Malam Muhibbah 1 Malaysia 2009

9th October 2009: This event was jointly organised with Emerad Park Residents' Association (EPRA) to celbrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Hari Deepavali & Pesta Tanglong; an event meant to capsulate the true Muhibbah 1 Malaysia spirit in Emerald Park.

The response from the residents was overwhelming. A large unexpected crowd of at least 200 turned up that night. Food provided ran low, too soon. However, both adults and children had a great time enjoying the songs and dance. For many children, this was their fisrt experience of the lantern festival. Hampes were the prizes for the raffle draw. We hope we can organise a similar event in the future and look forward to enthusiasm and support from our residents.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri & Happy Deepavali

RT Annual General Meeting

16th August 2009: This commenced at about 11.30 am, following the EDRM Programme. A total of 28 RT members signed up with an interest to serve as RT AJK members for the session 2010 – 2011. With the exception of one or two names, the rest have all been submitted to Jabatan Perpaduan for their consideration, after which, official letters of appointment will be issued by the Jabatan. We wait to hear from them.

EDRM Programme

16th August 2009: A workshop on Fire and First Aid was conducted by EDRM ( Elite Disaster Rescue Malaysia) at the Basketball Court and Playground of Emerald Park. The guest of honour, Dato Ir Soam Heng Choon – the MD of IJM Land Bhd was represented by Mr. Hoo – the GM of IJM Land. The event started off at 8.30 am and attendance was impressive, particularly among the children who were excited with the fire-fighting demonstration in the first session. There was a break where all those who attended were served with nasi lemak and lots of drinks. This was followed with the second session on First Aid . Children were shown the contents of First Aid kits and were taught to apply CPR on dummy models brought by EDRM. We are grateful to the team from EDRM who came all the way from Kuala Lumpur to Emerald Park to show us the dangers of fire and the useful workshop on First Aid.

1 Malaysia - 1 Keluarga - 1 Penyelamat & Majlis Perlantikan AJK KRT Emerald Park S2 Penggal 2010 - 2011

Sports Carnival

19th July 2009: This was an eventful day for the residents of Emerald Park because we had our first sports carnival. The event was organised by En. Saiful, En. Mazlan and En. Zafril ; all members of the AJK. Football was the chosen game for this carnival. We started at the crack of dawn with registration of participants at 7.30 am. Broadly, the games were split with the juniors below 12 and the seniors. The juniors fielded 2 teams: EP Juniors and Mustang FC. The seniors, on the other hand fielded a total of 8 teams which were grouped into 2 categories: Group A consisted of Junior FC, Red Kapald, MJ FC, and Singh is King. In the Group B team were: Green Street Home (GSH), Boom Boom Pow, Titans and Bumble Bee. The VIP invited for the occasion is one of our residents, Dato’ Mohid Mohamed (Deputy Head Secretary Ministry of Youth and Sports of Malaysia) and Dato’ Yip Chee Kiong, Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri from N22 Rahang, Negeri Sembilan. The champion among the juniors was Mustang FC whilst the champion among the senior teams was GSH with the runner up being Junior FC. The detailed results of the matches played are displayed below:

All the champions and runner up players were presented with medals. Each champion team also received a brand new football. All the team players, and residents who attended the function were given nasi lemak and drinks. The event ended around 1 pm.

Kids’ Study Tour – Fire Escape Workshop & Pusat Sains Negara

30th May 2009: A trip was organised for 31 children and 9 adults to attend the Fire Escape Workshop, a campaign in conjunction with Fire Prevention Council of Malaysia, FIPCOM (NGO of fire preventions councils) and also with BOMBA, in 1 Utama Kuala Lumpur. FIPCOM’s awareness and education programmes mainly focused on children in order to inculcate a fire safety culture in them from a young age through more fun and interactive way. The delegation was led by RT AJK member Azman Omar assisted by other RT AJK members.

They arrived in 1 Utama at 9.30 am and participated in the opening ceremony and followed by workshop. After a great lunch in MacDonald’s, the delegation went to the Pusat Sains Negara (National Science Centre) in Mont Kiara where they had a very informative programme arranged for them. They returned to Emerald Park at 6pm. The success of this trip can be summed in the one question the children had in their minds on their return: “Uncle, uncle.., when is the next trip?”

