today we having a water tank being repaired in blk j, few days ago the office has put up the notice for that, then MC members received some calls from residents, "will this one real repair?", "do we need to keep some water?", "not fake one, huh?", etc....
at first we were a bit amused when heard "fake one?", when checked with them why they said "fake one", then we understand.
they told us few times when they saw the similar notices in the past, they did keep some water as water supply interruption were expected, but at the end water came as usual, so they concluded that there's no water tank repair.
the same goes to the water tank repair at blk k, even one time a resident question one MC member from blk k, "how come u put up the notice but then no repair carried out, what am i going to do with the water i keep in the pale?"
actually almost every time when the notice is up, the repair is happening according to the date stated in the notice, (except 2 times as i can remember, because of bad weather), but we managed to find way for the water to be sent from the other tank to the effected unit, to make sure that the interruption will be minima, to the extent that residents can't even feel the effect of it.
it just simple trick here, our piping at the roof top for all the water tank is so "canggih" that we can interconnect it so that when one tank is shut, at least another tank will rescue the situation...
but it doesn't mean that our residents don't need to keep some water, we still encourage residents to keep few pales of water for few reasons, first is for in case the "rescuer tank" doesn't have enough water to supply as now it has more units to support, although it's unlikely to happen, but it's always good to play safe.
another reason is more critical for those residents who do have water filter (either internal or external one), normally after a water tank undergo repair, the water quality will not be as good as the usual one, sometimes it's more visible in yellowish, sometimes not so visible but as u fill a pale full, then u can see more clearly that is not that good, & this will last for few hour.
let's be thankful that the good piping has enable residents to enjoy the continual water supply during the repair, but if in case the interruption does happen, pls don't scold the MC members or office staffs, for they also try their best to make sure the benefit of residents are being taken care of....:)
thanks.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
chronicle of our firefighting system
the 2 fire incidents this year shows that how much we still lacking in the our readiness to face the emergency cases, sad to say, we still fall short of the standard which suppose to be, especially in regard of the firefighting.
since 3 years ago, we have started to upgrade our firefighting facilities, i remember those days almost all the bomba riser room at every floor were without padlock, most of the hose reel have gone missing, many valve either missing or not in good condition, as those days we also faced some financial difficulty, so we only manage to install back the padlock in order to secure those part in the riser room.
as later on the saving in the bank account slowly built up, we moved to the next step of installing back all the hose reel, replacing missing valve, as we thought we were ready and switched bomba pump to auto mode, some of the old valve can't stand the pressure & burst, still remember it happened 2 years ago, before chinese new year, the water from the riser room at 20th floor flow into the lift & coz short circuit, so during the chinese new year, only one lift to serve residents at blk k, the other lift was down for almost 1 week!
due to that, we decided to replace all the valve, serviced all the bomba hose & it's attached bearing & also hose reel, & then during testing for bomba pump, only to find out actually the big bomba pipe which laid below the floor in between blk j & blk k, has been leaking too.., which mean there's no way we should switch the pump to auto mode or else the pump will keep running (to maintain the pressure due to leakage), so new headache surface up.
to replace the big pipe......really need a lot of money, which we plan to do it hopefully this year, but as now, as we can't switch to auto, then we have to teach the guard how to ON the pump manually during fire...., we show them where is the pump, how to switch it ON, & we even write it down & stick it in the guard house, it was abt 6 month ago.
this year as we changed the security guard company, a briefing was given to their 1st batch of guards, but then as later on they sent their new & permanent guards, we made a mistake by assuming the old guard will teach the new guard, with referring to the written procedure in the guard house....so when the small fire happen few weeks ago, the guard went to the wrong pump room & couldn't find the switch...., then abt 10 min the supervisor manage to switch ON the pump after he came back from the lunch :(
our thousand apologies over this mistake, so now as we still can't replace the underground conceal bomba pipe, as the pump need to be in manual mode, as we still need to rely on guards for helping to switch it ON during fire, the MC has make it to a point for all the regular guards, the training will be given again, & each time new guard (or replacement guard) report to work, their supervisor will make sure they have equipped with knowledge of how to deal with situation, for this MC will also check with their supervisor whenever we see new faces in the guard house.
