SS2B!
The central theme this year is 'One Malaysia Charity' and a designated cause will be the main beneficiary of the proceeds.

The venue is Dewan D'Kelana, Kompleks Sukan Kelana Jaya and the event will run from
6.00 pm - 11.30pm. Admission by tickets is RM 16 per person, with dinner of course! Please contact your dance teachers for tickets; alternatively you may contact your fellow resident HK Tan at 012-6933717 for assistance. Happy dancing as always!

Green Building Tax Incentives for Houses?

Whilst we have just heard about the Government's recent budget incentives to encourage 'green buildings', one wonders whether the individual tax payer who also converts his home into a 'green home' will get similar tax incentives? Our MBPJ ( please read blog by Mr. Lee Lih Shyan) has been a prime mover in this area and perhaps the Government's aims to promote a green environment should start with providing tax incentives for the individual - its the cumulative effort of each part that makes the total sum of achieving a green environment a success!

Mini Sports Day on 24-10-09

Beautiful Gate Foundation For The Disabled is organising Mini Sport For Persons with Disabilities 2009 on October 24, Saturday, 8am to 5pm, at SRJK Puay Chai, SS2/59, Petaling Jaya. Your RT is one of the Co-Sponsors and the event will be officiated by our Deputy Minister for Women, Family & Community Development, Senator Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun at 10.00am. All residents and friends are most welcome to support the day's sporting activities.

Have A Day With The Police on 24-10-09

'Face To face' Programme with OCPD Petaling Jaya is being held this Saturday at the SS2 Field along Jalan SS2/61, situated opposite MayBank. Day starts from 11.00am till 2.00 pm and all residents have been cordially invited to attend the dialogue session with your OCPD. If you have need for further enquiries, Residents may contact Chief Inspector Mohd. Sahar , Ketua Polis Balai SEA Park, at 012-2216776;
So please turn up in force to meet your local Police Force!

Mid-Autumn Festival By DAP on 4-10-09

Our ADUN Dr. Cheah and all his DAP team members organised a great evening party on Sunday, 04-10-09 at the basketball court along SS2/34 & SS2/32. Our fellow residents were fotunate that the party was held in the midst of our neighbourhood, and there were plenty of activities both for children and adults too! Food was of course on the table for one and all! And did you see a dragon followed by children with lighted lanterns? What an evening of fun and fellowship! Cheers!

Breaking News! Again??

Lest some of us may think that our blog has been abandoned due to a lack of news (whether good or not so good), we are actually breaking the silence to say that your neighbourhood blog is not in dreamland yet! And what better news to break the lull other than to report that as of yesterday that were two break-ins in our area!! Well, we had 'relative' peace of mind with respect to security for about 4 months after security guards were engaged and now this! Still need to be on guard lah! Back to square one??

Such a Dedicated Lot!

On Thursday, 21st August around 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm there was an open lorry with 1 gal and 4 guys going around the neighbourhood with a loudspeaker. No, they were not collecting 'old newspapers'. They were RT members drumming up support for the guarded community scheme, and importantly, to remind residents to make payments for Sept/Nov 09.

One guy with 'ahem' manly but sometimes shaky voice (must be the lorry lah) and this gal, clear and distinct making the announcement in english and manderin respectively. A younger man was holding on and directing the loudspeaker to get maximum message power. Along the way, some residents came scurrying ,stopped the lorry, and handed in cheques.

If only our civil servants would show such dedication to their work and duties!

Surely the community give thanks to Lee Kwee Cheng, HK Tan, Chin Hock and Charles Ong. Ngiam came for the ride. The view of SS2B is quite different from atop an open lorry on a cool, breezy twilight evening as the sun slowly dips in the distant horizon!!

It's Never Too Old To Have Fun

Monday August 17, 2009
By ZALINAH NOORDIN
PETALING JAYA: Seventy-year-old Jenny Hew has happy feet which keeps her feeling young. “Dancing makes me feel young and happy. This is a good pastime as it is a form of exercise and fun too,” said the septuagenarian who with 600 others took part in a massive line dance party at The Atria shopping mall here yesterday.
She said line dancing could be taken up by everyone, from children to “people my age” as it is a not strenuous activity. Another participant, 65-year-old Rosy Tan said she had found many new friends through line dancing.
“Who says old grandmothers like us have to stay at home and knit?” said this grandmother of five from Penang at the event, dubbed “Good Time Line Dance Party” organised by BPR Line Dance.
Organiser Prince Lam, an avid line dancer, said the event was a good way to promote healthy living the fun way.
Retiree Ken Ong, 60, said he persisted with his line-dancing despite the comments of his male friends.
“What is there to be shy about? The most important is that I’m having fun and I’m healthy,” said the Petaling Jaya resident.
Christina Chan, another dance enthusiast who was also the event emcee, said dancing kept her fit and trim. “Line dancing is interesting because it incorporates different types of dance routines ranging from the waltz, cha-cha, rumbha and even salsa,” she said.
True enough, all of the participant had a blast of a time dancing to fast songs such as Rock Around The Clock, Jai Ho and even Spanish numbers such as Viva La Vida and Bossa Nova.