For more information, kindly log on to:
FIPCOM: http://www.fipcom.org.my/

Pusat Sains Negara: http://www.psn.gov.my/

SRS Launch by Jabatan Perpaduan

23rd May 2009: Encik Mohd Hakim from Jabatan Perpaduan was invited to launch the SRS programme in Emerald Park. He gave a thorough briefing to those who attended, on the do’s and the don’ts of how to carry out the SRS programme. Many questions were effectively dealt with by Encik Hakim and RT members are now confident that they can execute the SRS programme in Emerald Park without delay.

Prinsip Rukun Negara - Principles of Rukun Negara

Prinsip Rukun Negara

Rukunegara adalah ikrar pegangan negara yang dijadikan garis panduan dalam usaha membina negara dan bangsa Malaysia. Ia telah diisytiharkan pada 31 Ogos 1970 oleh Yang di-Pertuan Agong keempat. Ikrar Rukunegara adalah seperti berikut:

Bahawasanya, Negara kita Malaysia mendukung cita-cita hendak:

• Mencapai perpaduan yang lebih erat di kalangan seluruh masyarakatnya;
• Memelihara satu cara hidup demokratik;
• Mencipta satu masyarakat yang adil di mana kemakmuran negara akan dinikmati bersama secara adil dan saksama;
• Menjamin satu cara yang liberal terhadap tradisi-tradisi kebudayaannya yang kaya dan berbagai corak;
• Membina satu masyarakat progresif yang akan menggunakan sains dan teknologi moden;

Maka kami rakyat Malaysia berikrar akan menumpukan seluruh tenaga dan usaha kami untuk mencapai cita-cita tersebut berdasarkan atas prinsip-prinsip yang berikut:

• Kepercayaan kepada Tuhan
• Kesetiaan kepada Raja dan Negara
• Keluhuran Perlembagaan
• Kedaulatan Undang-Undang
• Kesopanan dan Kesusilaan

Principles of Rukun Negara

Malaysia’s national ideology, the Rukunegara was formulated with the purpose to serve as a guideline in the country’s nation-building efforts. The Rukunegara was proclaimed on August 31, 1970 by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong IV. The pledge of the Rukunegara is as follows:

Our Nation, Malaysia is dedicated to:

• Achieving a greater unity for all her people;
• Maintaining a democratic way of life;
• Creating a just society in which the wealth of the nation shall be equitably distributed;
• Ensuring a liberal approach to her rich and diverse cultural tradition,
• Building a progressive society which shall be oriented to modern science and technology.

We, the people of Malaysia, pledge our united efforts to attain these ends, guided by these principles:

• Belief in God.
• Loyalty to King and Country.
• Supremacy of the Constitution.
• The Rule of Law.
• Mutual respect and good social behaviour.

The Coat of Arms of Malaysia

Lambang Malaysia menunjukkan bintang pecah 14 menandakan 13 buah negeri yang terkandung dalam Persekutuan Malaysia dan Kerajaan Persekutuan, manakala bintang bersama-sama anak bulan itu tanda Agama Islam - agama rasmi Malaysia.

The coat of arms or armorial ensign of Malaysia shows a 14-pointed star representing the 13 constituent states within the Federation of Malaysia together with the Federal Government, while the star and the crescent together symbolise Islam as the official religion of Malaysia.

Lima belah keris itu tanda Negeri-negeri Melayu Tidak Bersekutu dahulu (Johor, Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan dan Terengganu). Bahagian sebelah kiri perisai itu menandakan Negeri Pualu Pinang dan bahagian sebelah kanan dengan pokok Melaka itu Negeri Melaka. Kedua-dua buah negeri itu adalah sebahagian dari Negeri-negeri Selat dahulu.

The five Kris represents the five former Unfederated Malay States (Johor, Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan and Terengganu). The left-hand division of the shield represents the state of Penang and the right-hand section shows the Malacca tree that depicts the State of Malacca. These two states formed part of the former Straits Settlements.

Dalam empat jalur yang sama besarnya dalam bahagian tengah itu, warna-warna hitam dan putih ialah warna Pahang; merah dan kuning warna Selangor; hitam, putih dan kuning warna Perak; merah, hitam dan kuning warna Negeri Sembilan. Empat buah negeri ialah Negeri-negeri Melayu Bersekutu yang asal. Tiga bahagian di sebelah bawah itu menandakan negeri Sabah di sebelah kiri dan Sarawak di sebelah kanan.

