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| At Balakong Sri Pulai Flats (Dato Ho- in the centre) with others |
Brief
Background of the Flats
Sri Pulai flats has about 660
house units in four levels of walk up flats and 48 shop units. About 60 to 70%
are Indian families with the remaining Malay and a very small number of Chinese
families. The upper house units in the fourth floor are empty due to frequent robberies
(thieves climbing though the roof down into the units). Many families have lost
ownership of flats due to inability to repay the loans.
Based on some simple observation the place looks
much better than before in terms of cleanness. Local JMB has taken over the
local maintenance.
Chat
with Dr Shankar & Mr Selvakumar
Dr Shanker (0122095218) is
the Joint Management Board and local resident’s association chair. Mr Selvakumar
(010 5282024) is the proposed RT chair and Chair of the Unity Kindergarten.
Both run businesses in the commercial lots and Selva also lives there.
Selva said he has sent in
all the details for RT registration. He has got 25 people as local RT both
Malays and Indians. They asked for assistance to get this cleared with JPNIN and
secure approval as they like their RT to be formally approved as RT and receive
regular funding for local activities.
Visit
to the National Unity Kindergarten
This was set up by JPNIN
after our last visit (Datuk Vaithi, Mr Ganesan and DJ). There is a teacher
(Puan Suriana), asst teacher (Cik Siti Nor) and 23 children of whom 7 are
Indians. Parents contribute RM20 a month. Many of the Indian children go to a
nearby private kindergarten as Tamil class is also conducted. Selva asked if we
could assist in this area. Teacher said no funds and even in the case of
Islamic class, parents have to fun this.
We were impressed in how the
place looked with all the good materials and very professional outlook with 2
well motivated teachers. They seem to relate well with Mr Selva who is the
local chair.
They have no electricity and
water connection as the earlier bills were not settled prior to JPNIN setting
up the kindergarten. Mr Selva brings water from his shop in buckets daily and
they have some illegal electricity connection Unsettle bills for water and electricity
is about RM4,000 to RM6,000
Dialogue
with Dato Ho and local people at Tuition Centre
Many local issues were
discussed but the focus was in five areas. We were told:-
·
There are number of families with children
who do not have documentation - formal registration-BC, IC and citizenship. As
a result some of the children are unable to go to school
·
There are many families unable to secure
Social Welfare assistance. They are poor and needy.
·
They needed volunteer teachers as the space
was available for young people to come and study or use the tuition centre.
·
They have ideas for mentor-mentee program.
For young people from local universities to come and encourage children and youths.
·
They like to undertake a survey of the
families and gather basic info and profile of the basic needs
Further
Action
We have requested local
leaders to prepare the list of families with documentation issues and in
welfare need. Mr Manium(016 97168152) & Mr Subra (014 6492035) get this
within two weeks.
Dato Ho and Subra (014
6492035) will assist in undertaking the community survey and profile of every
home
Mrs Jasmine will prepare
family profile form, make copies and conduct a briefing session
Dato Siva will return with a
team to organise documentation collection
Denison & Jasmine will
secure the support of the Department of Social Welfare & Ministry of
Housing and Local Government to review the social welfare and needs issues
Ms Lora will seek to find
some volunteers to strengthen local tuition
Denison agreed to alert
network friends and university graduates to undertake some voluntary service at
this flats neighbourhood
Denison with alert JPNIN to
process the RT formation and conduct a local community leadership session
The
target to revisit this neighbourhood in two weeks’ time - possibly
August 4 or 11, 2013. Ms Jasmine & Dato Siva will follow up with the
assistance of Dato Ho and visit the local local people again.
Notes
prepared by Datuk Dr Denison Jayasooria
July
23, 2013
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