{"id":25491,"date":"2024-01-08T14:45:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T06:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/?p=25491"},"modified":"2024-01-08T14:46:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T06:46:00","slug":"ldp-vice-president-robert-chong-urges-the-water-department-in-sandakan-to-conduct-a-comprehensive-survey-of-all-main-pipelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/2024\/01\/08\/ldp-vice-president-robert-chong-urges-the-water-department-in-sandakan-to-conduct-a-comprehensive-survey-of-all-main-pipelines\/","title":{"rendered":"LDP vice president Robert Chong urges the Water Department in Sandakan to conduct a comprehensive survey of all main pipelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SANDAKAN: LDP Vice President Robert Chong has called for the Water Department in Sandakan to conduct a comprehensive survey of all main pipelines in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement today, he expressed his concern over the numerous complaints he has received regarding burst pipes in various locations throughout Sandakan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the frequent announcements made by the department, Robert has not received any reports on the percentage of pipes that require urgent repair or replacement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that simply making announcements does not exempt them from the responsibility of reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The people of Sandakan, particularly those in the business sector, are growing increasingly frustrated with the frequent and prolonged water supply disruptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert highlighted that the residents of Sandakan are living in the year 2024 and not the 1970s, and it is imperative to address the water piping issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged the water department to propose concrete solutions to resolve the problem and ensure that the water supply services are not poorly managed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert also expressed his hope that the water department would allocate more funds to improve the infrastructure by replacing deteriorated pipes and conducting necessary surveys for urgent replacements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANDAKAN: LDP Vice President Robert Chong has called for the Water Department in Sandakan to conduct a comprehensive survey of all main pipelines in the area. In a statement today, he expressed his concern over the numerous complaints he has received regarding burst pipes in various locations throughout Sandakan. Despite the frequent announcements made by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":25492,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25491","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25493,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25491\/revisions\/25493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jesseltontimes.com\/wpmarch2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}