In the four equal sized panels in the centre, the colours black and white are colours of the State of Pahang; red and yellow are colours of the State of Selangor; black, white and yellow are the colours of the State of Perak; and red, black and yellow those of the State of Negeri Sembilan. These four States formed the original Federated Malay States. The three sections below represent the State of Sabah on the left and the State of Sarawak on the right.

Di tengah-tengahnya ialah Bunga Raya - Bunga Kebangsaan. Harimau-harimau yang ditunjukkan sebagai penupang jata Negeri-negeri Melayu Bersekutu dahulu itu dipakai dalam Lambang Malaysia.

In the centre is the hibiscus, the national flower. Flanking the shield are tigers, a design element retained from the earlier armorial ensign of the Federation of Malaya (and before that, of the Federated Malay States).

Cogan - Besekutu Bertambah Mutu - ditulis dengan tulisan rumi di sebelah kiri dan tulisan jawi di sebelah kanan. Warna kuning pada awan-awan itu ialah warna Di Raja Yang Maha Mulia Raja-Raja.

The motto in Romanised-script on the left and Jawi (Arabic) script on the right reads “Bersekutu Bertambah Mutu”, the Malay equivalent of “Unity is Strength”. The yellow colour of the scroll is the royal colour of the Rulers.

Program Pengurusan RT Zon 2 & Zon 5

12th April 2009: We were invited to participate in this programme organised by JPNIN in Dewan Sekolah Wawasan, Seremban 2. The Pengerusi, Setiausaha and Bendahari represented Emerald Park at this function. The objective of the programme was to brief key AJK members in each RT kawasan on how to run the RT efficiently. A comprehensive power-point presentation was done by En. Nasariddin on the structure, duties of the key AJK members in each kawasan, maintaining records, and organising night patrols. YB Datuk Hasim, EXCO Kerajaan NS ended the function with words of encouragement for all the participants. We, on our part, would like to thank En. Mohd Fazli, En. Nasariddin and En. Mohd Hakim for organising this programme so that we are better informed to carry out our duties in RT in Emerald Park.

Camping for Children

21st March 2009: The idea of providing a camping experience for the children in Emerald Park has been brooding in the mind of our AJK member, Lee Heng Lee, for a long time indeed. Chaired by Mazlan and all AJKs, we were able to launch this project with a participation of 33 children ranging from toddlers up to school leaving age. The response was overwhelming and we had to limit the numbers to about 30. We started the evening around 6pm with the children bringing 9 tents of their own and 5 tents were provided by the NS Rescue Team, making a total of 14 tents, all pitched up in the basketball court for the night. Meanwhile, food, organised by Mej Hidayat, was being prepared at the other end of the basketball court. A BBQ pit was set up and all had a hand in grilling marinated chicken pieces, lamb chops, prawns, and sausages. We had also arranged for fried noodles, fried rice and drinks to be provided. Just after dinner, it was time for some games for the kids. A carefully thought out treasure-hunt, devised by Elynn Lee and provided with all the paraphernalia required to execute the game, was launched with the help of college students : Nahvin Jayaratnam, Rajpal Singh, and Bajwin Singh. The children were split into 5 groups randomly and the interaction among them to solve the clues was both entertaining and fascinating! Since the game finished at 11pm, there was no time for other games that had been planned. So the kids and the adult AJK minders all retired for the night. Fortunately, the evening and night saw no rain except for a slight drizzle in the early hours of the next morning which anyway did not dampen the spirit of the campers. Breakfast was nasi lemak and milo for all and the camping came to an end at 10am on Sunday. This camping programme was a trial run for us to gain experience and know-how in terms of logistics so that we can have a similar camp open to all the children in Emerald Park, hopefully during the school holidays at the end of the year. Nevertheless, all those who were involved will admit that it was a resounding success!

Kids Camping Night

March: Kids Camping Night

To all residents in Emerald Park especially kids from ages 5 years to 17 years are welcome to participate in our Camping Night activities.

