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Jalan Kolam, Jalan Sang Kancil streetlight outages
Published on: Friday, June 20, 2025 Published on: Fri, Jun 20, 2025 By: Sidney Skinner Text Size: A skymaster was deployed to help restore the affected lights in this part of Karamunsing. CITY Hall is trying to determine the reason for the recurring outage of the streetlights on a 512 metre-section of Jalan Kolam, in Luyang. The agency is also keeping tabs on Jalan Sang Kancil, which extends for some 384 metres from end to end, to ensure that this Karamunsing stretch is properly illuminated at night. Advertisement This action was prompted by feedback from two road-users about the safety hazards which drivers faced at night due to the failure of the public lighting at both locations. Both motorists provided Hotline with the pertinent details which were forwarded to the agency. A spokesman for City Hall's Engineering Department said its electrical contractor checked on what was transpiring on both roads, shortly after being contacted by the media. 'His workers found that the power to the lights had tripped,' he said. 'The ELCB [Earth Leakage Circuit Breaker] was reset, before the lights came on again. Advertisement 'This has happened on and off several times this year, especially when there is a downpour.' He explained that an ELCB was a safety device that detected and interrupted electrical faults, specifically earth leakage or ground faults, to prevent electric shocks and potential fire hazards. The spokesman said the agency was in the process of trying to isolate the fault in the underground line in this area. He said the agency would consider enlisting the assistance of Sabah Electricity (SE) to stabilise the electricity channelled to the lights. 'Our engineers made a joint inspection SE technicians some time back.' He said a fuse for one of the latter's installations here kept blowing during that check. 'We were made to understand that this might stem from rain-water seepage. 'The run off was likely finding its way into part of the electricity cable between the installation and the lights.' He estimated that there were more than 10 lights on the median between the junction Lorong Zirafah 8 and the Foh Sang intersection. When asked how often maintenance was carried out on City Hall's streetlights, the spokesman said there was no fixed-schedule for this work. 'These amenities are attended to as and when it becomes necessary to do so.' In the case of Jalan Sang Kancil, the spokesman said a problem with the power being channelled to a control panel along the road temporarily rendered the lights on the slope inoperable. 'We alerted SE about this occurrence and the company promptly despatched a team to resolve the problem,' he said. 'The contractor's staff later checked on the lights and related fixture and confirmed that everything was in order. A sky-master was deployed to facilitate this effort.' He said the individual had been asked to keep an eye on the public lighting on Jalan Kolam, as well as Jalan Sang Kancil, from time to time. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
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07-05-2025
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City Hall to improve lighting on Tanjung Aru roads
Published on: Wednesday, May 07, 2025 Published on: Wed, May 07, 2025 By: Sidney Skinner Text Size: Only two streetlights have been erected on Jalan Rumah Pangsa 1. CITY Hall is set to improve the public lighting on eight roads around Tanjung Aru and is keeping tabs on the condition of the streetlights on five stretches around two Luyang commercial centres. This follows feedback about the break-ins which had occurred at two homes on Jalan Rumah Pangsa 1 at the first location, as well as the traffic hazards posed by the patches of darkness around Lintas Plaza and Lintas Square at the latter. The individuals, who spoke out about these irregularities, provided Hotline with the pertinent details regarding these problems. This information was forwarded to the agency. A spokesman for the agency's Engineering Department said it was in the midst of putting together the necessary paperwork to have solar lights put up along several road reserves in Tanjung Aru, including those off Jalan Rumah Pangsa 1, Jalan Rumah Pangsa 2 and Jalan Datuk Willie. 'We have received an allocation from the government to carry out this improvement,' he said. 'A check of our records shows that there are only two streetlights each on Jalan Rumah Pangsa 1, Jalan Rumah Pangsa 1 and Jalan Datuk Willie.' LOVIE of Tanjung Aru said the lack of illumination on Jalan Rumah Pangsa 1 made her uneasy about driving home at night. She has noticed that the streetlights on the road seemed to function intermittently. 'One of my neighbours highlighted the lack of illumination to City Hall at one stage, and the lights came back on again shortly afterwards,' she said. Within a few days, however, these amenities were out of order again, according to her. She said there had been several break-ins in this part of the town. 'My home was burglarised early this year, with the thieves making away with a laptop, handphone, sling bag, piggy bank, a crystal bracelet and several pieces of gold jewellery which I were presented to me on my wedding day. 'The bad hats entered through my kitchen window in the wee hours while me and my family were sleeping. Thankfully, none of us were harmed while they were looting the place.' She feared that unscrupulous parties might be taking advantage of the almost pitch black darkness on the housing road to carry out these misdeeds. Another Tanjung Aru resident, one SHANG, echoed Lovie's concerns, saying that he was a victim of home invasion in February. 'The intruder drove up in an unregistered vehicle around 4am and entered my compound. He switched off the lights in my car porch and behind my house. 