Letter from a Peace Loving Muarian

Letters, New Straits Times 16 June 2009 (Tuesday)

By : TAM YONG YUEE, Muar

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MUARIANS BOLEH!:

Our CP plan is special, just like our coffee

I REFER to the article "What makes true-blue Muarians tick" (NST, June 13).

Something more contemporary, rather than of historical significance, that Muarians, particularly residents of Taman Sri Maharani in Muar, are proud of is that we were the first residential taman in Johor -- perhaps even Malaysia -- to adopt, implement and make a success of the Rakan Cop and Community Policing (CP) programmes.

The Muar police chief, in launching the CP programme last Friday, in Taman Petama Indah, Sungai Abong, said the Rakan Cop and CP programmes had succeeded in reducing the crime rate in Muar, as the police were energised and inspired by the support and cooperation of local residents through these programmes.

Residents of Taman Sri Maharani are proud in having been able to play a positive role in contributing to crime prevention and reduction by embracing the Rakan Cop and CP concepts through a better and more friendly working relationship with Muar police, and then proactively convincing other residential areas to adopt them.

The Johor police chief, who was much impressed, even recommended the secretary of our Residents' Committee to give talks at the Police Training Academy on the practical aspects of how CP works, and also to other interested residential areas here and elsewhere.
So, Johan Jaaffar is right in that many Muarians, past and present, have made positive contributions to the growth of our nation in various ways.

By the way, besides asam pedas and mee bandung, Muar is well-known for its otak-otak and special brand of coffee powder, which are a must-buy for tourists, especially those from the south. Vive la Muar!

Pelancaran Cp Di Sungai Abong Muar 新加望第一美好花园《社区警察》推介礼

Fakta-fakta mengenai kawasan Sg.Abong

Populasi : 54,000 ++
Bilangan taman:50+
Balai Polis: 1 buah
Anggota polis: 9 orang
Nisbah Polis kepada penduduk di Muar: 1:700
Persatuan Penduduk: ada tetapi tidak aktif
Kadar jenayah: Boleh dikurangkan lagi (atau diperbaiki)


(Muar, 12hb Jun 2009) Konsep Community Policing(Cp) telah dianjurkan oleh Persatuan Penduduk di Jalan Indah 10/1,Taman Pertaman Indah Sungai Abong, diketuai oleh pengerusinya, Cik Seah Kuan Eng, ahli-ahli jawatankuasa yang terdiri daripada kaum Melayu,Cina dan India bersama Sgt.Hamdan dari Balai Polis Sg.Abong.


Dari Kiri: Tuan Hj.Wahab bin Ridwan, Dato' Dr.Haris Salleh,Tuan Nasir bin Ramli,Cik Seah Kuan Eng dan DSP Khoo Leng Huat.


Dif-dif jemputan amat terkagum dengan respon yang begitu baik kerana majlis pada malam itu dipenuhi oleh jiran-jiran dan penduduk tempatan.

Wakil-wakil dari KRT Jalan Bakri dan enam taman perumahan sepanjang Jalan Hj.Jaib turut hadir untuk memberikan sokongan kepada Tuan Nasir dan Cik Seah Kuan Eng.



1Malaysia: Penduduk tempatan yang terdiri daripda berbilang kaum turut hadir untuk mendengar ucapan-ucapan yang disampaikan oleh Ketua Polis Daerah Muar dan Yang Di-pertua MPM.

Majlis pelancaran Cp telah dirasmikan oleh YDH ACP Tuan Nasir Bin Ramli, Ketua Polis Daerah Muar bersama Yang Bhg.Tuan Hj.Wahab bin Ridwan,Yang Dipertua Majlis Perbandaran Muar(MPM), Dato' Dr. Haris Salleh, pengerusi JPMM Sungai Abong dan ahli-ahli Majlis MPM Cik Helen Fong,Dato' Goh Kim Huat dan Encik Lee Poh Peng.

Pada majlis tersebut, Tuan Nasir telah menjawab pelbagai soalan mengenai masalah yang dihadapi oleh masyarakat tempatan iaitu isu Mat Rempit dan lumba motosikal haram serta kes pecah rumah yang saring berlaku. Tanpa teragak-agak Tuan Nasir mengarahkan pihak lalulintas iaitu Tuan Suhaimi supaya melancarkan satu operasi membentang Mat Rempit pada malam tersebut.



