Saturday, March 24, 2012

JMB Formation Meeting

Mr. Tamilsegaran is officially appointed by the Authority to organise meeting with all owners of Komplex Suria Kinrara with the objective of forming a Joint Management Board(JMB). This is in accordance with the provisions of the Building and Common Property (Maintenance and Management) Act 2007 (Act663). The rights of the owners is stipulated in this piece of Act of Parliament.


Police permit was also granted to him to conduct the meeting and the Police has cooperated and given the assurance that public safety would be their priority,.


Owners should feel free to attend the scheduled meetings without any fear of intimidated or chaos. They were rumour of fears being instilled by some irresponsible people to discourage owners from attending the meeting,


Rest assured that the Police would be present during the meeting to ensure peace and order. See the Police permit below:-


This is the POLICE permit for the meetings.



Saturday, March 17, 2012

Circular to Owners of Suria Kinrara.

This circular letter from an unknown author was delivered to all the shop and apartment unit owners today. I received many telephone calls from owners to clarify. There is nothing to clarify here. The circular merely inform the owners of the ills of Suria Kinrara management and asking owners to exercise their rights.


Except for the confusion on the date of the meeting, there is nothing more for clarification. The circular letter speaks clearly and loudly.
I received this circular  on 17 March 2012. 
This shows there are many unhappy owners of Suria Kinrara.
 

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

This is YOUR JMB. You decide.

The  Commissioner of Building (COB) has issued an official directive to Mr. Tamilsegaran to convene a meeting of all the owners of Suria Kinrara Complex to form a Joint Management Board (JMB).  The JMB committee shall comprise of owners,  elected  by the owners themselves , plus one representative from the developer.  The COB  has acted within the power of the Building and Common Property (Maintenance & Management) Act 2007 by empowering the owners to decide for themselves. But there are some peoples, including a politician and owners, who are trying to derail this. What is their motives and objectives in interfering with the owners from forming a JMB?  You can guess and your guess is as good as mine.

Mr. Tamilsegaran has organised a meeting on the 18 March 2012 at 2.00p.m. at the  Mutli purpose hall, 4th Floor Block A of Suria Kinrara Complex. All owners are invited to attend this meeting to hear from the advisors on the formation of JMB.
This Notice sent by Mr. Tamilsegaran,
as directed by the COB.


Chinese version of the Notice
The JMB is to empower the owners of Suria Kinrara Complex to exercise their respective rights to manage the common properties for the interest and benefits of all owners. Why should some of these distractors want to derail the good intention of the law and the COB.  Every opportunity and ample time has been given to Sentosa Restu (M) Sdn. Bhd. (the developer) to form the JMB but the developer has chosen to ignore this.They promised to form the JMB in January 2012 but nothing was done. Similary, the RA has done nothing to form the JMB.  Now and suddenly they wanted to interfere and wanted to organise the JMB meeting..

The formation of the JMB is the right of every owner of condominium and apartment. Why must they interfere with our rights?  Don’t you think they have ulterior motives?

The Suria Kinrara Residents Association(RA) is still not registered yet, based on my knowledge.  There is no update from the Chairman or Hon. Secretary that the RA is registered.  It is already one year plus one day. Hence, this is an illegal RA. Moreover, the illegal RA has committed many other illegal acts besides failing to register with the Registrar of Societies. Yet, the Chairman of  the illegal RA is interfering with the task given to Mr. Tamilsegaran to form the JMB.

I appeal to all owners of Suria Kinrara Complex to make your own choice and decision. Do not be influenced  by a politician.  We own this place not the politician. Do not elect any politician or suppliers/contractors of developers, ex or current, into the JMB.  This  group of people have vested interest and conflict of interest. Please elect people who can contribute and with integrity to the JMB. If the JMB is not performing, you have the right to petition for an EGM to throw them out.

Owners of Suria Kinrara only need the JMB, with the legal authority and the power vested by the Act to protect you and look after your interest.  You decide. The future of Suria Kinrara Complex is in your own hands. Suria Kinrara belongs to us,  not FFMS, not Sentosa Restu and  not the RA. We are the owners to decide and determine how we manage this complex of ours.

