Ipoh Councilors: 30 April Termination Of Service

The Councilors with then Mayor Datuk Ahmad Suaidi (extreme right) in August 2019 

Tomorrow 30 April will be the last day for our Ipoh Councilors. They received their termination notices earlier this month.

Their term of office was to be from 1 August 2019 till 31 July 2021 but due to the change of government, presumably, it has ended prematurely.

Two  young councilors that I followed and found to be helpful was Jacky Ngo / Bercham and Wong Kar Keat / Canning.

Councilor Jacky Ngo

Councilor Ngo because as he seemed to be able to clear ‘illegal dumpsites’ regularly. I noticed that since before Chinese New Year the ‘illegal rubbish dumps’ at street corners was being cleared regularly ie once a forth night or sometimes 1x a week.

Previously it would be cleared ‘very irregularly’ meaning it would be piled high with garbage before it gets removed. Now long past CNY the ‘regular’ clearance is still being practiced.

Ngo. Instrumental in clearing 'illegal dump sites' regularly

All residents love a clean neighborhood so the regular clearance was much appreciated. What Ngo had done shows that MBI is unable to find a solution to manage the illegal dumpsites even after years of ‘talking and trying’.

Councilor Wong Kar Keat

For Canning councilor Wong Kar Keat a word of thanks as he assisted with getting the contractor, Puncak Emas Infra, to clear a heavily silted drain which had overflowed into residents gardens when there was a flood in Taman Canning early in the month of April.

I had complained several times in 2019 that the said drain was ‘overgrown with weeds’ but to no avail. When it was cleared in early April the silt from the drain would fill up a small lorry.

The overgrown drain (l) before .. and (r) after 

... heavily silted 

..would fill a small lorry

What Wong had done showed the lackadaisical work done by earlier contractor/s or perhaps MBI over the years.

Let’s hope the new Mayor will take note of this service failure and to .. MBI Buck-up please.

JAG