Hopes & Joys Merdeka Charity Concert

Hopes and Joys Merdeka Charity Concert
August 1 09, Saturday, MBPJ Auditorium, Civic Centre

Hopes & Joys Merdeka Charity Concert

Beautiful Gate Foundation for the Disabled (PJ Centre) co-organised a charity concert with the Council of Churches Malaysia, Rukun Tetangga SS2B, the offices of YB Edward Lee, YB Lau Weng San and the office of our ADUN YB Dr. Cheah Wing Ying

Lodging Complaints!

We are back! I know it's been awhile; hopefully you noticed that too! Otherwise let us re-energise ourselves by refreshing below useful information which you can use when dealing with problems in our neighbourhood! Cheers too!


Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya (MBPJ)24-hr hotline: 03-7954 2020
Office hrs: 03-7956 3544 ext 115/117
e-mail: aduan@mbpj.gov.my
Fax: 03-7955 1804
Vector control: 03-7955 2381 ext 120, 7956 3532 (mosqitoes, rats, fogging, stray dogs)
Landscape: 03-7204 8904, 7804 8907/8 (tree pruning, fallen trees, public park maintenance)
Engineering: 03-7955 2243 (potholes, broken drains)
Mechanical and Electrical: 03-7876 7399 (traffic lights, lamposts)
Alam Flora: 03-7875 0555, 1-800-880-880 (clogged drains, garbage, etc)
PERHILITAN S’gor (Dept of Wildlife and National Parks): 03-5519 3915 (wild animals, wildlife)

Tel. nos.
• TNB CareLine: 15454
• SYABAS: 1-800-88-5252
• Police HQ PJ: 03-7966 2222
• Police station SS2: 03-7875 1382

Eco-Enzyme workshop saturday 11 july 09

Residents of SS2B were shown how we can help preserve earth's resources by converting our kitchen fruit and vegetable wastes into useful enzymes with multiple house-hold applications.

This is a joint project between Beautiful Gate and MBPJ LA21 and, in our area put together by RT SS2B. ADUN Dr. Cheah Wing Yin was present. Ms Sia Siew Chin of Beautiful Gate was the MC for this session.

The residents showed keen interest and there was a lively Q and A session.
After the workshop the partcipants were served nasi lemak and tea, and were given leaflets and a 300ml sample of eco-enzymes. Overall, it was a fruitful morning.


What a beautiful way to start saturday morning! Watch out for further news on forthcoming events. Have a nice weekend!!

'Garbage' Enzyme Workshop on July 11, 2009

Understand the importance of Eco Enzyme (or garbage enzyme), and learn how to do it yourself. Together we can reduce Global Warming, protect our next generation and at the same time help to heal the environment.


Host: Rukun Tetangga SS2B & Beautiful Gate Foundation
Type: Education - Workshop
Network: Global
Date: Saturday, July 11, 2009
Time: 8:30am - 10:30am
Location: field of SS2/41
Street: SS2/41
City/Town: Petaling Jaya, Malaysia



Phone: 0378736579
Email: bgcentre@yahoo.com

This 'Star' Report Bears Repeating!

Monday June 29, 2009
SS2B RT voluntary patrolling scheme doubles membership
By JADE CHAN

THE SS2B Rukun Tetangga (RT) in Petaling Jaya commemorated the first year of its voluntary patrolling scheme (skim rondaan sukarela or SRS) by doubling its number of volunteers.

The National Unity and Integration Department (JPNIN) and SS2B RT provided the additional batch of 30 volunteers with items like luminous vests, whistles and batons.

“It is the unity and cooperation within the community that helps prevent crime,” said PJ OCPD Asst Comm Arjunaidi Mohamed during the presentation ceremony.

“By patrolling the area, you will get to know your neighbours and neighbourhood, and be able to recognise the residents and those who are not local to the area.

“It helps the police with our work when we receive information from residents about suspicious people or unfamiliar vehicles in their neighbourhood,” said Arjunaidi.

“The SRS helps create uneasiness among the bad hats and update the police on the ongoings in the neighbourhood.”

Seapark police station officer-in-charge Chief Inspector Mohd Sahar Yunus said the SS2B RT’s SRS works closely with the Seapark police station, and regularly updates his officers on suspicious activities in the neighbourhood and times of crime incidence.

“Since the SRS was launched, the crime rate has decreased by half over the past year. It even went down to zero at one time last year.

