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22nd October, 2007
KOTA KINABALU: Property owners in the city centre, especially those occupying older buildings like in Sinsuran, were encouraged to turn their units into budget hotels.
This is because, many owners, notably in Sinsuran area, were found to have put up illegal partitions to make rooms to be let out to tenants, said the Mayor, Datuk Iliyas Ibrahim.
As a result, he said most of the units in Sinsuran are badly maintained and with illegal partitions acting as room dividers, which are deemed unsafe.
He said this when officiating the opening of a budget hotel in the city, Hotel Garden at Lorong Dewan (Australian place) near here yesterday.
“The overcrowding of tenants in Sinsuran has contributed to the blocked sewage and heavy grease deposits in drains in the area,” he said.
“For the owners concerned, I appeal to them to get in touch with Kota Kinabalu City Hall and let us assist you, to turn your units into budget hotels, as we are still facing shortage of hotel rooms especially, budget hotels in the city,” he said.
Sinsuran, he said being located near the main shopping complexes in the city and a stone’s throw away from an international class hotel, made it a suitable location to be turned into a hotel hub.
He also urged building owners to cooperate with City Hall to help make the city clean, beautiful and safe.
He reminded city dwellers to keep the city clean and refrain from throwing rubbish indiscriminately as the task of cleaning the city should not be shouldered by City Hall alone, but everybody in the city.
Meanwhile, he commended Hotel Garden for offering affordable accommodation for low budget travellers whose arrivals in the State have increased over the last few years.
He also noted that the hotel had taken the initiative to give a ‘homely touch’, emphasising on cleanliness and comfort for its guests as well as providing facilities such as internet, tour services and CCTV for the convenience and safety of its guests.
There are 19 rooms available at the hotel with room rates ranging from RM80-RM200 depending on the type of rooms such as single, double and family rooms.
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