Shall we take a look at some possibilities as to why our top floor neighbour acted this way ........hanging out bamboo poles creating a loud noise. Our neighbour maybe a young maid or an elderly person who are too weak handling a bamboo pole with heavy and wet clothings.
So similar to lifting heavy dinning chairs or something, they simply drag along and create a screaching sound. Probably a new tenant came in and his carpenters are working part-time, so need a few nights to put everything in place.
Try not to involve the police. The police will simple say , alamak this is not a criminal offence. At the same time having 2 policemen knocking at our neighbour's door will aggravate the situation and agitate our neighbours more. End result......
more noise will be created.
( more carpenters will start working at night )
I would think, the best solution is to recognise those neighbours and when you meet them in the lifts, or elsewhere, greet each other, make friends and slowly relate your problems to them and finally I belief, even rough, uneducated people will understand . It takes time and patience to reach an amicable solution.
Hope it works.
GOODLUCK. Kampong spirit lah !!