Luqman's musings

                                                    Click on the image for a better view  The above is the original 1995 Development Plan extended to me by Puan Tantinny Fung of   DBKK .   The above is a screen shot of part of the Development Plan. This shows the height of the house platform of house S9 at 101feet. The height of the road opposite S9 is 100 feet. This gives a height difference of 1 foot between the house platform and the height of the road.  You can see the drainage reserve indicated. Below the drainage reserve are the two blue lines marking the boundary. This is where the retaining wall was to be built.   Sometime after 1995 most of the drainage reserve collapsed due to soil slip . In other words the drainage reserve that existed in 1995 was non existent by 2007. This drainage reserve was  still s...

                                                    A picture paints a thousand words   The following is my email to LAM and PAM. from:      Luqman Michel <luqmanmichel@gmail.com> to:               nursanti@lam.gov.my,     pamsabah@gmail.com date:      Oct 23, 2026, 10:33 AM subject: Luqman Michel and LYS Sdn.Bhd mailed-by:           gmail.com Dear Sir / Madam, I refer to my previous emails regarding this matter, which remain unresolved. The dispute is now before the court. Both the developer and the architect maintain that the development plans (DPs) and as-built survey plans are not fabricated. One clear example among several is as follows. The DPs dated 1995, 2007...

  I wrote to the Lembaga Arkitek Malaysia and copied it to PAM two days ago and it reminded me of my article on my blog at LINK  Here are extracts of the Daily Express article: The Lembaga Arkitek Malaysia Disciplinary Committee had on Dec. 19, 2016 found the 1st defendant guilty as the authorised submitting person and the project’s principal architect who has wrongly and/or negligently issued a “Stage Completion Certificate” dated May 17, 2010.

  Update on the Golf Garden Playground Yesterday, a load of construction aggregate was delivered and spread out with a backhoe. This is the standard first step for preparing a solid concrete foundation or slab-on-grade . Unfortunately, what we observed suggests that the contractor attempted to cut corners. Cementing was carried out directly on grass without aggregate and proper ground compaction. The BRC used were inferior to what had been quoted. This situation reflects negligence by the supervising engineer, Mr. Jonathan, from Majlis Daerah , who failed to inspect the works on site. The community deserves transparency and accountability —playground facilities must be built to safe and lasting standards, not compromised by shortcuts. If any of you encounter substandard work by contractors please send photos and location to upload onto social media. With cooperation from all concerned progress in Sabah will be better. We need to leave a better place for the future gene...

  A heartfelt thank you to everyone who commented and shared my post on the shoddy work at Golf Garden. Early yesterday morning, two workers came and hacked out the cement in the playground. By 3pm, about a quarter of the cemented area had already been dug up. Later in the afternoon, two officers from Unit Pemimpin Pembangunan Masyarakat (UPPM) called me to meet them at the basketball court. They informed me that a letter had been issued to the contractor to rectify the situation.

                                                                        Yesterday, I said:  But autonomy must mean more than constitutional negotiations and political announcements. It must also mean accountability, responsiveness, and service at the grassroots level. On 10 July 2026, I posted the following on Facebook. With the clamouring for MA63 I thought it may be useful to remind Sabahans how some of our money is wasted.   What’s happening to the Federal Government’s RM1.5 billion Special Grant to Sabah ? On 12 June, the Federal Government released RM600 million. The remaining RM900 million will only be paid once a new Special Grant Order is gazetted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong under Article 112D of the Federal Constitution . But how exactly is this public money being spent on the groun...