'The individual also covered the spotlight in my front yard with a piece of clothing, before trying to pry open the front grill to my house.' Fortunately, he did not succeed and left without further incident, according to him. 'All this was captured on one of my neighbour's CCTVs (Closed Circuit Televisions). 'When he reported what transpired to the Police, Shang appealed to the officer, who took down these details, to consider having his colleagues patrol Jalan Rumah Pangsa 1 more often to discourage trespassers from entering other homes along the road. In the case of the streetlights in Lintas Plaza and Lintas Square, the spokesman said its electrical contractor was alerted to the breakdown of the amenities servicing both Luyang commercial centres. He said a check of these properties revealed that some of the lighting fixtures were damaged. Repairs were made shortly thereafter, with the contractor's workers changing a 60-amp contactor, a 40-amp contactor, 14 150-watt lanterns, 10 250-watt ballasts, 14 150-watt ballasts, 20 ignitors and four 'e40 holders', according to him. 'They also replaced a 120 metre length of aluminium cable with a 16milimetre diameter and a 30 metre length of a 'twinflat' line with a 2.5mm diameter,' he said. He explained that a 'contactor' was a type of switch for repeatedly opening and closing an electric circuit. A 'ballast' regulated the electrical current to the lanterns and provided sufficient voltage to start the lanterns, according to him He said an 'ignitor', meanwhile, functioned as a starter to increase the initial voltage to make the lanterns glow. 'A sky-master was deployed to facilitate efforts to have the lights restored.' He said these amenities were tested that same afternoon after they had been dealt with to confirm that they were operational. 'The contractor kept the stretch under surveillance at night for a week afterwards. During that time, he confirmed that nothing was amiss with these lights.' * Follow us on Instagram and join our Telegram and/or WhatsApp channel(s) for the latest news you don't want to miss. * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
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06-05-2025
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City Hall keeping eyes on litterbugs at Centre Point
Published on: Tuesday, May 06, 2025 Published on: Tue, May 06, 2025 By: Sidney Skinner Text Size: SWMD staff and representatives from the MC for the shopping centre inspect the walkway along Lorong Centre Point. CITY Hall officers will be keeping their eyes peeled for litterbugs at Lorong Centre Point over the coming Wesak Day and Harvest Festival public holidays. This action follows a video posted on social media about the rubbish, including empty bottles and takeaway drinks, left behind around the brick planter boxes and on the covered walkway beside Centre Point Shopping Centre during the TYT's birthday-Hari Raya holiday long weekend last month. A spokesman for the agency's Solid Waste Management Department (SWMD) said anyone caught disposing of their refuse indiscriminately risked being served with a compound for as much as RM500 under its Anti-Litter By-Laws 1984 (Amendment 2005). 'We are aware that some members of the public have the habit of gathering beneath the shelter to get some respite from the sun or rain,' he said. 'However, they should dispose of their garbage responsibly in bins placed near the planters and not leave the common area in a mess. If they fail to be more civic minded, when it comes to getting rid of their rubbish, and are witnessed littering, then we will not hesitate to take them to task.' He said City Hall had twice been contacted about the video, once at the beginning of April and then again last week. SWMD officers met with to staff of the management company (MC) for the shopping centre about what had transpired, shortly after the second report was lodged. A joint inspection was carried out of the covered walkway later that same day, according to him. 'We were made to understand that the video was taken early in the morning on the second day of the Hari Raya public holidays, before the cleaners for the shopping centre had reported to work.' He said the firm had engaged more than five workers to keep the common area around the building in order. 'The MC has agreed to get this team to step up its efforts to empty the bins and sweep up the refuse beneath the shelter on festive occasions. 'Our officers were told that, during public holidays, the cleaners would be asked to come in at least an hour before the shopping centre opened to clean up the walkway.' In the meantime, he said SWMD officers would monitor the goings-on around the building to try and catch any members of the public who disposed of their rubbish indiscriminately. He said those who repeatedly disregarded the agency's calls to refrain from littering in the common areas could wind up having legal action taken against them. 'They will become liable to a fine for as much as RM 10,000, if they are found guilty in court.' The spokesman said the agency collected a total of RM2,660 in the on-the-spot compounds from 133 litterbugs as part of its 'Ops Bersih' over the past two months. About RM1,540 was accrued in March and a further RM1,120 in April. He said the wrong-doers were spotted disposing of their rubbish, including cigarette butts, indiscriminately. 'A total of 142 smokers were caught between March and April. About 133 of them settled their compounds right away, while nine others elected to do this within the allotted grace-period.' Between four to five SWMD inspectors in plain clothes carried out 52 separate inspections between March 3 and April 28. These checks involved properties within the City Centre, as well as those in areas ranging from Telipok to Lido, according to him. He said those in Kota Kinabalu, included the shophouses in Kg Air, Sinsuran and Segama, as well as along Jalan Gaya, Jalan Tugu and Jalan Haji Yakub. 'The highest number of litterbugs was nabbed around Kg Air (38), followed by Sinsuran (19) and Segama (17).' When it came to areas outside the City limits, the spokesman said the SWMD team went to Damai Plaza, Foh Sang, the Bornion shophouses, Kingfisher Plaza, the Alam Mesra commercial centre, EG Mall, Manggatal Plaza, the Salut and the Commercial Centre. Checks were also made in the Tanjung Aru, Lido, Manggatal and Telipok townships. 'Tanjung Aru was the location with the most offenders, in this instance, with 14 litter-bugs caught in this area. 'This was followed by the Kingfisher Plaza, where 12 errant individuals were nabbed. Seven were taken to task around Manggatal Plaza, with five penalised at Damai Plaza.' The spokesman said City Hall had been coming down hard on littering violations in a bid to get the public to take a more active role in keeping the State Capital clean. 'It is not just up to our garbage collectors and street-sweepers to keep the commercial properties around our rating-area looking presentable and pleasing to the eye, especially to the many first time visitors from abroad. 'It is the collective responsibility of everyone who lives, works and frequents these locales.' * Follow us on Instagram and join our Telegram and/or WhatsApp channel(s) for the latest news you don't want to miss. * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
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23-04-2025
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City Hall monitoring illegal garbage dumps in Inanam
Published on: Wednesday, April 23, 2025 Published on: Wed, Apr 23, 2025 By: Sidney Skinner Text Size: SWMD staff clearing the piles of renovation and bulky waste which looked as if they had been hidden under these cut branches. CITY Hall, on the other hand, is keeping an eye out for litter-bugs in one part of Inanam to prevent illegal garbage dumps from springing up around the Kingfisher area. These include private contractors, tasked with pruning the trees, who failed to clear the cut branches and left these trimmings on the road side. A spokesman for the agency's Solid Waste Management Department (SWMD) said the wrongdoers could find themselves RM10,000 poorer, for the indiscriminate disposal of their refuse. He said this was the maximum fine which could be imposed under its Anti-Litter By-Laws 1984 (Amendment 2005), if they were found guilty in court. 'The pockets of garden waste left behind by the contractors may cause illegal dumps to spring up,' he said. 'This is likely to happen if others living in these places begin adding their own rubbish to these piles.' He said the agency wanted to avoid such potential problems which is why it was cracking down on the errant parties who failed to responsibly dispose of the waste generated by any trees and grass they cut, including private contractors. 'Anyone caught red handed will initially be slapped with a compound for as much as RM500. 'Repeat offenders, and those who are heard headed, run the risk being penalised legally.' This action was prompted by feedback from a rate-payer about the piles of bulky and garden waste strewn at different sections of the reserve along the road to Kingfisher Cove Garden. He provided Hotline with the pertinent details regarding these irregularities, which were forwarded to City Hall and Sabah Electricity (SE). The SWMD spokesman said its staff inspected the road, shortly after being contacted by the media. They confirmed the presence of discarded items – including renovation waste, as well as an unwanted television set and sofa – on the road shoulder, during an inspection of the area, according to him. 'Some banana fronds and tree branches had been heaped onto some of this rubbish, as if the wrong doers had tried to conceal this mess under the greenery,' he said. He said a team of six workers from the Department cleared the refuse later that same day. An excavator and two-tonne open truck was deployed to facilitate their effort according to him. Where the piles of dried branches at another part of the same stretch were concerned, a spokeswoman for City Hall's Landscaping Department said the trees nearby had not been pruned by the agency. 'From the way branches had been cut, it looked as if a 'parang' (machete) had been used to accomplish this task,' she said. 'Our workers usually do this with a hand-held chainsaw.' She said the authority's Tree Unit most recently dealt with a problem involving the greenery on the stretch last Friday. 'We had received a report, in that instance, about some branches which had fallen onto the concrete five-foot-way here. 'One of our six-tonne lorries and a sky-lift, with an articulated arm, were deployed to assist the eight-man team to remove the obstructions. They cut down the branches into more manageable pieces.' A SE spokesman said a check of the company's records showed that the transmission lines on the road were cleared of foreign objects – including any creepers or branches which had extended into the air space of these cables – at the end of last month. The contractor, tasked with carrying out this work, went back to the housing area with four of his workers to remove this debris, according to him. 'When asked why it had taken weeks for him to deal with the trimmings, he told us that this was due to transportation problems,' the spokesman said. 'There were insufficient vehicles for him to use and he encountered some difficulty in renting the conveyance needed to remove the trimmings.' He said the contractor had been instructed not to wait so long in future. 'He should gather up all the waste on the same day that he tends to the creepers and overgrown branches.' * Follow us on Instagram and join our Telegram and/or WhatsApp channel(s) for the latest news you don't want to miss. * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
