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| The Star |
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| Berita Harian |
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| China Press part 1 |
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| China Press part 2 |
Monday, July 18, 2011
Press coverage on BK 3 LRT briefing
In case you missed it, here are some of the press coverage of our effort yesterday. Good job guys!
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Thanks for your support, BK 3
The briefing on 17th July morning was an overwhelming success. More importantly, BK 3 residents who showed up found out a taste of what it will be like with a LRT station in our area.
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| BK 3 residents showed solidarity today |
We really want to thank all the residents who took time out during their Sunday rest day to attend the briefing. Your support means a lot to us.
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| Big crowd at the briefing |
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| Packed hall with BK3 residents |
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| Residents paying attention to the briefing |
For those people who had signed the petition against having a LRT station no.5 in our area, and relocating the LRT tracks from green lung area to middle of Bukit Jalil highway, you just did yourselves a very big favour.
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| Residents signing petition |
By doing so, you may help save our community to maintain its current peaceful and quiet nature, for years to come.
For those people who could not make it today, but want to show your support, you can still sign the petition online. Please log on to the link below to sign an online petition.
Help spread the news and send the online petition link to as many BK 3 residents as possible. Every signature counts. The more signatures we collected, the more powerful our voices will be.
Let's work together to keep BK 3 the way it is.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
LRT extension briefing, Sunday July 17th 10:30am
By now I think most residents must have received the flyer about LRT extension briefing. We urge all the BK 3 residents to attend to find out what they will be facing in the future.
Time: 10:30 am
Date: 17th July 2011
Day: Sunday
Venue: Merak Apartment hall, Jalan BK 3/1
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| Location map |
The presence of all BK 3 residents are most welcome. See all of you there.
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| Flyer distributed |
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Time to fight.
It has been three months since we talked to SPNB, and we are getting nothing out of them.
The promise of coming up with a satisfactory answer regarding the realignment of LRT tracks and relocation of station no. 5 is just an empty promise. While we are able to call and talk to their representatives, we are just not getting a firm answer from them.
We thought the thing can be discussed and settled amicably. Turn out that SPNB is probably playing "Tai Chi" with us, with no intention to seriously looking into our problems.
Just like so many typical Malaysian politicians, SPNB thinks that may be by dragging the whole thing long enough, we will just give up and go away.
So last Saturday we decided to gather the residents to tell them about the whole situation. To our surprise there are many residents who are still in the dark about the whole LRT extension thing.
"Really, the track will be at our green lung area?"
"You mean there is a station here?"
So the time has come for us to really reach out, inform all residents, and get full support from them. Only then we able to put enough pressure for SPNB to really take some action.
More residents should get involved, more voices should be heard, and more signatures should be collected to show our concern.
We must remember the track and station will be here forever, bringing with them all the social ills, parking woes, security issues, and cutting down the trees at our green area. SPNB will just build it, wash their hands and go away while we have to face this for the rest of our lives.
We want to meet the residents again. This time ALL BK residents should be involved. Everyone should inform their neighbours, friends and relatives to show their support before it is too late.
It is time to make some noise.
Let's keep BK 3 the way it is, quiet and peaceful.
The promise of coming up with a satisfactory answer regarding the realignment of LRT tracks and relocation of station no. 5 is just an empty promise. While we are able to call and talk to their representatives, we are just not getting a firm answer from them.
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| Residents being informed of the latest LRT news |
We thought the thing can be discussed and settled amicably. Turn out that SPNB is probably playing "Tai Chi" with us, with no intention to seriously looking into our problems.
Just like so many typical Malaysian politicians, SPNB thinks that may be by dragging the whole thing long enough, we will just give up and go away.
So last Saturday we decided to gather the residents to tell them about the whole situation. To our surprise there are many residents who are still in the dark about the whole LRT extension thing.
"Really, the track will be at our green lung area?"
"You mean there is a station here?"
So the time has come for us to really reach out, inform all residents, and get full support from them. Only then we able to put enough pressure for SPNB to really take some action.
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| BK 3 residents at the briefing |
More residents should get involved, more voices should be heard, and more signatures should be collected to show our concern.
We must remember the track and station will be here forever, bringing with them all the social ills, parking woes, security issues, and cutting down the trees at our green area. SPNB will just build it, wash their hands and go away while we have to face this for the rest of our lives.
We want to meet the residents again. This time ALL BK residents should be involved. Everyone should inform their neighbours, friends and relatives to show their support before it is too late.
It is time to make some noise.
Let's keep BK 3 the way it is, quiet and peaceful.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
The long wait
Many residents in BK 3 are losing their patience with SPNB (Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad), especially when they saw some LRT track preliminary work had started in our area.
There were drilling frames for soil investigation work at our area for quite some time now. At certain areas the workers had even started to do some digging work to lay the underground cables.
This morning there was a land surveyor doing some surveying at the green lung area. Obviously he was doing some surveying work for the new LRT extension.
The residents had actually met and talked to SPNB three times since the LRT track and station no. 5 issues arose.
Just a few days ago SPNB had told us their consultants are finalizing their alternative proposals with a few options regarding realignment of LRT track and possible relocation of station no. 5.
SPNB had given us assurance no actual construction work will begin until our issues are settled.
We were also told SPNB will submit their proposals to MPSJ some time next week. After which a meeting will be held between BK 3 residents, SPNB and MPSJ to discuss the issues. Eventually MPSJ will have the final say on all the proposals.
There is still a long way to go...
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| A big pile of sand at green lung area, and some digging work |
There were drilling frames for soil investigation work at our area for quite some time now. At certain areas the workers had even started to do some digging work to lay the underground cables.
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| Cable laying work |
This morning there was a land surveyor doing some surveying at the green lung area. Obviously he was doing some surveying work for the new LRT extension.
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| Land surveyor doing work and soil investigation work |
The residents had actually met and talked to SPNB three times since the LRT track and station no. 5 issues arose.
Just a few days ago SPNB had told us their consultants are finalizing their alternative proposals with a few options regarding realignment of LRT track and possible relocation of station no. 5.
SPNB had given us assurance no actual construction work will begin until our issues are settled.
We were also told SPNB will submit their proposals to MPSJ some time next week. After which a meeting will be held between BK 3 residents, SPNB and MPSJ to discuss the issues. Eventually MPSJ will have the final say on all the proposals.
There is still a long way to go...
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Work on LRT started in BK 3?
Some of the residents may be wondering when they see workers starting to do some work at BK 3 area. Has work on LRT started?
The workers are actually doing some soil investigation to estimate the depth of piles required for LRT construction work. It is some kind of preliminary work to any type of construction.
So it a way, yes, the construction work has started for the new LRT extension.
Many residents may also notice some tents set up by the workers. The workers are actually "camping" at our area while doing their work.
At the "camp site" the Bangladeshi workers cook and eat their meals, take bath, wash and hang their clothes between the trees to dry. I don't know how people can live in such a condition, but this is how some of the foreign workers are treated in our country, while trying to make our lives better.
The talk between SPNB (Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad) and the residents is still on. While the residents are still waiting for an answer from them regarding our concern, one has to wonder if they have quietly gone ahead and stick to their original plan.
Let's hope that is not the case.
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| Soil testing in front of "Tak Nak LRT station 5" poster |
The workers are actually doing some soil investigation to estimate the depth of piles required for LRT construction work. It is some kind of preliminary work to any type of construction.
So it a way, yes, the construction work has started for the new LRT extension.
Many residents may also notice some tents set up by the workers. The workers are actually "camping" at our area while doing their work.
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| Temporary "homes" set up by workers at the playground |
At the "camp site" the Bangladeshi workers cook and eat their meals, take bath, wash and hang their clothes between the trees to dry. I don't know how people can live in such a condition, but this is how some of the foreign workers are treated in our country, while trying to make our lives better.
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| Camp site? |
The talk between SPNB (Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad) and the residents is still on. While the residents are still waiting for an answer from them regarding our concern, one has to wonder if they have quietly gone ahead and stick to their original plan.
