Court process takes time. Alerted BF not to take too long to consider JMB options. Residents are running out of patience. Should enough residents complain to MPSJ, then MPSJ may act first by taking down its structure in common area. JMB will only take down the structure once the court say so.

Former Jmb had decided to take legal action against bf for occupation of common area. Current Jmb must respect the due process of court. There is a counter suit for a large amount. Unnecessary discussion of this case in a public forum can be sub-judice. So lets leave this case to the courts. However if MPSJ decides to take down any structure it deems illegal due to residents' complaints, it has nothing to do with Jmb & the case. Behind closed doors, Jmb is ever willing to consider all options as long they are considered fair & amicable to most if not all. But this process is now moving very slowly due to lack of pressure groups.
Now moving to another topic of noise pollution from any outlets in general. Jmb got to take care of both the commercial & residential interests. Definition of noise pollution for an officially designated commercial area is ambiguous. So it is difficult for Jmb or any authorities to fairly enforce. Volume & content can be changed instantly. Actions can be challenged with counter suits for damages, etc. Perhaps one possible way forward would be to get tenants to agree to terms such as no operating speakers in common/unenclosed spaces after a certain time, say 1am on weekends. And security got the right to remove violating speakers, especially blatant ones. Well if the operators disagree, then Jmb would not licence the common area to them, etc as per DMC. In other words any agreements got to be fair, well defined/objective and enforceable. Sometimes simple cases such as illegal car parking in clamping zones are not enforced for unknown reasons. A sub committee is diligently working on this right now. Jmb' mission is to make SW into a success for all, albeit with some give & take.

This post has been edited by a123: Feb 9 2014, 09:30 AM

Do consider buying the limited I LOVE SW tea-shirt. It would entitle you to enjoy discounts at a few participating outlets in SW. Understand another set of promo events on last night of CNY arrange by SW Mall owner.

This post has been edited by a123: Feb 9 2014, 09:40 AM

Not boss lah.

Yes jmb has asked for the offical quote from parking operator to install another machine for Block K -most probabily placed side by side.

Thanks. We will look for some evidence in the form of brochures etc and present it to sps and see what they say.

Thanks ibbrio for the brochure photo. We will see what is sps response.

Block K is the entire Mall block.

This post has been edited by a123: Feb 25 2014, 12:01 AM

It is the high investment (few $100k) in TnG network facilities that is keeping this on hold for the moment.

Just for info, Bank Islam is bringing Unifi to its SW branch at their own cost.

The survey form has nothing to do with jmb. Term of current fm expires on 31.5.14. Some unkown parties are trying very hard to keep current fm.

Thanks for commenting. JMB is in the process of getting a more professional management. Target date for new management is 1.6.14. Some people outside of JMB is resisting the move. But JMB with the blessing of developer, is determined to make it happen for the benefit of all.

JMB got to abide by existing agreement.
New management team takes about 2+ months to be formed.
Understands R1 & R2 already settled with tnb. R3 & IJK still in the process.

Unknown party is party that is not known to jmb. It did not fully identify itself when writing to jmb.
JMB has a team that operates according to the provisions of the relevant laws.
Yes existing fm is likely to be replaced by 1.6.14.

This post has been edited by a123: Mar 11 2014, 06:05 PM

Thanks for your concern. New jmb has been in office for 3 months.

One will not realise the massive weaknesses in current fm until they are involved with jmb. Officially there are 6 sub coms. Unofficially there are more to look into once off important issue such as looking for professional managing agents and double charging of electricity costs by tnb. Jmb has spent more than 30 hours of on site visits, interviews, presentations and meeting time to find a proper fm since Jan.

Jmb has collected over 30 issues to followup with developer. The one from this forum is shortage of colour boxes at R1 & R2 facade.

There can be up to 5 meetings every week. Owners are welcomed to join. There are 2 tonight from 6pm to 11pm. The first one on financial and legal matters at finance office. The second one at R1 level 7 at 8.30pm is a continuation of last thursday meeting on advert and promo/presentation by professional agencies.

This post has been edited by a123: Mar 18 2014, 11:16 AM

If you are an owner, you can be involved in jmb by joining in any one or more of the six sub coms. Then you will be in the communication circuit for the sub comms. Do also join the SW residents closed fb group. Info released here has to be appropriate for a public forum.

You got to look at fm organization chart carefully to understand the current situation. FM is currently overwhelmed. Now Jmb often got to do fm job in order to get things moving. That is why changing fm is no. 1 on priority list. Communication and community affairs sub com was formed in end Jan. You got to give them some time. Jmb can only get very little fm resouces to get new things done when old ones are still in a big mess.

This post has been edited by a123: Mar 18 2014, 12:08 PM

Thanks for feedback. No valet parking services at SW. Jmb hears and sees many discrepancies in road side parking. The long term solution that jmb is working on is to shift the car barrier entry to include road side parking at premium charges. Parking at basement would be at regular charge. There will be a foc 15min drive through/ park at road level. Jmb is also in the process of changing all the commercial guards and management. Quotation for the changes already in.

This post has been edited by a123: Mar 22 2014, 02:03 PM

Road areas outside of SW is not under Jmb. However mpsj can and has been issuing summonses inside SW for various offences by tenants.

Quotations received. Multiple stage interviews done. Final decision soon. Cost is at about the same level as current fm.

The main difference between current and new fm is - new fm will be all FULL TIME professional staffs. If you look carefully at existing fm management chart, you will realise none of the top management of fm is on it! The reason is they are not full time/paid for staffs of fm. Some key personnels are serving multi fms at the same time. Even the supposedly fully time staffs have duties that may not be related to jmb sw. It took new jmb a month or two to realise this. There are also many things that are not nice to share in a public forum like this. The important thing is Jmb wants to ensure sw is going to do much better moving forward.

Yes jmb intends to have seperate building manager, supervisors, admin and technicians for residences alone. High cost services such as qualified chargeman, accounts head and fm head would look after both commercial and residential parts. There will be a professional advert n promo manager for retail. His team's pay will come from alfresco n advert rental. At the moment only about 30% of alfresco are paying for all the spaces they are enjoying. In fact many are officially paying nothing! Also next to nil advert rental.