Written by Admin
Tuesday December 10,2013
BY: SHAIMON S JUMADI
SANDAKAN:- The DAP expressed
disappointment on Sandakan Municipal Council over its inaction to public
complaints on the poor conditions of facilities at the Sandakan Central Market.
Our Member of Parliament
Stephen Wong Tien Fatt has written to them to highlight the problems
raised by hawkers and stall operators but regretably did not receive any reply
from them. Even enquiries by our MPs to the Prime Minister on certain issues
were replied by his Personal Assistance (PA), DAP Tanjung Papat Branch chairman
Frankie Poon Ming Fung said yesterday.
“This group come to us with
the grouses because some of the facilities at the central market have
malfunctioned for several years and nothing has been done about it. Their
complaints to the relevant authorities and even the Barisan Nasional State
Assemblyman, have apparently fallen on deaf ears,” Poon said.
He said the Local Authorities
seemed to be dragging their feet in responding to these public issues, which
contradicted the Prime Minister's slogan of “People First, Performance Now”.
Poon said there are potholes
in the surface of the road at the central market carpark dan its vicinity and
on rainy days there are filled with water.
According to Poon, the other
eyesore is the sight of rodents in backlanes of buildings in town centre,
raising concerns on public health posed by the growing rat population.
“We have been informed even
tourists are startled to find so many rats running around the backlanes of the
town in search of food, particularly during evenings,” Poon said to the Free
Sandakan Today reporter during his visited at the centre marked yesterday
This gives a negative image of
Sandakan and a setback to Government efforts to promote Sandakan as a tourist
destination
Also present during the visit
to the Sandakan Central Market were Member of Parliament for Sandakan
Stephen Wong Tien Fatt, Batu Sapi division chairman George Hiew Vun Zin,
Elopura Branch chairman Calvin Chong Ket Kiun and Jimmy Tsen Nyuk Kee.
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