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Date: 6/29/2011 11:16:16 AM
Subject: Fw: Re: Re: Avenue Court Apartment, Home Owner's Manual
Good Morning to you, Mr Kumar,
Thank you so much for your compliment.
I have no intention whatsoever to get involve or to disturb the duties of JMB. I have no wish to get involve in management as I have chosen to take early retirement from the corporate world. I just want to peacefully use the facilities and to do work from my computer in my study at home.
I understand your problems of management of having to deal with resident who complain about Indonesian girls frying fish. What a stupid banal complaint. This is Malaysia, of course we fry fish and belacan! That resident should be thankful for the free aroma.
This problem or that this has become an issue is because of Mdm Ho and Mr Letchmana. I would appreciate as Chairman that you would remind them of their duties. That is all.
I have only been here for about three years. I mind my business and stay away from gossips or stick my nose into other people's affair.
Mdm Ho was the second person I got to know when I shifted here and I did spend RM50,000 to renovate my unit to have it comfortable.
Many times she had asked me to join JMB as she believed that I can voice out my opinion. She asked to attend AGM but Mr Chairman Kumar, I moved here to re start a new life and to do my work. She had voiced out many complain about JMB before volunteering to joint.
In conversation with her before she told me that the only way to get things done is to get to know committee members. And now she is one, she can tell me in the fact that I am only in charge of cleaning and walked away.
The first time I met our secretary was when I was coming back from the pool. He introduce himself and offered to show me the accounts of management. Why he did that I did not know. And later when he asked me to vote him to be Chairman then only I understand he wanted me to know that he is above board and wanted my support.
Did I ask to see the accounts? No I was not interested.
The first time the issue of accounts was raised when residents was making a big hoo haaa regarding the raised Maintenance Charges right after the AGM at the lobby of Block A. Some asking me not to pay. I understand that it is the right of management to decide and if I have a problem with that, pay first and then raise the matter through proper channels. One cannot decide just not to pay.
Mdm Ho happened to be there. She approached me and told me that someone shouted her name in AGM and so she is now the committee member for Block A.
And she told me that actually there is RM100,000 in fixed deposit and do not let the residents know. And she had just join the committee. That raised my doubt and I asked her why is JMB hiding the money? Why not let residents know that there is money in FD and the purpose behind it? Who proposed this idea of FD and hide it from residents? I asked her to find out if this was the case, it constitute fraud.
I do not simply raise issues every time I see a committee member. When Mdm Ho was in the lift with me and asked me for feedback regarding cleaning and when she had finished then I raise the matter that cafe should be opened up for tender as I am pretty sure that JMB can get a better deal and not have to give two years free rent. She told me she is only in charge of cleaning and turn to walk away before I can finish.
Mr Chairman Kumar, I had to bite my tongue. I had never been verbally rude to any committee member if I don't have to. This makes me question her integrity as a person. She complain so much about JMB and now she is one, she has become what she complain about.
The next morning she wished me good morning and still I bit my tongue and said nothing. I ignored her and go for my swim. Mr Chairman Kumar I am not a hypocrite and pretend to be pleasant.
Regarding Mr Secretary, not only he ignore my request for usage of swimming pool changing rooms but once when I seek clarification regarding former security personnel, he snap at me and said the security company is responsible. That is a very irresponsible answer from a secretary. I raised this issue is because I read in the papers that government is clamping down on illegal security guard. You can verify this with Ms Ivy. I e mailed the article to her.
By the way, Mr Chairman Kumar, I do not buy hard copies of newspapers. I only get my news online. So the cleaner's complain the I threw newspaper to force her to pick it up is like where did that come from.?
I took early retirement and now working to get my business of the ground. Every penny counts, so I do not buy newspaper unless there is something in hard copy that I wanted.
Why do I asked about storerooms? The notice was not clear and I wanted to make sure the management is not trying to rent out our storerooms that we owners are not using. Once BE had clarity that management owns four storerooms at my block and those were the ones for rental, I agreed that it is good management.
Mr Chairman Kumar, if you view objectively the issues that I had raised, I sincerely just want to do my small part as an owner. And from my experienced here I know the resident only complain but do not make the effort to do something to make this place better. Just whining. And they themselves sometimes caused the problems.
Enough said for now.
Mr Chairman Kumar, at least you did volunteer to take on the responsibility and here I am reluctant. And yes so far, the level of maintenance is acceptable with areas for improvement.
Changing room is one of them. I sit in front of my computer all day and the only physical activity is to do laps at the pool. I am a swimmer and the pool is important to me. That was my main consideration when I bought this place at launch.
Mr Chairman Kumar, I sincerely hope that you understand where I am coming from. We have not met and I do not want to make problems, have confrontation, force EGM, AGM. I just want to be able to get on with my life. This is already taken too much of my time and attention.
Mr Chairman Kumar Sir, I am humbly asking you again to seriously consider my request. Do open up the changing room if it is the rightful use of owners. And yes, I can bet that there will be problems. Additional ones for management to deal with. But that is what management is for. To deal with problems.
Have security to clock in there, and cleaners twice a day to clean it. Yes yes yes, it is more work. Let the BE do the work, that is what he is there for. Regarding Mr Rama, he is so far the best BE, he is a responsible person and I hope he will stay here for a long time. At least that is my experience with him.
Mr Chairman Kumar,
I thank you for personally addressing this letter to me and wish that the committee do not view me as an adversary. Take my suggestion with good faith. I sincerely want to be an owner here doing little bits that I can.
I have no wish for you to step down as Chairman or call for a dissolution but I do have to take care of my rights as an owner.
I do wish that facilities are maintain in proper working order.
And I am asking JMB whom we owner entrust the power to look after our needs to at least do a reasonable job. I have friends who visited me and they commented that this place is really clean. The building looks aged but common areas are clean and they were surprised.
With this I end my letter to you for you.
If you need further clarification from me please do not hesitate to e mail me
Your sincerely ,
Khaw Wai Kin
