DIRECTED: FORMAL LETTER: Letter of Complaint

Leng Zai,

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The President,
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Dear Sir,
Uncollected Rubbish and Clogged Drains
I am writing this letter is to attract your attention to the above title. As the representative
of the community, I am calling to tell you that the 300 odd residents living in Taman
Sentosa are extremely unhappy about the lackadaisical attitude of the local town council
towards the uncollected rubbish and clogged drains in our area.

2. The rubbish in our area has not been collected for more than a week. The rubbish is
supposed to be collected on alternate days. However, the town council workers collect the
rubbish according to their own whims and fancies. The uncollected garbage has attracted
not only flies and mosquitoes but also wild dogs which had attacked the residents on
several occasions. These stray animals also scatter the rubbish and make the roads dirty
and smelly. As a result, residents have to bear the discomfort of stench from the garbage
and risk their health.

3. We are also disappointed with the town council workers for not clearing the clogged
drains which are filled with rubbish. The drains would usually overflow when there is heavy
rain and the rubbish would then flow into the compounds of our houses. Besides, putting
up with the unbearable stench emitted from them, the residents have to spend hours
cleaning their compounds of rotten vegetables, food leftovers and other rubbish.

4. Due to dengue outbreak recently, we are really concerned about the residents’
health especially the children. Fogging service has also not done accordingly to the schedule
since last few months. The fogging authority only did their job whenever a case of dengue
aroused. They even carried out fogging late at night that caused us to leave the residents.
They need to consider the residents who have babies and also to those who need to wake
up early in the morning for work. The fogging also caused the people to have breathing
problem when we were not told the exact time of fogging.

5. We have made numerous appeals to the Municipal Council to look into our
complaints but to no avail. We have been putting up with this predicament for more than a
week. We hope the health authorities would do something to check these health hazards.
Thank you.

Yours faithfully,
(LENG ZAI)