Friday, March 9, 2012

A Sigh of Relief - COB directive to form JMB



Finally,  owners of Suria Kinrara can breathe with a sigh of relief. The Commissioner of Building has issued a directive to call for the first meeting to form the Joint Management Body(JMB) for Suria Kinrara under
Building and Common Property
(Maintenance and Management) Act 2007
Act 663.
The full details of this Act is available at the House Buyers’ Association website:


Owners of Suria Kinrara are frustrated and discriminated purchasers of this project by Sentosa Restu Sdn. Bhd. a subsidiary company of Trinity Bhd.(formerly known as Talam Corporation Bhd.). The project was delayed, LAD not paid, defects not rectified and many more issues. An unreliable management service provider was appointed by the developer that caused more agonies to the purchasers.

Under Section 4(1)(b), Sentosa Restu Sdn. Bhd should have called for the first meeting to form the Joint Management Body for Suria Kinrara Complex, but they failed to do so.

The law stated in:-
(1) Where a building or land intended for subdivision into parcels has been completed –
(b) on or after the commencement of this Act, a Joint Management Body shall be established consisting of the developer and the purchasers upon the convening of the first meeting not later than twelve months from the date of delivery of vacant possession of the parcels to the purchasers.

(3) Without prejudice to subsection (1), if the developer fails to convene the first meeting within the specified period, the Commissioner may appoint a person to convene the first meeting of the Body, within such time as may be specified by the Commissioner.

Since the developer failed to convene the first meeting within 12 month from the delivery of vacant possession date, i.e. 11 October 2010, the Commissioner of Building is empowered under this Section of the Act to appoint one owner to convene the meeting of purchasers.

The Commissioner of Building has issued this letter dated 5 March 2012 to Mr. Tamilsegaran to call for the first meeting on 25 March 2012 to form the JMB and elect a committee from amongst the owners of Suria Kinrara. Letter from the Commissioner of Building is appended below with the notice for the first meeting. 
COB's letter to call meeting for JMB formation.
The notice is being pasted on all lift lobbies notice board. Please help to inform owners not staying at Suria Kinrara.
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COMPLEX SURIA KINRARA JMB
NOTICE TO CALL FOR FIRST MEETING

BUILDING AND COMMON PROPERTY (MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT) ACT 2007
ACT 663

Date : 9 March 2012

To All Parcel Proprietors
Complex Suria Kinrara
Persiaran Kinrara Seksyen 3
Taman Kinrara Seksyen 3
47100 Puchong, Selangor.


Dear Sir/Madam,

NOTICE TO CALL FOR FIRST MEETING

With reference to the attached letter from COB of MPSJ (ref: MPSJ/COB/799-4/1/KR 53) dated 5 March 2012, I hereby give notice to call for the first meeting to be held at the following date, time and venue:

DATE           :        25th MARCH 2012 (SUNDAY)
TIME           :        2:00PM
VENUE        :        MULTIPURPOSE HALL
BLOCK A, LEVEL 4

The agenda of the meeting will be as such:

1)   Election of JMB Committee Members
2)   Appointment of Service Provider
3)   Fire & Public Liability Insurance
4)   Building Maintenance Fund Fees
5)   Late Payment Charges
6)   Other Matters Arising

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,



                                     
Tamilsegaran a/l Ramasamy
Unit No. : B-10-24

Please note that:

1.   The quorum at the first meeting shall be one-quarter of all purchasers.
2.   If within half an hour after the time appointed for the meeting, a quorum is not present, the purchasers who are present shall constitute a quorum.
3.   All resolutions at the first meeting of the JMB are to be decided via a show of hands.
4.   Joint purchasers shall not be entitled to vote except by a way of a jointly appointed proxy.
5.   Proxy & Committee Nomination forms are enclosed for your kind convenience.
6.   All proxy & nomination forms are to be submitted to Mr. Tamilsegaran a/l Ramasamy of unit B-10-24 before 9:00PM on 21 March 2012 (Wednesday). He can be contacted @ 016-223 0781 to arrange for submissions.

