Firm hired to remove illegal posters (At last!!)

Well, at least, they are doing something about this. Hope we can many more areas cleaned up as well. Also, it is left to be proven how effective this product and system. if it does, then this company will be doing very well in the near future.

Kudos to The Star for following up on this issue. Let us also monitor this together.

Until the next time, cheers.

The Star, Monday September 5, 2011

Firm hired to remove illegal posters

THE Kajang Municipal Council has hired a company to remove illegal posters and coat the surface of public property with anti-stick paint.

The issue of rampant illegal advertisements in Kajang have been frequently raised at the council full board meetings and public complaint monitoring meetings.

At last month’s public complaint monitoring meeting, councillor S. T. Chandra Mohan highlighted a complaint made by Taman Asa Jaya residents through the council’s complaint portal E-aduan on the illegal advertisements in the area.

First step: The bio-solve MP is used to remove the stickers before the antistick paint is sprayed on the sign boards. 

 

Council corporate communications head Shariman Mohd Nor said the council would be spending about RM20,000 for its pilot project in Kajang and Bandar Baru Bangi.

“The company picked for the job is providing the chemicals and manpower to remove the illegal stickers,” he said.

He said the illegal stickers advertising the services of “Ah Long (money lenders) were a major threat.

“The chemicals used will be active for 12 to 18 months, preventing posters from sticking onto the surface of public property,” he said.

Bandar Mahkota Cheras Residents’ Association treasurer Pang Nam Onn said such chemicals were being used in Singapore and wanted to see the results in Kajang.

“The residents have tried peeling off the stickers but there are still remnants on the signboards as the adhesive is quite strong.

“Moreover, once removed, the culprits put up new ones,” he said.

According to Adam Daniel Yusof of Envirocatalyst Sdn Bhd, the company chosen to undertake the pilot project, there are three to four steps involved.

Covered up: A signboard plastered with illegal stickers is an eyesore in Kajang.

 

“Firstly, they have to remove the stickers with a product called Bio-Solve MP.

“Then we apply the pre-coating and covering chemical. After this is done, we apply the anti-stick chemical.

“For fibre glass and plastic surfaces, we have to use a base coat before applying the pre-coating chemical,” he said, adding that they can work on a minimum of 10 signboards a day.

He added that different chemicals were used depending on the surface and the type of paper for the posters.

“We have to be careful when removing the stickers on signboards so as not to affect its luminousity,” he said.

While there are other companies offering such products, he believes that they are the first to offer locally-produced products.

“Others may have imported the products from other countries like South Korea,” he said.

“The workers need not wear protective gear because the bio-chemicals are not hazardous to health,” Adam said.

His company has submitted proposals to other councils such as the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council, Subang Jaya Municipal Council, Selayang Municipal Council, and Klang Municipal Council for the treatment.

THE STAR ON MPKj - TEARING DOWN ILLEGAL BILLBOARD & HIGH MAINTENANCE

The Star has 2 articles today on Kajang as follows. If true about the billboard then it's fantastic.

Monday February 1, 2010

MPKj tearing down illegal billboards

By OH ING YEEN

ingyeen@thestar.com.my

THE Kajang Municipal Council (MPKj) has begun operations to tear down illegal billboards.

The exercise started with Bandar Baru Bangi, where seven of the 20 illegal billboards had been taken down, and the remaining 13 would follow soon, council president Datuk Hassan Nawawi Abdul Rahman said at the Kajang Municipal Council full board meeting.

“It takes three hours to take down a big billboard (6.1m x 15.2m). There is even one that is located below TNB high-tension cables,” he said, adding that there were 1,600 illegal buntings in Kajang.

Several councillors pointed out that students were playing truant and visiting cybercafes near schools.

Hassan said there were guidelines on issuing licences for cybercafes. “It has to be at least 100m away from the schools. The council has the right to take action against operators who allow students in school uniform to enter the cybercafe. The maximum fine is RM1,000.

“However, the presence of cybercafes near schools is not the main reason for students playing truant. There are other reasons for them to skip school, too,” he said.

Kajang council spends RM95,000 for upkeep of vehicles

By OH ING YEEN

ingyeen@thestar.com.my

Kajang municipal councillors highlighted the exorbitant maintenance fees for council vehicles, which totalled more than RM95,960 last year.

At the monthly MPKj fullboard meeting, councillor Lee Kee Hiong questioned the reason for such high expenses for 14 vehicles.

A Jaguh motorbike costs RM4,645 a year for maintenance.

“There are even four vehicles that costs more than RM10,000 each, and these are only vehicles used by the enforcement department, what about the other departments?

“Despite such an amount spent on maintaining the vehicles, there are occasions when we had to abort certain operations due to vehicles breaking down,” she said.

One of the council directors said the motorbikes were used for escorting visiting VIPs such as the Mentri Besar.

Council president Datuk Hassan Nawawi Abdul Rahman explained that higher maintenance fees was needed for old cars.

“About 60% of the cars are more than 12 years old,” he said.

However, he could not provide off-hand the exact number of vehicles that the council uses.

He added that the council would use the hire purchase system when obtaining new cars.

Until the next time, cheers.