The condition of the road has deteriorated badly. The heavy traffic together with the rain and heavy trucks has made this stretch like a runway bombarded by fighter jets. Navigating this stretch is like walking in a mine field avoiding casualty to your absorbers and the mods to your lovely car.

Our vehicles had suffered enough, we can’t be crossing that bumpy road everyday and do nothing about it!

So it is time for us to do our part! Especially for those who use the road daily, this is the least you can do.

We will be having 2 lorries of sands and stones to fill up the pot holes for a smoother ride. This is a very short term exercise as we wait for MBPJ to inch through their web of procedures before the award to the contractor.

We are very pleased the new management of Ara Damansara Petronas Station has come forward and be our main sponsor for this event. They will provide T-shirts and breakfast! We like to thank Cik Farah for her wonderful support!

Bring your family members along and make it an eventful family outing!

Date: 26th March 2011 (Saturday)

Time: 8 AM – 9.30AM

Venue: Ara-Tropicana Link

Bring: YOUR SELF & TOOLS (Spade, Cangkul, wheel barrow, buckets)

As this is a self-funded event, we like to appeal for some donations to pay for the expenses. We hope we can count on your kind generosity. Do look out for the committee members with a donation box at the site on the day itself.

T-shirts will be given out to the first 80 so do come early if you are not to be disappointed. Breakfast will be provided at Petronas Station so please adjourn there after the event.

The management of Ara Damansara Petronas Station has a full day of activities lined up (including lunch) so please stay and participate in the activities.

In conjunction with EARTH DAY, they have a campaign for a greener environment so do bring any recyclable goods from your home.

See you!

30th June 2010 – We launched a Signature Campaign to Against the New Development.

6th August 2010 – Ara Damansara Action Group came out with a formal presentation to MBPJ. Mr. Derek Fernandez, so call the “lawyer for residents” was present.

15th October 2010 – Ara Damansara Action Group submitted a proposal to MBPJ after the 2nd dialogue on what the residents want in order for the new development to continue.

6th November 2010 – MBPJ Councillor Tiew Way Keng chaired a meeting, Subang MP Sivarasa Rasiah’s aide Peter Chong , private Secretary to YB R Sivarasa, who was also present at the hearings, said the hijacked land was a state government issue and he suggested that residents file a complaint with the Special Select Committee on Competence, Accountability and Transparency (Selcat). Tiew said the applications for the projects would be tabled at the One-Stop Centre committee meeting on Nov 15.

22nd December 2010 – Another full board meeting held by MBPJ.  We were told by MBPJ internal sources that  OSC had approved the projects despite all the news and protests by the residents.

9th January 2011 – Since MBPJ had failed us. We sent a mail to YB Teresa Kok who in turn “pushed” us back to MBPJ Councillor Tiew Way Keng.

13th January 2011 – MBPJ organized another dialogue with the developer chaired by councillor, Mr. Derek Fernandez. MP YB Sivarasa also attended.

3rd March 2011 - It is confirmed that Borang C has been issued to developer with a plot ration of 1:3.9, YB Mohd Nasir is aware of it.

6th Match 2011 – I venged my frustration to PR.

13th March – A reply from Peter Chong, saying that “However some individuals in the Planning Dept  caused the Borang C to be issued.”

We expected a crowd but the turnout today was totally beyond our imaginations. Close to 150 residents showed up equipped with wheel barrows, buckets, spades and changkuls. The crowd comprised of both young and old, men and ladies with good representations from the various phases of Ara Damansara: Attillia/Alissia, Casarina, Berkeley, Winchester, Palermo, Ara Vista and even residents from Crimson Condominium. I am sure there are many more from other phases as well as from other neighbourhoods too.

Today’s event, a success story itself, has a message for the party who put up the court injunction as well as for the father and son team. This link is here to stay and we will fight to keep it open. This is a public road for the convenience of all residents living on both sides of the link and no one has the right to prevent it from opening because of their very selfish reasons.

We like to express our appreciation to all who worked very hard today. Many helped out in various ways: shovel the earth, filling the buckets, carting the wheel barrows; filling the trenches; draining the water, leveling the surface; directing the traffic, supervising the works etc etc. You have just delivered a great community service today! We also like to thank the rest who came to provide moral support. Your presence are equally important demonstrating to the world that we have solid support from the community.

Now that we have made this stretch a safer place, we look forward to its early completion. We don’t expect any more surprises but we are always ready to respond in the event there is one.

Once again, thank you everyone for the wonderful response to this Gotong Royong call.

We are proud of you!

Dear Ara Damansarians,

We are shocked and upset why anyone initiated such an act to dig two trenches across this almost complete stretch of road linking Ara Damansara with Tropicana. It is an idiotic act putting all road users in jeopardy. As street lightings has not been turned on yet and there are no warning signs, some motorists have suffered damages to their cars and at least one motor-cyclist had injuries when his motor-bike fell while crossing it.

As responsible citizens and being good neighbours, we want to ensure there are no further injuries or damages to our vehicles. Therefore, this is a call to all Ara Damansarians as well as residents of surrounding neighbourhoods to come forward to participate in a gotong-royong exercise to re-fill the trench and level the road again.

Date: August 14th 2010 (Saturday)
Time: 5.30pm – 7 pm
Venue: you know where

If you are a user of this stretch, please come and offer your labour. Even if you do not use this stretch, please come and lend your moral support. For those who are very kind, you may want to bring some cold drinks to share.