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After the formation of the JMB, the current building maintenance company, FFMS, appointed by Sentosa Restu must vacate the place and hand over the management, the files and documents, accounts and the funds to the JMB, as stipulated under the Act. All future maintenance fees and outstanding dues shall be paid to the JMB. This is the legal body recognised under the Act.

All owners of Suria Kinrara Complex, both apartments and shoplots, shall now redeem your rights to take control of this complex. The developer and FFMS have disappointed all the owners for the past 16 months, in term of delivery of contractual obligations and services rendered.

8. Duties and powers of Joint Management Body.

(1)    The duties of the Body include the following:
(a)    to properly maintain the common property and keep it in a state of good and serviceable repair;
(b)   to determine and impose charges that are necessary for the repair and proper maintenance of the common property;
(c)    to insure and keep insured the building to the replacement value of the building against fire and such other risks as may be determined by the Body;
(d)   to apply insurance moneys received by the Body in respect of damage to the building for the rebuilding and reinstatement of that building;
(e)   to comply with any notices or orders given or made by the local authority or any competent public authority requiring the abatement of any nuisance on the common property, or ordering repairs or other work to be done in respect of the common property or other improvements to the property.
(f)     to prepare and maintain a register of all purchasers of the building;
(g)     to ensure that the Building Maintenance Fund is audited and to provide audited financial statements for the information to the purchasers;
(h)   to enforce house rules for the proper maintenance and management of the building; and
(i)      to do such things as may be expedient or necessary for the proper maintenance and management of the building.

The law is very clear. Now is the time you take control of your own property and the common properties of ours.


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Sunday, March 4, 2012

FFMS Failed to Activate Lift Lobby Access Card System

Lift lobby access card system is still not activated today. According to FFMS ‘s notice pasted on the notice board at all the lift lobbies, the system should be activated on the 1 March 2012. After collecting the payment for the access card(RM150.00) from the owners, plus the arrears of maintenance fees, the system failed to work.  What kind of management company and what kind of system is this?
Owners of Suria Kinrara has the right to demand a clear and unambiguous explanation from both the RA and FFMS. If an explanation is not issued by this Friday, 9 March 2012, police report should be lodged by the owners, with the Puchong police station.

None of the committee members who approved the system, (the Chairman, Hon. Secretary, Hon, Treasurer and one committee member),  is able to explain the cause of the system failure, except the Chairman’s Facebook posting.  See below.-
This Facebook posting of Mr. Wong was quickly withdrawn and deleted.
A typical response from a politician.
Isn’t this an absurd answer from the Chairman of our Residents Association (RA)? A power surge can cause the whole system to fail? Then what kind of system is this that he approved? What was his reasons for rushing this project without a proper study and evaluation?

This is the salesman namecard. He claimed that
he is also an owner of Suria Kinrara.
Anybody knows him?
According to Mr. Bala (Manager) of FFMS, the system cannot be activated due to technical problem. But what is the technical problem?  No answer is forthcoming from him. A telephone call to Mr. Frankie Chua of RCG Matrix Sdn. Bhd, the supplier, also drew a blank.  
A technician (Mr. Yap) from RCG Matrix Sdn. Bhd. working on the system installation quoted “Controller failure” as the cause.  A completely and entirely new system  encountered “Controller failure” even before activation. Didn’t the supplier and FFMS tested the system thoroughly before issuing the notice to all owners?

Many questions are now posted by the dissatisfied and disappointed owners of Suria Kinrara.  And the question remained unanswered.

Did the  RA and FFMS did a proper evaluation of the system before they proceed?  Can they be so reckless to commit such a large expenditure(Appr. RM124,000) without a diligent study of the system offered by the supplier.  
What kind of track record this supplier has?

What is your take of the RA and FFMS? Can they look after your  interest and your property?