Ara Damansara

Source: the Star Feb 4 PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry should scrap plans to change the entire healthcare system under the 1Care for 1Malaysia plan, said medical experts and concerned citizen groups. Also, it is better for Malaysia to improve the current healthcare system instead of shaping the 1Care for 1Malaysia plan after foreign models. [...]

Source: the Malaysian Insider By Yow Hong Chieh February 04, 2012 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — Putrajaya’s controversial 1 Care scheme, which critics claim will tax citizens and businesses monthly to foot the country’s growing healthcare bill, has already entered its “final stages”, Health Ministry officials told a pharmaceutical seminar last month. This is despite [...]

Source: theSun Feb 3 PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry yesterday sought to engage various quarters which have slung criticisms against 1Care for 1Malaysia, the national healthcare insurance scheme proposed by the ministry. In a statement last night, Health Director-General Datuk Seri Hasan Abdul Rahman urged critics to engage the ministry through “face-to-face” briefings over the [...]

Source: theSun PETALING JAYA (Jan 31, 2012) : A new bypass and tunnel will be built to ease the traffic congestion near Ara Damansara and Taman Kelana Idaman in Kelana Jaya. Petaling Jaya Mayor Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman said the project was to divert the traffic flow away from Jalan PJU 1a/4f leading to Taman [...]

Source: Star Jan 31 PETALING JAYA: Protests by a Facebook group called #taknak1care has prompted the Health Ministry to take on some of the group’s claims against the ministry’s proposed healthcare reforms under the 1Care for 1Malaysia system. Health deputy director-general (Medical) Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, who joined the discussion on the group’s wall, [...]

Many of us may have read about this national health care program in the making but I am sure we don’t pay it much attention. What I found out from my neighbour yesterday shocked me. I was told once this bill is passed by Parliament and becomes law, we have to pay 10% of our [...]

Source: the Sun SHAH ALAM (Jan 12, 2012): Selangor residents can from Jan 17 use a toll-free line to lodge complaints on garbage collection. State executive councillor in charge of local councils Ronnie Liu said the hotline, 1-800-88-2824, would be manned from 8am-6pm daily. Complaints made after these hours will be recorded by an answering [...]

Source: Star Dec 20 RESIDENTS in Kelana Jaya will face a traffic dilemma come end of March when the mixed development project Paradigm officially opens its doors. “Right now, we enter and exit our residential area through Jalan SS7/26. “Once the development is completed, it will be changed to one-way and the road will only [...]

Source: Star Dec 2 HOUSEHOLDS in Petaling Jaya might end up being charged for disposing of garden refuse if the working paper being prepared by the Petaling Jaya City Council’s (MBPJ) Health Department gets the nod at its sub-committee meeting to be held soon. Councillor Ahmad Yusof Ludin has called upon the MBPJ to charge [...]

Source: NST Nov 11 http://www.nst.com.my/latest/police-bust-juvenile-gang-behind-74-burglaries-1.4491 SHAH ALAM: The police busted a gang, made up of mostly juvenile members, believed to be behind 72 home and office break-ins in Selangor, and one each in Negeri Sembilan and Johor since August last year. Dubbed the “Sam Gang”, it is headed by an 18-year-old boy, who is a [...]