Is Sentosa Restu (M) Sdn. Bhd. (a subsidiary of Talam Group) a reliable property developer? I am having doubts now. The Selangor state government has recently announced the re-purchase of some of theTalam’s land bank, due to non-payment of debts to the government. How can a PLC having debts due to a government (Selangor was under BN then) for so long? Again, there is something amiss. Your guess is as good as mine.
Talam group, specifically Sentosa Restu (M) Sdn. Bhd, the developer of Suria Kinrara Commercial Centre and Komplek Suria Kinrara appeared in the news again for the wrong reason. This time is regarding the issue with SYABAS on the disconnection of water supply to Suria Kinrara Commercial Centre (the commercial project next to Komplek Suria Kinrara). See the picture ==>
What amazed me is the issue of bulk water meter and non-payment of maintenance fees. First issue is why should there be a bulk water meter, when all the property owners have already migrated to individual water meter installed by SYABAS? Second issue is why should there be maintenance fees for the shop/office lots. There is no common property in the project. Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya should have taken over the responsibility for street lighting. Public road maintenance and garbage collection, once the CF is issued and assessment raised on individual owners. The owner should pay the municipal tax and not the maintenance fees. What is going on? There are some missing connections somewhere. Can Sentosa Restu officers clarify on these issues?
Hopefully, the same issues do not recur in our Komplek Suria Kinrara. We have to form the Residents Association and the JMB quickly. I have lost confident in the management of Talam and Sentosa Restu.
See the news clip from Star
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Saturday December 11, 2010
Syabas reconnects bulk meter after payment by developer
By EDWARD R. HENRY
edward@thestar.com.my
WATER supply to 80 business operators at the Kinrara Commercial Centre in Taman Kinrara Section 3, Puchong, was restored after three days when the developer paid an initial deposit of RM20,000 to Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) yesterday.
Syabas disconnected the bulk meter to restaurauts, laundry outlets, air-conditioner shops after the developer, Sentosa Restu Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Talam Corporation Berhad, failed to settle RM119,510 in bills.
Talam Corporation senior vice-president I Tan Bak Hai said the action to disconnect water supply to the business premises was harsh.
“We understand that there has been unpaid water bills but this is linked to certain matters with the Joint Maintenance Body (JMB) that was formed in 2008 but later disbanded.
“No maintenance fees is being collected except for the quit rent,” he said after meeting the operators at Kinrara assemblyman Teresa Kok’s service centre in Taman Kinrara.
Tan said they made an initial payment of RM20,000 to Syabas to reconnect the bulk meter with the balance to be paid in instalments.
Air-conditioner outlet operator Kuan Hong Chan, 38, claimed he did not receive any notice on the supply disconnection.
“It is unfair as in 2008, we had migrated from the bulk meter to individual meters. Most of us with the individual meters make good our payments and should not be penalised if Syabas is not able to account for the non-revenue water,” he said.
Kuan added that the bulk meter should be dismantled as business owners had been given individual ones.
“We can’t go on footing the difference between the total amount of water used at the premises and the recorded figure on the bulk meter.
Water leakages are outside the shops and this non-revenue water charges must not be plastered on us,” he said.
Restaurateur Prem Mohan, 40, said he found it hard to operate his business without water.
“We are prompt with our payments and Syabas should not penalise us but resolve the matter with the developer.
“It is absurd and unethical for Syabas to get its non-revenue water dues by shutting the taps of businesses after collecting payment for the individual meters,” he said.
Kok urged the business operators to re-establish the JMB to ensure no other problems would occur.
