Ampang Jajar: Vandalised lifts to be repaired

As reported in the Star.
Vandalised lifts to be repaired
By ZULKIFY MOHAMAD

THE Penang Government has allocated RM230,000 to repair the five lifts at the Ampang Jajar flats in Butterworth which have malfunctioned due to vandalism.

State Town, Country Planning and Housing Committee chairman Wong Hon Wai said work to repair the lifts will start immediately and take about two weeks to be completed.

“The components of the lifts have been ripped off by vandals and the company maintaining them need time to replace the parts, especially the main card panel,” he said after visiting the flats recently.

Wong also said the state Housing Department has spent RM200,000 to maintain the lifts since the flats were occupied last year.

The residents, fed up with the constant lift breakdowns, have threatened to hold daily demonstrations at the state secretariat building in Komtar if the problem is not addressed quickly.


Wong (right) inspecting the spoilt control box of the lifts. With him are Bagan DAP service team members Ong Loon Liak (middle) and Tan Kwong Cheng.

Wong said he has requested the supervisors of the three blocks to submit weekly reports on the condition of the lifts, adding that he will also hold a dialogue with the residents to request them to upkeep the lifts and catch the vandals.

He said there are 760 units in the blocks with 1,300 occupants. Each block has two lifts with only one lift at Block C still functioning.

Wong said he will find a long-term solution to the vandalism.



焦點地區：北海安邦惹惹‧5電梯零件被偷‧消防管遭破壞‧缺德者“害慘”3組屋民
2009-03-13 17:49

安邦惹惹3座政府人民組屋僅啟用1年時間，如今電梯和一些公共設施已嚴重損壞，使到政府必須花費20萬令吉來維修。（圖：星洲日報）

黃漢偉（右）一行人發現組屋內尚有許多被人拆下，還來不及拿去變賣的公物。其中包括水管、鐵枝及電板等等。（圖：星洲日報）
1 of 2（檳城‧北海）北海安邦惹惹3座政府人民組屋雖然僅是啟用1年餘，不過內部的公共設施包括5架電梯、消防水管等皆遭人嚴重破壞，導致政府房屋部必須再承擔逾20萬令吉的維修費。

上述3座A、B及C組屋共有6架電梯，唯目前只有1架電梯能夠操作，其餘5架皆因電板被人撬開，並取走內部值錢零件，造成電梯皆無法操作。

檳州城市、鄉村規劃及房屋部委員會主席黃漢偉在接獲當地居民投訴後，特在週四（3月12日）中午前往有關座組實地瞭解詳情。

黃漢偉：居民每天被迫走樓梯

黃漢偉說，目前此組屋區共有760戶居民，A和B座為10層及C座為16層組屋。

他說，每座組屋共有2架電梯，但目前則只剩下1架能夠操作，造成居民每天都被迫走樓梯而苦不堪言。

他指出，基於電梯的按鈕、電板和零件，皆被無公德心者破壞，並盜走內部一些能變賣的零件，所以才造成人民的不便。

“也有一些缺德者，故意在電梯內大小便，並用腳猛踢電梯門，造成電梯門無法開關，導致最終不能操作。”

他也不滿組屋內所裝置的消防栓及水管也被破壞，因為這是基本的防火設備，萬一組屋發生火患，它將嚴重影響整個救火工作。

要求房屋部官員每週呈報告

他表示將會針對此問題尋找解決方案，其中包括要求管理層即房屋部官員，每週呈上相關報告，讓他瞭解各政府組屋目前的情況。以免等到發生悲劇後，人民埋怨州政府為何沒有關注上述事件。

他表示目前由州房屋部管理的組屋和排屋共有42座，所以他也會要求有關負責官員呈交全部的報告給他。