Kuching rolls out first phase of Safe City CCTV initiative
North City Hall's (DBKU) closed-circuit television (CCTV) system yesterday.
Other notable sites that will be monitored under phase one of the surveillance network include the old State Legislative Assembly building in Petra Jaya, currently being renovated into a performing arts centre, the popular botanical garden at Jalan Astana, the Boyan-Gersik waterfront at Kampung Gersik, the Boyan-Gersik-Sourabaya waterfront, and the city's first shopping mall, Electra House, in the city centre.
DBKU said it had erected a total of 17 poles in strategic locations to monitor "public hotspots, certain main roads, and areas considered high security risks," on which some 64 cameras have been mounted.
The City Hall said the rollout of real-time monitoring was part of its Safe City programme "to strengthen urban safety."
Fearing vandalism of the cameras or network infrastructure, DBKU has appealed to residents in areas where the cameras are installed to help protect the equipment by reporting any suspicious activity near them to the authorities.
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