Medan Damansara residents protest against the hillside project that endangers lives and destroys properties. Randhir Singh, Asst Secretary of MDRA, (seen foreground, right) said: "We want the Damansara Project 21 scrapped and the hill rehabilitated according to the authorities' requirements."
Can you recognise YB Tan Kok Wai, Tony Pua and Nurul Izzah among those squatting
Our eternal gratitude to our VVIPs, fellow citizens, support groups and NGOs especially those from Bukit Gasing, Ampang and Seputeh who gathered at our place today. Close to 200 people, including Deputy Federal Territories Minister Datuk M. Saravanan, 5 Members of Parliament namely Nurul Izzah Anwar, Tony Pua, Gobind Deo Singh, Tan Kok Wai and Fong Kui Lun (Bukit Bintang) as well as Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam and Dato P.G. Lim were in attendance. We have conveyed the message loud and clear. Now we need the political will from the powers-that-be!
As can be seen, the Damansara 1 Project sits precariously next to Medan Damansara.
Residents of Medan Damansara Residents Association also observed a one minute silence for victims of hillslope residents of Ulu Yam Perdana and Bukit Antarabangsa
Dr Marsita whose house was adversely affected by the landslide spoke her heart out against the hillside development.
Residents of Medan Damansara Residents Association also observed a one minute silence for victims of hillslope residents of Ulu Yam Perdana and Bukit Antarabangsa
Dr Marsita whose house was adversely affected by the landslide spoke her heart out against the hillside development.
"The developer cannot buy me with two months of free hotel stay. I am thinking of the other residents who live nearby the hillslope. I would like to invite the developer's family members to live in my corner house for free and feel for themselves if they can sleep well whenever it rains heavily."
Randhir Singh, Asst Secretary of MDRA, told the Press – "We want the Damansara Project 21 scrapped and the hill rehabilitated according to the authorities' requirements."
Randhir Singh, Asst Secretary of MDRA, told the Press – "We want the Damansara Project 21 scrapped and the hill rehabilitated according to the authorities' requirements."
9 comments:
Dr Spin
Your hillside development at Medan Damansara involve big guns, politicians, murderers and slimy personalities. See what this person at www.scwatch.wordpress.com has to say. Don't think it is hearsay.
The developers do not seem to care for the value of those living there. The developers think only about profits and have no respect for the others besides themselves.
Give lots of publicity to the project, and lets see which high networth individuals would want to spend RM10 mil to RM15 mil to live in this 'passage to hell' homes.
When the houses collapsed, banks have difficulties recovering loans. I think banks shld not provide mortgage finance for these homes.
all the best on your effort... while we want to depend on people (of influence) to solve our problems, remember to depend on God... Ask Him to save us from this..
Dear Dr Spin,
Please continue to fight till the end - you have our full support.
Do continue to update all gatherings here so that we are in the know.
Good Luck,
Lorong Beluntas 2.
I appeal to the developer to call it quits before disaster strikes. Even if the hill doesn't collapse, the marketability of the project has already suffered a major downfall. May I ask who will pay RM15mil to pay for a place that is risky, has bad publicity and hostile neighbours?
Lifted off an earlier article highlighting this episode;
Asked if she expects to be given the go-ahead from City Hall given the rising pressure from residents, she said: "The authorities are basically doing what's right, but somehow with all this pressure, they are feeling it. But, I think one has to review whether some of these pressures are reasonable or not. At the end day, the investment climate has to be there for the country to move forward," she said.
My question;
Why don't they go to the root of the issue - why the pressure from residents and start working from there rather than hammering the small guys with law suits?
It is shortsighted and malicious to sue. If they think anyone is going to win (other than the lawyers), they will be sorely dissappointed. SDB's image will forever be tarred. Defendents will be left poorer.
I say, keep the pressure at cooking point and up a notch on the pr work.
Let people see what sort of greedy and irresponsible villians they really are.
I am rooting for you guys. It's about time people hit back and i will be the first to boycott bangsar village, maya hotel, etc... what other businesses has sdb got under their slimy tentacles?
fyi... the increasing number developers employing this despicable method of bullying is a worrying trend. owners of a service apartment/commercial development at jalan ampang are going through similar process - 15 individual slapped with 2 - 3 lawsuits (from developer, the building management company & the man running the show) each amounting to between RM5 - 25 millions in claims!
and the root of the problem - human greed and bruised egos.
While at least there seems to be some significant progress in this fight, it is sad to know that only after the landslide in Bkt Antarabangsa that things here really start to get some attention. Certainly an expensive price to pay for us Malaysians. My heart goes to all the victims and survivors of all the landslides that has happened over the years due to ignorance and severe lack of responsibility by the parties involved.
On another note, I will like to say something like what Dr Marsita have said before. If the developers, DBKL officers and their respective "consultants" believed that her house is safe to stay, can they feel safe if they are to stay there with their loved ones during these rainy season? Deep down in their hearts I can bet most of them will say no anyway...
It's a very worrying situation. I can only imagine how the current Medan Damansara residents feel, knowing that there could be a landslide at anytime that can totally wipe out their homes. I hope sanity prevails.
I suppose if the project is stopped and scrapped, the Medan Damansara Residents Association will guarantee that no landslides will occur?
The hill was there and was cut to create the very same Medan Damansara houses the residents are now staying in.
Something should be done to stabilise the slope, otherwise I dread for the safety of the residents. Stopping the development and leaving the slope as it is doesn't seem like a smart solution.
Bukit Antarabangsa was due to a lack of maintainence of a natural slope above houses at the bottom of a valley. Who says natural slopes are safe?
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