Have you ever imagined how quiet and peaceful it is at 6.10 a.m. in the morning? 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. As for yarl restaurant's selfish and irresponsible boss, it seems to be alright for him to turn on his loud and deafening kitchen hood with its loud motor sound at this hour of the day. This is nothing new to us as we have been suffering continuously 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! It has happened before and he is likely to do it again if we keep quiet for some time.
Can we turn on some kind of loud and deafening motor noise at between 5.20 a.m. - 7.00 a.m. in the morning when everywhere is still so dark and quiet? Well, yarl restaurant’s selfish boss is doing that every day. Whenever anyone complains, he would turn on his noisy kitchen hood a little bit later i.e. at 6.45 a.m. After a few days, he would revert back to his old habit - turning on his loud and deafening kitchen hood earlier and earlier with each passing day from 6.45 a.m. → 6.35 a.m. →6.30 a.m. →6.20 a.m. and today at 6.10 a.m. If no one complains, he can even turn it on at 5.20 a.m.! This is a truly a gross transgression of human rights but he is doing it with his eyes wide open ignoring all the sufferings that he is causing to others.
Actions speak louder than words and each time yarl restaurant's selfish and irresponsible boss turns on his loud and deafening kitchen hood, it is as though we can hear him saying boldly:
Hey, you fools, GET UP, GET UP, GET UP. I want to make big bucks today. I want to turn on my loud and deafening kitchen hood now because it cannot function properly without making loud and deafening noise so please leave your bedrooms immediately. I will only lower the volume of my kitchen hood whenever anyone comes to check on my restaurant. When no one is there to check on me, I will turn on my kitchen hood to its maximum capacity. I don't care how my kitchen hood noise is affecting you. I only want to do business and make lots of money. If you can't stand my kitchen hood noise, you can shift elsewhere. If you want to stay here, you must bear all the sufferings that my noise pollution program is causing you with fortitude. In this lawless cowboy town, I am the law and I can do what I want. Even the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) people can't do anything to me. That is why I am so daring. If these DBKL fellows ever come to check on my restaurant, I'll just show them the speaker and tell them that the speaker is the kitchen hood and they will believe me. No one can do anything to me. I am in control here because I own a restaurant. My skin is very thick and I don't know how to feel ashamed of myself. I know very well that my kitchen hood is making a lot of noise but I don't care. I am also a liar. Sometime in August 2013, I lied to Fong Kui Lun's (MP of this area) assistant that I would reduce the noise in the neighbourhood without any intention to do so. Since he came to see me to ask me to reduce the noise after complaints from the neighbours, I might as well lie to him because I know that he cannot do anything to me. I am not going to spend a single sen to solve the noise problem. Let the neighbours suffer as long as I can make money. It is really amusing to make everyone in the neighbourhood suffer for the sake of my business. The entire neighbourhood is very quiet at this hour of the day, so quiet that you can even hear a pin drop, and the only noise you can hear is my kitchen hood noise. Each morning, when I turn on my noisy kitchen hood, everyone has to flee from their bedrooms. At night, long after bedtime hour, I can still make loud and deafening noise so that my victims cannot sleep. How funny! Sleep deprivation is a beautiful thing! See how my victims suffer? This clearly shows how grand I am! The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has given me the authority to do so through their inaction. These DBKL fellows dare not do anything to me. I can make others suffer under my noise pollution program and they cannot do anything to me. No one can do anything to me. Can we torture others for the sake of our business? Well, Malaysia Boleh and that is why I am doing it! MONEY FOR ME, NOISE FOR YOU-this is the motto of my life. Ha! Ha! Ha!
As yarl restaurant's victims, we have been going through a period of hell since yarl restaurant started operating in January last year and these sufferings would go on as long as yarl restaurant continues to plague us with its loud and deafening kitchen hood noise. There is actually no difference between yarl restaurant's noise pollution program and the Lynas Case or Gold for me, Cyanide for You Case because the health hazards caused by noise pollution are no less serious than radiation and cyanide. Yarl restaurant's noise pollution program is really too stressful for us to bear and we have come to a point where we cannot take it anymore. Our health is also deteriorating because of it. Just exactly how do we suffer? Please click A Year in Hell with Yarl Restaurant to read what kind of hell we have been going through with yarl restaurant's noise pollution program. The articles in this blog represent our voiceless pleas for help from the public since there isn't anything that the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) could do to solve the problem. Apart from increasing our property taxes, it seems that there isn't anything which that the DBKL could do. The reason why the DBKL suddenly doubled our property taxes on the grounds that the value of our property has increased is really ridiculous. Think of it! Can the value of our flats increase when all we that can see each time we look out of the window are patches of rubbish everywhere all along the lane, yarl restaurant's noisy kitchen hood and widely opened kitchen door that is continuously throwing out curry particles into the air to contaminate the clothes that we put out to dry? .
