About
The thoughts and views of a concerned politician and the provocative questions that must not be ignored
Dr. A. Xavier Jayakumar
drxavier@selangor.gov.my
EXCO Selangor
Chaiperson on the permanent committees for Health, Plantation Wokers & Poverty and Caring Government
ADUN Sri Andalas
Supreme Council Member
Parti Keadilan Rakyat
Pejabat DUN Sri Andalas
No. 15-A, Jalan Mohd Tahir 8, Off Jalan Sg. Jati, Taman Mewah 4, 41200 Klang (the row of shops before the Esso station, on the road heading to Tmn Sentosa)Tel / Fax : 03-3373 4595
pkrsriandalas@gmail.com
Mon – Fri : 9am – 5pm Sat : 9am – 12 noon (Closed for lunch : 1pm – 2pm)
Hi.
There’s been repeated open burning around bukit kebun which has affected residents up to Kota Kemuning.
What have you done to stop it permanently !
Dear Irwin,
I most strongly agree with you, I couldn’t stand the smoke in the air last night. ( I live right here in Taman Klang Jaya). My eyes were tearing at 1am. The open burning has gone on unchecked for far far too long. Over the years I have written numerous complaints to the Ministry of Environment complaining about the situation. I also regularly make complaints to the local town council whenever I spot at open burning site/ a factory that is letting out polluted air. Even last night, I was urging members of my team to snap photos of the 8 – 9 bonfires (burning garden refuse) !! in the Raja Mahadi school compound at 12am midnight.
Action : The state legislative assembly (through the Ministry of Environment) must sanction and fine the wrongdoers.
There needs to be an established plan of how the Klang is going to deal with the large area of “peat soil” on both
sides of the KESAS highway, that is regularly on fire. Factories must not be built near housing areas (this is due to
the Local Town COuncil’s lack of planning and corruption in allowing such factories to be built)
We need to run more awareness and education campaigns on the detriments of smoke/haze to our lungs and health.
I am committed to finding a solution to the problem of open burning, and will pressure all relevant parties to achieve these aims.
Dr AX Jayakumar
I would like to suggest that PKR should also embark on the Environmental chapter as political mandate. I assure that the BN parties are lacking on this ground and there is so much that we as Malaysia can capitalise on following this path.
While most of the nations of the world are embarking on sustainabilities policies as a nation, we in Malaysia are already failing on the basic of sustainability since we practice inequality and un -accountability of our everyday actions.
It s the time for all the opposition parties to draft out a joint mandate addressing the issues of sustainability for the start towards uplifting the human status of citizens from mere persons to social capital.
I am a Malaysian Indian living and completing Msc Studies in the field of Corporate Environment Management in the University of Jyväskylä,Finland. This program is ranked 30th best throughout the entire academic (MBA)s programs.(http://www.jyu.fi/econ/en/current/pinstripes)
I am an unfortunate resident of Taman Mewah Jaya, Klang, which is situated in the vicinity of Taman Sentosa, Klang was taken by surprise when foul smelling flood waters entered my home during the heavy downpour on Friday, 14/03/08.
In recent times, we here have always escaped unscathed but this time it was very serious.
For your info, this area in your constituency suffers from very severe flooding at least 2 times per annum.
I have written letter after letter to MPK to address the issue but nothing has been done so far. All my qualms have only fallen to deaf years for the better part of the last 10 years or so.
I am writing with the hope that you can soon rectify this issue plaguing this particular area your constituency for the the last decade at least.
Please kindly address this matter and we can live here like boat people!
Hi,
Yes we are very well aware of the extent of the disastrous floods in Tmn Sentosa today.
Dr Xavier spent all afternoon and evening till 11pm in tmn sentosa with the residents, MPK and the District Land Officers.
He stood in those “smelly” waters with the people.
Todays floods, is something very rare,…floods to this extent have not happended before, we intend to get to the bottom of the problem.
thank you
PA to Dr Xavier
Dr Xavier
Welldone keep the spirit going. Whoever is not doing the job, take them out and replace working people DAP/PKR or Pas people in all Key position.
Come out local media to inform the people what is the job being carryout. As you know the local media only support the BN UMNO Goverment
God Bless You Keep on praying every morning
Dear Dr. Xavier,
As the Selangor Executive Council Member and someone who is also incharge of health matters, I would like to urge you to particularly pay attention to the house,No.40 Jalan Dato Abdul Hamid 31, Taman Sentosa, Klang.
This house has been turned into a junkyard and am sure lots of mosquitoes breed here. This is a housing estate and the junkyard is not supposed to be here. They sometimes burn rubber and this is not good for health.The owners of this place owe 3 lorries and cause congestion as they park lorries where ever they want. More over they ram the lorries and warm up as early as 6am and in the night at 10pm, we residents have to keep our doors closed all the time as the smoke is very bad for health. I do not know if they have a MPK approved lisence to do this, but even if they do, i am sure you will agree with me that a scrap metal waste junkyard is a definate no in a residential area.
we have growing kids and this is really bad for our health. I urge you to kindly look into this matter and please help us from this mess. We want our residential area to look nice and homely , not like a junkyard. we leave this to your hands. Thank you..
