Comments on: Another White Elephant for Putrajaya?

By: DingDongBell

DingDongBell — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:32:16 +0000

It’s hard for normal ppl to talk common sense. MALAYSIA BOLEH !

By: GodFromHeaven

GodFromHeaven — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:12:07 +0000

Who is the owner of scomi? eat before leaving, eat before too late….

By: kyototan

kyototan — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:29:22 +0000

Who is going to supply those additional new buses to PJH? If you known the answer then you know the reason.

By: undergrad2

undergrad2 — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:52:26 +0000

White elephant in Putrajaya?? The sight of elephants is very rare and for a white one roaming Putrajaya is a remote possibility. Can anyone confirm?

By: cemerlang

cemerlang — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:01:39 +0000

If Putrajaya is going to be the nation’s new capital, replacing Kuala Lumpur, then it has to have everything. Is there a ” plan B ” ?

By: Anak Msia

Anak Msia — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:37:35 +0000

the density of Putrajay doesn’t deserve the monirail, area like Subang Jaya / CHeras need more than that, Gomen should set the priority right.

By: AhPek

AhPek — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:47:27 +0000

“Perhaps our geniuses in M’sia should observe and learn the Integrated Public Transport System in the UK works.”. rubin.

“Singapore has an excellent system of bus and MRT stops that covers95%of the island with a bus stop usually not more than 500m from any spot on the island.”. HU Angus.

But then again do you people know that the Malaysian way is best in churning out overnight millionaires and multi-millionaires!! Why the need to learn from Britain or Singapore??

By: lopez

lopez — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:37:44 +0000

WHAT THE HELL , NO RIVER TO MAKE BRIDGE, FIRST MAKE RIVER THEN MAKE BRIDGE.

NO TRAFFIC JAM , MAKE TRAFFIC JAM FIRST THEN MAKE MONORAIL.

SURE OR NOT THESE PEOPLE KNOWS WHAT HAS BEEN TAUGHT BY THEIR GURU…..SLEEPING OR WHAT…. NEVER ATTENDED CLASS…?

By: Emily Pratt

Emily Pratt — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:42:41 +0000

HJ Angus: “Don’t boil inside – not good for your health.
Go and join a political party or NGO and put your steam to good use!
No flame intended.”
==============================================
Yes, I too feel the frustration and is seething with anger at our present Nincompoop administration.

I have downloaded an application form and will apply to one of the Pakatan component party.

Who knows, if one day I am elected as MP, I govern better than these present goons. Not kidding…

By: helpless

helpless — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:57:40 +0000

Well done with the highlights of such questionable project.

It is well known that the government is always create a mega project so small mark up for corruption can ballon to hundred million.

Simple calculation. Just imagine 10% of ten billion RM is hundred million.

By: swipenter

swipenter — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:05:20 +0000

Why is a monorail system needed in Putrajaya?Why do we need a dedicated highway to KLIA? Why do we need to build Putrajaya in the first place? Why did the rakyat allow the grandoise dreams of one man to take place?

By: pulau_sibu

pulau_sibu — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:51:32 +0000

I have something to say about the Petronas Towers. Many international tourists are disappointed when they went there and found that they cannot go up the skybridge. It issues a limited number of passes per day, although starting from 8:30 am, people started lining up like 7 am. This makes it such a big deal and hardship in order to go up the skybridge. I hope something can be done to improve the arrangement, so that international tourists can visit this white elephant, for example, paying a fee and gets priority in accessing the skybridge (it is free at the moment, but not all people are expecting free lunch all the time)

By: passerby

passerby — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:46:11 +0000

You don’t make any money going to S’pore and how much can you charge for going to S’pore to study? To make real money, you have to go very far away, like, UK or America. Too bad the people are the suckers and they will continue to screw the rakyat until they is nothing left.

Malaysia is a land of giant white elephant and maybe some pink one too! This is how the foreigners will remember us, a stupid country run by stupid morons.

By: HJ Angus

HJ Angus — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:50:58 +0000

“Something is boiling inside me when I see another ‘bloody white elephant’ is in the making”

Don’t boil inside – not good for your health.
Go and join a political party or NGO and put your steam to good use!
No flame intended.

By: pakmang

pakmang — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:24:36 +0000

I am not surprised as it is our Malaysian culture! “No new project means no income for some body mah!” eventhough it is not necessarily.

They will definitely not to learn or study from Spore regarding her transport systems as they just malu and dont want to loss the face value.

By: taiking

taiking — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:08:24 +0000

Actually, having a white elephant may not be such a bad thing. At least we still have an elephant albeit of the white variety. Contrast it with burning tens of millions of our good money in space without any noticeable benefit to the country.

By: vp

vp — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:05:26 +0000

BN government is expert in building elephant, so that the foreign tourists will remember the name of “MALAYSIA” cause this country have so many elephant surounding the cities……

By: HJ Angus

HJ Angus — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:01:02 +0000

I agree with rubini’s suggestion that the Transport Minister should study a world class system and the UK can offer ideas.
But over there local authorities actually operate the bus companies within their jurisdiction and make a loss as it is subsidised with public funds – that should be the way to encourage more to take the bus.

But why go all the way there?
Singapore has an excellent system of bus and MRT stops that covers 95% of the island with a bus stop usually not more than 500m from any spot on the island.
You only have to study one of the larger bus/Mrt stations and you will see all the bus routes of the services at that stop and now they also have display boards with the expected time of the next bus.

Even before you leave home you can find out “how to get there” with the Internet. So I would encourage the Transport Minister to study the Singapore model.
I make a weekly trip to Singapore by public transport and my experience on both sides of the Causeway is a real eye-opener for anyone who wants to study “the Good, the Bad and the Ugly” for public transport.

Yeah Singapore has not sent anyone to outer space yet but they sure know how to get me from Woodlands to Dover!

By: chengho

chengho — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:56:23 +0000

pj need efficient public transportation system busses , monorail ,lrt ,mrt just a matter of cost . we build for the future not for short term planning .

By: chiakchua

chiakchua — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:53:55 +0000

Something is boiling inside me when I see another ‘bloody white elephant’ is in the making; these white elephants will finally go to UMNOputras cronies and left dormant after just taking off with bad quality job done. See the many sport complexes in many district!? The many huge sport complexes in shabby condition after holding the Sukan Malaysia? The white elephants after each Merdeka parade in many states? All these are wasteful ‘projects’ to benefit the cronies only; under the pretext of helping the Bumiputras under the NEP. And don’t forget also the ‘billion’ spent in holding many seminars in luxurious hotels. Where on earth you find such wasteful government! Terrible, terrible!