INSPECT....The PR leaders inspecting the collapsing houses of Taman Makmur.
THE few rows of the broken down abandoned terraced houses in the Taman Makmur in Luyang, Kota Kinabalu is the focus of many public complaints received by the leaders of the Sabah Pakatan Rakyat which included Dr. Chong Eng Leong, Benny Quak, Ronnie Klassan and Dr. Hiew King Cheu, the KK MP.
The PR team had arranged a joint inspection on the 12th September, to check on the various complaints arising from the people. This place is truly a filthy slump area in the beautiful City of Kota Kinabalu.
The housing had been condemned by the authorities as a disqualified housing with its OC lifted some thirty years ago due to the structural defects of the buildings and unqualified supervision procedure. The serious crumpling of the building had caused most of the building became impossible to live in.
The illegal immigrants are the occupants of the illegal housing, and everything here is illegal. It started with illegal use of condemned buildings, renting houses to illegal immigrants, stealing of electricity and water supply, no sanitary installation, and many other illegal items.
The people here don’t pay house assessment and quit rent, but they enjoy the constant service from the DBKK in clearing their garbage for free. The PR leaders said no wonder why these people don’t want to move out in spite of the danger of being crushed by the collapsing houses. The reinforced concrete structure of the housing had already broken into pieces and any slight movement can caused the house to collapse totally.
Dr. Chong Eng Leong citied that the ill health condition of no sewerage system in the housing and the people here are shitting everywhere especially just next door is the Luyang Polyclinic causing much health hazard. The drains here are filled with dirty water, garbage and mosquitoes.
He said how can DBKK did not border to take action on this abandoned housing. He further said that he had earlier on made a police report and published in the newspapers on why allowing the Illegal Immigrants to stay in the housing and the authorities took a blind eye over it. So far the police and the authorities did nothing.
Dr. Hiew the KK MP said that there is law covering the hovering of illegal immigrants and include providing them with shelter is a punishable offend. He urges the DBKK and the police together with other relevant government bodies to work together to clear the area and help those house owners in Taman Makmur to redevelop the whole housing immediately or give them an alternative solution to solve their problems. Kota Kinabalu City cannot be spoiled by the unsightly look of Taman Makmur.
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