IPOH, Dec 3 — Outgoing Ipoh Datuk Bandar Datuk Roshidi Hashim regrets the city still remains filthy at the end of his six-year tenure.
“Ipoh is still a dirty city with rampant illegal dumping of rubbish and construction waste from renovation sites.
“I hope the next mayor would be able to do more to keep the city clean,” he said.
Roshidi blamed himself for failing to educate Ipoh folk on the need to keep the city tidy.
“Public cleanliness is a question of the heart, and I have failed to change the attitude of the people.
“The people must come together with the city council in waging war against littering,” he said.
The public, he said, should not rely on the council to keep the city clean.
“For example, they can call up the city council to collect items that are too big to fit into dustbins,” he said.
On another note, he was happy Ipoh has experienced forward-looking changes in property development that contrasted with the previous reputation of a sleepy town.
“Real estate in the city is booming with properties going for more than RM1million,” he told reporters at the launch of an apartment project in Bandar Botani yesterday.
He expressed satisfaction that the growth in Ipoh had been driven by prominent Perakians such as Sunway Group of companies founder Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah, who was born in Pusing, a small town outside Ipoh.