still the long term & best solution is to get the big pipe repaired or replaced, we are working on it now (financially), target is September 2012.
thanks.
since 3 years ago, we have started to upgrade our firefighting facilities, i remember those days almost all the bomba riser room at every floor were without padlock, most of the hose reel have gone missing, many valve either missing or not in good condition, as those days we also faced some financial difficulty, so we only manage to install back the padlock in order to secure those part in the riser room.
as later on the saving in the bank account slowly built up, we moved to the next step of installing back all the hose reel, replacing missing valve, as we thought we were ready and switched bomba pump to auto mode, some of the old valve can't stand the pressure & burst, still remember it happened 2 years ago, before chinese new year, the water from the riser room at 20th floor flow into the lift & coz short circuit, so during the chinese new year, only one lift to serve residents at blk k, the other lift was down for almost 1 week!
due to that, we decided to replace all the valve, serviced all the bomba hose & it's attached bearing & also hose reel, & then during testing for bomba pump, only to find out actually the big bomba pipe which laid below the floor in between blk j & blk k, has been leaking too.., which mean there's no way we should switch the pump to auto mode or else the pump will keep running (to maintain the pressure due to leakage), so new headache surface up.
to replace the big pipe......really need a lot of money, which we plan to do it hopefully this year, but as now, as we can't switch to auto, then we have to teach the guard how to ON the pump manually during fire...., we show them where is the pump, how to switch it ON, & we even write it down & stick it in the guard house, it was abt 6 month ago.
this year as we changed the security guard company, a briefing was given to their 1st batch of guards, but then as later on they sent their new & permanent guards, we made a mistake by assuming the old guard will teach the new guard, with referring to the written procedure in the guard house....so when the small fire happen few weeks ago, the guard went to the wrong pump room & couldn't find the switch...., then abt 10 min the supervisor manage to switch ON the pump after he came back from the lunch :(
our thousand apologies over this mistake, so now as we still can't replace the underground conceal bomba pipe, as the pump need to be in manual mode, as we still need to rely on guards for helping to switch it ON during fire, the MC has make it to a point for all the regular guards, the training will be given again, & each time new guard (or replacement guard) report to work, their supervisor will make sure they have equipped with knowledge of how to deal with situation, for this MC will also check with their supervisor whenever we see new faces in the guard house.
still the long term & best solution is to get the big pipe repaired or replaced, we are working on it now (financially), target is September 2012.
thanks.
Friday, May 11, 2012
press conference on 12/5/2012
just have done the press conference with YB Yeoh, our lawyer Mr Tan from Peterhuang & Richard legal firm, also MC members together with reporters from 4 publication company.
it was held at the central foyer, from 10.30am to 12 noon, the main focus is about the sinking fund.
one of the purpose of the press conference is to thank YB Yeoh for his help all this while on this matter, for he has helped to set up JMB, MC & also organized few meeting for us to meet the developer for the sinking fund, & eventually when we took legal action against the developer we still consulted him in almost every steps.
another reason the press conference was called is to serve a "public notice" to developer coz even as the high court has given the court order but still we need to give "sufficient" notice to them, so we did appeal through the media this morning that we need the money for lift upgrade, common wall painting & also water tank lining replacement, at the same also make it known to the public that we will only wait until next Friday then initiate committal proceedings if developer still refuse to pay.
YB Yeoh also get us to share our experience concerning this journey of fighting for the sinking fund, for according to him, we are the first MC to bring developer to court abt the sinking fund in this area, he also told reporters that actually he hasn't heard of any other case in PG Island, so the high court judgement on 19/4/12 is important one for the apartment in Penang.
well, we told them that without cooperation of residents, this thing can't happen, also the committed MC members is important too...., then work closely with the authorities such as state gov't & MPPP is a must for this kind of struggle, of course without God's help our labour can be just in vain, so still have to pray.
so again, after the press conference, YB looked at us & said, Vista Condo residents are very understanding, we looked at him & smiled, in our hearts we said, "YB, you are right....."
thanks to all the fantastic Vista Condo ppl.
