Board to enforce terms, conditions for use of public facilities — Terrance
KOTA KINABALU: Terms and conditions governing the use and rental of public facilities managed by the Sabah Sports Board will be enforced to full extent with immediate effect.
Sabah Sports Board (SSB) general manager, Terrance Edward Pudin said this was to avoid any unwanted liabilities or legal entanglements that could arise from potential mishaps or injury during use of their facilities.
“We received some public complaints regarding certain matters that could cause injury to those who use our tennis courts.
“This presents a liability to us so to avoid such unwanted incidents, we (Sabah Sports Board) will be enforcing the terms and conditions stipulated in our agreement with court users effective immediately and we seek their cooperation for adherence,” Terrance told The Borneo Post this when contacted yesterday after chairing a meeting on the matter, Wednesday, with leaders of the two tennis associations for Sabah.
Also present at the meeting was Sabah Tennis Association president Johnson Koh and Yenny Yapp for Sabah Soft Tennis Association.
Among the terms and conditions for tennis is that no structure or equipment other than the umpire’s chair and resting benches are allowed to be placed inside the court area.
The SSB received public complaints on this matter shortly after the staging of several tournaments at the tennis courts in Likas, recently.
Towards this end, Terrance said the enforcement of terms and conditions (for rental and public use) would apply to all other sports facilities under their purview.
“This enforcement applies not only to our facilities here in Kota Kinabalu, but also to the facilities in all the other sports complexes managed by us in the State.
“We expect all users to abide strictly by the terms and conditions and we seek full cooperation from everyone including the public and the various sports associations,” he said.
Meanwhile, when asked to comment on inspection works at the hostel in Likas, Terrance said it was still ongoing and that the hostel is likely to remain closed for some time.
“We have already done preliminary inspection following the closure on March 18. We are now in the process of conducting further inspection and seeking expert opinion from relevant bodies.
“We regret that the closure is likely to extend for several months. But we recognise the concerns highlighted to us by the public and we want to ensure that the hostel is absolutely safe before we open its doors again to the public,” he said.
Last week, a public complaint on the poor conditions of the hostel was highlighted by a local newspaper.
It was described by the complainant that the walls and ceilings are peeling at several places and looked like they could fall off at any time.
It was also mentioned that the shower rooms seemed to have been vandalised with shower heads and control knobs missing.