Notice to Owners

NOTICE

Our Ref        :      APM/PMD/JMB/ET/17 (18)

Date            :      December 07, 2011

To                :     Property Owner(s)

From            :      The Management of e-Tiara Serviced Apartments 
                          & Retail Units

Subject      :        Increase on Service Charges.

Dear Valued Property Owner(s)

We wish to inform you that, during the AGM which was held on 01 October 2011, the increase in service charges was discussed and was agreed upon by the majority of members who attended. The increase in the service charges will be from RM0.27/sq. ft. to RM0.32/sq. ft., with effect from 01 January 2012.

The increase is based on the estimated increase in expenses incurred which will be higher than the expected income / billing per month received by us.

Should you need further details, please contact us at 03-5630 0119 or read this blog.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,


Ms. Meilah

Building Manager

On behalf of

e-Tiara Serviced Apartments Joint Management Body

Double U-turn phenomenon

There is a strange phenomenon which can only occur in Malaysia. The road junction in front of Carrefore in Subang Jaya is the place to witness this strange phenomenon where drivers outdo each other to make double U-turns. I avoid this U-turn where possible when going to our e-Tiara apartment. This action is dangerous to both drivers and, strangely, I have not seen any action by the Subang Jaya police. Does it mean they are condoning this action by recalcitrant drivers? By the way, there is no sex discrimination as both male and female drivers are equally guilty of this weird and dangerous behaviour.

Tai Lung Aik
Secretary.

Traffic Problems In Front of Subang Avenue

Thought that I would make the blog more interesting by including pictures here. So, I would like to share some pictures to show the daily stress we have to endure when entering the road in front of e-Tiara, especially at night. Cars parked along the road in front of the Subang Avenue Complex block the road, leaving only a small gap in the middle for us to squeeze through. The MPSJ officers and police have been issuing tickets to these recalcitrant motorists but to no avail. Any suggestions as to how we can overcome this problem?

Tai Lung Aik
Secretary

New e-Tiara Forum and Main Points from AGM 2011

5th December 2011


A.  New e-Tiara Forum

We would like to inform owners and tenants that we have created a forum for our committee to reach out to owners and tenants. Visit us at http://etiarajmc2011.freeforums.org/e-tiara-forum-f2.html

B. Main points from the AGM 2011 which was held on 1st October 2011

1.  Dr. Chan informed the floor that the Strata Title has been approved and it’s in the final stage. Once the Title is ready, the developer will send a notice to all owners to collect their respective titles.


2.  Dr. Chan explained that it is the duty of the owners to take responsibility for the water meter charges billed to their property. The management will not be held responsible if the tenants refused or did not settle the water charges.


3.  Owners must provide their tenant’s details to the management office. Tenants not registered with the management office will not be entertained. This clause will be added to the House Rules.


4.  A maximum of 2 (two) persons only are allowed in each room for single persons or bachelors with the exception of families with children. This clause will be added to the House Rules.


5.  Mr. Yeoh (of APM) announced that penalty for vandalism caused by the residents will be a minimum of RM500.00 if the cost of repair is below RM500.00 and if the cost of repair is above RM500.00 the penalty will be the same as the cost of repair. There was no objection from the floor on the vandalism penalty and it will be added to the House Rules.


6.  Mr. Yeoh informed the meeting that pets are not allowed in the e-Tiara compound and it’s already written in the House Rules.


7.  Dr. Chan announced that with effect from January 2012 the service charges will increase from RM0.27/sq. ft. to RM0.32/sq. ft.


8.  Madam Lim (L03-12A) complained about  rubbish being thrown at the lift lobby by the residents at Level 3. She suggested that the rubbish bin near the lift be removed to overcome the problem. In addition, she added that notices be put up to warn residents not to throw rubbish at the lift lobby and to  compound the wrong doers. Dr.  Chan informed the meeting that notices had already been placed on the notice boards inside all the four lifts.  (Note: Currently CCTVs are being installed at all floors to monitor this situation and action will be taken against offenders).

New Amended House Rules 2011

6th December 2011


The amended House Rules for 2011 in pdf format can be viewed and downloaded by clicking this Amended House Rules link or the link in "Information for Owners and Residents". It contains the amendments passed during the AGM held on 1st October 2011.


Tai Lung Aik
 Secretary

Keeping of Pets

To all owners and residents,

Please be informed that pets are not allowed in the apartments. Members were informed during our AGM in October 2011 about this matter. Please refer to our house rules for further information.

Page 32 of our Amended House Rules 2011 states:

"Household Pets and Livestock

11.1 No livestock or other animals whatsoever, with the exception of fishes in tanks, shall be allowed or kept in any part of e -Tiara. The Management reserves the right to remove any pet/livestock found within e-Tiara at the owner’s expense.

Owners or residents who have pets at the moment are advised to remove their pets from their premises as soon as possible before action is taken. Residents are given three months from the date of this notice before action is taken. Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya will be asked to have the pets removed at the owners or residents' cost if the pets are not removed by then.


Joint Management Board
e-Tiara Serviced Apartments.

Read more: http://etiara.blogspot.com/

Clamping of Cars

To all owners and residents,

Lately, some owners/residents who had their cars clamped have taken issues with the management and had verbally abused the security guards and our manager who were only doing their duty. The number of parking bays in e-Tiara is limited. As such, we seek your cooperation to ensure that car park bays are used properly.

