A I S E H M A N . O R G

Aisehman,
It's not their brainpower I'm worried about. It's their audacity. Or are they two sides of the same coin?

Public transport in Malaysia simply means, few individuals with connection makes few million at the expense of ordinary rakyat. How else would you have private firms running public transportation?
Nothing much you can expect from the mighty politicians.. they are so used to making money out of the "public transport"..Who cares for ordinary Joe?

The last thing we should do is to let the state and local govts to touch the money with their dirty little hands.

The Federal govt should set up a national transportation board to manage the fund as well as to plan the transportation system nationwide.

Otherwise we will be having each state setting up their own system without considering the connectivity with other states, just like what had happened a few years ago in KL.

oh my God..

"to replace old bus stations"

they didn't know that BUS STATION is not a public transport?

Who ever said anything about politicians having any brains at all? Perhaps you would care to check up on his school record to determine whether he has what it takes to speak with sense!
In any case, aren't you aware that projects in Melaka State are only carried out provided it lines certain privileged cronies' pockets? Since when has the welfare of the Melakans been of primary considerations to the ruling politicians?
An LRT sysyem in Melaka is certainly a folly as the town just does not have enough volume to sustain such a project requiring extremely high capital to build and to maintain. Is Rustam Ali so ignorant that he does not know that the LRT in KL (which has many more times the population, both static and transient)is loosing money even now? There are many more bigger cities in the world that has not even dared to consider such a fool's venture but there again, didn't we just question his mental abilities?
If he is really serious about improving public transportation in Melaka, how about trying to provide a more reliable and modern bus service throughout the greater Municipal area of Malacca town? And extending it to the rural areas? How about ensuring that more and better taxi service be provided and enforcing all taxis to run on meters instead of the arbitrary extortion rates being demanded?

Bro, I personally feel that the money is needed for the next malaysia development plan.

The evidence are as clear as the biscuits crumbs from little children.

While improving the public transport is a sector to look at, theres more to come in what the money is used for.

If you have noticed, the companies that worked with the goverment's projects are all dried up. They totally rely on the goverment.

Also, they were quite desperate to group & approach the goverment to propose new projects & place the burden (presure) on the goverment to find the money. While I like the idea to propose 1st, the leech attitude of these companies made this whole mess.

The simple economy of robbing peter to pay paul has started once again.

Why do you think Sarawak & melaka wants a piece of the pie? Because thats where the money is going.

You were very critical in analyzing the facts, please dont loose your mind on this issue now, it had started over 20 years ago, only the mask had changed. It would be good to prove these facts by investigating the financials of 'these' companies.

I fear that another brand of state of the art useless projects took off by making a few individuals rich.

Follow the crumbs.

Remember that the savings is RM4.4 billion EACH YEAR. That's a lot of money that's gonna to continue to be saved year after year ... remember that and don't let that go unnoticed!

oh c'mon, since when that anything the goverment go into any of their "glamour" projects is for the rakyat? it is just for the sake of muka only to show angmohs that if they can do it, we can too. Only thing is their otak udang comes into play and hence proper planning is not a priority....

how many local folks dare to say they shop at KLCC regularly even though there are tons of ways to get there??? hmmm....

juz my 2 sens worth

Aisehman:

RM 4.4 billion per annum is a lot of money, and UMNO needs to get their hands on some of this money. Other avenues of making money are now closed or will be closed in the name of transparency, so they have to think up some slush funds to siphon off some money. They are already lining up contracts to widen roads, increase signages, widen drains and install retention ponds. Then they will resurrect LRT proposals in JB and Penang which were abandoned in the late 90s for poor ridership numbers.

The RM 4.4 billion is another form of subsidy anyway - roads and other transport systems need subsidies every year, so taking it from fuel subsidies (where it benefits literally everyone) to subsidise transport projects mooted by UMNO cronies is not fucking smart.

How come government never mention about the savings they got from last year fuel subsidy cuts? Do we need to set up another set of protest for them to reveal what they had done with the money?

I guess most Malaysian had forgotten about previous hikes? So TM is right when he said Malaysian has memory up to 100 days only.

