Maya unhappy over too many malls

Singer upset no space for children to play

ACTRESS Maya Karin (pic) has expressed concerns over the number of shopping malls being built instead of playgrounds for children, reported Harian Metro.

She vented her frustrations on a Twitter posting on Sunday, saying: “We take away children’s natural playgrounds and build more malls.

“Then we open artificial playgrounds in the malls for them to play and for the parents to pay.

“Bagus (good),” she wrote.

Her post got more than 3,7000 likes and was retweeted about 5,300 timmes since then.

Maya, 37, also said that some sshared her views with Federal Territoriess Minister Khalid Abdul Samad and his senior private secretary Zulkefli Mohd Nani in Labuan on Monday.

Maya said they also discussed the Bukit Kiara recreational park anda the lack of greenery for the commuunity in housing areas in the city.

She said many football fieldds had been sacrificed to build more coondominiums.

> A couple in Rompin, Pahaang, would spend about RM1,600 a month to feed the estimated 30 cats in their home, reported Berita Harian.

“I would rather go hungry, ass long as all of our cats get enough foood to eat daily.

“We all live in one house and it’si like we are one big family together without any problems.

“These cats have become our children as we don’t have any kids of our own,” said Roshaliza Roslan, 36.

When one of the cats was stolen two years ago, the couple even went to the extent of seeking a bomoh’s help to look for it. Roshaliza said she started with one cat four years ago,ago togethertog with her husband Mohd Yadzil Mat Yasin, 41, who mannages a car workshop. Now, they have more than 30 cats of different species that are placed in a room.

The couple, who have been married ffor 14 years, said the cats nneed sand as their “bathrooom”, vitamins and treeatments in clinics to eensure they remain in good health. Apart from that, the cats aare also fed a special diet two to three timees daily. “My ccats have names like Oyen, Bellaa, Putih, Bidann, Oren, Jandaa, Sibodan Omeyy,” she said.