MASSIVE Petaling Jaya!

[baqthier]

Pics from this page by Lawrence Loh
http://www.pbase.com/lcloh/profile

[TYW]

i tink i've seen this part of PJ for the 1st time. noce find, Baq!

[baqthier]

Imagine if Mutiara Damansara and other parts are shown..sure shiok!

[Pablo]

wah this 1 look like china..

while this pic


look like european city..

[THT-United]

Wow, nice pix of PJ!

Btw, PJ has so many skyscraper clusters its hard to actually locate the best looking one... The buildings are also of so many types, like office buildings and condos side-by-side... The best views of PJ would be from above, though!

PJ looks like a mid-sized American city in this pix!

[nazrey]

Best PJ area contest is on again
Saturday, April 30, 2005



THE Petaling Jaya Municipal Council (MPPJ) Best Neighbourhood Competition is back with development grants worth RM120,000 up for grabs.

The competition is open to all residents associations (RA), Rukun Tetangga (RT) and village development and security committees (JKKK), and the winner will receive a development grant worth RM50,000, while the second- and third-placed organisations will get RM40,000 and RM30,000 respectively.

The fourth edition of the competition carries the theme “Sustainable Community Initiative” and takes into account all activities that took place in 2004.

Selangor town planning department director Datin Paduka Dr Halimaton Saadiah Hashim is the head judge again.

There are also more judges this year because the number of participants this time around is expected to increase.

Over a hundred RA, RT and JKKK representatives received the entry forms during the launch of the competition recently.

As part of the launch, Dr Halimaton spoke on the points that the judges would be looking for in the competition.

“Although the presentation is entitled ‘How To Win The Competition’, the points are good examples for the creation of a sustainable community and will help your community become a better place,” Dr Halimaton told the residents’ representatives.

A presentation by previous winners of the competition was also held in which they highlighted their achievements.

During the question-and-answer segment, Kota Damansara Section 6 residents association secretary Alpadzul Abu Hassan declared that his association would not take part in the competition to give a chance to other neighbourhoods.

Alpadzul also offered to give residents-based organisations a tour of Kota Damansara Section 6 and the projects that had helped the association become the competition winner in 2002 and 2003.

Launching the competition, Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Azizah Datuk S.P. Mohd Dun said MPPJ's choice to run the competition was in line with the objective of improving the service delivery to the public.

“Under the 9th Malaysia Plan, the ministry will bring LA21 (Local Agenda 21) to all local governments because it is through this programme that the community and private sector can together plan and manage their own areas towards sustainable development and a better quality of life.”

To show the ministry’s support for the competition, Azizah announced a contribution of RM52,000 to the LA21 programme.

Also present during the launch were MPPJ president Datuk Ahmad Termizi Puteh and LA21 Social Integration Committee chairman Datuk Lim Choon Kin.

[nazrey]

Grab chance at warehouse sale
Saturday, April 30, 2005





Discount will be given on certain books.


BOOK warehouse sales are exciting, and few can be more exciting than the annual Times The Bookshop Warehouse Sale, which opens to the public from April 29 to May 8.

UOB cardholders were the privileged first to browse through the staggering amount of books piled in no particular order on April 28.

Books offered included many recent titles too, with famous authors like Stephen King, Rani Manicka, Nora Roberts, Anthony Horowitz and Jeffrey Archer.

And the prices were unbeatable with paperbacks priced between RM8 and RM15 and RM20 to RM40 for hardcover editions.

Apart from fiction, self-improvement titles, children’s books and even school textbooks are available.

Although the UOB cardholders were spoilt for choice on the first day, Times The Bookshop assistant operations manager Edmund Low assured customers that stocks would be replenished daily.




Mother and son looking
at the children books that were on display.


“Times The Bookshop’s Warehouse Sale is an event we organise as our way of helping to make good books affordable to the public and to further inculcate the reading habit,” said Low.

“The books are priced very competitively and our stocks are replenished daily to ensure variety for our repeat-visit patrons. There will definitely be something to suit everyone’s taste.

“To add to the excitement, we will be offering selected titles of fiction and non-fiction at RM1 only. The selections will differ daily, with a maximum purchase of five copies per customer.”

Apart from books, products like Pilot pens and movie VCDs are also available.

The sale is held at 4 Jalan 13/4 (behind Colgate Palmolive) in Petaling Jaya and opens from 10am to 7pm daily. Free parking vouchers will be issued to Times The Bookshop’s Warehouse Sale patrons.

[Andrew Goh]

Hello my Malaysian brothers!!!!! How're you all? I finally finished all my exams for this semester. Been busy like hell.

Anyways, excellent pics, Baq

[THT-United]

One of the stairwells in the 18-storey Block C of Bayu Puteri Apartment has a beautiful view of nearly the entire cityscape of PJ! I'll try to get some shots from there...

Anyway, the view from that stairwell is from Bandar Utama towards Damansara Utama, Damansara Jaya, SS2, PJ State, and finally ending at Sunway City...

