A greater emphasis is being placed on the cleanliness of toilets at shopping centres around Kota Kinabalu as City Hall strives to get the management companies (MCs) of these premises to provide shoppers with sanitary facilities which are four stars or better.

A 76 metre section of the sewer line along Likas Bay has finally been repaired, with the public no longer having to hold their nose when they move along the main road between the Bay 21 Condominiums and Rural Development Corporation’s market grounds.

CITY HALL has intensified efforts to maintain the drain reserves in neighbourhoods where dengue cases have been reported.

The Water Department is keeping tabs on the treated water being channelled to parts of Kinarut and Penampang, following feedback about the erratic supply which consumers in these areas have been receiving.

Eatery owners can be compounded of up to RM500 for failing to maintain their grease traps or for deviating from City Hall’s guidelines as regards the installation of these gadgets inside their kitchens.

CITY HALL technicians will step-up their night-time surveillance of Jalan Kolam, after the streetlights on the divider between the junctions to the Kota Kinabalu Court Complex and Wisma HCS broke down twice over the past fortnight.

CITY Hall will inspect Jalan Pintas Damai at regular intervals, following feedback about the potholes which have been forming in this Luyang road over the past year.

THE Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) and City Hall have stepped in to try and mitigate the flood woes in Taman Sepanggar Phase 2 by separately dealing with a large drain in the KKIP-North area and the smaller ones around the neighbourhood.

CITY HALL is keeping tabs on its sewage pump servicing the HSK Industrial and Golden Hill Commercial Centres – both in Inanam – to minimise the recurring nuisance created by the effluent which has been soiling Lorong Cempedak 6A at the former.

Kota Kinabalu: A 29-year-old man was jailed one year and six months, Monday, for hiding and removing a stolen Toyota Vios car.