After attending Bukit Gantang’s by-election’s Ceramahs for 4 consecutive nights, I have decided to take rest today.
At around 10pm just now, a constituent from Ipoh Garden South called me up and informing me of the on-going telco constructions works at the First Floor of a shop right opposite his house. I called up the Special Officer to the Mayor and informing him the same. I went to the site and negotiated with the supervisor in charge, En. Nizam, whom had finally agreed to stop the installation until Monday. Coincidently, he was the one I spoke to last week when I was attending another telco complaint in Laluan 3, Kg, Simee, of which stop-work-order was eventually issued.
This issue had been haunting me. I have received numerous complaints over Telco issue ever since the first day becoming the elected rep for Canning. The worst case can be seen in Kg Simee which almost all operators of tele-communications have installed their transmission towers.
I am not very much concerned of whether the transmission tower indeed brings harmful effect to the People. I am also not concerned whether the installation met the guidelines so set, as the guidelines seems so loose to the effect that “so long as it is not erected on top of a residential house, it is ok”
My concern is if there are complaints by the residents, the State Government and MBI have and ought to act on it. I am very angry on the Telco’s attitude, where:-
(i) They will still erect and install the tower even if there is no prior approval from MBI;
(ii) They will do the works at off-office hours, at night, on off-day and it makes me find
At around 10pm just now, a constituent from Ipoh Garden South called me up and informing me of the on-going telco constructions works at the First Floor of a shop right opposite his house. I called up the Special Officer to the Mayor and informing him the same. I went to the site and negotiated with the supervisor in charge, En. Nizam, whom had finally agreed to stop the installation until Monday. Coincidently, he was the one I spoke to last week when I was attending another telco complaint in Laluan 3, Kg, Simee, of which stop-work-order was eventually issued.
This issue had been haunting me. I have received numerous complaints over Telco issue ever since the first day becoming the elected rep for Canning. The worst case can be seen in Kg Simee which almost all operators of tele-communications have installed their transmission towers.
I am not very much concerned of whether the transmission tower indeed brings harmful effect to the People. I am also not concerned whether the installation met the guidelines so set, as the guidelines seems so loose to the effect that “so long as it is not erected on top of a residential house, it is ok”
My concern is if there are complaints by the residents, the State Government and MBI have and ought to act on it. I am very angry on the Telco’s attitude, where:-
(i) They will still erect and install the tower even if there is no prior approval from MBI;
(ii) They will do the works at off-office hours, at night, on off-day and it makes me find
very hard to mobilize MBI’s enforcement to act immediately.
However, whose fault is that? I have raised it in the State Assembly. I have written to all the EXCOs including the EXCO in charge. I have spoken personally to the Mayor. And I have only one conclusion: The Pakatan State Government may have succeeded in most of the issues and delivered some must awaited changes and reforms, but we have failed to deliver on the issue of Telco tower.
I have suggested for a new guidelines be drafted as the current guidelines by MCMC will never serve its purpose. I have suggested for the State Government to impose daily fine on illegal towers as what the Local Government did in some cases like the illegal restaurant operators. I have suggested for the State Government to pull down the illegal towers erected so as to give the Telco a warning. But it seems that the State Government especially the EXCO in charge was not interested in the issue. Failure to act even since the BN’s time until now the Pakatan’s time had resulted in Telco being arrogance and act ignorance of law.
I am so angry where there were remarks made by certain leader (some of my blog followers will know who) in the Party and State Government had told the complainants that “if you don’t want Telco tower, then you don’t use your mobile phonelah!
What an irresponsible and BN style's statement!
We have missed the golden opportunity to do something great for the People on this issue.
However, whose fault is that? I have raised it in the State Assembly. I have written to all the EXCOs including the EXCO in charge. I have spoken personally to the Mayor. And I have only one conclusion: The Pakatan State Government may have succeeded in most of the issues and delivered some must awaited changes and reforms, but we have failed to deliver on the issue of Telco tower.
I have suggested for a new guidelines be drafted as the current guidelines by MCMC will never serve its purpose. I have suggested for the State Government to impose daily fine on illegal towers as what the Local Government did in some cases like the illegal restaurant operators. I have suggested for the State Government to pull down the illegal towers erected so as to give the Telco a warning. But it seems that the State Government especially the EXCO in charge was not interested in the issue. Failure to act even since the BN’s time until now the Pakatan’s time had resulted in Telco being arrogance and act ignorance of law.
I am so angry where there were remarks made by certain leader (some of my blog followers will know who) in the Party and State Government had told the complainants that “if you don’t want Telco tower, then you don’t use your mobile phonelah!
What an irresponsible and BN style's statement!
We have missed the golden opportunity to do something great for the People on this issue.
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