The Ipoh Mayor, however, said they could still do better, so that the city can continue to be attractive for tourists."To compete with the rest, we need to be better," he said during a press conference after chairing the Ipoh City Council full board meeting here on Tuesday .With this year being Visit Ipoh Year 2023, Rumaizi said the city council would beef up its enforcement to ensure the respective premises are clean.
In his speech earlier, Rumaizi said the city council has inspected 1,208 eateries and 99% of these were given Grade A and B for their cleanliness last year. These, he said, included 336 premises with Grade A , 858 premises with Grade B and 14 premises with Grade C . As for the cleanliness of public toilets in restaurants and cafes, Rumaizi said 1,155 premises have been checked last year.
"All got Three Star ratings and above while six warning letters were issued to premises that failed to comply with the cleanliness standard," he said, adding that the Local Government Development Ministry wants all eateries to adhere to the"BMW" or Clean, Attractive and Pleasant Smelling standard.