Those low-cost houses in Sibu Jaya, Sibu,
Sarawak 28Oct2012
Those
low-cost houses in Sibu Jaya, Sibu, Sarawak are one of the live evidences and
proofs of the poor quality of the BN government led by Taib Mahmud and his
cronies. Who are the “ wolf-hearted and
dog-lunged” (狼心狗肺) ministers
who signed the documents to approve and permit such kennel-like houses to
exist? These houses are well-evidenced
of corruption, collusion, cold, apathy and greed of the developer(s) and Taib
Mahmud and his cronies, blind and deaf, as well as the high ranking officials in the
ministries concerned. We people are indeed
at the mercy of these greedy and hyena-like political thugs.
With
such low and poor quality of houses, people, no doubt, have to resort to
renovate and extend their houses to alleviate uncomfortable housing living conditions. Some more daring and desperate ones, of
course, extend the houses upwards/ vertically as they can’t extend the houses
horizontally much with limited space allocated by the authorities concerned.
Now
we have a case exposed in the See Hua Daily Newspapers (27Oct2012). The Siahs at No. 1J Lane 7D Sibu Jaya housing estate has extended the
house vertically and jeopardised the next-door in many ways in their attempt to
detach their link. Is it not the curse
Taib Mahmud and his cronies who brought to us people? I often imagine how desperate I would feel
living in such a poor quality lousy house.
Dear brethren, young and old, male and female, let’s feel for them in
heart and mind.
Of
course, the affected next-door neighbour, surnamed Liu feels upset, frustrated
and exasperated, too when the Siahs next-door has dis-stablised her house in
one way or another and dis-array the electricity cables. Hence she lodged a complaint to the District
council but no action has taken so far.
I think Mdm Liu was ignorant of the real culprit of her plights and
distress. Actually, the district office
is in dilemma as they know very well they should ‘beat up’ the
developer, the ministers and those high ranking officials for the plights, menace, distress
and anguish they created for the people.
I
hope someone capable who is kind, good and truthful will form a house buyer association
and I promise I will be the first member to join it. This association is to help organise protests or sue the
developers and government for not setting the right measurements for the houses
for the people especially, the poor. We
should rally for our own good.
Lately,
I have also come across a case in Bukit Lima Timur. My friend Lau and her husband, Siah live in a
double-storey terraced house. I went to
their house for a look as I am a very curious person. I wanted to see the housing conditions there. The double-storey terraced houses where they
live were built with so much saved/ stolen cost of labour and materials (偷工减料).
They are poor but they were forced to borrow money from a relative who
was also not rich to extend the canopy outside the kitchen as Lau has to do
cooking outside the kitchen. With the
limited money borrowed, she only has the canopy and some simple structures
constructed for the stove and gas tank.
The
door and windows downstairs of their house have just been barred up with the
advanced money from Siah’s boss. Their
house has been burgled 3 times as they opened a window downstairs to ventilate but it let in the
burglars. They are too poor to afford an
air conditioner in the house. To avoid
the heat upstairs, they room downstairs.
Hence the sitting room is their sitting room and also their bedroom
(multi-purpose). Luckily, they only have
a son to support.
For
10 over years, they have been disturbed again and again when their 3D next-door
neighbour extends and renovates the
house every now and then. The noise and
dust from drilling can be so nerve-racking.
Hence my friend and her 3 D neighbours are not in good terms. These poor people, I think, are too ignorant
to know whom they should band up to fight against. Hence, I can only comfort her and tell her
the truth of her plight hoping that she could bear her nasty neighbour a bit
more.
All
in all, I really think that a person does not need too much right to give births
more than three. I really think a person
must have his full right to demand for a standard living housing conditions
with the right measurements for houses
in the so called ‘planned housing development’.
Don’t ever exploit and plunder the people, especially the poor. Before you sign the approval and permits for
any housing projects, always think of your palace-like mansion and thus ensure
the right and decent measurements for houses for people. Please guard the interests for the people,
not yourselves and the developers!
What
actions do you think our district councils or Sibu municipal councils can take
to those 90% of house owners in Sibu who extend their houses horizontally or
vertically or both? I have even heard
that some people rich enough even knocked down their houses to rebuild to their
taste.
What
would happen if the small kitchens and poor living housing conditions make the women so angry
that they start to revolt against the BN government. It is when they have come to the full
awareness whom to blame of their plights.
When women start to revolt, they might think of tearing down the
palace-like mansions of Taib Mahmud, Wong Soon Koh, Tiong Thai King ……………
