Ara Damansara

Article and pic by LeeYK
Jan 27

When petrol prices shot through the roof last year, many motorists jumped onto the bandwagon to convert to LPG. For shops specializing in such conversions, it was a windfall and they did more business during those few weeks than perhaps the entire year before. For some, the petrol price increase [...]

Article & Pic by LeeYK
The excavator is finally here! As the saying goes, it’s better late than never. It was a long 6 months wait but I hope it will be worth it.

The digging has begun and as this project is expected to take 4 months, the area is being fenced up. This [...]

As I am driving to work this morning, as usual, the NZX tunnel is congested. The reason is because there is a bottleneck right after when you are out of the tunnel. There were 2 MBPJ traffic Marshall there but the motorist won’t bother, just drive opposite direction and straight into the tunnel. There are [...]

Article and Pic by LeeYK
In second quarter last year, some residents received a notice in their postbox that a multimillion exercise will be undertaken to upgrade our recreational parks. In that exercise (originally to start in August), the pathetic state of the ponds will be rehabilitated and hundreds more trees will be planted. August came [...]

Good news! The tunnel is opened and roads a leveled higher. Height barricades are installed and roads are narrowed to prevent huge vehicle to passing through (buses and lorries) the tunnel. I assume they also solve the drainage problem where water will flood the tunnel during rain. The tunnel is now brighter and looks neat.

The [...]

Source: Rita Wong’s blog
Here are some latest pictures I took today, they tested the water feature and thankfully, I was given an opportunity to take a glimpse of it. It’s almost 90% to its completion, personally I feel to be conservative, keys should be handed in Febuary 2009.

Living water feature, the sound of the water [...]

Source: TheStar
THERE was overwhelming response from StarMetro readers to our story on gated and guarded communities in Petaling Jaya entitled “Barricade City” which was published on Monday.
Besides Petaling Jaya, we also received letters from readers staying in Subang Jaya, Kuala Lumpur and even Rawang, where most have come up strongly against the concept.
No go: [...]

Source: Rita Wong
Last Sunday, I did a site visit to Ara Hill, the one and only medium rise condo and low rise villas estate in Ara Damansara, as part of my market research to better serve my customer. Sime Darby Property mentioned that they expect the project to be completed by end of 2009 and [...]

Article and pic by LeeYK

The NZX tunnel is scheduled to be closed for a month starting next Monday for repair works. MBPJ has placed several signboards at strategic locations to inform the public of this closure.
While the tunnel is under repair, residents of Ara and surrounding neighbourhoods will have to use the FAS tunnel [...]

I met up with Mr. Ng, the Managing Director of Bumipest over a cup of coffee at Kapitan a couple of weeks ago.  Mr. Ng himself stays in Ara Damansara and he told me that Ara Damansara is a termite prone neighbourhood.  Immediately, I’ve ask if he can send some people to check out my [...]