It has been quite time since anyone talked about Ledang Heights. I just bought a house there, and hope to move in before end of the year. There were quite some scary stories about crimes in LH some time back, but I would like to know the situation now. Noticed that EUM has completed works of erecting new perimeter fence with some detection sensor or what. Quite a relief to note, but can any of my would-be-neighbours share the latest situation there?
Welcome, fairies, to LH. Yes there were break-ins and robberies, the last known one [you should get on the residents' informal email network] happened on 2nd August 2010 to my husband and myself - this was a robbery with light violence. I think that was the last straw for UEM and the residents. The security guard company was changed, patrols were stepped up and the $5 million security fence with fibre optic wires + cameras began work and is near completion. Most important, all drains were barred off, as these gave easy entry/exit to the (illegal?) Indonesians - in case Singaporeans did not know, there was a frightening spate of robberies in the Telok Kurau area last year which baffled the police as the robbers/thieves - also by Indons - seemed to vanish ... it was down the monsoon drains, they eventually found out.
Provided the barred drains are checked and maintained, LH is safe enough for us. Nonetheless, you should install your own security system. This could be solid grilles, an alarm system or whatever.
Dogs are excellent as last year, in the days of poor patrolling, one of the threatened robberies [10 Vietnamese men] ended when the neighbour's three large dogs were set loose. If you like dogs and want to adopt a dog, please be in touch as Noah's Ark and Johor's SPCA has many puppies and young dogs available to a good home. They also have many kittens for adoption - you need never fear a mouse with one or two of these.
Note that while we all love and appreciate the square miles of green, and these harbour spectacular wild life in the many, many birds, beautiful shy lizards, butterflies, dragonflies of all colours, they also may have snakes. I used to be totally paralyzed with fear at even the
thought of a snake. Well, certainly if it is a cobra or such. A good friend who is a vet in Singapore said "three mixed breed dogs and No Snakes!". They need not be big dogs which are expensive to feed and keep well.
