A reply to ‘New government, same rubbish in Perak’
. I do not deny the writer’s observations on our city Ipoh, but the untold truths and contradictions grappled behind the scenes deserve to be made-known. Nonetheless, every word written and every critique aired are valid, and on behalf of my colleagues at the Ipoh City Council , I thank you, truly.
Most, if not all of us city councillors are in such a position for the first time; we had to start from scratch. Learning about, and on many instances finding out the hard way, what jurisdiction and what functions are held by which department. This familiarisation was the most frustrating to start with.
So what we do, we put the blame on them? We just let things carry on as it was before? We just tell the residents, “I’m sorry madam, I can’t do anything because the city council does not want to cooperate”? No. In fact, exactly the opposite, we tried to make friends with our new colleagues in the council. We talk things out with them, ask them for their input as they are the ones who are more experienced in dealing with the issues.
Secondly, trees not trimmed and clogged up drains. Indeed, we have had performance issues with contractors and concessionaires. When we took over, we also inherited concessionaires whom we were tied to. Of course, those that needed removal are now gone. How about dogs in market? The council have again and again worked with many civil societies such as M&M and Paws to deal with strays. Catch, neuter and release back in Papan. But like he said, it’s the civic consciousness, or rather the lack of it, that the traders there are feeding the strays is what keeps them coming back. Enforcement upon ignorance will just end up a waste of effort.
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