KAPAYAN RIDGE MULTIPURPOSE HALL DISAPPEARED?

DISAPEARED….Hiew, Edward, and Stephen photo in front of the proposed Kapayan Multipurpose Hall site.

By: DAP MEDIA

SABAH DAP Vice Chairman, Edward Ewol Mujie yesterday visited the proposed site for the long forgotten Kapayan Multipurpose Hall after receiving numerous public requests to bring the matter again. The public complaints were received by the DAP Kapayan branch members and the KK MP offices.

Together with Edward were the KK MP Hiew King Cheu, John Lee Kim Seng, Stephen Jimbangan and members of the Kapayan branch. To their surprise, there is a rubbish collection bin centre being built on the proposed site which is so dirty and smelly.

Edward recalled that the proposed Kapayan Multipurpose hall was launched and performed the ground breaking ceremony by the then Sabah Minister of Local Government and Housing Datuk Seri Panglima Yong Teck Lee cum ex-Sabah Chief Minister in 1996.

It is now almost 15 years and there is no sight of any work is going to commence on the building. What is happening to the multipurpose hall, and whether the government had forgotten all about it, and the ground breaking and launching may be just a political gimmick to cheat the people?

Why is it so difficult to build a much needed for the people in Kapayan Ridge housing area? There are many people in Kapayan who wish to have a hall where they can hold their functions, activities, wedding dinner reception, play badminton and concerts etc..

The government should not have announced the multipurpose hall project in the first place and not to continue later. They people in Kapayan felt very disappointed and they had been waiting for a long time now. In deed the hall is of much importance to them especially in the Kapayan Ridge low cost housing area. The area has a high number of residents now with the increasing number of housing estates being built nearby. Thus, a multipurpose is needed urgently.

The state government, the state assemblyman Datuk Edward Khoo, and the MP for Penampang Tan Sri Bernard Dompok should pay particular attention to immediately get the project started and commence with the construction. If they cannot do this simple task, what can we expect from them? One resident said, we have been waiting for more than 15 years for the hall since Yong Teck Lee made the ground breaking and announcement, how many more years do we have to wait on? All these people really don’t care about us, why should we vote for them next election?