TG ARU WATERFRONT, WHAT A SHAME?

A VISIT conducted by the Sabah DAP Tanjong Aru Branch Chairman cum the Medical Advisory Bureau Dr. Felix Chong Kat Fah to the water village in Tanjong Aru Lama and Baru, found that the environment is really dirty and it is the most complained by the residents here.

They said they themselves have to clear the rubbish, mostly plastic bags and bottles themselves every day after work. If the rubbish was not cleared and burnt off, the whole kampong will be filled with this underneath their house and the shore line. They said the smell is very foul when the hot sun is shining. The rubbish can be very unhygienic too, because sometime they can see worms and rats appearing.

Dr. Felix Chong saw them burning the plastic rubbish and told them not to do so, because the black fume emitted is poisonous and can cause health problems. He said this is the job of the DBKK and the government to come regularly to clear the piles of rubbish accumulated on the shore and underneath the houses.

This people have been living there for generations and it is their right to have a better environment to live in. The older people here said, this Tanjong Aru kampong is used to have beautiful and clean beaches, but now it is all gone. The government and the YBs don’t care about them anymore.

Datuk Edward Yong Oui Fah said Tg. Aru is clean now, maybe he didn’t come to visit this part of the town which is under his constituency. This was confirmed by the kampong folks here, when they met Dr. Felix.

The Kampong folks said they will organize a 'Gotong Royong' soon to remove partly the garbage and plastic bottles. Dr Felix Chong told them he will inform DBKK to come in to help with the garbage bags, lorry, manpower and other helpers.

- Sabahkini