Found this article in theSun. Something to ponder. Based on the info in the article, they are paying RM 5,649 / month.

by Maria J. Dass
newsdesk@thesundaily.com

PETALING JAYA: Sometimes politicians find themselves in awkward positions. Such was the case for Petaling Jaya Utara member of parliament Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun, who was invited to launch a security scheme for residents
of Taman Subang yesterday.

The Women,Family and Community Development Ministry parliamentary secretary endorsed the guardhouse but refused to have anything to do with drop-gates on service roads to residential areas that prevent the public from using them from 9pm to 6am.

“It is good the residents are making the effort to organise security surveillance in their neighbourhoods, but they must follow guidelines,” she said.

“I understand that to build the guardhouse, the residents have to comply with regulations like ensuring the post is not more than 1.8m X 2.4m, it does not block traffic and there are no objections from any party.

“However, when residents install drop-gates, they are not supposed to block service roads which are also public roads,” said Chew.

She said the government recently amended the Strata Title Act to allow the setting up of new gated communities but this did not include turning existing neighbourhoods into gated residential areas.

State guidelines have also been introduced to govern gated and guarded communities.

“I appeal to the residents to follow the guidelines and abide by the law,” said Chew, adding that the Petaling Jaya City Council had suggested that instead of drop-gates, speed humps be built to slow down vehicles entering the neighbourhood.

“This way, guards can take down the particulars of vehicles entering the neighbourhood,” she added.

Taman Subang security committee chairman Sabar Abd Rahman said there were plans to introduce 24-hour security by April.

“However, we only have 60% participation from 269 residents. “Each family pays RM35 a month and if we can get more participation, then we can bring this down to RM20,” he said.

He also said the committee planned to block off two of the three exits and erect a chain link fence around the neighbourhood.

“It is a question of practicality versus the law, because this is an initiative we have taken to make our neighbourhood safe,” he said.

One resident who is against the project, R.S. Bhall, said the public should be free to access municipal roads.

“The barriers are not built on private land while the guardhouse is also erected on state land,” he said.

Another resident Manmohan Singh Kwatra said as Taman Subang was in a cul-de-sac, only those who lived there will use the roads.

“The guidelines should be reviewed to make it less strict for us to carry out our plans,” he said.