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Celcom The Cube – Everything You Need!

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 1,097 views

Do you know what’s The Cube?

In the past week, people have been talking about The Cube but no one really knew what it’s all about. It started with people talking about it on Facebook and Twitter, then the conversation spilled over to forums and soon all the chatter was about The Cube.

The mystery got even more interesting when videos of people dancing on the streets with cubes as heads began to pop up on the Internet. Immediately, people started making guesses as to what The Cube is.

Check out The Cube – Shuffling video below! So Cute!

The Cube was finally revealed on 15th September 2011 at Red Carpet Avenue, The Strand, Kota Damansara and we finally know what it’s all about!

There was a street parade by the nation’s top marching bands and cheer teams, followed by a concert featuring the biggest names in the local music industry such as Aizat, Joe Flizzow, Bunkface, Noh (Hujan), Ila Damiaa, Reshmonu and more!

The Cube is Everything You Need!

Celcom The Cube - Everything You Need!

It’s the only mobile content portal that gives you the hottest tunes, the latest buzz, the most fun games and more! Whether you’re a Lady Gaga fan or a Liverpool fanatic, you can go to www.thecube.my for the fix to your addiction.

You’ll be able to check out the best in music, sports, games, wallpapers and loads of other EXCLUSIVE content for your mobile. New and fresh content will be constantly updated in The Cube, so you don’t have to worry about being left behind.

There will also be contests, movie extras, sport tie-ins and more to give you an experience that is simply out of the box!

Get your dose of Call Me Tones, Songs, Mobile Games, Wallpapers and much much more! The Cube makes sure that you stay hip and cool and so be quick and get on it now!

Check out the website at www.thecube.my or direct from your mobile at http://m.thecube.my

Lucky Dessert (發記甜品) – Hong Kong Dessert @ Sunway Giza, Kota Damansara

Monday, November 1st, 2010 3,073 views

The famous Hong Kong Lucky Dessert (發記甜品) is finally in Malaysia. It’s first outlet is now open at Sunway Giza, Kota Damansara. If you are a dessert lover, you should be visiting there now!

Lucky Dessert (發記甜品) @ Sunway Giza, Kota Damansara

Lucky Dessert (發記甜品) @ Sunway Giza, Kota Damansara

Lucky Dessert (發記甜品) @ Sunway Giza, Kota Damansara
Opening Ceremony. From left: Mr Keniz Koay (MD of LD Global S/B), Mdm Wong, Mr King Wong & Mr Mark Wong (founder of Lucky Dessert HK), Mr Wong, Mr Ng

Went to their dessert tasting and very satisfied coz tried almost all the famous dessert! So many variety of dessert! *Burrppp…*

Mango Roll 芒果糯米卷

Mango Roll 芒果糯米卷 (RM 12). Fresh mango meat wrapped with glutinous rice roll and coconut flakes. It just taste yummy.

Mango Wrapz 芒果班戈

Mango Wrapz 芒果班戈 (RM 10). Nice, not too sweet and the skin that use to wrap the mango is just awesome.

Paradise Herb Italian Jell-O

Paradise Herb Italian Jell-O (RM 13). Very long Cincau which is almost tasteless but it’s good to serve together with the source and the fruit.

Trinity Mango Delight 招牌杨枝甘露

Trinity Mango Delight 招牌杨枝甘露 (RM 11). This is one of the Hong Kong signature dessert. I ate before at Hong Kong during my last company trip in Hui Lau Shan 許留山 another famous Hong Kong Dessert franchise. Mango + pamelo and sago.

Trinity Durian Delight 榴莲飘香

Trinity Durian Delight 榴莲飘香 (RM 11). This is similar to the Trinity Mango Delight but added with Durian! If you love durian then it’s really awesome but don’t expect they use D24 or higher grade durian.

Durian Krisp 焗榴莲酥皮卷

Durian Krisp 焗榴莲酥皮卷 (RM 15). This got to be eat while it’s hot! It’s very crispy and yummy!

Lucky Purple Rice 金粟紫米露

Lucky Purple Rice 金粟紫米露 (RM 8). It’s just nice and not too sweet too.

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Try it out yourself! You may give your comment of what you feel of the dessert for future improvement to suit our local taste bud.

Win Trip to Hong Kong!

Please click on the like on this photo of the dessert submitted by me so that I could fly to Hong Kong to taste the original HK dessert? =p

1) Browser to Lucky Dessert Facebook Page
2) Click “Like” on the Lucky Dessert Page.
3) Browser to the photo submitted by me here and click like!.

Address:
Lucky Dessert (發記甜品)
C-11-G, Sunway Giza 2, Jalan PJU 5/14,
Kota Damansara, 47810 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
Tel: +603-61483798

The outlet is facing outside. Look for the entrance near Ipoh Ipoh and Uncle Prawn from inside Sunway Giza. Go out the entrance and turn left. Walk straight and you’ll be able to see Lucky Dessert. (Got this instruction from SimonSeow)

Lucky Dessert Website: http://www.luckydessert.com
Facebook Page: Lucky Dessert

Tao 道 : Eat All You Can Japanese Buffet @ Sunway Giza

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 33,172 views

Sunway Giza - Kota Damansara

Sunway Giza - Kota Damansara

Sunway Giza, located at Kota Damansara, is a premier shopping, leisure and entertainment haven specifically tailored to offer products & services that meet the lifestyle of neighbouring catchment like the thriving Bangsar Shopping Complex and Bangsar Village. It’s a nice hangout place with a lot of newly opened restaurant and cafe like Mr. Tom Yam, Wong Kok Char Chan Teng, Cravings, Ajisen Ramen, Tao Japanese Buffet, etc..

Tao Japanese Buffet - Sunway Giza

Tao Japanese Buffet - Sunway Giza

Tao Authentic Asian Cuisine located in Sunway Giza is the upscale restaurant that offer All You Can Eat Japanese Buffet with full table service, focusing on quality rather than on price. The restaurant includes specialties such as Japanese, Chinese, Thailand, and other foreign or ethnic food.

Tao Japanese Buffet - Sunway Giza
Tao Japanese Buffet - Sunway Giza
Tao Japanese Buffet - Sunway Giza

Tao have introduced ALL U CAN EAT BUFFET in Penang since year 2006. The buffet concept offer somewhat unlimited service with customer’s food ordering from the menu provided at the table. With the unlimited choices customer can order any items from the menu and they can repeat order without any limits until to dinner satisfaction. The menu has more than 130 dishes to choose. It’s now come to Petaling Jaya(PJ)!

Tao Japanese Buffet - Sunway Giza
Tao Japanese Buffet - Sunway Giza
Tao Japanese Buffet - Sunway Giza
Sushi, Sashimi, Salad, Dessert…

Teppanyaki
The place where you order your teppanyaki, be sure to bring along your table number clip so that they could deliver to your table when it’s ready.

Customers will be enjoy varieties of food from the menu and it’s fresh. If you go in a big group be sure to tell them how many portion do you want if not they will just assume and give you large portion that you might not be able to finish it! Just check out what we had, the pictures tell a thousand story, but although the price is ok, I only like the teppanyaki, the sashimi and sushi is on average only. Maybe you should try it and let me know what do you think?

Sushi
Sushi + Sashimi

Tempura
Tempura

Teppanyaki
Teppanyaki
Teppanyaki
Teppanyaki

Tao Japanese Buffet - Sunway Giza
Motoyaki Scallop
Motoyaki Scallop – When it was served that time it was cold, so not that nice, but if it’s hot it’s awesome!

Unagi Taofu
Unagi Taofu

Mantis Prawn
Mantis Prawn

Lamb Teriyaki
Lamb Teriyaki

Crab Meat With Cheese
Crab Meat With Cheese

Tako Yaki
Tako Yaki

Dessert
Dessert

Ice Cream
Ice Cream

For drinks you have selections of bottomless orange juice, mango juice, peach tea, green tea. You will need to drink lots of water as those teppanyaki will be very heaty.

