From Kenneth to the purchasers

Refer to Wei Yong's concerns raised in the previous post, Kenneth from Bukit Ikhlas, has immediately answered us with something informative and constructive and are concerning all other purchasers too. I am not going to copy and paste Kenneth's post entirely because I have not got Kenneth's consent to do so. I will report accordingly.

In Kenneth's answer, he stated that currently MPSJ wants them to explore the possibility of adding new access road after JKR took away one of the 2 approved access roads. JKR said that the access road near the current road that is being used to access the site is too close to the traffic lights, so JKR did not allow Bukit Ikhlas to build that road, according to Kenneth. Kenneth said that MPSJ wanted them to explore options to replace that road as they feared that the Sun Garden road could not support the traffic when the whole project is completed.

Kenneth said that they were more than happy to build a second access road and even a third one, and MPSJ just have to approve it.

He said, the Sun Garden road would take 8 weeks to complete, and Bukit Ikhlas wanted to start work on it a lot earlier, but certain parties were trying to get MPSJ to deny that road to them, but this was after they understood that it was the only access that they had left. Kenneth did not mention which parties were involved. Kenneth added that the purchasers can clarify with Mr Ismail of MPSJ and Mr Ismail had approved the road.

Kenneth continued, only Bukit Ikhlas will be involved in building the road and they had awarded contract and work had started on Sun Garden access eventhough technically the road had not been approved yet. Kenneth wanted the purchasers to ask Mr Ismail and the local councillor if that road was already approved in DO (Development Order). Kenneth said that they had been to multiple meetings with MPSJ over this issue. Kenneth stressed that Mr Ismail, the Pengarah Perancangan Bandar of MPSJ had approved the road.

According to Kenneth, the only requirement for them was to explore the possibility of a second access which they had done and were in the midst of submitting it to MPSJ. He said the pumphouse / suction tank was being built now and the construction would be completed as soon as possible.

One of Wei Yong's concerns is on the TNB cables were not installed. Kenneth answered that the cables were laid by TNB contractors, and TNB had delayed in their own organisation though they had been asked by Bukit Ikhlas to lay the cables a long time ago. Kenneth said that Bukit Ikhlas's main contractor could not wait for TNB to lay the cables before laying the tarmac as it would delay their handover of the project to Bukit Ikhlas and consequently they would incur a large penalty. Therefore the tarmac was down and TNB was tearing up after that to lay the cables. Bukit Ikhlas would incur additional cost as they would have to resurface the whole roads, else the road would never be even if they were going to resurface the dug up areas but not the whole roads.

Kenneth said that they were negotiating with the authorities and they were come to a conclusion. He said he has asked Mr David and a Bukit Ikhlas employee to attend the meeting on his (Bukit Ikhlas) behalf just in case any clarification was needed. Kenneath apologized for the delay, they were trying to complete the project in time and within the law.

Additionally, Kenneth said that he was more than happy to have meetings once a month or even fortnightly with a couple purchasers, appointed as liaisons between Bukit Ikhlas and the purchasers, to discuss the progress of the project so that all others purchases could be updated after that.

Finally, Kenneth had asked us to attend the meeting on Sunday and also the one on Tuesday, and they were happy to be held accountable for what they had done and were trying to do so.