One elevator for 1,000 flat dwellers

By DAVID TAN (Star 2 April 2007)

ALTHOUGH there are three elevators at the Taman Manggis low-cost flats at Jalan Zainal Abidin in Penang, some 1,000 residents there are only using one elevator daily.

This is because the control panels for the other lifts were stolen five months ago.

Tanjung MP Chow Kon Yeow said without the control panels, the residents could not operate the elevators.

“There is currently only one elevator left with the control panels intact and functioning,” he said when visiting the low-cost flats.

“The residents have complained to the state Housing Department, which is responsible for the maintenance of the building.

“However, no action has been taken so far to replace the panels. The residents have also lodged police reports,” he said. (more…)