‘Legal to provide toilet paper’

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MIRI: The Miri City Council (MCC) has no plans to stop restaurants and other eateries from providing toilet paper for their customers to wipe their hands and mouths.

KEEP IT UP: Banana Leaf restaurateur receives the Grade A certification from Lai (left) witnessed by MCC staff and councillors.

Mayor Lawrence Lai said these eateries were permitted to continue providing toilet paper as there were no regulations prohibiting it.

“It (tissues) is not only something vital (for operators). As for customers, it is up to them whether to use the paper or not,” he said yesterday.

The matter was among the issues raised by councillors during their full council meeting chaired by Lai yesterday. Some eateries here are using toilet paper as hand and mouth wipes for their customers as it is cheaper compared to normal tissues. Lai added that currently eateries are only required to immerse their forks, spoons and chopsticks in hot water before being used by their customers.

On ‘Ops Patuh’ and ‘Ops Bersih’, Lai appealed to restaurants and other eateries not to misuse the five-foot ways, back lanes and parking areas to ply their trade.

“The five-foot ways and parking areas belong to the public. We are looking at this offence seriously as it is not fair for members of the public when they cannot use the five-oot ways provided for them,” he stressed.

Before the meeting, Lawrence presented Grade ‘A’ certificates to 10 restaurants here.

The Grade A restaurants are Kaya & Toast (Jalan Zinnia), Eve Corner (Saberkas), Banana Leaf (Centre Point), Saloma Classic (Permyjaya), Restoran Muara (Permyjaya), 1 to 10 Food Centre (Centre Point), Arynn Glorious Cafe (Permyjaya), Restoran Azizur Rehman (Piasau), Ipoh Town Kopitiam (Centre Point) and Min Xin Cafe (King Centre).

The function also witnessed the presentation of donations to MRC Miri Dialysis Centre (RM606.30 from Sin Liang Supermarket), Malaysia Red Crescent (MRC) Miri Chapter (RM219.40 from Pasar Pengedar Ekonomi) and Hamidah Welfare Complex (RM2,200 from Servay). The three supermarkets also donated the same amount to the MCC Green Funde three supermarkets. The money was from the sales of plastic bags by the supermarkets under the ‘Say No to Plastics’ campaign.