Background

01 November 2005: The initiative to form a Residents’ Association in Emerald Park was taken by Teh, Wang, Lim and Karpal Singh. The idea behind the formation of the Association was for it to provide a venue for raising community issues in Emerald Park with the relevant authorities. A notice was sent out inviting residents to attend a meeting on 12 November. At that meeting, a Pro-tem Committee was elected comprising of 11 AJK members who were as follows:

Chairman: Mr. Teh Seng Hap; Vice Chairman: Mr. Karpal Singh; Secretary: Mr. Lim Peng Seng; Assistant Secretary: Mr. Jay Jayaratnam; Treasurer: Mr. Wang Tee Dak; Committee Members: Mr. Tee Choon Kwee, En. Abdul Rahim Zainal, Mr. Philip Siew, En. Abu Bakar Hasnan, Mr. Bryan Lim, Mrs. Balasubramaniam

The Pro-tem Committee embarked on 2 issues immediately:
1. Membership drive was launched to get all the residents to become members of the Emerald Park Residents Association (EPRA) by payment of RM 25, a one-off payment, for each household.
2. A survey form was sent out to each household to assess the views of the residents on the proposal to establish a Guard House Security (GHS) in Emerald Park.