April 14, 2011
As I was about to leave the house at 7 plus, a quarrel between a neighbour in Jalan Wangsa 1/1 and three representatives from the Residents Association erupted.
Apparently, it was over an issue where this resident was refused entry into the housing estate where he lives. The security guard had insisted on his identity card before allowing him to enter. The reason given was that his car did not display a car sticker showing that he is paying the security fees of RM50 per month. It is believed that the resident was angry -- and he knocked down the small boom gate that blocked the entrance int
o Jalan Wangsa 1/1.
THE POINT IS ....
(1) This is a RESIDENT who is denied entry
(2) The housing estate was never intended to be a gated community in the first place, when the resident purchased the property here. The security committee who insist that other residents should follow their whims and fancies should move one to a gated community.
(3) For RM50 paid every month (every year, RM600), the place may "feel" safe, but what can and what did the security guards do when someone enters the house with a parang in broad daylight (this was what happened to a house in Jalan Wangsa Utama!)
(4) The money might as well be spent on a security alarm system or feeding a good guard dog. Or even buying household insurance to protect against burglary. When a burglary takes place, the security committee is not going to compensate a single sen to the losses. However you want to argue it, with or without the security, people's lives will still be at stake if the robbers turn up in broad daylight with a parang.
(5) In the first place, what is the use of the car stickers? To prove that the resident pays his security money? What the heck! Does that mean someone
who is not paying the security money will have to go through the hassles with the security guards? As residents, we have right of access to our property without being blocked by some unknown security guards!
(6) If the security committee has any common sense at all, they should issue stickers to all car owners in the housing estate, irrespective of whether they are paying or not. This will at least provide convenience to all house owners in the housing estate.
(7) Security committee who are trying to insist everyone pays the security money should at least realise that not everyone agrees with the way how security is being managed. There was no written agreement at the point of purchase of property, as in the case of apartments or condominiums. Perhaps, my recommendation to these few security committee members is -- move to an apartment elsewhere instead of asking us to move elsewhere! Before long, they will learn that even with security guards, robbery and murder can also happen in the high-end condominiums.
In Wangsa Permai, a neighbour's house was broken into
0ne morning between 10am - 12 noon. Just behind her house, another house was robbed in broad daylight. This, despite the security guards coming with their motorbikes, but unable to do anything because they were not armed.
The real issue here is that our boys in blue are not out there often enough to nab
the bad hats. I notice that they are busy stopping motorists or carrying out roadblocks to check on road tax. Is that where the money is?!!!!
