Essay: Hygiene Issues in Taman Desa Baru Community

HYGIENE ISSUES IN TAMAN DESA BARU COMMUNITY

Recently, many health issues appear in Taman Desa Baru community that border most of permanent residents. Many of them currently suffer from contagious diseases such as dengue fever and flu. The main cause of these health problems is the area is not properly taken to care as it used to be by the government and the residents itself as many of the former and responsible residents move away and some of the new residents seem to be lack of awareness of surroundings. As the responsible authorities, this troubled situation needs to be taken note.

Taman Desa Baru used to be the cleanest residue in Bukit Baru zone but as the time passes the area becomes worse because of the lack of cleanliness. Litters scattered everywhere and not a single action has been done to throw the rubbish properly. This dreadful scenario shows that there is lack of civic consciousness among the residents of the area. The dustbins in the area not regularly pick up as routine by the Southern Waste Company (SWC) who in-charge of picking up the trash to the dumping site. The lorry only come twice a month and not following the common routine of twice a week. This causes the trash to pill up and create a smell worse than the oldest blue cheese in the world. Not only the smell is unbearable but also to the plain sight is just too disgusting to look. Thus, inviting unwanted pests and creatures creep into the society.

Move on to the next concern, there are many restaurants around the area of Taman Desa Baru and the taste of the food is incredibly delicious and suits the theme of Malacca as The Food Paradise but sadly, a reality check needs to be done as the state of cleanliness and hygiene in most of the restaurants is in their worst state until it could reach the critical point where even potential customers have lost their appetites just by looking the restaurant for far away. It is very unclean, dirty and even worse than a typical teenage boy’s room. The owners seem less care about the state of their own restaurant. Proper disposal of used oil and wastage is not done accordingly to the protocols set by the government as they simply dispose everything into the drains. Eventually this creates another problem such drain clogged thus making the place fill with stinky smell, rats and the ugly-looking cockroaches.

Therefore, I wish to draw the attention of the local authorities to fix these scenes and make some changes to improve cleanliness in Taman Desa Baru again. I would like to suggest to the city council to hire more cleaners to clean the mess in this area. Not only the residents get the benefits but this also creates more jobs opportunities for the needy. Other than that it would not hurt just to add more rubbish bins around the area as the quantity of bins is not sufficient compared the population of Taman Desa Baru and make sure the SWC follows the pick-up routine as usual. My pleasure to remind the city council to keep an eye on the state of restaurants nearby and if possible help them to be a better restaurant in hygiene area or give them course on the right way to dispose oil and wastage. For the sake of the future generation, I would to request to the city council to develop a campaign for Taman Desa Baru residents to raise their awareness of their surroundings and promote activities such as plant more trees and flowering plants to recreate the spark of greenness in Taman Desa Baru.

Yours faithfully, 6th September 2012.
(SONGYUAN AI MEI)

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