general updates as as 26/4/14

few matters to update our beloved Vista residents...

1) walkway shade - the 6 walkway shades have get completed on Thursday, so far our residents response is quite encouraging, especially those with little kids & elderly ppl, for these shade will be helpful during rainy days, as now we can see more rains are visiting Penang, and we mentioned in last posting, our bigger concern is the safety, for these shade also provide some covering for our residents from those falling object like gutter, bottles, pots, etc....

2) foreigners' hostel - we have contacted EXCO YB Jagdeep Singh's PA & get the confirmation that the ruling that low medium cost (LMC) & low cost (LC) apartments are not supposed to convert to be foreigners hostel & it also applies to private apartments like us, so for this we have asked the management office to get for us the list of such hostel in Vista, and it have been forwarded to EXCO's office for them to send notice the house owners & take further action if they fail to comply with the ruling.

3) lift upgrade - we have warned the vendor to complete the process of lift upgrade in blk k, for which the electrical & mechanical have been upgraded but the new door, wall & floor still remain outstanding, we told them if they don't get it done in May then we may not be able to advice the state gov't to release full payment to them, and we also will think twice for the future upgrade in blk j lift, perhaps should give other vendor a chance...

4) building repainting - thank God there's some new development concerning this matter, our blk k resident Mr Selva has found out from EXCO that now the state gov't also willing to consider the application for the financial aid for building repainting for private project (in the past they only opened for gov't built & low cost flat), now we are contacting contractors to provide quotations & will present to residents during AGM (end of May or early June) for approval, under this scheme state gov't will contribute 80% of the cost, and 20% by our residents, pls wait for the notice for the AGM.

thanks.