SAPP CNY visits ended up hearing complaints

Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP)'s Tanjung Aru Chairman Datuk Richard Yong and Petagas Chairman Dullie Hj Marie and members extended Chinese New Year greetings to the business communities and residents at Putatan, Taman Jumbo , Tanjung Aru town and Sembulan yesterday.

(Left - Richard Yong and Dullie Marie extending CNY greetings to the community in the Putatan area) The businessmen and residents expressed their unhappiness and concerns to Richard about the traffic conditions in the area.

They complained that the traffic condition in Putatan township is making life difficult. The streets are narrow, lack of directional signs and short of parking lots.

Driving into the town ship of Putatan takes a lot patience and caution. One might end up at a dead end where turning around is another taxing effort.

When motorists rushing after time and took the risk to park at an undesignated parking area, he will most likely ended up getting summon.

The closure of some crossings next to the railways have caused devastating effect on the business of some shops located facing the railway. The business owners complained that due to the closure access to their shops became a one-way street leading to a dead end, their business dropped because the customers find it very inconvenient to shop at their area.

Apparently, Putatan has not improved in terms of town planning after being upgraded into District status.

The residents also complained about the rubbish were not collected regularly. It very often got piled up, rotten, smelly and extremely unhygienic before the council trucks came to collect it.

Richard said, "it is a shame that after being upgraded into district, Putatan did not shown improvement in terms of services and planning to make the town a better place to live, the council should work hard to live up to the District status."

Richard further said he also received a complaint from resident living in Taman Putatan where the street lights are not working and he urged the department concerned to rectify the problem and make the street lights function as soon as possible not only for convenience but also for security purposes.