Residents Want to Know
Syabas Plan
by K.W. Mak, Central NST 19 March 2007
kwmak@thestar.com.my
A hundred condominium residents want Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas)
to reveal the proposal on migration of water meter control from
management companies to Syabas.
The residents had earlier called for the migration because they are
subjected to bulk water meter charges of RM1.38 per cubic metre
compared to the domestic rate of 57 sen per cubic metre.
Syabas earlier said a proposal to amend the law enabling Syabas to take
over the metres has been submitted to the state government but there
has been no reply.
Briefing: (From left) Liew Wei Beng, Edward Lee, Tengku Nazaruddin and
Khong informing the audience on the development.
“The people are satisfied with the All-PJ Pro Action Committee (Appac)
and the Condominium, Apartments and High-rise Committee (CAHC) and they
have given us the mandate to act on their behalf,” said CAHC pro tem
chairman Tengku Nazaruddin Zainuddin.
“Syabas told to us that we could not have the proposal and have asked
us to wait until this month for it to be implemented, which we have.
Yet there has been no news.”
CAHC vice-chairman Khong Chee Seng said there were precedents on
apartments being billed directly by the state water authority and
highlighted the case of Sea Park Apartments that is being billed by the
authority since 1983.
Earlier in the forum, many condominium residents stepped forward to
talk about the disparity in the rates that they are paying.
Peter Foo of Dataran Millennium said the residents there are charged
RM2.38 per cubic metre of water by the management corporation and
several attempts to get Syabas officials to assist in the matter
failed.
Patrick Tan of Goodyear Court, meanwhile, urged condominium owners to
pressure the respective state assemblymen to lobby for the migration of
water metre control to Syabas.