Mustafa Shopping Centre a Fire Hazard

[myo539]

Brought a friend to Mustafa Shopping Centre in Little India to look see look see because heard that electronic goods are cheap there. What shocked me was not the huge amount of goods on display, but the layout of the shopping centre.

Though neatly stacked, the shop was so cluttered with goods that here is hardly walking space between the shelves and the aisles. Getting out of the shopping centre was even worse - the exit signboards point to the lift and not to the EXIT. We had a hard time trying to find our way out from one floor to another.

I dread to think what could happen if there is a fire. It was really an Indian experience - I mean over-crowded like Little Indian on a Sunday afternoon or the streets of Kolkata!

I shudder when I think of the fire at Pasar Senen Shopping Centre in Java during the anti-Chinese riots in 1988 where charred bodies were carried out of the shopping malls one after another .

Wonder whether the SCDF has done a spot check of the shopping centre.

References:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n36a03z5cM0
http://www.pintak.com/riots.htm

 

[chinchai]

When this should be STOMP, nobody bothered to stomp. Those no need to stomp, they stomped

 

[theblackhole]

the place is a huge mass.you can't go in.you can't come out.you get stuck dead inside for long long time...and the whole place is a chaos! but bloody good business for mustafa and all the shops there! like mumbai !!!!

 

[Leegimeremover]

Is this a pretext of PAP to appropriate Mustaffa centre to make billions of dollars? Just say it, PAP dog. I consider Oxley Rise an Al Qaeda hazard and a waste of good prime property. I am going by your logic, dog. You have destroyed Chinatown. Will you want to destroy Little India too?

 

[Microsoft]

1 n oni shooping ctr here where they treat anyone who step in as potential crook n had 2 get ur bag seal... Stuff there not realli tat chip... I gib it a miss nowadays...

 

[madmansg]

but no differnce what. The people there all already roasted black in the womb.

 

[theblackhole]

the whole place is a mess and traffic is mad also. need to clean up the place before it turns to ashes.

 

[hunter]

Maybe renovation

 

[myo539]

So SCDF is taking steps to inspect buildings for violating fire safety. I wonder whether Mustafa Shopping Centre will be the first place SCDF inspect for fire hazard. Some action has to be taken before something dreadful happens.

Like they said, India has been warned about terrorist attack but they just ignored it or had forgotten about it before it was too late.

SCDF to step up inspections to reduce fire outbreaks

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) will be increasing inspections on commercial buildings to check for fire safety violations.


Offenders flouting fire safety requirements may be fined up to S$10,000 or sentenced to jail not exceeding six months, or both.


Owners and management of public buildings, places of recreation and entertainment, including hotels and shopping centres, are urged to ensure compliance.


This will help keep such premises safe for shoppers during the year-end festive season.


Escape passageways should be free of obstruction and fire exit doors kept unlocked for use during emergencies.


Overcrowding, especially in public entertainment outlets such as discotheques and pubs, should also be avoided to prevent a stampede situation, if evacuation is required.


More fire safety tips are available online at www.nfec.gov.sg and .

- CNA/so 07 Dec 2008
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna/cgi-bin/search/search_7days.pl?status=&search=SCDF&id=394787

 

[allanlee]

Actually Mustafa has been fined many many times by SCDF liao and they rather pay the fines than lose business by adhering to the SCDF guidelines..... the fines imposed are only a fraction of the income generated by the business.

 

[allanlee]

but no differnce what. The people there all already roasted black in the womb.

Yeah.... everyone will be roasted inside that store if a fire occurs..... ALL the fire exits have either been turned into storerooms or display shelves.... the only way in /out of there is through the main entrances and the loading/unloading bay..... even the escape route to the rooftop has been padlocked. :(

 

[johnny333]

.. Stuff there not realli tat chip... I gib it a miss nowadays...

When I go there, I visit the "newer" store since its less messy. Strangely its less crowded than the older "messy" store which seems more popular.

They have a good range of health supplements not available elsewhere.

 

[tate]

SCDF should go and take a look

 

[zuoom]

Actually Mustafa has been fined many many times by SCDF liao and they rather pay the fines than lose business by adhering to the SCDF guidelines..... the fines imposed are only a fraction of the income generated by the business.

if that's the case.

then the authorities should consider a shutdown/clampdown till the situation has improved.

this is to prevent the "what if" scenario should a real bad fire breaks out.