Flooding at Housing Estates along Tg. Batu Road (Chinese & English Text)

民主行動党民都魯支部主席,砂羅越州民主行動党署理主席及砂羅越州吉多隆區立委周政新2O09年10月8日文告如下:

吉多隆区州议员周政新呼吁国阵政府重视民都鲁丹绒巴都数住宅区前晚淹水一事，并一劳永逸的解决这些地区每逢大雨必水灾的黑区。既亿倍利大酒店旁的住宅区，善佳花园，莉亚花园，伊玛斯花园，海景花园, 裕福花园及查拜花园住宅区与市区交警办事处。

周氏说这些地区发生水灾的状况已是很多年的事情，该是时候政府马上着手解决， 体恤一下这些地区的住家们，不要让他们再承受浸水的痛苦与烦恼，再蒙受无谓的损失。

周氏也说居民向他投诉，如今只要下大雨他们都会提心吊胆，怕屋子会浸水，有时还要熬夜只因为怕水进屋子。

周氏也指出，再过2个月，年尾天就将来到，而雨水更是特别多。前晚的大雨该提醒国阵政府，丹绒巴都上述住宅区人民，常年在大雨时所面对淹水的事件。而去年这些地区被雨水及海外防浪提霸，因失去功能，人民也蒙受了巨大的打击，这些画面在人民脑海犹新，难道今年国阵政府还要看到丹绒巴都这些区的子民再次的受惨痛的打击。而有关事态的严重我也于今年5月把人民的心声在州议会提出。

我希望政府垂听人民的呐喊，不要把这些丹绒巴都住宅人民的问题置之不理，让人民每次这样的去受苦。政府不应该再犹豫不决，拖了又拖，将人民的心声当耳边风。政府应该即刻改善丹绒巴都上述住宅区的排水系统，找出问题的征结并给与解决，因为没有理由丹绒巴都都已做了几条主要的大沟，然而许多地区还被淹水。除外防浪工作也一定要改善以让这地区的人民在下大雨及海浪大时会有个安宁的生活环境。

周政新。



Media Statement by Chiew Chin Sing, Chairman DAP Bintulu Branch,DAP Sarawak Deputy Chairman and Sarawak State Assemblyman for Kidurong on 8th October, 2009:

Sarawak State Assemblyman for Kidurong Chiew Chin Sing call on the BN government to look seriously into the flooding at the housing estates along the Tanjung Batu road and to solve the flooding problem once and for all of these flood prone areas which get flooded often after each heavier rain.

These areas are the housing estate beside the Everly Hotel, Sunga Garden, Taman Ria, Taman Emas, Taman Seaview, Taman Lucky Tower, Taman Jabai and the traffic police station in Town.

Chiew said that it had been many years that these areas were flooded after heavier rain. It is high time that the government should solve the problem immediately. Empathize with the people living there, there is no need to let them further suffer the pain and sorrow of the flood and face losses as well ever again.

Chiew said that the people had brought the matter to him and told him that they are worried each time when heavy rain falls. They are afraid that their houses may get flooded and sometimes they have to stay up the whole night just to keep an eye on the water level.

Chiew also said that in about 2 months’ time, the year end raining season will be here, there is going to be so much rain then. The heavy rain night before should be a wake up call to the government that the folks staying in the above mentioned housing estates face flooding whenever there is heavy rain. As the images of last year flooding in these areas due to heavy rain and a dysfunction dyke is still vivid, there is no reason that the government want to see the people there suffer once again this year. In fact I have already brought up the matter up in the May State Legislative Council meeting.

I hope that the government can listen to the problems of the people and not sweep them under the carpet and let the people suffer. That government must not drag its feet any longer as if they cannot hear what the people are saying. The government may find out the crux of the flooding problem at Tanjung Batu and solve it immediately. There is no reason that after several main big monsoon drains were built yet flooding still persisted. It is also important that the dyke be upgraded to break the wave so as to give the people living at Tanjung Batu a peaceful and safe surrounding to live in.


Chiew Chin Sing.