Privilege Card
Tao Japanese Buffet Privilege Card
Tao Japanese Buffet Privilege Card

Tao - All you can eat Japanese Buffet

Tao Authentic Asian Cuisine

Sunway Giza Shopping Mall
Block D, S.02A, S.03 & S.05
2nd Floor, No. 2, Jalan PJU 5/14
PJU 5, Kota Damansara
47810 Petaling Jaya
Tel: 03-6148 2826
Fax: 03-6148 5826

Map:
Tao

Pricing:
For adult charges is RM42++ for lunch and RM58.00++ for dinner and children’s charges at RM29.00++ which is half price.

OPERATION HOURS ( TAO KOTA DAMANSARA KUALA LUMPUR )
Lunch
11.30am till 02.30pm (Monday to Friday)
11.30am till 04.00pm (Saturday, Sunday, public holidays and eve of public holiday)

Dinner
05.30pm till 10.30pm (Monday to Thursday)

05.30pm till 08.00pm 1st section
(Friday to Sunday, public holidays and eve of public holiday)

08.30pm till 11.00pm 2nd section
(Friday to Sunday, public holidays and eve of public holiday)

Early bird special 05.30pm till 06.30pm from Monday to Thursday except eve of and public holiday.

Auto-City, Penang, Malaysia
T: +6. 04. 5017. tao ( 826 )
F: +6. 04. 5017. 827

E-gate, Penang, Malaysia
T: +6. 04. 6587. tao ( 826 )
F: +6. 04. 6597. tao ( 826 )

Official Tao Website : http://tao-cuisine.com/

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South Africa Flag

If you want to join the World Cup fever and want to promote World Cup and attract more customer, please show some respect to the country and make sure you get the flag right! =)

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Bandar Utama – Jalan Tanjung reopened for one-way traffic for two weeks

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 1,950 views

Quote : “BUCC general affairs manager Paul Fernandez said they decided to reopen the road out of goodwill to facilitate the traffic study as requested by the Mentri Besar.”

Bandar Utama - Jalan Tanjung reopened for one-way traffic for two weeks

Why why why?? Why open for two weeks? What’s the use open Jalan Tanjung for two weeks? If good will then open until the proposal of widening Jalan Tanjung to a four-lane road from its current two-lane road completed by MBPJ. Hmm sumore open but only one way… Then this road will be close again before Christmas?

Refer to previous post about Road closure in Bandar Utama – Jalan Tanjung

Jalan Tanjung reopened for one-way traffic for two weeks

By TAN KARR WEI

Bandar Utama - Jalan Tanjung reopened for one-way traffic for two weeks

AFTER a late Monday night fiasco between the various parties involved in the re-opening of Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, the road was eventually reopened early yesterday morning.

A week after Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim made the announcement to re-open the road to ease traffic congestion, the Bandar Utama City Corporation (BUCC) had granted permission to the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) to remove the barricades on Monday night.

In an unexpected turn of events, the Bandar Utama Residents Association (Bura) representatives also showed up in front of the 1 Tech Park to prevent the road from being opened.

Bura chairman Datuk Manpal Singh had informed those present that they had at 6pm on Monday night filed a writ summons and application for injunction against BUCC and MBPJ to prevent them from opening the road.

The banners put up by Bandar Utama Residents Association around the Jalan Tanjung
Making their stand clear: The banners put up by Bandar Utama Residents Association around the Jalan Tanjung area calling for the road to be closed.

It was scheduled to be opened at 9pm but MBPJ officers and BUCC representatives debated the legality of opening it for more than an hour before deciding against it.

In the end, BUCC relented and re­opened the road at about 2.30am.

BUCC general affairs manager Paul Fernandez said they decided to reopen the road out of goodwill to facilitate the traffic study as requested by the Mentri Besar.

He said all legal matters would go ahead and they would attend the hearing fixed for Dec 8 at the Shah Alam High Court.

Meanwhile, the joint action group against the road closure headed by Tropicana Residents Association Mohamed Shukri Zain called for an emergency meeting yesterday morning at the Tropicana Golf and Country Resort to discuss the matter.

The group decided that they too would file an application for an injunction by Thursday but would discuss it with their solicitors on who to file it against.

About 50 people attended the meeting including those from Tropicana Residents Association, Riana Green, Citra Damansara, Palm Springs and Casa Tropicana.

