Coffee shop cleanliness issue and licence issuance delay

When you stop by at a coffee shop in town for a sip of coffee and a plate of noodle, I presume little did you realize the unhealthy environments in which your food and drinks are prepared. What you care is that whether the food is nice or not. Other than that, who cares about the cleanliness. As I observed at most of the kitchen of the coffee shops around Bintulu, the level of cleanliness is very low and disappointing. It is even most shocking to see that, the kitchen of many fast food restaurants are very dirty. It seems that cleanliness is a secondary matter for these restaurants.

What has the BDA enforcement unit done pertaining to this matter? What enforcement measures have been taken in order to ensure that the cleanliness guidelines are adhered to by these coffee shop owners. It seems that the enforcement officers from BDA are shaking their legs sitting in their air-conditioned offices chit chatting about their favourite TV shows or their favourite TV celebrities, when they should be going out to the fields doing their enforcement duties. Even if they do go out for an enforcement assignment, they would do it just to please their bosses, especially when the envelopes containing Agung’s head exchanges hands. What has happened to the coffee shop grading system? I think the system is not carefully and properly implemented.

When it comes to the application of licence for the operations of coffee house, it has never been a pleasant experience for some operators. One sincere coffee house operator told me that, despite the fact that his coffee house are very clean and well maintained and also fully air-conditioned, he still face difficulties in getting his licence approved. He is not satisfied over the delay in which his coffee house licence is being processed. I think many other operators did face the same problems, who knows. But then, why are those coffee shops whose kitchens are very dirty and in disarray still enjoys prompt renewal process? That doesn’t make sense at all. It looks like there are some bias in which the licence are being processed or issued.

These are the areas in which the local authority is lacking in efficiencies. Or there may be a possibility of Agung’s head deficiency syndrome. To the relevant party, please look into this matter and if possible investigate it.

The kitchen of one of the coffee shop which is not well maintained.