Waller Court Woes
(L-R) A resident showing Dato' Lee and Counsillor Lim a waste chute
Residents of Waller Court recently approached BN Perak’s National Public Service and Complaints Centre to complain that MBI was not maintaining its property, i.e., Waller Court.
The Waller Court flats located off Jalan Onn Jaafar (Cockman Street) and bordered within Jalan Lim Bo Seng, Taman DR and the Kinta River was built in 1962 to cater for the lower income group.
It is owned by the Ipoh City Council and houses 500 units of flats and 30 shop lots. The rental per unit ranges from RM70 to RM120 depending on the number of rooms per unit.
The Centre’s Chief, Dato’ Lee Kon Yin together with City Councillor, Lim Huey Shan subsequently visited the flats to check out the residents’ grouses.
Resident Nahaman
One of the residents, Nahaman bin Mydin provided a long list of complaints such as poor overall cleanliness around the flats, leaking pipes, clogged drains, broken drain covers or no drain covers.
The residents also complained that the rubbish is not collected on time and that the rubbish chute where the bin is located should be washed down 2 to 3 times per week as the smell from rotting rubbish was overwhelming. Indeed the stench emanating from a waste chute was stifling the media personnel present while a resident was explaining the problems to Lee and Lim.
Security was another issue of concern by residents with children returning from tuition at night. Other issues reported were drug addicts living in abandoned units and that of exposed electrical wires.
Overall the issues raised were about maintenance or rather non-maintenance. As Nahaman lamented, “I am sure MBI as the owners can do something”.
Dato’ Lee stated that he would bring all these issues up with Datuk Bandar and the respective MBI officers immediately and would also follow up on them subsequently. Additionally Lee suggested organizing a gotong royong and initiating a dialogue with the residents as well as with the police on security issues.
For the future Lee advised the residents to call Councillor Lim Huey Shan (012-5127564) or Matthew from the Complaints Centre (017-5627594) whenever their complaints to MBI are not acted on after 2 weeks.
JAG
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It is said that Waller Court will be redeveloped very soon. The plan has been in the working for some time now.
Unlike the previous attempt which was scuttled, redevelopment will proceed this time over any objections that may arise. When the redevelopment plan is finally announced, the reason will be clear.