In order to prevent your cars from being clamped in future, please be advised that:

(i) If you are a resident, please park in your parking bay and display your green sticker;
(ii) If you are a visitor, please park in the "Visitors Only" bays. Please be informed that the time limit for visitors' parking is three hours. If you leave your car beyond that time limit, your car will be clamped and a RM100 charge will be imposed to have the clamp removed.
(iii) If you rent a parking bay, please park in the bay where your car number is printed on the card.
(iv) If you allow a relative or acquaintance to use your car park, please inform the management so as to avoid unnecessary argument and misunderstanding in the event your visitor's car is clamped.
(v) If you use the visitor's car park as a convenient car park for you to visit the shopping complex nearby (especially Subang Avenue), your car will be clamped.

AGM 2011

Annual General Meeting

Please be informed that our Annual General Meeting is going to be held on Saturday, 1st October 2011 at 10.30 am in the Multipurpose Hall at Level R.

AGENDA:

a.  Discussion on Building Maintenance Fund
b.  Status of strata title application
c.  Late payment interest on overdue payments
d.  Water meter charges for units
e.  Registration of owners and tenants
f.   Number of tenants per unit
g.  Penalty for vandalism of e-Tiara properties
h.  Amendment(s) to House Rules (if any)
i.   Any related matters.

Further Note:

Please be informed that:

1.  The quorum for our AGM shall consist of 1/4 of all owners who have paid their maintenance and management charges (designated herein voting members) before 23 September 2011.
2.  If the required quorum is not met within the first half hour after the start of the meeting, voting members  who are present shall form the quorum.
3.  All resolutions shall be decided via a show of hands and each voting member is only allowed a single vote.
4.  Joint purchasers will not be allowed to vote, except when nominated as a proxy or are holders of letters of  nomination.
5.  If there is a tie during the voting process, the Chairperson shall have the right to cast the deciding vote.
6.  Owners who are absent during the AGM shall be considered to have consented to all decisions made during the meeting.
7.  If an election of a new Joint Management Committee (JMC) is held, proxies or holders of letters of  nomination can cast their vote but cannot be appointed to the committee.

Dr Chan Chang Tik,
JMB Chairman
Joint Management Board

e-Tiara Serviced Apartments.

Etiara New Security Rulings

The new rulings are:
1.   Vehicles without valid car stickers will not be allowed to enter the premises and car park floors. All visitors are required to register at the guard house upon entering the premise..
2.   The security guard is not allowed to bring in any resident(s) without valid access card to the lift.
3.   Vehicles parked at unauthorized car parking bay(s) or any areas designated as “No Parking Zone” will be clamped at the owner’s expense.
4.   No trolley is allowed in the lifts.
5.   Resident(s) must inform the management before shifting from their units in order to obtain approval for security clearance.

JMB
e-Tiara Serviced Apartments

Security at e-Tiara

Change of New Car Park Access Card System 

(our ref: APM/PMD/JMB/ET/17 dated 27 July 2011)

We are in the process of changing our existing Cryptag Census access card to a new one due to difficulties in obtaining supplies for the old one. Because of this, we are changing to the new card system by installing a new auto gate system at the entrance of e-Tiara.

Owners and residents are thus requested to exchange their existing Cryptag Census card for the new one at no extra charge from 29 July 2011. However, those who have lost their cards will have to purchase the new cards at RM50.00 each. Tenants must have authorization from unit owners in order to obtain the new cards.

Once the new system is in place (by about mid-August 2011), residents driving into e-Tiara are required to use the new card in order to enter e-Tiara's compound and car parks. The guards will not be allowed to open the boom gate for cars of residents without access cards. Visitors will be assisted by the guards when entering e-Tiara and given an entry pass which must be surrendered when leaving e-Tiara.

We seek your cooperation to make e-Tiara a better place to stay.

It has been found that many residents have not changed their old car park access card for the new one in spite of being told about this through notices in the lobby and lifts. Because of this, the management was forced to raise the boom gate leading to the car parks on the upper floors so that residents can gain access to their car parks. Please note that the gate will not be raised anymore after 31st August 2011. So, please exchange your old pass as soon as possible.

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New Security Rulings in e-Tiara Serviced Apartments

From 1 June 2011, the security in e-Tiara Serviced Apartments will be managed by a new security management firm, Work Force Security Sdn. Bhd.. Some new rulings will be implemented when they take over in June. Owners and tenants will be informed about this from Monday 9 May 2011. Notices will also be placed on the notice boards in the lobby area and inside the lifts. Please refer to "New e-Tiara security rulings June 2011" under "Information for Residents".

Welcome to e-Tiara Blogsite

Hello to all Owners & Residents.....

The e-Tiara JMB would like to reach out to all owners / residents by creating this blog. The JMB had been debating the various methods to reach owners & residents. We started off with a newsletter. However, we found that this was not only costly but also it did not achieve its objective of reaching the owners. This was because most owners had rented out their units. So, when the newsletters were dropped into the individual unit's post box, we found out their tenants tend to throw them away.

In view of this, the JMB has decided to use the electronic media as it helps the JMB save cost  and the other advantage is that the apartment owners / residents can have immediate access to news and activities of e-Tiara from anywhere and at anytime.  It is a good and economical way to disseminate information.

We have created a comments box (click the (#) comments link) for useful and practical suggestions to help us improve the environment around e-Tiara apartments. We would appreciate civility in your postings and the JMB reserves the right to censor any inappropriate and vulgar content.

e-TIARA has arrived in the information age!!!!!