LET THERE BE LIGHT

Right after I won the election, I received multiple complaints about the parks in Subang Jaya, mainly on lighting. We began to investigate as to why 21 parks had lamp-posts but they were not lighted. Result of the investigation – these lamp-posts were installed prior to election in March using funds from the Land Office but some were not built in accordance to specifications while others were not connected to TNB.

My team began reporting these cases to MPSJ and pushed for parks to be lighted up in Subang Jaya. New lamp-posts were also installed in 6 parks. As a result, a total of 27 parks have been lighted up as of November 2008:
1.USJ 1/2A
2.USJ 1/4L
3.USJ 2/6E
4.USJ 3/3M
5.USJ 4/8
6.USJ 5/1D
7.USJ 5/3A
8.USJ 6/2C
9.USJ 6/4B
10.USJ 6/6D
11.USJ 9/5J
12.USJ 11/2E
13.USJ 11/3F
14.USJ 12/2F
15.USJ 13/1D
16.USJ 13/3B
17.SS 15/5E
18.SS 15/5G
19.SS 17/2J
20.SS 18/3D
21.SS 18/4B
22.SS 18/5A
23.SS 19/1
24.SS 19/2
25.SS 19/6K
26.PJS 7/11D
27.PJS 9/20

Next year, I will continue to push for more parks to be lighted up. This is one of the steps I have taken to improve safety in our neighbourhood. With these lights on, residents can go for walks in the evening at these parks and feel safer. You can read more about it here as reported in The Star and here as reported in the blog of one of the resident groups. A big thank you to MPSJ for their cooperation.

Installation work

the park in PJS 9/20

a park in PJS 9

When I personally went to check on the parks and to take photographs, I bumped into the Rukun Tetangga of PJS 9 doing their rounds at midnight. Syabas to the team for working hard for the safety of their neighbourhood!

a park in SS17