Date: Saturday 21st March 2009
Time: Saturday 5 pm till Sunday 10 am
Venue: Emerald Park field near Basketball court
Participants: Limited to 30 kids ages 5 to 17 years
On first-come-first-serve basis
Registration fees: RM5.00 per person
Registration closing date: 19th March 2009
Contact Person: En. Anas 013-210 2112 / En. Azman 019-309 0545
Camping Tent: Advisable to bring your own
Food & Beverages: Dinner, Barbeque & Breakfast provided
Activities: Kids’ activities such as Treasure Hunt and other games will be held

To all participants, kindly ensure you bring the items listed below for your convenience.
1. Disposable cups & plates (Dinner, BBQ & Breakfast)
2. Torch Light
3. Garbage bag
4. Pillow, Blanket and Sleeping mattress
5. Tikar or Plastic mattress
6. Camping stools or chair
7. Tit bits, biscuits and light snacks
8. Few bottles of drinking water

For your information these activities will be at your own risk however all participants will be briefed on how to observe a high level of safety while enjoying yourself at the camp site.

Thank you for support and kindly participate in our EPRA & EPRT neighbourhood kids’ school holiday get-together activities.

2009 Yearly Calendar Activities

Majlis Perkahwinan Encik Mohd Fazli, Pegawai Perpaduan Daerah Seremban dari Jabatan Perpaduan Negara dan Integrasi Nasional Negeri Sembilan

01st March 2009: Pada tanggal 1hb Mac 2009 bersamaan 4 Rabiulawal 1430 Hijrah, seramai lapan orang Ahli Jawatan Kuasa Rukun Tetangga Emerald Park telah menghadiri Majlis Persandingan Encik Mohd Fazli bin Ibrahim bersama pasangannya, Cik Yanti Baizura binti Jasni, bertempat di kediaman beliau di Senawang.

Encik Mohd Fazli merupakan Pegawai Perpaduan Daerah Seremban dari Jabatan Perpaduan Negara dan Integrasi Nasional Negeri Sembilan. Beliau bersama organisasinya membantu dengan segenap hati serta menyumbang tenaga dan masa untuk menjayakan penubuhan Kawasan Rukun Tetangga Emerald Park.

Penduduk-penduduk dan AJK Kawasan Rukun Tetangga Emerald Park, mengucapkan ribuan terima kasih atas undangan ke majlis beliau. Kami ingin mengucapkan tahniah dan mendoakan agar beliau dan pasangan berbahagia menjalani kehidupan berumahtangga.

Participation in the Dengue Awareness Campaign organised by IJM Land Berhad in collaboration with the NS Health Department

01st March 2009: EPRT had been invited to join in the eventful handing over of banners & buntings contributed by IJM Land to the NS Health Department in an effort to create more awareness in curbing the widespread of dengue fever in Seremban and particularly in Seremban 2 township. The event had been held on the 1st March 2009 (Sunday) at 11am with the honourable presence of YBhg Dato' Ir Soam Heng Choon, Managing Director of IJM Land Berhad and Dr Zainal Arrifin bin Omar, Director of the NS Health Department followed by a talk on the Awareness of Dengue Fever and Its Causes by Dr. Zainuddin bin Mohd Ali, Seremban Health Officer.

For the information to all residents, the banner for this dengue awareness campaign has been put up at the guard house. Flyers has been distributed to residents when they pass by the guard house. Abate will be available at the guard house upon request, provided by the Kementerian Kesihatan.

In the joint effort to combat the spread of the dengue fever disease, all residents are encouraged to spend merely 10 minutes a week to check ensure our houses are free from mosquito breeding grounds and to look out for places around us to be free, too.

Family Day & Blog Launching

21st February 2009: The Family Day programme began at 8pm. Our guests of honour are Dato’ Yip Chee Kiong, Tuan Lee Chee Keong together with Encik Mohd Hakim, official from Perpaduan Daerah Seremban, Jabatan Perpaduan Negara & Integrasi Nasional Negeri Sembilan. Our VIPs delivered a speech and launched the EPRT/EPRA blogsites. This was followed by a briefing of the blog contents to the audience. Lots of food was provided for all the children and parents who attended this function. The children were entertained to a variety of games for which prizes were awarded. All the residents who attended were also rewarded with a raffle draw. Last but not least, the AJK also took a lot of trouble to set up a home video show with a film for all to enjoy. It was indeed a tiring day but it was worth it, because it brought the community of Emerald Park together once again.

EPRT AJK Meets the Press

18 February 2009: A meeting was arranged for our AJK members to meet the Press on 18 February in Restaurant D9 in Seremban 2. Representatives from China Press, Sin Chew Jit Poh and Nanyang Siang Pau were there to meet us and we had a fruitful discussion about what EPRT had done so far and what plans we have for the future. It is unfortunate that press members from other newspapers were unable to attend, but we hope to meet them sometime in the future.