保安公司提高费率

相信会员己经从报章上知悉政府批准保安守卫员的底薪, 保安公司將向他们的客戶调高费率。有关当局没有在报章上透露保安公司惯例用守卫底薪为单位趁机也提高客戶须付他们公司内勤幕后员工, 股东等的开销。那么一来, 我们不单多付守卫员, 也要多付公管理層包括执照持有者。

引用公司最新标价, 每个守卫的每月费用將是RM2,017.39 比现在的费用多出19巴仙。虽然筹委作了不少奔跑去反影我们的不滿, 到头来也在无选择的情形下被迫” 接受” 新的费率。

很庆幸在最近的特别会员交谈会, 会员们投票同意以下策略和计划, 来提醒保安公司我们消费的权力:-

1.     作为最強的抗议, 我们將暂停保安巡逻;

2.     既使要復办保安巡逻, 我们将顧请少些守卫並严历管制他们工作效率, 所谓一定要物有所值,

3.     探讨如何與其他附近住宅区合作減少开支。

马鲁里花园的其中六个住宅区己经签了一份谅解備忘錄个别採取同一行动, 所以会员也无须过份担心在暂停期间我们将是唯一的沒守卫的地带。

在这次特别会员交谈会, 我们也表决暂时不提高会员费, 虽然那五十令吉的费额已经是六年没调整过。不过希望通过会员的影响, 鼓励更多邻居参于保安巡逻计划。

由于年关将到, 筹委决定在15/2/2011暂停保安巡逻一个星期; 假如保安公司不減低费率我们只顧用六或七个守卫罷了(如今是九个)。

在暂停保安巡逻期间, 会员们请多多留意门戶, 若发觉不良份子请报警, 会员也可以在守亭填写投诉表格, 筹委将通过部落格tbmra2010.blogspot.com 给会员最新发展报告。

筹委衷心向会员致歉, 不便之处请包涵, 虽然我们己尽了可能来阻止这些不公平的生意手法。

INCREASED FEES BY SECURITY GUARDS COMPANY

Blog by Sintar Residents Association 

Members would have by now read in the newspaper about the final approval (by the Cabinet) for guards companies to increase the wages of their guards. In order these companies could do so they would have to charge their customers (like us) more. What was apparently omitted in the newspapers is that aspect of gross-up of the guards’ wages by as high as 30% to cover the companies’ management expense; this really means we the customers are NOT only paying the guards higher wages but much more to the management and shareholders of the guards companies.

Using the latest quotation of our existing guards company, they are asking for RM2,017.39 for each guard (an increase of RM326.47 (19%) from what we are now paying, i.e. RM1,690.92). In anticipation of this sharp increase we had resorted to various means to protest, but unfortunately of little or no impact at all.

However our members have in the Special Members’ Dialogue on 2^nd January 2011 voted to exercise our rights as consumers and mandated the Pro-tem Committee the followings:-

1. As the strongest possible protest we would suspend security patrol service temporarily; (see below for the IMPORTANT date)

2. In resuming the security patrol service we might be compelled to engage lesser guards in accordance to our financial capability and also review their duty & responsibility accordingly;

3. To explore closer co-operation with neighbouring residential sectors to save cost (or share the burden of the increase).

Please note 6 of the 8 residential sectors in Tmn Bkt Maluri had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to take the same stand, so we do not need to feel unduly uncomfortable that we are the only affected area.

The Special Members’ Dialogue also decided not to increase at this stage the member fees (which had not been revised for 6 years now) but would appeal to members to influence their neighbours to join in the patrol scheme so that we could still continue the scheme in longer term.

In view of impending Chinese New Year, your Pro-tem Committee has decided to suspend security patrol service for one week from 15^th February; after that if the guard company is still not prepared to reduce their quote we shall engage 6 or 7 guards (as compared to 9 now).

During the period of suspension, members are advised to be more vigilant and report any suspicious characters to the police, in any event members are welcome to provide feedback using the complaint forms available at the guard houses. We will keep members posted in our blog tbmra2010.blogspot.com .

ANY INCONVENIENCE CAUSED IS VERY MUCH REGRETTED ALTHOUGH THE PRO-TEM COMMITTEE IS SATISFIED THAT WE HAD TRIED OUR LEVEL BEST TO RESIST THE UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICE.