No place to dry clothes in flats

THE STAR 15/09/2004

RESIDENTS of the Cochrane public housing scheme (PPR) in Jalan Peel have urged City Hall to hear their grouses to solve housing problems in the area.

Topping their list of complaints is not being allowed to hang their clothes to dry from the windows.

Ngam Yoong Fatt, who moved in last month, said City Hall should allow residents to hang their clothes from the windows.

"This should be all right if the clothes could not be clearly seen from the outside," he said.

Another resident M. Muthugumar, who moved in three months ago. said City Hall should provide residents with an alternative space for hanging out their clothes as there was no space for drying laundry in the flats.

He also called on Telekom Malaysia to speed up the installation of telephone lines at the flats.

Muthugumar said the absence of telephones in the area had caused a lot of anguish for his son who was scalded with hot water recently but could not call an ambulance.

He also hoped that road humps be built on certain roads near the flats especially near the playground as it was dangerous for children to cross the road leading to the playgound.

Tang Kin Weng, 16, said City Hall should provide a place for the elderly to rest and spend their evening with social activities.

"They should not be deprived of the things they used to do in their villages," he added.

Muthugumar claimed that their complaints were not heeded every time they visited the City Hall office in the area.

Asked to comment on the complaints after attending a City Hall Excellent Service Award presentation on Monday, Datuk Bandar, Mohmad Shaid Mohd Taufek said the residents could dry their clothes on the ground floor.

He said it would be an eyesore to see clothes hung on windows of the flats.