Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Is this the way to reduce traffic?

Kuala Lumpur's new mayor suggested a pathetic and stupid idea on his first day at work as he claims our public transportation system is good enough now and hence, we should pay a levy if we were to drive into the city during peak hours. As a comparison, such levies are also imposed in huge cities like London but think about it; does our rail and bus systems as efficient as London's busses and Underground network? Besides, we wouldn't know what happens to the money collected from levies as this is Malaysia and anything could happen :) You know what I mean.

The government continuously add on burdens to tax payers and citizens like us which has voted for them. Today, we not only have to pay SUPER expensive toll rates but also risk having to pay levies to the municipal council if this ridiculous idea is approved.

Other interesting things which he said includes "As for next year's Visit Malaysia Year, Hakim said old buildings would be repainted and potholes patched up." This means our KL road potholes are only patched up under two circumstances which are either the election time or "Visit Malaysia" year which occurs every decade. We just "love" KL roads very very much, don't we?

/me crapped at 11:01 AM GMT+8

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