Latest Update On the Scrap And Junkyard Feedback By The MPPP To The Star News Paper 02.08.2011 ( Star Metro Slot North )

Aug 3, 2011

Latest Update On the Scrap And Junkyard Feedback By The MPPP To The Star News Paper 02.08.2011 ( Star Metro Slot North )

Dear residences,

Today I'm feeling  really sad by the respond given to the media by the MPPP 

pertaining this matters , it seem that the state authorities is just denieing  

our words as residences here in saying that this junkyard doesn't effects 

our healthy living environment here in serinabay.

As for all of  us we really feels that since the arrivals of this junkyard we 

cannot even open our balcony window because of mosquito coming into our 

house at night .

Still a questions back to the authorities even with compound notices to this 

illegal activities , this doesn't stop them in theirs activities still piling up junk 

in this place and now they are more active even at night. Is this a picture 

where this illegal junkyard owner will move out from this state government 

land , are the state government covering up this junkyard owner ?.

The questions now is :

1. This is state government land gazetted for development as residential , 

why this industrial activities is being done here ?.

2. This land is rented out to a housing developers to be develop as residential , 

why is this developers rent out this land for scrap metal junkyard company to 

run theirs industrial  activities here ?.

3. Is the state government saying based on theirs checking this areas and 

activities suitable to become a junkyard near our place ?.

4. Are the state government want somebody dies because of dengue here in 

serinabay , then only they will consider to move this junkyard to some where 

else ?.

5. What is to probe when it is very clear that this lot 497 sekyen 9w belong 

to "Milikan Negeri " / "Pajakan Negeri " 99 Years , Rented out to 

" Innoplace Sdn Bhd" A Lone pine developers Group In Farlim Then this 

company rent this place out to " The Junkyard Metal Scrap Company " to 

operate here in Jalan Hilir Sungai Pinang near serinabay apartment , Taman 

Serina , Menara Riverview And Desa Selatan.Those this mean that the state 

government has no authorities in helping us residences staying near by here 

to reallocate this junkyard business to somewhere else ?.

So now residence we will still wait until 17.08.2011 as dateline given by the 

state government notices by the building department ( Komtar ) to the junkyard 

owner ,

Next steps is :

If after this dateline no reply and actions seen to be taken by the MPPP 

council department towards this scrap metal owner to be reallocate out 

from our place ,  will issue out letter to the YB Koid Theen Guan for his 

respond as he has promise us all the resident to helps us in fighting to 

reallocate out this scrap metal junkyard owner to some where else.

Next steps will depend on what is the YB Koid respond to us ............

If it Positive we have also next steps ..And if it Negative we also have the 

next steps ... We will not rest until this junkyard is been reallocated to 

some where else ... What we hope right now is that we as residences 

and neighbours staying nearby this place should stay united and fight 

till the end with all of us in making it worth our efforts for all living here 

in Hilir Sungai Pinang .

That All For Now ...


Below are the article from star paper dated 02.08.2011 in star metro north slot .

Tuesday August 2, 2011

Council probing how empty lot became a junkyard

THE Penang Municipal Council (MPPP) will launch an investigation 

to find out how an empty plot near the low medium-cost apartments 

in Sungai Pinang was converted to a scrap metal junkyard illegally.

In a statement last Thursday from its public relations department, 

the council acknowledged that there were illegal acts committed such 

as storing and trading of scrap materials without proper licensing.

Scrap metals from damaged cars, refrigerators and other metal items

 were seen dumped in that area.

The council said a notice to stop all illegal trading activities followed 

by a compound had been issued to the company responsible for the 

illegal activities.

The council had also conducted Ultra-Low Volume (ULV) spraying to 

cover wide areas in the shortest time-frame to control mosquito-borne 

diseases on three days - July 13, 22 and 25 at the location.

A dengue ‘search-and-destroy’ exercise was also conducted by the 

council on July 14 and 18.

An investigation was done on July 25 and there were no traces of 

mosquito breeding in that area.

The council said they had conducted larvaciding (destroying larvae) 

in the area as prevention.

Earlier it was reported that the residents of Serina Bay Apartments 

had protested against the conversion of an empty plot of land 

nearby their apartments into a scrap metal junkyard.

The residents claimed that the incident affected the value of their 

home as well as their health.