During the meeting, some of the issues raised by the representatives of the joint action group included:

·The application of injunction filed by Bura, which would go against the Mentri Besar’s request to reopen the road to facilitate a traffic study;

·The setting up of a booth at the 1 Utama shopping centre by Bura to collect signatures for their petition to keep the road closed, raising questions to the credibility of the signatures collected; and

lThe putting up of banners along Jalan Tanjung to protest the reopening of the road by Bandar Utama residents, which is seen as in bad taste.

Meanwhile, the Selangor government thanked BUCC for re-opening Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama as agreed with the state, MBPJ and Dijaya Corporation at the meeting on Nov 22.

Khalid said as agreed at the meeting, the reopening of the road for two weeks would not prejudice the ongoing legal disputes between BUCC and Dijaya.

The move will now allow MBPJ to study the feasibility of widening Jalan Tanjung to a four-lane road from its current two-lane road.

He said this study was not limited to the widening of Jalan Tanjung and was part of a holistic traffic dispersal study to other access routes in search of long-term solutions to the problem of bad traffic conditions in Dama-nsara.

Apart from the reopening of Jalan Tanjung, MBPJ plans to implement the short-term measure to ease traffic congestion which includes reassigning the U-turn at the junction of Jalan Tropicana Selatan and Jalan Hilir Bandar Utama near a nursery further up in the area; and building a road to link Jalan PJU1A/1 in Ara Damansara to Persiaran Tropicana.

The state is committed to finding long-term measures to address the problem and will be calling all developers in Damansara to take part in the process.

Source : TheStar

THIS IS IT – The Facts on Jalan Tanjung Temporary Access Closure

Monday, November 16th, 2009 2,284 views

Bandar Utama City Corporation Sdn Bhd (BUCC) had placed an advertorial in TheStar today… So I guess it’s firm and no turning back no matter how many reasons, objections, signatures, petition also no use… So please find alternative. The road closed today itself as told.

“These pass few days, much has been said about the closure of Jalan Tanjung at Bandar Utama. We are veil now to pu the truth out there.”

THIS IS IT - The Facts on Jalan Tanjung Temporary Access Closure

After being accomadative for 14 long years, massive traffic jams has built up on Jalan Tanjung since the temporary access has simply reached its full capacity. The degradation of traffic flow has directly inconvenenienced Bandar Utama residents. BUCC has also suffered the loss of major and potential tenants deteered away from the heavy traffic traversing our commercial property at Bandar Utama Technology Park.

In this respect, the closure of this temporary access is neccessary and long overdue. As a gesture of goodwill and tp ease the transaction, we held a series of meetings with Bukit Lanjan ADUN, MBPJ officers and councilors, Tropicana respresentative and all surrounding Residents’ Associations to prepare a two-stage closure meant to provide ample time for the public to adapt to using other alternative access.

We have no other alternative but to immediately close this temporary access and have also filed in court to protect our rights. Let the due process of the court system be carried out and as such any other dealings will be deemed sub-judice.

It is with a heavy heart that we are forced to close this temporary access now.

We hope that the public understand the situation better now and that acquiring our land will not solve traffic woes. A more sensible approach would be that Tropicana undertake the social responsibility to provide additional access for their residents.

Read the story yourself. (Click for larger image.)

Road closure in Bandar Utama - Jalan Tanjung

Road closure in Bandar Utama - Jalan Tanjung

Road closure in Bandar Utama - Jalan Tanjung
You could not use this road for your convenient sake anymore, please find alternative and leave it alone as it’s Private Property. Anway I think they did a good job allowing all to use the road for so many years and some ppl just take it for granted. So it’s time to wakeup!

Alternative road via Persiaran Bukit Utama or Mutiara Tropicana / Aman Suria / Taman Bukit Mayang Mas using this tunnel.

Read more about the road closure report here.

Road closure in Bandar Utama – Jalan Tanjung

Sunday, November 15th, 2009 5,152 views

Road closure in Bandar Utama - Jalan Tanjung

Road closure in Bandar Utama - Jalan Tanjung

How could this road be closed? If this road close, meaning you will have to take a long cut to a lot of the places and this road is already become a main road to most user in Petaling Jaya,Bandar Utama,Tropicana and Kota Damsara. So if the road closed then the resident will need to redirect the traffic to the NKVE Tunnel which is near to the Aman Suria / Taman Bukit Mayang Mas or another new road beside Bukit Utama.

Affected areas will be – Riana Green, Casa Tropicana, SRJK Damansara Jaya, Sunway Damansara, Casa Indah, Opal, Palm Spring, Kota Damansara and a lots more.

Road closure in Bandar Utama - Jalan Tanjung
As you can see Bandar Utama City Corporation (BUCC) already put up a sign stated as Private Property


Another side of the road “Southern Access” which closed in 2006

The date was scheduled to 20 November to turn that road into one way and only allowing cars coming out from Tropicana. So what say you? What’s your point and will you support for the road not to be closed? Come on!

Road closure in Bandar Utama - Jalan Tanjung

11,000 reasons to keep road open

by Karen Arukesamy

Road Closure - Jalan Tanjung
Tropicana Resident Association vice president Mohd Shukri Zain (right) handed over 11,000 signatories and petition to Petaling Jaya City Council(MBPJ) deputy mayor Puasa Md Taib yesterday urging the council and Selangor State Government to stop the road closure.

PETALING JAYA: More than 11,000 households today petitioned the mayor to stop the closure of the a road which partially sits on land belonging to Bandar Utama City Corporation (BUCC).

BUCC has put up notices to inform motorists that the ungazetted Jalan Tanjung would be turned into a one-way street on Nov 20 and closed for good six months later.

Motorists use the road to access Lebuh Bandar Utama, Jalan Tropicana and the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) — see map .

BUCC had in 1993 signed an agreement allowing Dijaya Corporation (Dijaya) to use the land temporarily to access areas for Tropicana development.

Today, Tropicana Residents Association vice-president Mohd Shukri Zain led a 19-man delegation to hand over the petition to the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) represented by Deputy Mayor Puasa Md Taib.

The petition, carrying 11,000 signatures, including those of officials of 19 residents associations, a school and commercial managements in the affected areas — Tropicana, Kota Damansara and Sunway Damansara covering some 20 housing estates.

Puasa said the council’s Infrastructure and Road Traffic Advisory Committee would meet today to decide whether to allow the road closure or not.

He said based on a traffic study conducted early this year, “it is better to let the road operate as usual”.

“This is just an opinion and a decision will be made by the committee chaired by the mayor, after taking into consideration views from both parties, including BUCC.

“MBPJ will also ensure that till Nov 20, the road will not be closed to public because it will worsen matters,” he added.

Shukri lamented MBPJ’s lack of response to the issue and urged it to push for a decision to acquire the land on which Jalan Tanjung sits.

“We cannot accept (Bukit Lanjan assemblyman and state executive councillor) YB Elizabeth Wong’s statement that it is not feasible for the Selangor government to acquire the land,” he said on behalf of an action committee formed by the 19 aggrieved groups.

The petition claimed if the road was closed, it would inconvenience some 20,000 daily users.

“The usual 15-minute journey would become an hour-long one due to the existing daily traffic congestion. It will affect thousands of pupils of SJK(C) Damansara located on Jalan Tropicana Selatan,” said Shukri.

He said Jalan Tanjung had been in use since 1996 by commuters from Kota Damansara, Tropicana and Bandar Utama.

BUCC only owns a small portion of the road, about 8,600 sq ft, representing about 4.75% of Jalan Tanjung to Lebuh Bandar Utama and NKVE.

The agreement between Dijaya and BUCC was to allow Dijaya temporary access into Tropicana Golf & Country Resort (TGCR) and the land be returned after a permanent road is constructed.

However, Jalan Tanjung evolved into a “public road” since then as several more development projects were approved in the area over the past 10 years.

“If Jalan Tanjung is closed, traffic volume will be diverted to Persiaran Damansara Indah, Persiaran Tropicana and Persiaran Surian which are already congested,” Shukri explained.

“At valuation, the part of the land which BUCC owns may not cost more than RM1.5 million. Why is BUCC adamant in closing this road and not yield in the interest of the public?” asked Shukri.

