Article: Keeping flat vandals in check


New Straits Times
05-30-2008
Keeping flat vandals in check
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
Section: Main Section

KUALA LUMPUR: Vandalism is becoming an increasingly pressing problem among low-cost flats in the city.

But this menace may soon be curbed now that City Hall has installed the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system in various blocks at a cost of RM4.8 million.
Launched by Datuk Bandar Datuk Ab Hakim Borhan at the Youth Complex in Cheras yesterday, the system known as "Scada" comprises closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras and the building management system (BMS).

Areas to be monitored by the system include lifts, the lobby and other apartment areas including the playground ...

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