 29 Sep 05 - Minister of Works Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu, warns against stop work and blames the resident for the cracks in a press conference. Samy Vellu also suggested we go back to using 'bullock carts'. This shows how ignorant he is with our issue as we are not against the development of the highway.
28 Sep 05 - YB Dato Shahrir (Chairman of Public Accounts Committee) visited the site at 8.30am to see for himself accompanied by a few other concerned MPs and told the press that he will advise DBKL to issue temporary stop work order until independant study can be conducted to determine the impact of the construction and how the cracks happened.
27 Sept, 2005 - Added a new section to the website. A fellow resident has also created a blog to outline this struggle. http://citizenunderdog.blogspot.com
25 Sep 05 - Explanation on how the project is causing cracks to the houses
24 Sep 05 - We organized our press conference to explain how the Minister's information was misled
20 Sep 05 - LLM and Government is known to be "most shoddy, cruel and oppressive" to the people
20 Sep 05 - Ministry
of Work calls for Press Conference to explain the situation. Various press and media covered story on Parliament demonstration.
19 Sep 05 - Conducted peaceful demonstration at the Parliament
15 Sep 05 - Sent
letter to Ministry of Works again to request for meeting with Minister. Sent a letter of complaint to Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia made to En Shukor on work extending beyond working hours.
14 Sep 05 - Work
on the construction extends well beyond midnight
10 Sep 05 -
Met with the Prime Minister’s Political Secretary at the Prime Minister office. Had a good discussion and presented our memorandum to PM office.
8 Sep 05 -
Another accident happened in the highway construction in Subang Jaya 2 days ago.
6 Sep 05
- YB Seputeh arranged a lawyer to meet with us and discuss on legal options.
5 Sep 05 -
LLM finally gave us an official reply on the previous letter we sent requesting for more information about the construction and approval process.
5 Sep 05 -
Met with Acoustic and Vibration Consultant to seek his views and assistance.
Agreed to help in reviewing reports and provide advice.
5 Sep 05 -
Followed up with call to Ministry and was told that the Minister is not prepared to meet the residents. Frustration sets in.
3 Sep 05
- Met Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM) and sought their professional views on planning guidelines.
They concurred with our views.
1 Sep 05
- About 200 residents to sent faxes to Prime Minister Office daily.
We followed up with PM office and requested for appointment to meet PM’s political secretary.
1 Sep 05
- Met Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP) and sought their professional views on planning guidelines.
They concurred with our views. We will follow up on an official reply.
1 Sep 05
- More house are experiencing cracks and air pollution gets worse. Concessionaire came to install meters to monitor the cracks development in 2 of the houses with severe cracks.
1 Sep 05
- Received numerous complaints on “lights-off” along Jalan 2/149. Conveyed complaints to concessionaire and asked to repair immediately.
Lights was restored one week later.
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