Covering up:MPSJ's Clean Zone

programme forZone 20 included

covering drains atthe MPSJ hawkerkiosks in Seri

Serdang.

A cleaner neighbourhoodResidents work together to help spruce up Seri Kembangan

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The programme's agenda

WHILE their parents and includes five carnivals which areother adults swept, raked to be· held in various locationsand spruced up the neigh- within Zone 20, the site for MPSJ's

bourhood, the young children programme this year, which cov~were kept busy with indoor games ers Taman Sri Serdang and itssuch as puzzles, quizzes and board surrounding vicinity.games. ~'uMPSJ is using the carnival

Such was the scene at the fourth approach to create awareness onedition of the Clean Zone 'c1eanliness and maintenanceCommunity Programme 2012: practices. as well as to generateGreen Township Carnival, which . community participation," saidwas held at the Taman Kembang MPS} Community DevelopmentSari Community Hall in Seri Det>artment director MuhammadKembimgan. laki Yusoff.

The Subang Jaya' MunicipC\1 '.-"It also allows MPSJto foster aCouncil (MPSJ) had decided to' closer relationship with the com­introduce a series of community munity as each carnival is held incarnivals featuring a host of activ- a sub-zone or area within Zoneities for people of all ages .for its 20.Clean Zone programme this year. "While the main activity is

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No easy task: MPSJstaff and contractors workingtogether to remove illegaladvertisements and stickers duringa clean-up session in TamanSriSerdang .and its surrounding areas.

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gotong-royong, there are alsoplenty of ~ther activities that'Would appeal to children, youths,womenfolk and senior citizens."

Some of the activities includecommunity sports, flea market,aerobics session, embroideryclasses, as well as futsal, colouringand karaoke competitions.

laki said 95%of the Clean Zoneprogramme initiatives had beenimplemented, including cleaningand landscaping works, installa­tion of additional public facilitiesand signages, paving and paintingof roads, repairing road kerbs,drains and other infrastructure,upgrading of food court andkiosks, as wen as removing illegaladvertisements.

MPSj councillor and jKP Zone20 chairman Sufari Tinnin said ahighlight was the establishmentof a 850m bike path that wouldbe utilised for recreational pur­.ppses." The bike path, located along theSungai Kuyoh riverbank, stretchesfrom jalan 6/1 until Dewan SriSerdang.

On the funding for the pro­gramme, Zaki said RM100,OOOcame from the state gov.ernment'sallocation for each council, whileMPSjcontributed RM100,000 plussome additional funds to repairsome public facilities and otherdamages.

"The Zone 20 neighbourhood isa challenging area to clean up as itis. an old neighbourhood andI~cated far from MPSJ's adminis­trative centre," he said.

"It also has a diverse populationmix, with a town centre, residen­tial area, industrial zone, govern­

.ment agency centre, and Universiti

Putra Malaysia educational area."In terms of involvement, Sufari

noted that the Clean Zone pro­gramme had received full supportfrom all' MPSj Departments, aswell as from local governmentagencies and NGOssuch as schools,police, Fireand RescueDepartment,Drainage. and IrrigationDepartment, UPM, TNB,Telekom,surau, temple, and traders.

"Meanwhile, community sup­port from the residents and stu­

'dents has increased with eachcarrHval,"he said.

The state-wide Clean Zonecompetition requires each localcouncil to identify an area to becleaned up.

The judging is based on cleanli­ness, community involvement,maintenance of infrastructure,landscape, public amenities andcomplaints management.

MPSj has--won the competitionfor the past two yeats - in 2011for Zone 5 (Batu Tiga, Shah Alam) .and 2010 for Zone 12 (KampungSri Aman, Puchong).. laki said MPSjpresented a cash

priz.e to the residents' committe~UKP)in .the respective zones as areward for their win.

"MPSj is, of course, hoping towin the competition again thisyear. But even if we don't, wemanaged to have Zone 20 thor­oughly cleaned up and get thecommunity involved in this pro- .gramme," pe said.

The (Jean Zone CommunityProgramme2012: GreenTownshipCarnival will culminate today atthe jalan 18/5 football field andTasik Seri Serdang, before theevaluation to be carried out by thest;ltp rJp;m 7nnp r"n-"n;t+oo