A dirty restaurant being checked in Rantau Panjang, Klang.
KLANG Municipal Council’s (MPK) J-Force special enforcement team has been successful in addressing matters pertaining to issues such as waste management, licensing and illegal structures.
For March, the team comprising 50 personnel carried out 1,447 inspections.
MPK deputy president Elya Marini Darmin, who is the J-Force team commandant, said of the figure, 1,315 actions had been taken including 945 compounds, 305 verbal warnings, 35 notices to comply and 23 seizures.
Seven restaurants were also ordered to close for hygiene violation – three in Bandar Bukit Tinggi and four at Jalan Meru.
“Out of the 945 compounds issued, an estimated 227 have been paid up, resulting in RM122,550 in revenue.
“MPK will follow up with the remainding 715 offenders who have yet to settle their fines amounting to RM515,900,” she said.
Elya added that three compounds worth RM2,250 were cancelled when the offenders argued their cases.
Elya: MPK is promoting the ‘education first’ approach in dealing with non-compliance of its rules.
She said the team was responsible for promoting compliance with the by-laws where an “education first” approach was taken before the offender was issued with a notice, verbal warning or compound.
The J-Force team, she said, inspected five locations in Taman Sentosa, namely Jalan Dato’ Abdul Hamid, Jalan Laksamana, Lorong Dato’ Dagang, Jalan Dato’ Yusof Shahbudin and Jalan Hulubalang to ensure they had dustbins. The cleanliness of the back lanes were also checked.
“Out of 9,130 residential units checked, only 8,021 had dustbins while the other dwellers were given warnings,” she said.
“A total of 697 households were given notices to comply while 19 were issued compounds for indiscriminate rubbish dumping.”
Elya said Klang residents needed to take responsibility and comply with MPK’s by-laws.
“Our approach is to help house owners and operators in commercial areas to be aware of compliance responsibilities and to abide by them.
“Compounds are not MPK’s first step as the council prefers to raise awareness and educate the public first,” she said ,adding that compounds were issued as a deterrent.
