Sunday 9 December 2012
Market consigned to history
KUCHING: Residents will soon bid farewell to the Satok Market — its last day of trading is at the end of the month.
Some 1,000 traders are to begin moving to the new and
modern Medan Niaga Satok in Kubah Ria here starting Dec 15.
Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) mayor Datuk Abang
Abdul Wahap Abang Julai said the relocation would be celebrated with a
countdown and the lighting of the Satok Bridge along with a festival at Medan
Niaga Satok.
“Our bridge will be like the one in Paris. All lit up and
looking beautiful. This celebration is being organised by Satok PBB, headed by
(Tourism Minister) Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg,” he told reporters at a
DBKU function for supporters and community partners yesterday.
He said the old market would be demolished and a park
would be built in its place.
Abdul Wahap said the new market would be managed by the
Federal Agriculture and Marketing Authority (Fama) and it would be educating
the traders on how to operate at the new market.
“Medan Niaga Satok was built equipped with modern
facilities which supports environmental-friendly methods. For instance, food
hawkers would be taught how to dispose of used cooking oil properly and the oil
would be processed into biogas. So there are some things which need getting
used to but it’s all worth it if we want to have a clean and proper disposal
system,” he explained.
He said at the moment, the old market had been seen as
the main cause of pollution to Sungai Bintangor given waste water from the old
market flowed into it.
As such, he said it was necessary for the Satok market to
relocate for Sungai Bintangor to recuperate.
Abdul Wahap admitted that some traders were reluctant to
move, probably due to sentimental reasons or that they feared they would lose
business if they were operating on the other side of Sungai Sarawak.
However, he reasoned that a good trader would always have
the support of his or her loyal customers despite trading elsewhere.
The RM47mil Medan Niaga Satok has close to 2,000 trading
lots.
The centre accommodates a Fama support centre, a farmers'
market, a wet and dry market, plaza and cafeteria as well as a food court.
Monday 24 September 2012
Thursday 12 July 2012
Do you know him Bonero post 13072012
Whether the Minister for
welfare and the People’s Minister are caring…
“When you are old, only
then you will realize how much others care for you.”
It seem like elderly age
was forgotten people or unwanted material here if not to consider table in
parliament, “the Maintenance of Parents
Act” for the elderly needy in Malaysia…
Saturday 23 June 2012
Monday 11 June 2012
Friday 8 June 2012
Mohd Jafaruddin: Whither this poor elderly needy is abandoned or ne...
Mohd Jafaruddin: Whither this poor elderly needy is abandoned or ne...: Whither this poor elderly needy is abandoned or neglected by their children or family; whither a Maintenance Act enables an aged pare...
Whither this poor elderly needy is abandoned or neglected by their children or family
Whither this poor elderly
needy is abandoned or neglected by their children or family; whither a
Maintenance Act enables an aged parent to demand maintenance from their children
is needed.
Wednesday 6 June 2012
Elderly man abused at home, say concerned witnesses
Wednesday June 6, 2012
Elderly man abused at home, say concerned witnesses
By R.S.N. MURALI
murali@thestar.com.my
murali@thestar.com.my
MALACCA: A disabled
octogenarian is allegedly being mistreated by a female relative and concerned
Malaysians want him to be rescued by the authorities.
The 89-year-old is said to
be suffering physical abuse from a woman in her 20s, who is believed to be a close
relative.
The man is living under a
traditional wooden kampung house at Banda Kaaba here, where he is allegedly
chained and locked in on several occasions.
Parents, teachers and
pupils at a primary school near the house claim they have also seen the elderly
man being abused.
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Neglected:
Mohamed left all alone at home below the kampung house in Banda Kaaba in
Malacca.
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One parent, who only
wanted to be identified as Din, 35, said he sees the man being beaten almost
daily by the relative.
“Some of us attempted to
confront the woman but she seems to be a tyrant. It is really sad to see him
suffering in such a cruel manner,” Din said.
He said he had witnessed
her slapping and hitting the man and splashing cold water on him.
Another parent, Asah, 44,
alleged that her 10-year-old son often related the suffering of the old man.
“My son, whose classroom
overlooks the house, witnesses the abuse daily and he often comes back feeling
sad for him,” she said, adding that the authorities should place the man in an
old folk's home.
When The Star went to
investigate, the man was seen sitting on the veranda while the entrance to the
house was locked.
There was a bed and a
makeshift toilet under the house.
The man seemed unable to
use his hands. When approached, he said he was 89 years old and a bachelor.
He also said that the
house belonged to his parents.
“My grandchild is giving
me food and she is away at work,” said the man, adding that his name was
Mohamed Nordin.
He declined to say whether
he had been abused, saying: “When you are old, only then you will realise how
much others care for you.”
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/6/6/nation/11426186&sec=nation
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