This morning at 5.45 a.m., yarl restaurant's responsible boss once again turned on his loud and deafening kitchen hood to disturb the peace and serenity of the entire neighbourhood. Have you ever imagined how quiet and peaceful it is at 5.45 a.m. in the morning? Did the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) and the Department of Environment (DOE) really give yarl restaurant the authority to turn on its loud and deafening kitchen hood at such an early hour in the morning? Is yarl restaurant allowed to make this kind of loud and deafening motor noise at 5.45 a.m. when many people are still sleeping? At this hour in the morning, everywhere is so quiet that you can even hear the sound of a pin dropping. Anyone in their right senses would not want to talk loudly or even turn on the music loudly at this hour of the day because we know that it is just not right to make noise at such an early hour in the morning. Chasing everyone out of their bedrooms at such an early hour in the morning is nothing new to yarl restaurant. As yarl restaurant's air and noise pollution victims, we have been suffering continuously and intensely from his noise pollution program since January last year without the right to say or do anything about it. What is even worse is that he may even turn it on as early as 5.20 a.m. in the morning chasing everyone out of their bedrooms when they are still in their deep sleep! The question I am discussing here is whether turning on some kind of loud and deafening motor sound between 5.30 a.m. - 7.00 a.m. in the morning when the entire neighbourhood is so quiet that you can even hear a pin drop can be regarded as noise pollution. But first of all, let us see why the Kuala Lumpur City Hall is telling lies for yarl restaurant.
Why is the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) telling lies for yarl restaurant? Why is it that the DBKL cannot take action against yarl restaurant? Why is it that the DBKL is trying to cover up for yarl restaurant? Is something fishy going on? Here, I would like to share with you one of the greatest jokes of the century entitled "The Day the kitchen hood turned into the speaker". One day, after repeated complaints from the residents, the DBKL officers finally went to check on yarl restaurant. However, instead of looking for the real kitchen hood, they simply assumed that the kitchen hood was the speaker inside the restaurant. So, instead of dealing with the kitchen hood, they went on to deal with the speaker and said that there was no noise pollution. Is this stupidity on their part or just a mistake? Please read the email from DBKL below:
Siasatan / Tindakan :
1.Tarikh siasatan pada 29/10/2013@10.00mlm.
2.Premis yang diadukan merupakan restoran menjual makanan/hidangan SriLanka(Tamil).
3.Terdapat sebuah speaker didalam premis digunakan untuk menarik pelanggan semperna Pesta Deepavali.
4.Pesta akan tamat pada 3/11/2013.
Tarikh Tindakan Diambil : 01-11-2013 08:38
Kenalpasti Punca :
1.Tiada kacauganggu bunyi bising semasa siasatan.
2.Pemantauan akan diteruskan.
Tarikh : 01-11-2013 08:38
Tindakan Pencegahan Yang Diambil :
1.Amaran dan teguran kpd pengusaha restoran.
2.Notis kacauganggu akan dikeluarkan.
Nama Pegawai : Thilagenthiran A/L S.Somasundram
Jawatan : Penolong Pegawai Kesihatan Persekitaran
Tarikh : 01-11-2013 08:38
In this email, I was told that the speaker was only temporary since according to yarl restaurant's boss, it was intended to attract customers during Deepavali. Sounds ridiculous, isn't it? We are complaining about the kitchen hood but they are dealing with the speaker. There is no reason why this mistake could be made when the photo of the kitchen hood is so clear in my blog article (I have provided a link to this blog article in my email to DBKL). The question is why on earth did these DBKL fellows focus on the speaker and did not try to look for the kitchen hood at all? Don't tell me that they don't know that the kitchen hood is at the back of the restaurant. This is clear evidence that they are telling lies for yarl restaurant. After reading the articles in this blog, even a stupid child could tell you what a kitchen hood is and where yarl restaurant's noisy kitchen hood could be found. Why is it that these adults from DBKL can't even differentiate between a speaker and a kitchen hood and they don't know where it is even after reading the articles in this blog. Even as I am typing out this article now, yarl restaurant's kitchen hood noise is so loud and deafening that I feel like fleeing from my bedroom. Does yarl restaurant's boss have the right to disturb the entire neighbourhood with his noisy kitchen hood and prevent sleep? I have sent many complaint emails to them but so far they have done nothing except for their "magic show" i.e. turned the kitchen hood into the speaker. There is a saying "With money even the kitchen hood can turn into the speaker". Just how true is it? Well, it is for the Kuala Lumpur City Hall to answer this question. Since Malaysia is known as one of the most corrupt nations, anything can happen here. Let the public be the judge! Oh yes, the Kuala Lumpur City Council did something very grand recently i.e. raising our property taxes. Why is it so? According to them, the value of our property has increased. Increased in what way? Yarl restaurant's noise pollution program has rendered our flats totally uninhabitable and we are living in extremely degrading conditions. So do we have to pay for our degrading living conditions brought about by yarl restaurant's air and noise pollution program? The DBKL is really ridiculous! Is turning on some kind of loud and deafening motor sound between 5.20 a.m. - 7.00 a.m. when the entire neighbourhood is so quiet that you can even hear a pin drop noise pollution? Is turning on some kind of loud and deafening motor sound the whole day and even sometimes into midnight noise pollution? Well, let us see what the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has to say?
Ceropong asap terletak dibahagian belakang bangunan dan muncungnya
menghala kebawah kedalam longkang awam manakala motornya terdapat didalam premis.
Tarikh Tindakan Diambil : 03-01-2014 11:27
Kenalpasti Punca :
1.Tiada kacau ganggu bunyi bising.
2.Pemantauan akan diteruskan.
Tarikh : 03-01-2014 11:27
Tindakan Pencegahan Yang Diambil :
1.Amaran dan teguran kepada pengusaha restoran.
Nama Pegawai : Thilagenthiran A/L S.Somasundram
Jawatan : Penolong Pegawai Kesihatan Persekitaran
Tarikh : 03-01-2014 11:27
According to this email, yarl restaurant's motor is inside the restaurant and the kitchen hood is facing downwards into the drain. Therefore the DBKL is of the opinion that there is no noise pollution even though yarl restaurant's loud and deafening kitchen hood noise can be heard on the 4th floor! Don't you think that this is the most stupid answer that anyone could give? Does this mean that I can turn on my CD player loudly at 5.30 a.m. - 6.30 a.m. in the morning to disturb my neighbours as long as the CD player is in my house? When the neighbours complain, can I tell them that there is no noise pollution because the CD player is in my house? So, my dear readers, it is alright for you to turn on your CD player, TV, and computer speakers loudly as early as 5.20 a.m. and even at midnight to disturb your neighbours because this is not noise pollution according to the Kuala Lumpur City Hall. Why is it so? Because the CD player, TV, and computer speaker are in your house! Don't you think that this is indeed one of the greatest jokes of the century? Please take note that no matter how loudly we turn on our CD player or television, it can never be as loud as yarl restaurant's kitchen hood noise!
It is obvious that Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) is telling lies for yarl restaurant for the second time. If you look carefully at the picture of yarl restaurant's kitchen hood above, there is no drain below the kitchen hood where the ground is cemented. Anything fishy here? There is also another saying: With money even the cemented ground can turn into the drain! Once again, it is for the DBKL to tell us how true this saying is! What the DBKL should do now is to find out why their officers are telling lies for yarl restaurant. It could be that each time I send an email to the DBKL, this email is forwarded the same person who has to tell lies for yarl restaurant due to some selfish purposes of his own and that is why no action can be taken by the DBKL. Who knows, one day, even the flies can turn into raisins and can be eaten!
PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT THE NOISE THAT YARL RESTAURANT IS GENERATING IS THE KIND OF LOUD AND DEAFENING MOTOR SOUND THAT CAN EVEN BE HEARD ON THE FOURTH FLOOR! WONDER WHY IT IS ALLOWED IN MALAYSIA AND AT SUCH AN EARLY HOUR IN THE MORNING TOO? IS THIS WHAT WE MEAN BY "MALAYSIA BOLEH" - i.e. WE CAN DO ANYTHING IN MALAYSIA INCLUDING KILLING PEOPLE SLOWLY WITH NOISE AND THREATENING THEM WITH VIOLENCE SHOULD THEY COMPLAIN?
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