14 residents turned up at the Meet The People Session, hopeful that Ms Lee would look into this matter.
Agnes was our spokesperson. She was wonderful, kept her cool all the time, even after the MP told us that the cats had already been rounded up this morning. 2 residents were so upset that they walked out immediately upon hearing this.
Mostly we talked to Mr. Wee, the previous chairman of the RC, and he was agreeable to talk to RC about contacting CWS if there are complaints about cats, so that the caregivers can try to solve those problems.
Mr. Wee however discounted my feedback from residents because I had used the word “killed”. He said, ”Of course people do not want the cats killed. We just remove the cats, we don’t kill them”. When told that AVA does kill them, he still maintained that they do not know that and whatever they do with the cats is up to AVA. What strange logic!
The MP also maintained that that the results of the survey were valid and that the RC chairman had placed survey forms in all the letterboxes. Why would Anna, who is the caregiver of these cats, fail to respond to the survey…unless she did not receive it!
Her vote alone would have changed the outcome of the survey!
When I tried to explain that the original complaint was already resolved as the kitten had grown up and moved away. I was told that it didn’t matter “as long as residents want the cats removed we will remove them”.
Even the complainant himself had not insisted on removal…he just was angry that nothing was done about his complaints to RC and TC.