In Malaysia, there are no laws to protects our basic rights. If someone were to put up a loud and deafening kitchen hood outside your window and turns it on for 17-18 hours a day, torturing you day and night with the noise i.e. chasing you out of your bedroom at 5.40 a.m. and forbidding you to sleep at 11.40 p.m., you cannot say or do anything about it. You can only bear the noise with fortitude. If you can't bear it, then go and buy a new house and move away. How many Malaysians are suffering from tinnitus because of this kind of noise? Similarly, if someone were to build a nuclear plant in front of your house, you will have to bear the radiation that comes from it with fortitude. Malaysians are not rich. Many of them can only afford to buy one house in their lifetime and even that they have to pay like hell. Should we allow selfish and irresponsible people to triumph in their evil deeds? Let us hope that the public would sympathize with us and help us to put an end to yarl restaurant's noise pollution program. If there is nothing to cook, then yarl restaurant's noise pollution victims do not have to suffer anymore. Please do not let selfish and irresponsible people who sacrifice others for the sake of their business to triumph over their evil deeds. We may not be protected by the law but there is something which all of us can do. Let us all boycott this kind of people and their business so that they will not triumph over their evil deeds.
Is it really necessary to eat in a restaurant? Do you know that it is more hygienic to cook your own food and much cheaper too minus the monosodium glutamate! Each time I eat in a restaurant, I am sure to find some extra ingredients in my food. Extra ingredients such as hair, ants, cockroaches, and flies, are common but of course there are those that you cannot see with your eyes! Have you seen restaurant workers stirring soup with the ladle that they has earlier used to taste the soup? I have seen this countless times. That's why I only eat in a restaurant when I have no choice. Only last Wednesday, I found some ants in the packet of rice which I bought from a restaurant in Brickfields! And don't be surprise if you find Shit in Your Food! When it comes to catering i.e. cooking food in bulk, you may even see frog's legs in your food. Yes, I have seen it with my own eyes. Wonder where they come from. Here I would like to share with my readers the article entitled "Dirty Eateries".
DIRTY EATERIES: Let people help report on filthy restaurants
Passing the buck to others is not a solution; a dirty eatery is just that -- it does not matter whether it is well patronised or not.
Is it too much to expect from enforcement officials to ensure the cleanliness of these eateries?
One factor that was missed out in the article was the possibility of health inspectors "closing one eye" to the condition of eateries.
Most eateries I have visited in the heart of KL , such as in Lebuh Ampang and Jalan Masjid India, are dirty, especially their toilets, yet, they continue to operate with impunity.
The cleanliness of toilets is a good indicator of the general condition of the eatery but I have never ever seen a worker cleaning the toilet during my visits.
Unfortunately, the majority of foreign workers working in restaurants have very low hygiene standards and hence, are a contributing factor in the overall cleanliness of the eatery.
The public is usually given the excuse that there is a lack of enforcement officers to do their rounds. Let me suggest a way out.
Empower the ordinary rakyat to pinpoint to the authorities the "culprits" on a voluntary basis and at no cost to the authorities.
In this Internet-connected world and armed with smartphones, dirty eateries can be reported with just one click.
What we need is the contact numbers of who to contact or email.
Make it as easy as possible for the public to submit pictures to the authorities. The whole exercise should be friendly and easy.
More importantly, there should be an immediate acknowledgement by the authorities and the public should be informed when action is taken within a reasonable period of time.
Is it too much to expect from enforcement officials to ensure the cleanliness of these eateries?
One factor that was missed out in the article was the possibility of health inspectors "closing one eye" to the condition of eateries.
Most eateries I have visited in the heart of KL , such as in Lebuh Ampang and Jalan Masjid India, are dirty, especially their toilets, yet, they continue to operate with impunity.
The cleanliness of toilets is a good indicator of the general condition of the eatery but I have never ever seen a worker cleaning the toilet during my visits.
Unfortunately, the majority of foreign workers working in restaurants have very low hygiene standards and hence, are a contributing factor in the overall cleanliness of the eatery.
The public is usually given the excuse that there is a lack of enforcement officers to do their rounds. Let me suggest a way out.
Empower the ordinary rakyat to pinpoint to the authorities the "culprits" on a voluntary basis and at no cost to the authorities.
In this Internet-connected world and armed with smartphones, dirty eateries can be reported with just one click.
What we need is the contact numbers of who to contact or email.
Make it as easy as possible for the public to submit pictures to the authorities. The whole exercise should be friendly and easy.
More importantly, there should be an immediate acknowledgement by the authorities and the public should be informed when action is taken within a reasonable period of time.
Read more: DIRTY EATERIES: Let people help report on filthy restaurants - Letters to the Editor - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/dirty-eateries-let-people-help-report-on-filthy-restaurants-1.302165#ixzz2sIoPlB84
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