MPAJ’s new contractors start work to keep area clean

By FAZLEENA AZIZ
fazleena@thestar.com.my

THE Ampang Jaya Municipal Council’s (MPAJ) newly-appointed contractors for waste management and cleaning work started work yesterday.

MPAJ president Datuk Mohammad Yacob said 47 contractors had been appointed for cleaning work while 36 would be for solid waste management.

“Some contractors have started work in their respective areas, so we hope the public will also play their part in keeping their areas clean.

“Most of the contractors are new with the exception of five, who were with us previously. We will gauge the performance of the contractors in three months.

“A contractor will have to act within two hours after receiving a complaint. If they fail to do so we will rely on our back-up contractors and terminate the contract of the errant ones,” he said at the full baord meeting on Wednesday.

Mohammad also spoke about the council bringing down 28,000 illegal banners in the municipality last year.

So far, another 2,000 banners have been brought down by MPAJ. The council imposes a RM1,000 compound for each illegal banner.

“Banners are not allowed to be put up at traffic light junctions and road signboards,” he said, adding that there were many people who failed to abide by the rules.

It was also mentioned that 80% of business operators were late in renewing their licences. There are about 9,000 business premises in the municipality but only 5,000 had renewed their licences.

Mohammad said business operators could renew their licences three months before the expiry date so there was no need to use the service of a middleman.

“The compound of RM200 for late licence renewal will be extended until end of March. After that the compound will be at least RM700,” he said.

The meeting was the last session for the present councillors before new ones are appointed by the state government.

Mohammad said two councillors did not want their terms to be renewed

PENGUMUMAN

Friday, March 2, 2012