See, there are states government don't even want to believe the fedearl government's pledge of utilizing the RM4.4 billions to upgrade our world-class public transport. Now they've all come up with cock reason to fight for a share of two of it. And why do you think our PM told the rakyat not to question it? Our garmen must be thinking its rakyat are like mushrooms and this is how farmers grow the mushrooms...they grow and keep mushrooms in the dark and feed them shit.

aiseh:

I am a journo by training and therefore have "slightly" longer memory than average Msian.

This Malacca CM is the same who after winning GE the eralier one, said the State Govt would stop the contracts going to those who Voted for the Opposition, and govt servants doing the same could expect a transfer out of state.
He also flagged off -- as President of 4B-- the Mat Sodeng Suqad, remember?

So Ali Rustam should instaed go back to study Politics 101 and Inter-faith Religious Doctrine 001.

As for UMNO returning such "leaders" as Vice_presidente. hey, all you ppl all blind, electing One-Eyed Jacks. Oh, I forget, that's that Mohd Isa, MB of my home state for 20 years, who voted him in with the HIHEST number of votes for UMNO VP?
I say a prayer every nite for NegaraKu, no more tears.
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Maybe some of the RM4.4b will be paid to repair the MRR2 semi-value cracks and will never recover till cows come home.
One for you and two for me and gone......

Aisehman, Cool down..this is the real world...Malaysia Boleh!!!

The goverment should concerntrate on improving logistic and route plan and public transport networking. Rather than spending huge money on building grant busstation. Even u have a brand new Pudu station, it will not improve the public moving effeiciency.

this is bullshit. Sarawakians need the money to subsidize the fuel they that use on fuel guzzlers like pajero(2.8l), harrier (3.0l), ninja king (4.2l), lexus cygnus(4.7l) and those infamous goverment plated (QSG) Prados (3.0l).

Do u fucking get my point? Sarawakians need to do rural travelling a lot, COMFORTABLY.

And Sarawak is producing a sizeable amount of oil and gas for the country (Miri). So why cant we fucking ask for some subsidy? We're only left with 2% of the sale for ourselves.

Brainless cock talkers

What do you west malaysians have? Bijih timah? Which state do you think that contributed to the Petronas Twin Tower? Ipoh's bijih timah? Kerteh's oil reservoir? take the time to think. If it wasnt because a bunch of fucking bumiputeras which agreed on forming malaysia, sarawak would have ended up much like singapore.

fuck off malaya

the petrol prices in Malaysia
increased by 30 sen
since the government reduced its subsidy

the govt said that the RM 4.4 billion 'surplus'
will be used to lift up
the standard and state of
the current Public Transportation system

hmmmm...
is it 'about time' or has been 'long overdue'..?

either this or that
just implement it
and materialise it

it has been my long life dream
to see a good public transport
in my beloved Malaysia..

let's dream for the day
when we can leave our cars at home
and use public transportation
to and from work.

i had faced and i had my share
on these ordeals
Bus Ride, Commuter, etc

i am sure,
millions of Malaysian
had treasured their own experiences
past and present...
hence, i hope not for the future

the thing that always
amuzes and tickles me is;
they are so many Ministers,
Senior Govt Officials,
Decision-Makers, et cetera
been visiting countries
like Singapore, US, UK, Korea, Japan

every now and then..
i am sure these people have seen and realised
(at times even complimented)
how good
these countries' public transportation are..
and what good
it could bring to its citizens..

it makes me wondering even more...
when was the last time
the aforesaid distinguished individuals
took a bus ride,
paid the taxi fares,
hassled with other commuters...

'kerajaan menyeru rakyat menukar cara hidup'
is it not that kerajaan too is the rakyat?

rakyat yang membantah tak semesti pembangkang
rakyat bersuara kerana sayangkan negaranya

so.. now..
only time and tide will tell..
whether they meant what they said
or another rhetoric and sweet-talk..

'you can fool some people some times
but, you can't fool the people all the time'

Give the Govt. a chance to work things out. One cannot expect miracles overnight. We cannot be living on subsidies & handouts - gotta get up & work in tandem with the Govt. & not just criticise 4 the sake of getting some attention. Wake up buddies!!!

