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BDA: Okay to display CNY items at 5-foot-way
Posted on : 28 Jan 2016  Source of News: The Borneo Post
 


BINTULU: Bintulu Development Authority (BDA) allows the use of five-foot way to display Chinese New Year goods.
Announcing this here yesterday was its assistant general manager (Environment Section) Wan Ibrahim Wan Ali, saying the rule would be in force two weeks before and one week after the festival.

Ibrahim (seated third right) and his senior enforcement officers at the meeting.

“It must not exceed two feet and we hope that the business community will observe the rule to ensure better business,” he told a press conference at BDA Municipal Services Building (Perbinda) yesterday.

He thus advised the business community to apply for the permit at Perbinda licensing counter with a RM1 processing fee.

“It is important that the displayed goods do not create any obstruction to pedestrians or the offender will be compounded under Local Authorities (Cleanliness) By-Laws 1999.”

In an unrelated issue, Ibrahim reminded the developers and contractors to make sure that the main roads within the town centre were clean.

“Those carrying soil and sands must make sure the tyres of their lorries are clean before leaving the sites. We want our roads clean all the time.

“We will not hesitate taking action against the culprits for dirtying the roads because we are very serious about the town cleanliness,” he said adding that in recent weeks a few cases were recorded by their enforcement teams.

He also warned the public not to do illegal dumping.

BDA enforcement would not hesitate to catch the culprits because now they had people everywhere as their eyes and ears.

“People have become friends of BDA. They will report to us the culprits. We will know their plate numbers and the vehicles are easy to catch.

“Please throw the rubbish at the proper place, which is at the Kidurong dumpsite. You may have to pay a little bit more but it’s for a cleaner Bintulu,” said Ibrahim.

Surprisingly, he said many of them were prominent business people.

They should be more responsible in as far as cleanliness was concerned and should not take the easy way out by simply throwing rubbish anywhere.

On another note, he said BDA had conducted regular joint operations with other enforcement agencies to stop people from misusing the public car park for their personal interest like putting up chairs or boxes.

He said anything that blocked the public parking areas was an offence.

Warning letters would be issued against the offenders and if they continued to do so, legal actions would be taken against them.

Meanwhile, BDA Environment Services manager Mohamed Ansari Mohd Syed Ahmad appealed to the business people to cooperate with them by placing their empty boxes into the RORO bins placed at several commercial centres.

He complained that boxes were often thrown outside the bins. He also reminded the people scavenging recyclable items from these bins not to mess up the place in the course of their work.

For any complaints or suggestion the public can contact these hotline numbers – 337700/332277 or SMS hotline at 013-8262277.

BDA will not disclose the identity of the informers.


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