SABAH DAP

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Siphoning Water from Fire Hydrant



The Permai club House in Villa Permai Jaya situated along Sibuga road Sandakan or more precisely sited on the land once belong to the Old Folk Home and the Disabled Children, and now the Housing Developer even have the audacity to siphon off water from a fire hydrant for use in their swimming pool.

We checked with the Bomba Department and if this is the case Permai Club House have indeed committed a serious offence in tampering and siphoning off water from the fire hydrant. It is unthinkable what will happen if there is a fire and therefore, we urge the Bomba Department to investigate is matter thoroughly.

Water to the fire hydrant are provided free of charge by the Water Department which is under the charge of Datuk Raymond Tan. And we strongly urge Datuk Raymond Tan to instruct the Water Department to bill and to charge the Housing Developer in court. The Water Department must send a strong message to those scrounge as this would greatly assist in reducing the non-revenue water (NRW) to an acceptable level.

Since Villa Permai Jaya is located in the land once belong to the Old Folk Home and the Disabled Children, Datuk Raymond Tan being a DCM and having access to relevant information should as a matter of public interest, review how this gazatted land get into the hand of the housing developer, who is behind all this, the justification and the rational behind it. And do Datuk Raymond Tan condom such act of robbing the Old Folk Home and Disabled Children’s land? I also urge the DCM to quickly find a replacement to the 25 acres of land taken away by the housing developer from a total of 50 acres.



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