LISTENING..... Hiew and Datuk James listening to the hawkers.
THE PAKATAN Rakyat walk about was conducted in Papar to listen to the people, and at the same time meeting them to pass on to them the message on the need to change the government.
The PR leaders present during the walk about were the KK MP Hiew King Cheu, the PKR Papar Chief Datuk James Ghani, Sabah DAP Vice Chairman Edward Ewol Mujie, Wanita Chief Noriah Onong, Andrew Lee Chee Kiong and other leaders of PKR and DAP.
The people in Papar welcome the visiting team and they told them of the problems and requests on the spot. They wish the PR leaders can come more often to Papar so that many other problems can be resolved especially those in the kampongs.
The central market here is indeed having many problems like the cleanliness, dirty drains, foreigners sorrowing the business of the locals, poor lightings, and no lights provided to the central area, burglars frequently break in, bad 1st floor business, and foreigners doing business surrounding the market.
The people want the Papar council to take immediate action to put things right here, because their livelihood is seriously affected. One hawker said that at times that she can even earn one ringgit in a day and she has to pay expensive stall rental to the council.
The Papar District Council should rearrange the people who are coming in here to do business and it is proposed that the people who are selling on the streets to be moved to fill up the empty stores in the 1st floor of the market.
This will enable the street to be cleared of hawkers and more people will go to the 1st floor to buy their needs. The 1st floor is left empty is really a waste and at the present only a few hawkers is struggling to survive there.
Datuk James Ghani felt very sorry about this and he hope the Papar Council will do something to help these poor people there. He also wishes that the council can readjust the rental of the 1st floor stores and give everyone a standard rate. There is a different of rates giving to the hawkers here.
The people also told the KK MP Hiew that they wish the car park in front of the market to be widened and increased so that more people would like to come to the market to do their shopping.
Papar's assemblyman should take note on the local hawkers plights. Hopefully there will be efforts to solve their problems.
ReplyDelete"Datuk James Ghani felt very sorry about this and he hope the Papar Council will do something"
ReplyDeleteis it the only action he can do?? just say felt very sorry?? why not extend this problem to Papar Council and demand explanation fro them together with action??
Small traders and hawkers in Sabah along with their counterparts in other parts of the country can look forward to a special fund to help them specifically in the form of special and soft loans.
ReplyDeleteMinister of Domestic Trade, Co-operative and Consumerism, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the ministry will make such a proposal to the federal government.
There are already funds available for small traders and hawkers such as Tekun Nasional but it does not focus on just that group alone
DeleteJust like the SME Bank which is specifically for the small and medium industries and Agro Bank for agriculture, small traders and hawkers also want a special fund set up for them. Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-operative and Consumerism, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob also stated that small traders and hawkers will be protected by the cluster insurance scheme.
DeleteMasidi Manjun the Sabah’s minister of tourism, culture and environment said hawkers’ food is the best food. The ministry will ensure that hawkers will earn a decent living.
ReplyDeleteMasidi said hawkers are important to the state’s economy as everyone has to eat. There are about 200 day hawkers and 40 night hawkers selling all kinds of food at Lido Square.
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