On Aug 28, last year BUCC issued a 14-day closure notice to TGCR after which two meetings were held among the aggrieved groups, the two developers, MBPJ officers and Wong to try and resolve the problem.

BUCC proposed to turn the road into a one-way street exit road temporarily, while the entry road should be through Persiaran Bukit Utama from Nov 20 and six months later the road will be closed for good.

Shukri said none of the groups present at the meetings agreed with the decision but it was put to them as a “no-choice-option”.

“All the 19 aggrieved parties want the status quo to remain, that is to allow the public to use the road freely,” he said.

Shukri said closing the road just because part of it was on private property “is unfair” and it deprives the rights of the public”.

“Furthermore, the owner does not have any plan to use the land for any development,” he said.

Meanwhile, Wong told theSun: “The state government has no intention to acquire the land as it has no clear objectives to do so. The land was not supposed to be a road in the first place.”

She said the land, however became a “road” when the public started using it to get across more conveniently.

However, the aggrieved parties said they could not confirm from the state government Wong’s statement on the acquisition.

Wong said Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia (LLM), which owns about three quarters of the land where Jalan Tanjung sits, has submitted a proposal to expand the toll plaza on the highway and thus there was no point to acquire the land.

On this, a resident commented that the extension of the toll plaza, if any, has no relevance to the road closure and would not become an alternative route. The resident stated that that he was surprised with Wong’s solution to the problem.

The residents want the state government to step in to address the problem and not let BUCC to close the road arbitrarily.

Since the land involved is small, which may cost some RM1.5 million based on current valuation, there is a suggestion that the few developers in the area should chip in if the state says there is no budget allocated for an acquistion.

Source: TheSun

BUCC to be asked to postpone road closure

by Karen Arukesamy

PETALING JAYA (Nov 11, 2009) : The Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) will write to Bandar Utama City Corporation (BUCC) to postpone its decision to close down an ungazetted road sitting on its land until a more viable solution is found.

“MBPJ will write to BUCC to request it to postpone its decision to turn Jalan Tanjung into a one-way street from Nov 20 and close it completely after a certain time,” Deputy Mayor Puasa Md Taib told theSun today after a three-hour intense meeting with the councillors at its headquarters.

The decision was made following more than 11,000 signatories petitioned to the mayor on Tuesday to stop the closure of Jalan Tanjung which partially sits on land belonging to BUCC.

Puasa, who chaired the meeting in the absence of the mayor said this is the outcome of the meeting after taking serious consideration from all parties.

“Nevertheless it is totally up to the discretion of the land owner to take the necessary action about matters concerning his land,” he said.

Puasa said the matters discussed in the meeting will be informed to the Selangor state government, however there are certain aspects of enforcement and execution that empowers the city council to make its own decision.

“We will refer to the state government in all the developments of the issue but MBPJ still has more discussions and meetings to go before the final decision can be made,” he explained.

“We also need to re-discuss the matter further with all the residents associations and the developers and will solve this issue in stages.”

BUCC has put up notices to inform motorists that the ungazetted Jalan Tanjung would be turned into a oneway street on Nov 20 and closed for good six months later.

Motorists use the road daily to access Lebuh Bandar Utama, Jalan Tropicana and the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE).

BUCC had in 1993 signed an agreement allowing Dijaya Corporation (Dijaya) to use the land temporarily to access areas for Tropicana development.

On Tuesday, Tropicana Residents Association led a 19-man delegation to hand over the petition to MBPJ urging it and the state government to intervene and stop the closure.

The petition carries 11,000 signatures, including those of officials of 19 residents associations, a school and commercial managements in the affected areas – Tropicana, Kota Damansara and Sunway Damansara covering some 20 housing estates.

Source : TheSun

Residents against road closure

By TAN KARR WEI

A NOTICE announcing the closure of Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama has residents in the area up in arms.

The road serves as an entrance and exit point for motorists travelling between Bandar Utama and Tropicana.

The road was also frequently used by motorists from Bandar Utama and Tropicana to get to and from Kota Damansara and Sunway Damansara via Persiaran Surian.

