WEDNESDAY-5TH DECEMBER 2007-RUBBISH SPOILS BREAKFAST OF VISITORS TO TAWAU

Rubbish spoils breakfast of visitors to Tawau
TAWAU:
The back alley of the shops at Lorong Jalan Kee Abdullah in the Sabindo complex in Tawau is an eyesore to visitors. A former journalist was irked by the filthy sight of the rubbish and garbage left unattended by the authority concerned, in this case the Tawau Municipal Council (TMC). According to Silverius Kunjan, he and his company director were shocked to see the terrible condition there and almost lost their appetite due to the unbearable stench of the garbage. “We were about to have our breakfast at one of the well- known Indian coffee shops in the area and since there were no parking spaces at the front, we decided to park the vehicle at the back alley and that is what we saw,” he said. According to the shop operators in the area, they have made numerous complaints but nothing has been done to clean up the mess. “I hope that TMC would do something (clean up the area) so as not to give visitors to Tawau a bad impression of the cleanliness of the town,” added Silverius, who is a frequent traveller to the east coast.