Friday, May 4, 2012
hi,
few things to update residents....
1) sinking fund, the dateline has passed but developer have not release the money to us yet, we have contacted our lawyer to take further action, well, developer by doing so is actually act against the court order, well, let's see how it goes.
2) facilities, most of the facilities at the moment are in the stable state, 6 water tanks have been repaired, now under monitor, once found leaking again then vendor will patch it immediately, as we shared in the EGM before, the long term solution is to change the water tank lining, for this we have written to YB Yeoh, EXCO member YB Wong & other high ranking gov't officer to help, our target is to get abt RM80k from them, we do expect they will channel some money to us as election is not too far from now.
3) building painting, besides waiting for the sinking fund to get the painting job going, we at the moment also try other ways too....we hv jz sent 2 written request to YB Yeoh & YB Wong to ask for financial help for the building wall painting, as some of u may know, state gov't do subsidized up to 80% of the painting cost for the low cost apartment, so as we are considered as medium low cost, we too ask them for the 80%, hopefully even if can't get 80% then 50% should be good also, we do carry some hope on this request due to same reason...general election is near :)
4) monkey, few residents reported to us that they saw monkey again! this time 2 small one, hang around near hindu temple, so far haven't receive report on any damage yet, if anyone see them pls alert wild life dept immediately, phone# 0124242827.
5) collection rate, after implement the motorbike T&G system, service charge collection rate went up few more %, now we are collecting 85% to 90% every month, quite good compare to those neighboring apartments, like to take this opportunity to thank all our residents for the cooperation, especially those who pay promptly.
6) also like to encourage those haven't collect their fire insurance policy to do it as soon as they can, because we need to pay the policy provider the total premium by June, so far we have abt 50% resident collected their policy, so pls help us to be good pay master to the vendor.
7) abandoned bikes, have asked supervisor to make police report on those bikes which had been abandoned by their owner & collected a lot of dirt, then we will paste the police report on the notice board, then after 2 more weeks given, will remove the bikes.
thanks.
few things to update residents....
1) sinking fund, the dateline has passed but developer have not release the money to us yet, we have contacted our lawyer to take further action, well, developer by doing so is actually act against the court order, well, let's see how it goes.
2) facilities, most of the facilities at the moment are in the stable state, 6 water tanks have been repaired, now under monitor, once found leaking again then vendor will patch it immediately, as we shared in the EGM before, the long term solution is to change the water tank lining, for this we have written to YB Yeoh, EXCO member YB Wong & other high ranking gov't officer to help, our target is to get abt RM80k from them, we do expect they will channel some money to us as election is not too far from now.
3) building painting, besides waiting for the sinking fund to get the painting job going, we at the moment also try other ways too....we hv jz sent 2 written request to YB Yeoh & YB Wong to ask for financial help for the building wall painting, as some of u may know, state gov't do subsidized up to 80% of the painting cost for the low cost apartment, so as we are considered as medium low cost, we too ask them for the 80%, hopefully even if can't get 80% then 50% should be good also, we do carry some hope on this request due to same reason...general election is near :)
4) monkey, few residents reported to us that they saw monkey again! this time 2 small one, hang around near hindu temple, so far haven't receive report on any damage yet, if anyone see them pls alert wild life dept immediately, phone# 0124242827.
5) collection rate, after implement the motorbike T&G system, service charge collection rate went up few more %, now we are collecting 85% to 90% every month, quite good compare to those neighboring apartments, like to take this opportunity to thank all our residents for the cooperation, especially those who pay promptly.
6) also like to encourage those haven't collect their fire insurance policy to do it as soon as they can, because we need to pay the policy provider the total premium by June, so far we have abt 50% resident collected their policy, so pls help us to be good pay master to the vendor.
7) abandoned bikes, have asked supervisor to make police report on those bikes which had been abandoned by their owner & collected a lot of dirt, then we will paste the police report on the notice board, then after 2 more weeks given, will remove the bikes.
thanks.
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