I was asked by some residents, what are my plans for USJ (zone 3)?
As for my masterplans, well, I do have a list of over 20items that need to be done in MPSJ. As a member of the municipal council, I have to consider the decision of my fellow councilors in pursuing these policies.
However, these are among my primary focus:
1. Customer service - Your complaints to MPSJ must be solved within set time frames, mostly 2 weeks. If it is not, let me know, and I'll be breathing fire down the respective head of dept's neck.
Also, I'm making myself available - you can call me, facebook me, email me and even see me in person to discuss just about anything.
2. Traffic & Public Transport - We can hope for the best tweaking traffic light timings here and there, but ultimately, thats not going to be a long term solution, as everyday, more and more cars come on the road (my neighbour has 4, and even my house has 4 today). Also, the better we improve traffic flows on Tujuan/Kewajipan, the more enticing it would be for Putra Heights/Alam Megah/Kota Kemuning/Puchong to use Subang Jaya as a bypass to get to places. So, we need to start focusing on public transport. And I've succeeded in getting MPSJ to form a public transport committee, that will have Prasarana, RapidKL & CVLB's participation. We'll be meeting for the first time after Raya.
3. Solving Taipan's parking nightmare
4. Improving hygiene standards...
- restaurants & grocery shops
- public littering, be it throwing rubbish out of the car window, dumping rubbish in front of tnb sub-stations or dragging mattresses/unwanted furnitures to road corners
5. Legalise proper business activities that should be, and crackdown on the rest (this is quite a tough one)
6. Look into MPSJ's finances. This is "behind the scenes" work, and many would not see the fruit of my labour in this area directly. However, i think its very important, so that
a) we free up unnecessary spending and focus that money on improving roads, street lights & parks
b) Generate more non-tax income so that just general resident's tax burden is reduced. I don't mean penalising people, but there are some cases which companies are due to pay a fair share to council, such as
- Telco towers using public land for telco towers paying a minimal token sum only, yet generating billions in revenue.
- Billboard ads that cost RM10k/month at the very least, but shops putting up huge sighboards get off just paying RM60/90 a year.
I don't mean to punish these corporate bodies, but they should pay their fair share for usage of our common space that they use for their private profit.
c) stop/reduce corruption (sometimes i feel corruption happens because councillors are just too busy dealing with residents that they don't have time to scrutinize MPSJ's spending
I welcome any questions/clarification of the above.
However, these are among my primary focus:
1. Customer service - Your complaints to MPSJ must be solved within set time frames, mostly 2 weeks. If it is not, let me know, and I'll be breathing fire down the respective head of dept's neck.
Also, I'm making myself available - you can call me, facebook me, email me and even see me in person to discuss just about anything.
2. Traffic & Public Transport - We can hope for the best tweaking traffic light timings here and there, but ultimately, thats not going to be a long term solution, as everyday, more and more cars come on the road (my neighbour has 4, and even my house has 4 today). Also, the better we improve traffic flows on Tujuan/Kewajipan, the more enticing it would be for Putra Heights/Alam Megah/Kota Kemuning/Puchong to use Subang Jaya as a bypass to get to places. So, we need to start focusing on public transport. And I've succeeded in getting MPSJ to form a public transport committee, that will have Prasarana, RapidKL & CVLB's participation. We'll be meeting for the first time after Raya.
3. Solving Taipan's parking nightmare
4. Improving hygiene standards...
- restaurants & grocery shops
- public littering, be it throwing rubbish out of the car window, dumping rubbish in front of tnb sub-stations or dragging mattresses/unwanted furnitures to road corners
5. Legalise proper business activities that should be, and crackdown on the rest (this is quite a tough one)
6. Look into MPSJ's finances. This is "behind the scenes" work, and many would not see the fruit of my labour in this area directly. However, i think its very important, so that
a) we free up unnecessary spending and focus that money on improving roads, street lights & parks
b) Generate more non-tax income so that just general resident's tax burden is reduced. I don't mean penalising people, but there are some cases which companies are due to pay a fair share to council, such as
- Telco towers using public land for telco towers paying a minimal token sum only, yet generating billions in revenue.
- Billboard ads that cost RM10k/month at the very least, but shops putting up huge sighboards get off just paying RM60/90 a year.
I don't mean to punish these corporate bodies, but they should pay their fair share for usage of our common space that they use for their private profit.
c) stop/reduce corruption (sometimes i feel corruption happens because councillors are just too busy dealing with residents that they don't have time to scrutinize MPSJ's spending
I welcome any questions/clarification of the above.
