Expedite repair on Tg Aru low cost flats — residents
KOTA KINABALU: Pangsapuri Tanjung Aru residents are urging the government to expedite the repair work on the blocks of flats they live in.
According to the Residents’ Committee chairman Asnieh Libong, the major problems faced by the 330 residents of the low cost flats in Tanjung Aru are faulty wiring, structural damages in the building and blocked sewage system.
“The Deputy Urban Wellbeing Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Hamimah Sadique visited us in September last year and approved an immediate allocation for the wiring work.
“She said that the work would be completed in three months’ time but nothing has been done yet,” Asnieh said when met by reporters yesterday.
Earlier, Asnieh accompanied Putatan Member of Parliament Datuk Dr Marcus Mojigoh who visited an ailing resident at the low cost flat. Mojigoh also visited some other residents there.
According to Mojigoh, Urban Wellbeing Housing and Local Government Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar had also approved some more funds to do the necessary work there.
“The fund is channeled through LPPB to implement what is expected from the community,” he said.
Mojigoh described the living condition at the low cost flat as bad and he is sad to see the occupants having to put up with that.
“It is as if we are in the 1950s. So I propose that since we are developing TAED (Tanjung Aru Eco Development), I am sure the Chief Minister can consider preparing a site to build low cost flats for these people.
“Don’t let them continue to live in this condition. The new flats should be built according to the current standard and specifications such as three rooms and two bathrooms. It should also be provided to the tenants on a hire purchase basis so that they can eventually own the unit and not rent forever,” said the outspoken incumbent MP.
Meanwhile on his campaign, Mojigoh said that he had implemented the ‘personal touch’ method where he and BN component parties are campaigning from house to house.
He said that the constituents are more ready to talk in private situations rather than in public forums.
“I also noticed that when we have public ceramah, most of those attending would be focused on their handphones, no one listens to you,” he lamented.