If you plan to participate in this exercise, we need you to bring along some tools (spade, changkul, buckets) plus rocks. Look around your house and playgrounds and I am sure you will find many small rocks and stones lying around. Collect them in a bucket and bring them to fill up the trenches. We will place the bigger rocks at the bottom with the smaller ones on top. We will then complete the surfacing with the pile of gravel at the site.

As the work is expected to be dusty, please bring along some face masks, some drinking water and some towels.

There will not be a single leader for this gotong-royong exercise. Whoever arrives first can start and the rest of us can join in. Should there be rain, we will postpone the exercise to Sunday evening.

We are proud to be residents of Ara Damansara and I am sure we can count on your support to make our neighbourhood a safe place to live in.

I hope we have a good crowd tomorrow. See you all!

Come and join to wrap herb plants as a door gift for Malaysiakini 10 Years Celebration Dinner on 28-November-2009.

http://www.malaysiakini.com/weare10/index.html

Come and join us to be part of the hiStory! Malaysiakini Story!

What a way to spend a Friday morning….Green meaningful fun, making 1000 people happy

Saturday, November 21

8:00am – 12.oopm

Bandar Harapan, PJU 1A/31, Ara Damansara

• REQUIRED: 50+ volunteers (kids of all ages welcome)

We are preparing herb plants as a DOOR GIFT for Malaysiakini 10 Years Celebration Dinner!

http://www.malaysiakini.com/weare10/index.html

Be part of the hiStory! Malaysiakini Story!

The task of the day is the wrap up the beautiful misai kucing plants in gunny sack cloth. Our target is to have 500 ready by end of the day!

Do bring some gunny sacks. You may ask your local restaurants, mills, markets….

As the location is within city limits, we are NOT organising transportation. We do encourage you to car pool.

Those who need a pick-up from Kelana Jaya LRT, let us know, we can organize it.

Or even better, come in the most creative non-fuel way and you’ll get a 1 minute slot to tell your tale in front of an eager audience.

Briefly, the schedule shall be as follows:
0800hrs – Gather at Bandar Harapan (please have your breakfast before coming)
0815hrs – Welcome & Briefing by Ivan
0830hrs – Division into groups (sack cloth cutters and misai kucing wrappers) & start working
1200hrs – It’s a wrap! Get familiar with Bandar Harapan herbs and plants and buy some organic food to bring back home

WHAT TO BRING
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1. Hat, insect repellant and sunscreen
2. Your own drinking water
3. Gloves, scissors, knifes if you have them.
4. A smile and a bottle-full of fun

Time:  9.00 am – 1.00 pm

Location: Malaysian Nature Society Headquarters (Urban Nature Centre), Jalan Kelantan, Kuala Lumpur

Age Group: 5-8 years only

Fee: None! FREE OF CHARGE!

Limited to 30 children on a first come, first registered basis! Priority will be given to MNS members (under family membership, student/junior membership, or children of MNS members)

Please email wongeelynn@yahoo.com to register. Please provide names of children, sex, age and membership number.

Participants are required to bring the following items:

1.    Own lunch and drink

2.    Sunblock

3.    Skin-friendly insect repellent (Mosiguard, Off! or Kaps)

4.    A picnic mat or flattened cardboard box to sit on.

5.    Art Equipment: Old and unwanted toothbrush, old comb (NOT hairbrush!), paint palette / plastic egg carton with compartments that can be used as a palette.

6.    Old storybooks and educational toys to be donated to a childrens charity.

Parents are encouraged to sit in and accompany/assist their children. We still need volunteers, both to clean the trail, lead the nature walk and conduct the activities, so please email wongeelynn@yahoo.com or send a text message to Ee Lynn at 016 288 6812 if interested!

Thank you and see you at our inaugural F.O.C. Eco Kids JUNIOR Day Camp!

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Enrol your kid and join us for a flurry of activities in our camp and learn many interesting facts about the Hornbills.

Fee: RM280 per participant for MNS members
RM 300 per participant for Non-MNS members

You’ll be sure to have some holiday fun time. For booking, please call us at 03-62771703 or e-mail us at nec@mns.org.my.

For questions, please contact Hana / Maichal, FRIM-MNS-SHELL Nature Education Centre, Tel: 03-62771703, Fax: 03-62754376 or via e-mail above.

• Saturday, Nov 14-2009

• TIME : 8am -12 noon
• LOCATION: PJU 1A/31, Ara Damansara
• REQUIRED: 50+ volunteers (kids of all ages welcome)

We are preparing herb plants as a DOOR GIFT for Malaysiakini 10 Years Celebration Dinner!

Be part of the hiStory! Malaysiakini Story!

The task of the day is the wrap up the beautiful misai kucing plants in gunny sack cloth. Our target is to have 500 ready by end of the day!

Do bring some gunny sacks. You may ask your local restaurants, mills, markets….

Come in the most creative non-fuel way and you’ll get a 1 minute slot to tell your tale in front of an eager audience.

Briefly, the schedule shall be as follows:
0800hrs – Gather at Bandar Harapan (please have your breakfast before coming)
0815hrs – Welcome & Briefing by Ivan
0830hrs – Division into groups (sack cloth cutters and misai kucing wrappers) & start working
1200hrs – It’s a wrap!

Get familiar with Bandar Harapan herbs and plants and buy some organic food to bring back home

WHAT TO BRING
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
1. Hat, insect repellant and sunscreen
2. Your own drinking water
3. Gloves, scissors, knifes if you have them.
4. A smile and a bottle-full of fun