MESSAGE FOM THE CHAIRMAN

I wish to thank all the members of Taman Tasek Resident Association for electing me as your chairman for the year 2009 to 2010.
I am honoured to serve you for the next two years together with our able team of committed committee members.
The previous team has made much progress and I would like to record my sincere thanks for their hard work and dedication. Today the challenges are greater and therefore more effort has to be made to make improvements to this lovely residential park of ours.
What are our goals of the committee ? In brief, to make Taman Tasek a safe and pleasant place to live,play and retire and to bring up a family in a gracious environment.
The first issue we face is security. There had been several and frequent incidents of house break- ins and robberies in may to july. The previous security company that was servicing some residents has been found to be not effective due to insufficient number of subscribers. We got to do something.
The security that we are engaging in talks , Infinity Secure, has taken their own initiative to carry their survey and found that the majority of the residents in Taman Tasek are keen to try them out . They have put two guard posts from 7 am to 7 pm. The next step is to erect barriers and those who have paid their dues of RM 50 per month will be given a car sticker for each car. Those who do not pay the security services will be allowed to pass but their car will be stopped and their number will be noted. The association will assist the company in whatever way to help them to set up the barriers. We are now in the process of helping them to raise funds to invest in the barriers.
For the meantime i would urge residents to switch on their porch light and gate lights at night. When it is bright , it may not chase all the thieves away but the thieves may be deterred. Please therefore switch on the lights especially the light facing the back lane.
Also be friendly and get to know your neighbours and their handphone numbers so that each can contact the other in times of need.
The second issue is tidiness and cleanliness. We can make Taman Tasek a better place if we care about our environment . Lately the house prices have dropped to historical low. The re routing of the only exit to Taman Tasek did not help. I know of one double storey terrace house that was sold at only RM 180,000.00. So if we want our values to improve, we have to do our part by keeping our garden clean and paint our house. Landscaping can improve your value up to 10 %. Our drains are old and need to be replaced. We held a gotong royong to clear the rubbish and take down the Ah Long posters.
The tasek hall is being well used and i would like to thank Mr Richard Ng for selflessly taking care of the hall for so many years. As for the tennis court, mr Gan is still in charge as he has been for the last decade. Thank you Mr. Gan.
Dear residents, please subscribe to the security scheme. It is very affordable. Only with 250 houses subscribing will the whole program be successful. Even if you are a tenant, please subscribe too as you are a resident.

More activities are being planned by the social committee and we will update you.

Tan Beng Sooi
Chairman