Tropicana Residents Association vice-president Mohamed Shukri Zain said they were in the process of collecting about 6,000 signatures from residents in the area, including Sunway Damansara, Sunway Opal, Damansara Lagenda and Riana Green Condominiums.

Road Closure - Jalan Tanjung
One way only: A signboard informing motorists that Jalan Tanjung will be turned into a one-way street for cars coming out of Tropicana starting Nov 26. Motorists are advised to use Persiaran Bukit Utama as an alternative road into Tropicana

“Many of the residents do not want the road to be closed. We will be meeting the mayor (Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman) to hand over a petition,” said Shukri, who is heading the action committee.

He said that even though the road was owned by the Bandar Utama developer, it was a matter of public interest as many other people used the road besides Tropicana residents.

“When the agreement was made between the developers of Tropicana and Bandar Utama to temporarily use the road as an access, there were no other residential areas.

“But, over the years, many other developments have sprung up,” Shukri said.

He said the main access through the Tropicana tunnel would not be able to cope with the traffic if Jalan Tanjung was closed.

“It would merely shift the congestion from that junction to the BU11 junction,” he said.

He said that in the interest of public convenience, residents were calling for the state government to acquire the land under the Land Acquisition Act 1960.

Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) public relations officer Zainun Zakaria said the notification signboard to change the traffic flow to one-way was put up by the developer, not the council.

“So far, the council has not made any decision on the road closure. Any decision would have to go through the Infrastructure and Traffic sub-committee,” she said.

She added that the council would discuss the feasibility of acquiring the land for public use.

The sub-committee is scheduled to meet on Nov 11.

Source : TheStar

Jalan Tanjung access road reopened to traffic

By TAN KARR WEI

SIGNBOARDS informing motorists that the access to Jalan Tanjung in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, was closed have been covered up with black plastic bags.

Jalan Tanjung has been used as a connection between Bandar Utama and areas like Tropi­cana, Sunway Damansara and Kota Damansara.

The Bandar Utama developer announced recently that the road would be closed after 12 years of being used as a temporary access road as a piece of land near the Bandar Utama Technology Park belonged to them.

The agreement was for the road to be changed to a one-way flow coming out of Tropicana starting from Nov 20 for six months before being closed.

Covered up: The ‘Access Closed’ signs in front of the Riana Green condominium covered with black plastic bags.
Covered up: The ‘Access Closed’ signs in front of the Riana Green condominium covered with black plastic bags.

After the announcement that the road would be closed, residents from areas like Tropicana and Sunway Damansara submitted a petition to the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) on Tuesday.

Many were also against the closure because of the potential increase in traffic going into Persiaran Tropicana and into BU11 and BU12.

Residents who submitted the petition at the MBPJ headquarters in Jalan Yong Shook Lin also protested when signboards with the words “Access Closed” had been put up near the Riana Green Condominium.

Bandar Utama Development Sdn Bhd director Datuk Teo Chiang Kok told StarMetro that his contractors were not supposed to put up the signboards until later and had asked them to cover the signs for now.

Source : TheStar

Pirates Ice Cream & Coffee House @ Kota Damansara

Friday, February 22nd, 2008 6,440 views

We went Pirates Ice Cream & Coffee House which is located at Kota Damansara next to Starbucks Coffee.

Pirates Ice Cream & Coffee House @ Kota Damansara

Pirates Ice Cream & Coffee House @ Kota Damansara

Ice Cream - Pirates Ice Cream & Coffee House @ Kota Damansara
Yummy Ice-Cream.

Drinks - Pirates Ice Cream & Coffee House @ Kota Damansara

Pirates Ice Cream & Coffee House @ Kota Damansara

Big Projector Screen & Life Band - Pirates Ice Cream & Coffee House @ Kota Damansara
They have big projector screen and life band too.

Play Cards - Pirates Ice Cream & Coffee House @ Kota Damansara
They have cards, mahjong, uno-stacko, etc … a lot of games there.

Zparc - Pirates Ice Cream & Coffee House @ Kota Damansara

Address:
3-5, Jalan PJU 5/11, Dataran Sunway,
Kota Damansara, 47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Tel: 03-61416880, 03-61416881

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