[Anniyan]

Originally Posted by Pablo

D

looks like british houses with white color walls instaed of red

[nazrey]

New hope for Old Town leases
Monday, May 09, 2005
By K.W. MAK




The land lease issue involving Petaling Jaya property owners being levied hefty premiums remains unresolved with a court case still pending, but residents may have a solution to their problem.

Resident Jeyapalan T.S. Mahesan, who is suing the Selangor Government in a joint action suit over the matter, has set up a management company, Jeyamahesan Management Services, to help speed up the process of applying for the extension of land leases.

The idea came to him after the judge presiding over the case asked Jeyapalan to follow due process and apply for the lease extension.

The case involved property owners being asked to pay a premium based on today’s value for renewing their land leases (many priced at over RM100,000).

However, under the provisions of the law, land leases granted and alienated before the National Land Code (1965) and the Selangor Land Rules (1966) came into force are renewable and extendable by the exercise of the option to renew under Section 228 of the National Land Code.




File picture of houses in the PJ Old Town area.


What this means, said Jeyapalan, was that the land office was only supposed to charge owners the administrative cost for renewing one’s land lease, which he estimated at RM3,000.

Jeyapalan clarified that this action was only applicable for owners who received their land titles prior to 1966, before the new land act came into effect.

“Owners who bought their property after 1966 do not enjoy this benefit.”

It would take three to six months for the applications to be either accepted or rejected by the district land office.

“The court case has been adjourned to Nov 21 to see if the applications would be accepted or rejected.

“If they are accepted, then we can go back to court to dismiss the case. If not, then we can bring the application papers to the judge to weigh upon,” he said.

An administration office has been set up in PJ Old Town to help residents in their application for lease extensions and seek legal redress on the premium issue through their respective assigned legal counsel.

There will be an administrative cost of RM1,000, but owners are not forced to sign up or take action through the management company he has set up.

“What we are doing is taking the headache away from owners in going to the land office and applying for extension one at a time.”

For more information, call 03-7783-6141 or 03-7783-8405 or visit www.pjresidentsrep.com.

[RafflesCity]

looks so peaceful and relaxed..like living in the countryside

[ZaHiRnYa???]

Originally Posted by RafflesCity

looks so peaceful and relaxed..like living in the countryside

If only it can be like that..the traffic is nightmare

[nazrey]

New multiplex to open in PJ
Wednesday, June 08, 2005



MOVIE-GOERS may no longer have to queue for hours for tickets when a multiplex opens at 1- Utama shopping centre (New Wing) next month.

Located next to the bowling centre on the fourth floor, the 13-screen GSC 1 Utama (New Wing), is Golden Screen Cinemas' (GSC) latest and its second flagship cinema in the Klang Valley, after one at Mid Valley Megamall.






An artist's impression of the foyer
at GSC 1 Utama (New Wing).



The multiplex has 2,168 seats and will include a 30-seater Gold Class hall, THX screens, International Screen and AV facilitated cinema halls.

The outlet will also have its own “café-in-a-giftshop”, Glitters Café and Merchandise, where patrons can grab a quick bite.

Among the dishes on offer will be Salmon Laksa, Portuguese Fried Rice and the pasta dish, Penne Alladin (Penne Fried Kung Po style).

Movie buffs will also be able to buy movie merchandise, such T-shirts, toys and other memorabilia, from Glitters.





The interior of the new
Gold Class hall at the multiplex.



Before the launch of the multiplex, GSC 1 Utama (New Wing) will be offering free movie screenings to the public for three consecutive days.

For details of launch activities, check the local dailies or log on to www.gsc.com.my.

[nazrey]

PJ emerging as commercial hub
Updated : 11-07-2005
Media : The Star
Story By : S.C. Cheah



PETALING Jaya is experiencing a spate of office and retail developments that are fast changing the face of this first satellite town in Malaysia.

There is the newly completed Menara Axis and the proposed PJ eight, both facing each other across the Federal Highway. PJ eight on 3.8 acres sits on the former Cycle & Carriage showroom opposite PJ Hilton.

This RM250mil mixed development project by IJM Properties Sdn Bhd will boast PJกฆs tallest building, a 39-storey apartment block. It will also have 12-storey office suites, priced from RM400 per sq ft (psf) (one of the most expensive in the area) and apartments measuring 668 sq ft to 1,500 sq ft priced from RM360 to RM390 psf.

Meanwhile, the proposed 3 2 Square (Section 19) and Jaya33 (Section 13 and fronting Jalan Semangat) are poised to rejuvenate the nearby Section 14 commercial centre (where the Right Angle shop offices, Menara Bakti and Jaya supermarkets are located).

Recently, another developer, Tetap Tiara Sdn Bhd, opened its sales gallery at Menara Merais to showcase its RM450mil Jaya 1 mixed project in Section 13. It too has a unique concept: it has bungalow-style restaurants (12 units) in the centre with tall forest trees in a landscaped square. Besides the office blocks, there will also be a theatre and convention centre.

