Wouldn't this be more productive if he sent this to Mall of Asia authorities, netopia management instead of yahoogroups ????
________________________________ From: bobby villanueva <[email protected]> To: Emil Cruz <[email protected]>; rony delos reyes <[email protected]>; arnel de paula cueto <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 4:35:43 PM Subject: [4c-math94] Mall of Asia - nice place to go but............. --- On Thu, 3/26/09, Jorge R Villanueva <joji.villanueva@ yahoo.com> wrote: From: Jorge R Villanueva <joji.villanueva@ yahoo.com> Subject: [CRVG-Clan] Fw: [onelasallevancouve r] Mall of Asia - nice place to go but......... .... To: crvg-c...@yahoogrou ps.com Date: Thursday, 26 March, 2009, 6:50 AM ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Bong DOMDOM <bongd2...@yahoo. com> To: ONELaSalle Vancouver <onelasallevancouver @yahoogroups. ca> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 11:53:35 AM Subject: [onelasallevancouve r] Mall of Asia - nice place to go but......... .... please read .......... Subject: snatching spree's at MOA atbpa After three weeks on palawan on a documentary shoot for a foundation - i came back to manila perhaps a little too relaxed. After my kids last day of classes for the year at the small school they attended we decided to give them a treat and let them play some video games for the afternoon at the Mall of Asia. The shop we went to was Netopia, its clean well lit, and seemed to be well run. However, it seems something was amiss. I had brought my work camera along. Its not too fancy a simple little HDV semi-profesional camera I sometimes use for news coverage or special projects. I also brought ten tapes of working material I planned to have dubbed onto a hard drive at one of the digital shops at MOA. Sadly, in as little as twenty seconds - the time it took to stand up and ask my son if he wanted me to buy him some softdrinks. Poof it was gone - my camerabag, tapes of my kids school play. A flash drive with hndreds of pictures of my palawan trip and a camera that allowed me to save a lot on equiptment rentals. Here's where the story got interesting. Knowing and seeing security camaera on the walls of the show I asked the store if they could review the files of the thier in house CCTV cameras. The strange answer was the camera's were off. I reported the insident to SM Mall of Asia's security only to learn even more that that particular store had a huge number of thefts. Even reports of children being robbed inside the store and worse - been dragged outside. The shop is nealry always full. So its making a lot revenue - its wide screeen video games and two small private rooms are always packed. As well as the lan games area for kids and adults along with the intnet area. It may be a coinsidence that the shops securty camera's were off - it may be popular place hence snatchers are attracted by the size of the crowds and people bringing camera bags and gadgets in. But what surpirsed me the most was the reaction I got from the small Pasay City Police outpost PS11 of MOA. The officers there took my statement - and informed me openly the store is hit nealry every few days by snatchers. The survaince cameras are always conviently left off. They have responded to numberous complaints and other crimes that have either occured inside that shop or near it. They alleged that the outlet's employee's might know more than they are saying and further because the owner of the franchise is well connected no complaint gets to SM Mall of Asia Mangement. Sadly, losing a camera is bad enough - but I thank good niether of my sons were hurt. In past cases kids who have chashed after snatchers there have been bludgeoned or slashed. The open and friendly world of MOA's entertainment area has now become a playground not only to children and kids of all ages but also of some of the worst criminal gangs in the metropolis. If indeed crime gangs are there then what else could be happening in that glistening symbol of progress along Manila Bay. I know MOA is private property- thus it is hard to film or report on any goings on there-in. But perhaps a story could be done to show that malls are not as safe as people think. Good Morning and God Bless Mike Cohen freelance journalist ------------ -------- ________________________________ Connect instantly with more friends on your blog and personal website? Create your latest Pingbox today!
