Town BH Licensing - why so difficult?

Why is it so difficult to get license to operate BHs in town?

It seems like more difficult than striking a lottery to secure one G**d**n license.

IMO, The main reason should be:

Public complaints, owing to the uncontrolled noise that arouses nuisance.

Let's study carefully..

First thing...

Let's see who are our opponents?

1) Some PBT officials, PBT (PIHAK BERKUASA TEMPATAN) or LOCAL GOVT AUTHORITIES or LOCAL COUNCIL, under the Ministry of Housing & Local Government

2) PERHILITAN, The wildlife department, Ministry of Environment

3) Public complaint unit, Ministry of Prime Minister



And then

Who are supportive of this trade?

1) PM

2) Dept of Veterinary Service (DVS or Jabatan Perkhidmatan Haiwan), Ministry of Agriculture.

3) Ministry of Finance

4) Ministry of Trade

Now, have you noticed it? Can you see the difference?

Ok, it is due to the public complaints again.

It all boils down to which department will receive the complaints and face the music from the top or pressure from the politicians who champion for the rakyat.

PBTs are the local "tai ko" or big brother who will be the first to be pressurized by the public if the BH creates social problems and mess up the relationship with their neighbors.

Kudos to the power of the "Rakyat". We should consider lucky that the rakyat has full grip in monitoring the monitor, which is the PBT. We should be happy to learn that the monitoring (pemantauan) system is still in place.

We should understand that without PBTs playing their roles in regulating and monitoring on this industry, nobody else can do that. This is because they are the local "tai ko" and like it or not, we have to live with the fact that they are the so-called little Napoleon who can affect our destiny. If they say can, sure "boleh", if they are 50-50, we must convince and sweet talk them to buy-in, if they insist saying ''no" then sorry to say that you have to say "sayonara" to your investment (jokinglah...). As such, making their lives unhappy is the last thing we should do & think of.

As a matter of fact, we can't deny and undermine the important roles of the PBTs.

Tell me,
Who should be held responsible if a BH collapses and takes away lives?
Who should be blamed if a BH causing fire hazard if the wiring is not properly done & causing short circuit?
Who should be sued if the water leaking from the pond is left unattended?
Who should be fine if the external sound blasts in the middle of the night due to malfunction of the timer?
and the questions go on...

The core problem and very fact is: most of the BH owners do not stay near to their BHs and do not leave any clue as how to get in touch with them during emergency. (may be due to security reason or fear to face the public wrath). They do not have the contingency plan, and they just sweep the problem under the carpet and let others (PBTs) to clean up their left over shit. This is really unkind and uncool!

We should have the PBT's blessing and support so that we can be allowed to take our wings to fly high to the next level.

Since PBT is the authority to legitimate the BHs and we do not want them to have negative impression on us, the onus is on us to prove to PBT that we can undertake to avoid or minimise public complaints by introducing some good control measures. Until this is done, where our domestic affair is well taken care of, we just do not have the audacity to ask for what we intend to ask for.

To me it is very important that do we accept the fact or not?

Our reputation is being tarnished year in and year out by the industry black sheep who does not give a damn on our neighbors' feeling.

I believe that all these years we have done quite well to teach and brief the PBT about our trade.

However, have we done the same the level best to educate our recalcitrant few or so called black sheep?

It's them, it's their arrogance & uncooperative attitude that bring our boat down together with them, sinking deeper and deeper..

I say we should fight for our own kind till the very end.

But, in the same time we should also go all out to despise the black sheep for their non-professional and non ethical practice.

First thing first, we must also stay united to say no compromise and work out something to reduce if not eliminate the non-compliance BHs.

How can we have the heart to accommodate and get associated with them?

Use whatever means to shut them down or control them, if they still adamant to change or take action after all sorts of warning given : is the right thing to do now!

It's now or never, for they have given us a very bad name.

Again like to repeat and stress that we are society-caring, peace-making and swiftlet-loving people.

We do not like to invite hostility and enemy.

My sincere apology if I have hurt some people's feeling.