Subang Jaya municipal councillors in Puchong want to ensure that Puchong residents are given priority to occupying the trading spots in the morning and night markets.
Councillors Gary Chong and Hamdan Ismail conducted an interview with traders, who have applied for trading licences to operate in Puchong recently.
A total of 68 applicants turned out for the interview held at the community hall in Taman Puchong Intan.
“We want to take care of our people, that’s why we are eliminating those who do not reside here. From now onwards, new applications will be screened and only Puchong folk will be given the licences,” Chong said.
Most of the traders who turned up applied for the licences to operate in the 78 stalls built by the Selangor State Economic Planning Unit (UPEN) in six areas in Puchong and Seri Kembangan.
The areas include Taman Kinrara 1, Bukit Kuchai, Jalan Merbuk, Taman Puchong Intan and Taman Perindustrian Puchong in Puchong, and Jalan Perusahaan 1 in Seri Kembangan.
“Most of the applicants are now operating illegally by the road. We want them to operate their businesses from a proper place,” Chong said.
In the inteview, the councillors checked the nature of the applicants’ businesses, their attendance in the basic food handling course and whether they had taken the typhoid fever vaccination.
Hamdan also reminded them not to lease the stalls to third parties.
“The rental is only RM50 per month and some might take the opportunity to rent the stalls to others. We do not allow such practice.
“We will conduct random checks to make sure that they adhere to the rule. We will not hesitate to revoke the licences,” Chong said.
He added that he also wanted to stop the unhealthy practice by associations to collect money from the hawkers.
“The association has no rights to collect the money, only the MPSJ can do so. Afterall, it is the council which provides the clean-up services after the market is closed,” he said.
Chong added that more interviews would be conducted in the future for the morning and night market applicants.
Source: The Star
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