KOTA KINABALU, March 8 -- The Kota Kinabalu City Hall (DBKK) has urged building owners in the city to carry out periodic maintenance on their assets to ensure public safety.

DBKK director-general (finance sector) Lifred Wong said this in response to Friday night incident in Segama where the first floor platform of a four-storey building collapsed onto a restaurant at the ground floor, injuring a 55-year-old woman and her 58-year-old husband.

Wong said they had issued notices to building owners last year, urging them to do proper maintenance and structural integrity tests, but unfortunately, not all owners heeded this call.

He stressed that these integrity tests are supposed to be carried out from time to time, especially on dilapidated...