How should we judge a government?

In Malaysia, if you don't watch television or read newspapers, you are uninformed; but if you do, you are misinformed!

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." - Malcolm X

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience - Mark Twain

Why we should be against censorship in a court of law: Publicity is the very soul of justice … it keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial. - Jeremy Bentham

"Our government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no
responsibility at the other. " - Ronald Reagan

Government fed by the people

Government fed by the people

Career options

Career options
I suggest government... because nobody has ever been caught.

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?
Corruption is so prevalent it affects English language?

When there's too much dirt...

When there's too much dirt...
We need better tools... to cover up mega corruptions.

Prevent bullying now!

Prevent bullying now!
If you're not going to speak up, how is the world supposed to know you exist? “Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.” - Ananta Prameodya Toer (Your intellect may soar to the sky but if you do not write, you will be lost from society and to history.)

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Update on developments around KTMB Batu Gajah

Looking back at the development of the once new KTMB Batu Gajah station, there appears to be poor planning or political interference, more likely the latter in cahoots with vested interests.

As I have repeatedly pointed out, the location sucks and KTMB owes a duty to correct the inconvenience caused to local residents. They were more concerned about it being near their Railway Complex which includes a railway workshop (moved from Sentul, KL) and a new railway college.

There is no doubt about the convenience of travelling by rail (Europe is a good example) and it was a wonder why we did not emphasize on it earlier. But due to poor planning, the station was built a few years before actual use. There is a sign put up by Majuperak with proposed development for shops and offices. Just imagine, after about 10 years, shops have yet to be built. I went round to the back of the station where SSF started a project full of promise. What I saw was a real disappointment: the project has been renamed Desa Sentral but appears to lack interest because there were only a small number of extra bungalows built since the launch. So, like the 'chicken and egg' situation, either the bus and taxi services have yet to come in because of the lack of population or the people are waiting for better bus and taxi services before they decide to buy or rent properties and the developers are waiting for purchasers before they can build!

Meanwhile, there are major changes come July 1, coinciding with the move from Tanjong Pagar to Woodlands, Singapore. The shuttle train services between KL-Ipoh and Ipoh-KL will be discontinued and the people forced to take the new Electric Train Service, faster but at higher fares, or the trains (more coaches) on a longer journey from Singapore to Butterworth (with more stops). The times of travel point towards lesser intervals ie. at the expense of convenience. I am expecting public complaints about this.

There was a bunting within the station which caught my attention: railway staff are being attended to by A Cut Above, the academy of hair stylists founded and made famous by Winnie Loo, our most well known Ipoh-born hair stylist rumoured to have been specially flown before to Brunei on His Majesty's service!
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