The proposed 100-storey Warisan Merdeka to be built between Stadium Negara and Stadium Merdeka which incidentally are on a hillock, must be One Madness of a suggestion by whoever made it. In the face of criticisms, PM denied it was his idea!
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I would agree with YB Teresa Kok that it would cause an expected severe traffic gridlock if and when it comes to fruition by (heaven forbids) 2020. I hope the people would take this as one of the reasons to ensure in the next General Elections that BN does not continue with its mega projects benefiting itself and its cronies, with the rakyat bearing the costs for years to come.
The managements of the two stadiums seem to have an understanding not to hold events (not that they have many to organize), at the same time because of parking problems.
Forty years ago, almost every morning my brother and I used to take my father to have breakfast in Petaling Street/Cecil Street area. It was his habit of wanting to take a daily car ride into KL centre, regardless of whether it was wise, coming all the way from 3rd mile, Jalan Ipoh. The place was, and of course still is, always congested with vehicles crawling amid people walking on the narrow streets. There was a popular stall on Cecil Street famous for its rice porridge. Besides the tasty meat balls, the marinaded 'wan yee' fish slices were put on top of the porridge when serving, so that they were cooked just right when we mixed them up. Anyway, to solve the problem of parking (which there were none even if we wanted to), my brother and I took turns to wait in the car while the other eat the porridge with my father!
The root cause of the parking problems of KL was the result of compromises made to building plans which did not provide enough car park spaces. So long as the developer was willing to pay Rm15,000 per space unprovided, the plans could be approved. Just imagine the cumulative effects of our property developments over the years!
Unless and until our public transport system within KL is fully functional with efficiency, any exceptionally high rise building is going to aggravate the problem. Any layman can see that, but not our self-serving politicians.
Between an MRT system and the silly 100-storey tower, I would definitely support the former, but with the condition that there should be transparency and open tenders, and not like the present 'first-come first-served' basis. It is amazing how BN seems to go against all decency in carrying out their policies on public expenditures, yet expect the public to support them in the next General Elections.
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