Aug 31 2015, 10:30 PM
QUOTE(T231H @ Aug 31 2015, 07:07 PM)
the media has harped on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), it is not the only problem faced by Malaysia.
There are other equally disturbing things happening in Malaysia, so 1MDB should not be the only news put on headlines, he said.
In June, the World Bank released a report on Malaysia’s urban transportation system which revealed that Greater Kuala Lumpur residents spent 250 million hours a year stuck in traffic and travel 29km/h slower on average during morning peak hours, costing 1.1% to 2.2% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2014, or RM12.7bil to RM24.7bil in losses.
Said Teng Boo: “Yes we talk about 1MDB and the RM42bil debt. That is bad and I am not belittling the problem. But here we have a problem which is happening every year. This is RM12.7bil to RM24.7bil which is lost per year,”
He cites another example.
“Why was Sepang chosen to house the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and not Subang? The KLIA is 80km from Kuala Lumpur. Today the KLIA is the furthest airport from the city centre in the world. “Right now, KLIA receives some 20 million to 30 million passengers a year. The amount of money that needs to be spent on the taxi fare to the airport is roughly RM70 one way. Lets say some 10 million people use the taxi to and fro the airport. This easily adds up to RM1.4bil. How much subsidies are we subsidising the KLIA?” asked Tan.
“I have said this before. If we were to take a sleeping pill and sleep for 50 years, Malaysia may become Argentina if this continues. ”
http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/Busines...imes/?style=biz
80km? Wow, I thought Narita is quite far from Tokyo, ours is even further.There are other equally disturbing things happening in Malaysia, so 1MDB should not be the only news put on headlines, he said.
In June, the World Bank released a report on Malaysia’s urban transportation system which revealed that Greater Kuala Lumpur residents spent 250 million hours a year stuck in traffic and travel 29km/h slower on average during morning peak hours, costing 1.1% to 2.2% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2014, or RM12.7bil to RM24.7bil in losses.
Said Teng Boo: “Yes we talk about 1MDB and the RM42bil debt. That is bad and I am not belittling the problem. But here we have a problem which is happening every year. This is RM12.7bil to RM24.7bil which is lost per year,”
He cites another example.
“Why was Sepang chosen to house the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and not Subang? The KLIA is 80km from Kuala Lumpur. Today the KLIA is the furthest airport from the city centre in the world. “Right now, KLIA receives some 20 million to 30 million passengers a year. The amount of money that needs to be spent on the taxi fare to the airport is roughly RM70 one way. Lets say some 10 million people use the taxi to and fro the airport. This easily adds up to RM1.4bil. How much subsidies are we subsidising the KLIA?” asked Tan.
“I have said this before. If we were to take a sleeping pill and sleep for 50 years, Malaysia may become Argentina if this continues. ”
http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/Busines...imes/?style=biz
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come to think about it and going by this logic....
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