Let's hope that is not the case.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Just say "NO"
Everyone wants the convenience of a LRT station close to their area. I imagine the residents in BK 3 feel the same way. However, the convenience of having a LRT station here comes with a price.
When the LRT track runs through BK 3, it will encroach into our green lung area, and station no. 5 will be right at our door steps. I have no idea why the planner or designer decided to do it that way. Obviously not much thought was put into considering the effect of all these to the residents around that area.
If the plan materialized, the negative impacts will be there. All the social ills, security problems, traffic congestion, parking woes and noise pollutions that are common to commercial area will eventually be part of our lives here in BK 3.
In fact, BK 3 will be turned into a public area. It will definitely become more like a commercial area than a residential area.
Some residents have already started an awareness campaign to let everyone understand the problem. We all know that with the support of the residents, something can still be done.
We are not really against the LRT line extension. It is just not right to put so little thought into planning a project of such magnitude, that affects people's life in a negative way. Better options are clearly available.
The LRT track should be realigned away from our green lung area, to the middle of Bukit Jalil highway. The trees at green lung area actually act as a buffer zone that cut off the noise and dust pollution from Bukit Jalil highway. They should be preserved.
We also don't need station no. 5 in our area. If the residents need to use the LRT, station no. 4 in BK 2 is just walking distance away. There is really no reason to have two stations so close to each other right at our area. It is a waste of tax payers' money.
If station no. 5 is to be constructed, we think it will be better if it is relocated further down the highway towards IOI direction. That way the station can cater to more passengers from housings like Puchong Jaya, Taman Tenaga and so on, without directly affecting any of the residential areas.
The concern was also recently raised up and reported in several news papers like The Star and Sin Chew daily.
Some residents have in fact met and carried out a dialogue with Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB) regarding our concern. SPNB had also visited our area to understand our problem.
They have promised to restudy the whole thing and give an answer to the residents in a few weeks time. So far however there is still no reply from them.
We certainly hope that SPNB can give us a satisfactory answer. Only then we can ensure BK 3 remain the way it is, a quiet and peaceful neighbourhood.
At this moment we can only wait with our fingers crossed, praying for the best.
When the LRT track runs through BK 3, it will encroach into our green lung area, and station no. 5 will be right at our door steps. I have no idea why the planner or designer decided to do it that way. Obviously not much thought was put into considering the effect of all these to the residents around that area.
If the plan materialized, the negative impacts will be there. All the social ills, security problems, traffic congestion, parking woes and noise pollutions that are common to commercial area will eventually be part of our lives here in BK 3.
In fact, BK 3 will be turned into a public area. It will definitely become more like a commercial area than a residential area.
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| Posters put up by residents |
Some residents have already started an awareness campaign to let everyone understand the problem. We all know that with the support of the residents, something can still be done.
We are not really against the LRT line extension. It is just not right to put so little thought into planning a project of such magnitude, that affects people's life in a negative way. Better options are clearly available.
The LRT track should be realigned away from our green lung area, to the middle of Bukit Jalil highway. The trees at green lung area actually act as a buffer zone that cut off the noise and dust pollution from Bukit Jalil highway. They should be preserved.
We also don't need station no. 5 in our area. If the residents need to use the LRT, station no. 4 in BK 2 is just walking distance away. There is really no reason to have two stations so close to each other right at our area. It is a waste of tax payers' money.
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| Realignment of tracks and relocation of station no. 5 |
If station no. 5 is to be constructed, we think it will be better if it is relocated further down the highway towards IOI direction. That way the station can cater to more passengers from housings like Puchong Jaya, Taman Tenaga and so on, without directly affecting any of the residential areas.
The concern was also recently raised up and reported in several news papers like The Star and Sin Chew daily.
Some residents have in fact met and carried out a dialogue with Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB) regarding our concern. SPNB had also visited our area to understand our problem.
They have promised to restudy the whole thing and give an answer to the residents in a few weeks time. So far however there is still no reply from them.
We certainly hope that SPNB can give us a satisfactory answer. Only then we can ensure BK 3 remain the way it is, a quiet and peaceful neighbourhood.
At this moment we can only wait with our fingers crossed, praying for the best.
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