Using of Housing Road by
Developers
Electricty Hike Burden KK Malls to Cut Power
Usage
mall might feel cooler
or warmer due to the
weather outside.
Nonetheless, the
management would
make adjustments to the
temperature depending
on the weather, whilst
still ensuring the comfort
of shoppers, Tan said,
adding that keeping the
temperature at 23 to 24
degrees Celsius should
be fine.
Moyog Assemblyman
Terrence Siambun wants
the Penampang District
Council to enforce an
order which forbids two
housing developers’ heavy
machinery from using the
access road to Taman
Kasigui 3.
He said there was an
official letter issued by the
Council in August 2013
after many complaints by
Taman Kasigui Phase 3
residents, instructing the
two housing developers
(from a condominium and
semi-detached housing
project) to stop using their
residential access road.
“But it seems that the
Council’s directive has been
ignored as the developers
have continued to use
the road until now,” he
said adding that the two
developers have been
using the residential
access road and a nearby
village road to get to their
construction sites day
and night, including on
weekends, for almost a
year now.
When asked whether
the Council was aware of
the situation, Siambun
said they were informed
but he was not sure if
they have actually sent
representatives to see the
situation for themselves.
“So it seems there is a lack
of enforcement action on
their part. They should take
action as soon as possible.
The developers have never
taken into account the
inconvenience caused
and danger posed to the
residents of Taman Kasigui
3,” he said.
He also mentioned that
the cooperation from
the Village Security and
Development Committee
for the area on the matter
also seemed to be nonconsistent.
Siambun said cracks
have now started to form
on the residential road
surface, which is under the
jurisdiction of the District
Council, and the road was
covered in mud and dust
left behind by the heavy
construction vehicles.
“Some of the residents’
houses are also affected
as there are some cracks
occurring on walls and
ceilings inside their homes,”
he said.
Likas Assemblyman Junz
Wong agreed that there
is a need for the District
Council to enforce the
directive.
“There have been cases
where we received
complaints against
developers using housing
roads,” he said. Citing a
case in Jalan Bundusan, he
said the residents refused
to let a developer use their
road.
Centre Point Sabah on the distance right
Major shopping malls in
the city will follow their
counterparts in the
peninsula to cut down on
their electricity usage by
raising the air-conditioning
temperature.
Centre Point Sabah (CPS)
commercial management
manager Linda Wong
said the mall would raise
the temperature of airconditioning to 23 degrees
Celsius. Previously, the
temperature of the mall
was maintained at around
20 degrees Celsius.
set their air-conditioning
at 23 or 24 degrees
Celsius to offset electricity
tariff hike.
Air conditioning, according
to the association, takes
up the largest share of
energy – about 65 per
cent – in commercial
buildings.
Its president, H.C. Chan,
said most malls in
Malaysia are now too cold,
with temperatures ranging
from 21 to 23 degrees
Celsius.
Wong said CPS paid
between RM500,000 and
RM600,000 in electricity
bill each month, and
air-conditioning made up
around 70 per cent of the
mall’s electricity bill.
Suria Sabah leasing
manager Tan King Way
said the management
would also make
adjustments to reduce
electricity usage in view of
the hike in electricity tariff.
“We are the mall paying
the highest electricity bill
in Kota Kinabalu because
we have many shops and
offices.”
He said air-conditioning,
escalators and lights made
up the bulk of the mall’s
expenditure.
Besides readjusting the
temperature of airconditioning, CPS has
also changed all lighting
to light emitting diodes
(LED) to save energy upon
completing its renovation
last year.
The Malaysian Association
for Shopping and Highrise
Complex Management
is advising its 400-odd
members nationwide to
As electricity is
costing more now, the
expenditures will sum up
to a larger amount, he
said.
The mall is also reportedly
paying over RM500,000 in
electricity bill monthly.
Meanwhile, 1Borneo
Hypermall director
Raymond Fang said the
management maintained
the hypermall at 25
degrees Celsius all the
while, which was well
above the temperature
advised by The Malaysian
Association for Shopping
and Highrise Complex
Management.
“We have no problem
complying with that (23
or 24 degrees Celsius
advised by The Malaysian
Association for Shopping
and Highrise Complex
Management).
“The lowest (temperature)
we can go is 24 degrees
Celsius,” he said when
contacted yesterday.
In addition, Fang said the
hypermall had moved
into LED lighting as well
as using timers at remote
locations.
“We are targeting to
reduce (electricity usage)
by 15 to 20 per cent in the
next calendar year.”
He added that the
electricity tariff hike was a
huge cost and burden to
the mall.
Tan said the current
temperature at the mall
is maintained at around
22 degrees Celsius, but
shoppers entering the
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