CITY HALL is hoping to do away with the need for its bin centres in the central business district (CBD) by next year, with the agency extending its “sistem pelupusan sampah sendiri” (personal waste disposal system) to this part of the State Capital.

The District Council is keeping an eye on the renovations being made to a semi-detached house in Kepayan to ensure that the owner abides by its stipulations regarding this work.

THE Sewage Services Department (SSD) plans to carry out electrical and mechanical improvements at its Taman Victory-Towering Industrial Centre pump house, as well as another near Taman Suria Kobusak Phase 1.

City Hall will step up checks on the streetlights along a section of Jalan Lintas-Kolombong and Lorong Pokok Seraya 5.

A LUYANG ratepayer risks becoming RM1,000 poorer for allowing the overgrown trees and long grass growing on his/ her vacant land to become a source of frustration to others living in the vicinity.

A BANDARAN Berjaya eatery was ordered shut by the Kota Kinabalu Health Office (KKHO), Tuesday, after evidence was found that rats have been invading the premises.

TELEKOM Malaysia Bhd (TM) Bhd will step up efforts to check on the condition of its installations around Inanam and Donggongon but has admitted to facing an uphill task dealing with incidents of cable-theft in both areas.

REPAIRS are underway on a leaking underground water pipe in one part of Taman Kingfisher which has given rise to supply problems along eight housing roads in this part of Inanam.

THE District Council will step up efforts to maintain the common land, including the playground, around homes in a Papar neighbourhood.

THE Water Department is trying to proactively prevent its distribution mains in Beaufort from springing any leaks and is preparing to deal with a damaged pipe in an Inanam neighbourhood.