Residents at the apartment blocks along Jalan 7/40 and Jalan 8/40 are blaming poor maintenance of common areas for the area’s unfavourable image.
THE leakage problem at Yap Keow Hong’s apartment block in Taman Pusat Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, is so bad that the staircases are often slippery.
On one occasion, her husband nearly tumbled down the stairs.
At the entrance of her apartment block, there is a rubber hose snaking from the ceiling all the way down the staircase banister.
“This is to drain water that leaks from pipes in the ceiling so that the water can be expelled to the street and not left to pool at staircases.