Asiehman, acording to the Star newspaper dated 18 March 2006, pg N16;
"rAPidah urged the Gomen to use the portion of the savings from the fuel subsidies to fund deserving students..." How-ah? Give deserving students bus monthly travel cards so they travel by bus to varsities and college instead of driving cars and motor-bikes, is it? Might as well ask the AP holders to sponsor the deserving students and let the RM4.4 billions to improve the public transport.

What is wrong with sarawak government asking for 10% of the money?Have you even been to sarawak?From a town to the other its like a few hundred kilometer?By the way,Sarawak produce OIL!!!

funny.. why in the world our country run by bunch of fucking stupid old bastards... pity for the people..

bro,

why not build LRT for tourism. tourism brings in revenue to the state and country wat ... with the added tourism revenue, we (malaysia) can build more LRTs. come on malaysians .... use ur blain, use ur blain. *smart dope acting like phua chu kang*. heh heh heh.

A lot of fire here. Reserve some for the next GE.

Guys,

Sorry to "potong steam"...perhaps it is time to stop all the raving and ranting and speak only when we have something to say and not because we want to say something. Otherwise we will turn this into another Screenshots.

Vincent:

The money is for improving public transport, not for improving tourism.

There is a difference, if you care to see it.

aisehman,

yuou know the criteria to enter politics nowadays is that one needs to be stupid, so those in holding office currently can look smart. So no surprise we have many clowns holding office and issue statements like those you highlighted.

My last dollar is that this RM4.4bil that would have gone to subsidise fuel will not be spedn wisely. In fact Pak Lah has asked us not to question teh usage as it would be used wisely. Why can't we questions Pak Lah? Is it your money? Have you shown a track record of speding prudently and wisely? Not all of us are morons like the people in your party or your cabinet.

aisehman...Keep it up bro!!!

I'm from Sarawak. Though I may not agree 100% with my CM or DCM on getting 10% of the RM 4.4bil subsidy to subsidise the operation in Sarawak, but I do know their plights. May I enticed you to come to Kuching and take the same bus ride with me as the same to my offer to the members of cabinet. After you have taken the bus ride, you will realised that you are very fortunate to have much better public transportation in KL and West Malaysia. And as to why those buses remained in such pitiful conditions, I would say that most of the maintenance allocation by the bus company is now been channelled to keep the bus going - pay for fuel; leaving most deep in debts to maintain the buses. Ask the local garages that maintains the buses and I can bring you to visit CLL Maintenance center down at pending, some garage at Jalan Mendu, you will see for yourself how much these buses companies still owe to the garages and spare parts suppliers. It came to light because one of my relative is selling spare parts and these buses companies seems to have a tall stack of unpaid bills.

Though I am not related to the buses companies, but being a user, I do know what is their woes. They are not allow to increase any of the buses fares because it is already high and it is their social obligations to keep it affordable to the public. But on the other hand, they are still oblige to run the operation even at a lost.

Bus drivers here makes less than RM 700 average a month. The distance for one route could be more than 20 KM (in Kuching alone). So, I don't mind if the buses is made out of trucks' engine and frame. So long as they are able to travel the distance.

You might want to read my post (http://blog.kuchingfest.com/2006/03/16/alternative-fuel-why-not-alternative-transport/) before you reconsider your points to mock our Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri. You should consider that some operations such as transportation here in Sarawak is way beyond your consideration as compare to your KL / West Malaysian. You have LRT, Monorails, ERL and etc. We have no rail. You have Puduraya, We have only Batu Tiga. The distance you considered as "long" is "short" to us. You can travel from Johore Bahru to Ipoh in 6 hours on highway, we make the same time taken only to make from Kuching to Sibu... There are Bintulu, Miri and onwards. You can travel by car from Sg. Petani to KL Sentral in 4 hours time on PLUS, we have only single lane trunk road from Miri to Bintulu (same distance). You get COLA and we don't. If you are in Bario, you will cry for the hike in Diesel cause the COST of having 1 Litre of diesel there is almost above RM 7.00. As compare to your confort of paying RM 1.58 for Diesel in West Malaysia... Please consider the logistic.

The west Malaysian has benefited from Sarawak A LOT. You all knew the fact that Sarawak produced some majority of the oil in Malaysia. I would think you should give our government the benefit of a doubt before you start to mock them; considering the fact that you have the complete twin towers standing tall, and we only managed to build one at 1/8 the height.