“We send our officers or patrol vehicles to assist whenever the SRS conducts their patrolling,” said Mohd Sahar.

Arjunaidi also commended the SS2B RT on being able to maintain the scheme’s momentum since its launch, and even increasing its number of volunteers.

SS2B RT chairman Ngiam Chong Choy said the scheme was initiated upon the residents’ request to take a proactive move about the security for the 511 homes in SS2B.

“We sometimes patrol at night, sometimes during the daytime. We recently started a 5.30am patrol as well.

“The scheme complements the efforts by the police. In addition to making residents feel more safe and comfortable, it’s an opportunity for them to get to know their neighbours better,” said Ngiam.

He added that SS2B became a guarded neighbourhood from early June 2009 with the hiring of a security company to guard the neighbourhood.

Desmond Chew, 52, said he volunteered for the scheme as he wanted to help keep his neighbourhood safe.

“I hope more people will participate, and that more housing estates would take up the SRS.

“The scheme offers a great avenue to interact and network with our neighbours,” said the businessman.

Showers of Blessings for 1st SRS Anniversary

RT SS2B celebrated its 1st SRS anniversary with both 'orang lama' and 'orang baru' on June 21, '09 at our SS2/41 field. Mr. Muniandy of JPNIN, SEA Park Police Chief Mohd. Sahar and his Boss, the Petaling Jaya Police Chief Arjunaidi Mohamed were among to first to arrive. After opening remarks by our Chairman Ngiam & a 'glowing' address in praise of RT SS2B by En. Arjunaidi Mohamed, our new SRS members were duly equipped with 'whistles, security vests, chotas & new T-shirts' for the hard work ahead!! Mr. Lee Lih Shyan of MBPJ was also in attendance whilst our ADUN Dr. Cheah arrived just in time for the closing 'food wrap up'! Well done John & Susan for a good get-together! Many thanks to all residents for sustaining and re-enforcing the spirit of SRS!

Fan Dance (Mei Hua) Performance

This was a wonderful Fan Dance (Mei Hua) performance by Senior Citizens Club of YMCA, led by Mr & Mrs Liew! Just sit back and enjoy the show!

Message for All New & Existing SRS Members - Celebrations!

Rukun Tetangga SS 2B Skim Rondaan Sukarelaan (SRS)
(Voluntary Patrol Scheme)
On behalf of the Chairman and Committee of RT SS 2B, I greet you well.

It gives me great pleasure to cordially invite you to our First Anniversary
Celebration of the launching of the SRS, as well as to the Welcoming
Ceremony for new members into our group. This event will be held:

Date: Sunday 21st June 2009
Time: 4.00 pm — 6.00 pm
Venue: Padang at Jalan SS2/41

Our ADUN Damansara Utama, YB Dr. Cheah Wing Yin has been invited to
officiate at this event Other invited VIPs include the Petaling District Police
Chief, the Pegawai Perpaduan Daerah, and Representatives of MBPJ.

This event is to honour the existing SRS members who for the past year have tirelessly contributed their time and effort in safeguarding our community. We will also be welcoming our 30 new members who have volunteered to join the SRS. The new members will be issued their individual equipment such as a luminous vest, whistle, etc., during the Welcoming Ceremony. Refreshments will be served thereafter.

To all the existing members, thank you for your loyalty and services to the community. To our new members, welcome to an exciting experience in true and enriching neighbourllness.

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday!


John Chia
Committee Member (Security)
Rukun Tetangga SS 2B
(Tél: 017 330 8351)

One Early Morning Scene in our Neighbourhood!

A First Look at our Neighbourhood Security

SRS & Tai Chi Ladies on June 4,'09

 

Some of our residents, in particular our Tai-Chi ladies had a breakfast morning after energising their 'chi' and were joined by SRS members doing their early morning round today. But the pictures show that our SRS members need the protection of our Tai-Chi ladies instead?? Some re-training needed?? Many thanks to Betsy for her organisation and to all residents who turned up too. Cheers and good day and stay healthy!

Neighbourhood Security Scheme Begins!

It is already June 01, 2009 and our neighbourhood security scheme has just taken off the ground! By now, all residents would have also received our RT newsletter outlining in details the roads affected by the scheme. May the force be with us now!

Best Neighbourhood Award 2008/2009

Briefing to judges for 2008/09 best neighbourhood award by the RTSS2B commitee was held at Beautiful Gate center, 24/5 sunday. Powerpoint presentation to impress the judges for approx 1 hour.


We then proceeded to a afternoon tea party at the SS2/32 padang. Judges interacted with residents wh aranged the tea and cakes! Tau foo fah, pandan cakes, curry puffs, muffins, pulut, etc were well appreciated and the SRS teams who 'happened' to be around.
Hopefully it would turn out to be a fruitful and rewarding day!