Dari Kiri: Cik Helen Fong,Ahli Majlis MPM,Tuan Hj.Wahab bin Ridwan,Yang Di-pertua MPM dan Encik Chan Wee Siong, seorang warga Muar yang amat mengambil berat mengenai isu-isu semasa tempatan. Chan sentiasa meluangkan pandangan beliau dalam suratkhabar New Straits Times(NST).



Tidak boleh dinafikan bahawa SWM dipertanggungjawabkan untuk mengumpul sampah di Muar. Cuba lihat foto ini, dimana penduduk tempatan membuang sampah sesuka hati di tanah lapang hak milik persendirian . Masalah sampah di Muar tidak akan selesai jikalau minda dan sikap warga Muar tidak berubah!


Tuan Hj.Wahab selaku YDP juga menjawab banyak soalan mengenai isu-isu lampu awam dan sampah. Beliau berharap setiap warga Muar bekerjasama dengan PBT untuk menjaga keindahan Muar kerana kebersihan setempat adalah tanggungjawab kita bersama.


Turun padang sampai ke akar umbi:ASP Shanmugam, Datuk Dr.Haris Salleh dan DSP Khoo Leng Huat membuat rondaan malam rumah ke rumah di Jalan Indah 10/1,Taman Sg.Abong.

Datuk Dr.Haris Salleh selaku pengerusi JPMM Sg.Abong telah mengumumkan sumbangan sebanyak RM 2,000.00 kepada pihak penganjur supaya mereka akan meneruskan activiti-activiti Cp yang akan mengeratkan lagi jiran-jiran dan memupuk semangat kejiranan.

Majlis bersurai pada jam 11.45 p.m malam.

还我一个安全和清洁的麻坡 Say No To Vandalism

Together We Unite
Six housing estates within KRT Jalan Bakri had worked hand- in- hand with MPM & IPD MUAR to curb the problem of vandalism within the area.

The meeting was organised by Biro Keselamatan of KRT Jalan Bakri. It was chaired by Tuan Hj.Wahab bin Ridwan,YDP Majlis Perbandaran Muar, attended by IPD Muar Commercial crime division Mr.Anuar,MPM Enforcement officer Mr.Khairul,municipal councillors Ms.Helen Fong, Datuk Goh Kim Huat and Mr.Tan Sio Joo.

团结就是力量
麻坡市议会主席哈之瓦合，麻坡警区商业罪案调查警长安华，市议会执法单位主任凯罗，麻坡市议员们连同胡姬花园，秀丽花园，蓝宝石高级公寓，美好花园，钻石大夏与宝石花园居委会理事们一起寻求对策，以行动来保护邻里清洁卫生与安全家园。



Those responsible do not any respect even to temples and Gods!
五孔不入，人神共愤！就连神庙的路牌也不放过。


MPM Councillor Helen Fong hopes our residents will monitor their housing estates by removing the "eyesores" in order to keep the housing estates clean and organised.

Public participation is strongly encouraged because we just can not expect 8 officers employed by MPM to go round the clock just to remove illegal banners.

冯素岚市议员（左一）希望民众可以自动自发，一当看到非法张贴或非法贷款布条在花园里高挂，应该自行拆除，以免破坏路牌或阻挡视线。




Can you spot the Joker politician in Batik shirt? Before or even after 308, he had never assisted us the local residents in one way or another.

But on that "auspicious" day, he came uninvited, gate-crashed our closed-door event arguing that he is the true people representative of this area.

He had curved a good name for himself by targeting on peoples' functions, tapping on peoples' platforms, or the Ang-Moh-Lang say "peggy beg" on others resources for free (and cheap) publicity.

Bankrupt of ideas. Sad story, sorry for Bakri.




The owner of this house is a doctor.
A doctor is a highly educated person, a professional but not this fellow.
An illegal banner hanging infront of his house for ages (I helped to remove twice) but he never gave a damn.
Where is the civic values of our Malaysians?
If I were to be his dad, I would consider to send him back to kindergarden.


麻坡人的公民意识到底去了哪里？
这间屋子的主人是一位医生。
医生是专业人士，知识分子。
但夜晚他家门外从来就不开灯。
就连一条三尺长的高利贷布条也不管他的事。
可能他的良心已经给狗吃了！



Tuan Hj.Wahab was both sad and angry. The costs of removing the banners is always a waste of public funds, which could be better used for other meaningful projects for all peace-loving Muarians.

哈之瓦合感到非常愤怒，因为地方政府一直推广<爱护环境>醒觉运动，但却被一群害群之马破坏公物。清除工作增加无谓开销，这也让人民劳命伤财。