Come next GE, you guys will be voting the same idiot. How ironic...

Aisehman

think it is too late .. funds put into trust means decision made by trustees who are not responsible to the cabinet.

who monitor the trustees?

do we trust the trustees?

belakang mali?

cheers

I think if the money is spent to improve the LRTs and Mono-rail it will be money well spent (Like more cabouses and wider out reach and more connecting stations). If the money is spent on buses then we will see the money thrown away. KL needs this the most not other cities i am so sure of it.

As for Sarawak "needing" the money? Bollocks! If they get the money this country will be further downward the spiral indefinately.

jonn say, " If the money is spent on buses then we will see the money thrown away."

Are you nuts? How do you make people to LRT station without bus? With car? Then are we going to build hectacs of of carpark every stations? The current LRT system is sufficient except with lack of maintenance. But the Bus system is AFU(All f*ck up).

A well plan brazillian city with 3.2 millions populations show BUS and good city planning is the only way to solve the traffic problem.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curitiba

IMHO, Bolehland is in a state of AFU. Because those appointed city coucilors are more interested to engulf as much money as possible in the 5 years term.

Hell, yeah. I can believe it. Its of no surprise to me.

(referring to the question in your last para.)

- MENJ

aisehman...
can u beleive this words?
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/439/utusanbullshit0iq.jpg

source: http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/content.asp?y=2006&dt=0320&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Ekonomi&pg=ek_02.htm

Aisehman, aiyoyo,.... what is the outburst,... This is another "official lip service" from minister! No project no jalan lah, what the big fuss,......

It is almost painful, and pitiful to hear an MB suggest that Melaka should get some of the money to build an LRT system for tourists... For tourists? Does that make it sound more acceptable because he can spin it as bringing in more foreign exchange?

I don't disagree that states should get a share of the money after all, we ALL contributed to it.

But it is painful to see some of our leaders stoop so low to try and grab the money, and downright pitiful how transparent their intentions are.

Don't waste our hard earned contributions.

moo_t -

While i agree with you the road infrastructure in KL doesn't support a well running bus system. I may not have touched on it but the once the rail system goes further the more people will ride the bus, this will reduce the amount of cars and traffic, no? Likewise roads have to be built in order to facilitate better transport to and from the train stations. My bad for not being so clear.

Jonn,

"As for Sarawak "needing" the money? Bollocks! If they get the money this country will be further downward the spiral indefinately."

What do you mean by stating the statement above?

Sarawak is not part of Malaysia? Sarawak don't deserve to get a share in the $$? You think money should only be spent to improve public transport in Peninsular Malaysia? So what? Sarawak and Sabah should go to hell although those two produce over 60% of Malaysia's oil? Is that what you saying?

We also suffer here paying for the petrol, we pay RM 1.90 for ice lemon tea when you over there complained about paying RM1.50

I am from Sabah, I know as far as being corrupt no matter where you put the money be in Sabah, Sarawak or Peninsular they go mostly down some b@stard pockets. So please don't insult us in East Malaysia as if any money given here is worse than those spent in the west

Public Transport is a term of (To have a public support to transport the money from the public to other expecially next-of-kin of our Wakil Rakyat).

WTF is Public Transport.

Fron the TV news last night,
i get to know that petrol price in rural area of Kelantan is rm1.95/l.
3 cents more expensive than what we have in Klang Valley and Melaka. So IMHO, LRT should be built in Kelantan and more public transport (buses) should be sent to kelantan.

Come the new general election we can do something about our choices can't we in order to remind our government them that they better not slack up, be it public transport, RM 4.4 billion fund management or the public transport planning. It's the government we choose people. We can make a difference.

cmon, lets sack Pak Lah sooner than Steve Bruce/David O'Leary get sack, he's not a leader, but in fact he's a follower

Woe betide all of us here where choosing among the political parties is like a choice between the devil and the deep blue sea - either way you're screwed. Only way I see out of this would be to put in a "bad vote" (checking all the boxes of doing some doodles on the ballot paper). By not voting, you have no say on the government put in, by giving in enough "bad votes", the government would have to realise that the rakyat is not happy with what they are doing and do not have the confidence in any of them to run the country.