A big crowd attended the cocktail reception. Several sales were done, including the sale of a five-level office block (with three basement car park levels) for RM6.3mil to a company for its corporate office.

The interest shown in Jaya 1 (to be developed at the site of the former Alcom factory at the junction of Jalan University and Jalan 13/6) has fuelled confidence that there is a pent-up demand for quality office-cum-retail developments, particularly in Section 13. Coming on-stream are the 8 Avenue (a 10-acre, four-storey shop office project) and the Amcorp Business Suites (a residential and office suite project) at the Amcorp Mall.

In recent years, many detached houses have been demolished or turned into car showrooms, restaurants, offices and other commercial uses in PJ. This is especially evident along Jalan Universiti. There are also many motor showrooms along the Federal Highway. For example, the former Metal Box plant has been converted into the Naza Auto Mall.

Many developers have paid a hefty sum to extend the lease on their land. With Jaya 1 as the catalyst for the further growth of Section 13, land prices are likely to rise further.

Registered real estate agency Y.C. Mok & Co chief executive Mok Yok Chang said that under the PJ structural plan, Section 13 had been earmarked for redevelopment and it would be a matter of time before more existing industries move out of PJ and replaced by commercial projects. Land whose lease has not been extended and has not been converted for commercial use is priced around RM120 to RM140 psf.

He said the trend in all major cities had been for offices to be set up in suburban centres, and in this respect, PJ had the potential of being a major commercial centre.

Meanwhile, many developers agree that although PJกฆs residential and industrial units had increased over the past decades, there was still a dearth of quality retail and office units. The question is: Are there too many such units being launched within too short a time? Are developers being too gung-ho?

As usual, some feel that a good development would do well and any unsold unit could be easily absorbed over time.

Currently, the old PJ (not including Subang Jaya and Damansara) has all its commercial centres scattered in places such as SS2, the กงNew Townกจ (which is more of a financial centre) and Section 14.

This leaves Section 13 which has been relatively untouched and the place to watch.

Section 13 is a good example of an industrial site zone that is undergoing transformation in respect of the land usage. Historically, Section 13 was a brown field site carved out to provide an industrial zone for heavy industries and manufacturing plants.

The Section 13 brown field site, unlike its sisterกฆs industrial site (Section 51A and 52), is centrally located in the heart of PJ and is surrounded by matured residential areas of SS2, Section 17 and Section 14. It has become an attractive piece of real estate, as it is accessible by major road arteries such as Jalan Universiti and Jalan Semangat.

Since the late 1980s, Section 13 has been undergoing transformation as heavy industries began to relocate to other new sites such as Klang and Nilai to take advantage of the improved infrastructure and proximity to railway, shipping and airline transportation facilities.

This movement has resulted in many of the existing buildings and structures being converted to house corporate head offices, warehousing and serviced industries.

Section 13 is undergoing an evolutionary change due to its strategic location, surrounding infrastructure and demographics. Industry players feel that it would be a matter of time before Section 13 would become the next hot spot for regeneration and redevelopment.

[nazrey]

Serdang Valley To Be Developed As Agropolis
Updated : 11-07-2005
Media : The Star
Story By : S.C. Cheah

Serdang is a town in district of Petaling. Seri Kembangan and Balakong are popular industrial areas within the township.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 (Bernama) -- The Serdang Valley covering 2,400 hectares will be developed into an "agropolis" of research institutions that play a key role in upgrading the agriculture sector, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said.

The Prime Minister said the plan would involve the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi), Universiti Putra Malaysia and the Agriculture Department.

He said they would formulate a framework of cooperation with other similar institutions such as Malaysia Technology Park and Malaysian Cocoa Board to create the agropolis.

"Hopefully, the agropolis will further strengthen the nation's agriculture sector," he said when launching the Mardi Bio-Business Showcase 2005 in Serdang near here Saturday.

Elaborating on the plan at a news conference later, Abdullah said the new era of agriculture laid emphasis on laboratory research to increase agricultural output and quality.

"We are giving priority to modernising the traditional forms of agriculture by using better methods.

"This will be based on a research-to-market approach to increase output of livestock, crops and so on. The production will also be of high quality that can be marketed fresh with value-add," he said.

He said the approach had been proven effective in Holland which is among the world's largest food producers despite its limited land area.

"Since we have achieved excellence in the rubber industry through the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia (RRIM) and in the oil palm industry through Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia (Porim), we can do it again for the new agriculture sector," he said.

Abdullah said it was not impossible for Malaysia to achieve this objective as the country could adapt its existing technology for use in upgrading agriculture.

[myf282828]

Kelana Jaya and Sunway.

[baqthier]

Excellent shots there mate! Any pics around Glomac?

[myf282828]

Do you mean Glomac's developments of Dataran Prima Condominium and Aman Suria? I only have two photos.




I can take more if you want me to.

[szehoong]

NICE! Wish the picture is a bit larger thou

Where you took these pictures from? Any chance that some of em are taken from D'Sara Uptown?