Letter To The Editor - Tiara Parking

Dear Editor,

As a matter of interest I would like to point out that when the "pioneers" moved into Tiara in the early 1990's, they were given two car stickers: one for their own lot, and the other, to park at any visitor lot on a first-come-first-served basis. It was accepted by Management that we could have more than one car entering the premises to park. For that matter, many residents even had three or four cars parking inside the condo grounds. There were no rented car lots as exist today.

From that point of view, I thought I should clarify that the sweeping statement that when residents bought a unit they were aware that only one car bay was available to them was not entirely correct. It is true only for the "Johnny come lately", if I may use that expression.

The one-unit-one-car-bay concept was strictly implemented only about four years back with the introduction of rented car lots. But many residents were so used to the free-for-all
parking that the initial demand for rented lots was only lukewarm. A resident could change his rented lot even the following day as there were many vacant lots available.

It was only after the introduction of this system that law and order prevailed in Tiara. For this, I would like to express my deep appreciation to the Tiara Management Council for doing an excellent job implementing this system. Great commitment was shown by those tasked to set this up, and special mention must go to Ms. Dawn Morris and Mr. Shuk Loh for soldiering on despite flak from some residents. Realising that team work was paramount in making this new system work, many residents helped to man the gates to prevent "gate crashing,” as it were.

I was also very pleased to read in the latest issue of Tiara Times that this topic has now been laid to rest. As "Without Prejudice / Owner" put it, it is now time to "move on" as TMC has "other agenda to look into.".There are so many other areas requiring TMC input and action to be looked into.

As far as I am concerned, over the past couple of years, the Council has done an excellent job. We now have better quality water as well as the more disciplined and professional Nepalese guards to uphold the security of Tiara, just to mention the main ones.

The efforts of the TMC towards solving the problems of Tiara are indeed commendable and I trust that it will continue to improve the living conditions of our condo in the years ahead.

Last, but certainly by no means least, Tiara Times will be one year old in January 2007. To the Editor and those on board, my heartfelt congratulations for a great newsletter. Besides keeping us informed of the goings-on and happenings in Tiara , I always read the articles contained with great interest, since they are relevant to us. I would like to add that Tiara Times is one piece of literature I always look forward to read.

Keep up the splendid work, and long live Tiara Times!

Old Timer