We hope that you will be able to look into this matter fast.
Dear Sri,
Could you please email / call us back with your personal details, so that we may investigate this complain further.
Kind Regards,
Dr xavier
Dear Dr Xavier,
I wish to bring to your urgent attention to the dirty enviroment we are leaving in Taman Sri Sentosa for past 10 years.I have repeatedly complained to MPK earlier on the drainage problem(drains are not cleaned for months and months), long grasses (grassed grows long and long happily along road sides),roads are left unswept as far as I can remember (roads practically looks like dump yard) and MPK had only attended to our cries barely 2 times todate.
We trust you will not take this complain lightly. We have children growing in this neighbour hood and an healty environment is an essential need. Being a Dr by profession, I am sure you will understand my concern.
You can look into the statistics of the residents here being effect with DENGGI fever for last year and it will be a proof of the cleanliness of this area.
Kindly look into this matters urgently and seriously.Thank you. Looking forward for urgent action.
For yor kind info…..please come to LORONG DATO DAGANG 26A,26B to see the condition with your own eyes.
Dear Exco,
My neighbour’s house No:14 Jalan Sukun 4/7, Section 4
Shah Alam, It’s getting filled with rodent,mosquitoes,
termites,rubbish and junkyard. Please try to sell the house to anyone who can afford, instead waiting only for Bumi to buy or ask the bank concern to clean and maintain the house
until they get a buyer.
Sooner or later we the neighbour’s, health will be affected by all these and unpleasant view for our vistors
YB.
The repeated open burning around bukit kebun which has affected residents up to Kota Kemuning is BACK starting May 2008
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO STOP IT PERMANENTLY!
Dear Dr Xavier,
Thank you for trying to solve the problem of open burning along the Kesas highway. In case you haven’t noticed, this problem has been around for more than 3 years already and numerous complaints have been made even in the mainstream media. The reason that was given by the DOE is that illegal immigrants practice slash and burn to plant their crops and when the authorities come to arrest them, they will run into the jungle and hide. This excuse is unacceptable as it makes our authorities look like tofu as they can’t even go into the jungle to catch them. Anyway, I think that the contractors that are involved in building projects along the KESAS highway are also involved in open burning at night. Please update us regularly on what is being done to solve this problem ONCE AND FOR ALL. The previous state government didn’t seem to care much about our complaints. That is why the they loss heavily in all constituencies in Klang. It would be wise for the new state government to show that they really care and work for the people. Please do not let down the people who have voted for you. Your urgent actions are very much appreciated.
Dear Dr Xavier,
I’m really fed up with the Jabatan Alam Sekitar on the response the open burning along Kesas Highway. It’s getting bad to worst and till now i don’t see any action. We need this to be sorted out when the whole world is crying for cleaner air.
I hope you can bring this up to the relevant authorities to ensure it’s address accordingly. We need PAKATAN RAKYAT government to make the difference since we voter made the difference during the election.
Dear Dr Xavier,
One week has almost passed, but there has been no reply from you. I even sent emails to your personal official email account and the PKR Andalas email listed in your website. Why bother to list your email addresses and put up a comment space if you don’t bother replying to the Rakyat? Remember, we voted you in, we can vote you out! Don’t behave like the BN wakil rakyats who you condemned in your speaches.
I got this reply after emailing YB Charles Santiago to his email address on the open burning issue. Very generic without any actions till now. I’m just sick and tired of the whole issue…
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Dear Mr.Arvin,
These issue is being taken up by YB Elizabeth Wong, S’gor EXCO member and she is in charge of pollution. We understand the frustration of the citizen being affected. There are many authoritiries that has been asked to be involved not only to do something about the problem but also to curb it once and for all.
Thanks and regards,
Sarah Devaraj
Personal Assistant
MP Klang
Dr. Xavier,
It has been 1.5 months since i have wrote to you abt the junkyard at my area, the address is NO. 40 jalan dato abdul hamid 31, taman sentosa,klang. I would really appreciate if you could come and look at this place. Lat weekend, the owners of this place held some prayers and the way it looks it as though they are going to be permanent there. please do something quickly to help us. The problem is getting worse . I hope to receive a good reply and prompt action from you or any of ur assistants. Thanks.
Dr Xavier,
Thank you for updating us on what is being done to overcome the haze problem. While I understand that your assistants and your goodself are overloaded with work, I think it would only be reasonable to expect any kind of reply within 3 working days. Besides complaining to you, I also sent a complain through Warkah untuk PM. They took 3 working days to reply and forwarded my complaint to the relevant authorities, requesting them to reply to me within 3 working days. When the reply did not come, I again complaint to the officer in the JPM who replied me in the first place and I then got a reply from MPK the following day. The point I am making is that the PR government should show that they are more efficient than the BN government. However, I fully understand that you guys need some time to get your machinery fully operational being the first time in government. Thank you for sharing your problems with us. Please do not hesitate to let the rakyat know if you need more volunteers to help you. I’m sure many of us are willing to help make this place a better environment to live in.