Food operators ask for new rubbish collection point
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

The rubbish collection point at Tamu Selera is too close for comfort to diners and operator alike

While appreciating the effort made by the relevant agency in providing a rubbish collection point near the open air eating place at Tamu Selera in the capital, stall operators and visitors alike were hoping for minor changes with respect to the location.

It was rather unfortunate that the current location was too near for comfort to the stalls, only beside the first eating place.

Being a rubbish collection point, at times the bad smell reached the stalls and diners causing some of them to stop eating. Operators also threw their leftover food at the rubbish collection point and this made the collection point smellier.

Operators are hoping that the Municipal Board would move the collection point to another convenient place, several metres away.

"We promise to throw our rubbish at the new location. We know the department may have learnt from past experience that the further away the rubbish collection point, the lazier the operators become.

"Other people might just dispose of their rubbish wherever they please but we promise not to do that," said the operators.

They added that there is a walkway to the stalls beside the collection point but it is understandably never used by diners.

"Everyone knows that a rubbish collection point is always smelly and dirty, therefore they avoid going to the stalls via the walkway," they said.

While waiting for the relocation of the collecting point, they hope that the rubbish will be collected on a daily basis.

"The collection point is frequented by rats in search of thrown foods," they added.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin