KUCHING: Padawan Municipal (MPP) councillor Wilfred Yap said he must do all the right things for Kota Sentosa even if it means stepping on toes.
Yap, who went to town last week, wanted all iron grill extensions at the backs and sides of shophouses to be dismantled.
Yap, who allowed New Sarawak Tribune to tag along this afternoon to see the development of his request, said he had given the shopkeepers two weeks to dismantle the iron grills.
Acting on public complaints, Yap who is also Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) Kota Sentosa chairman, went with the MPP enforcement unit last week to check on the complaints. Today, he returned to check if what was requested by the people was attended to.
A couple of iron grill had sprouted out and Yap said the problem needed to be nipped in the bud or very soon the 500 over shop houses will be filled with illegal extensions, he said.
The illegal extension is fire hazard and will invite pests as things were stored inside, he added.
Yap today also pointed to a gaping manhole which he said the MPP will replace them with other materials and not iron to prevent them from being stolen.
And at the end of the town, Yap checked an illegal structure which was constructed on state land.
At last month’s MPP monthly council meeting, it was decided to have all illegal structures taken down.
Today, the barricade built around a piece of government land was removed and the illegal structure taken down.
