CITY HALL has stepped up efforts to keep the common areas around Kota Kinabalu properly illuminated at night, in light of the recent spate of snatch-thefts and acts of vandalism which have occurred in the State Capital over the past few weeks.
Two female employees were robbed and badly beaten, one with a wooden stick, in the worst instance of these thefts. The windows of some vehicles – as well as the glass wall for an automated teller machine room – were also smashed in separate incidents around the same time.
They focused on five different sections of the City, according to him, namely Jalan Gaya and the shophouses in Segama, Sinsuran, Kg Air and Bandaran Berjaya.“They changed four 250watt lanterns, four 250watt ballasts and two analogue timers on Jalan Gaya,” he said.He explained that a “ballast” regulated the electrical current to the lanterns and provided sufficient voltage to start the lanterns.
In the case of Kg Air, he said, the agency’s technicians replaced three 250watt lanterns, three 250watt ballasts, a 60amp contactor and a 16 amp miniature circuit breaker . He said City Hall’s electrical contractor had been asked to increase the night-time surveillance of the State Capital to ensure that the public lighting didn’t breakdown.
She also called for more police patrols and closed circuit television cameras to be installed around Kota Kinabalu. Liew, who is also Sabah’s Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister, said the snatch-thefts and acts of vandalism would have undoubtedly tarnished the reputation of Jalan Gaya, which was known as a historic location
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