Malaysia always proclaimed that we are an examplary amongst developing nations, and in early 90s, we are dubbed the Asia's emerging economics but we did not do much to progress more than what we have achieved.
We are amongst the earliest in introducing light rail transit systems (well off course behind developed countries like Shinkansen in Japan and MRT systems in Singapore), but look where are we heading now? Our bus systems and LRT systems are disintegrated and does not help either to ease our road clogging since then.
We should not look the past again,on what we have achieved instead we should keep looking on how to improvised our system to attract investors,to gain their confidence on our productivity level here. How can i impressed if i was an investor and look to set up my office here, with my employees spent time hours daily just on the road?
We are far behind,in fact, behind Thailand or precisely Bangkok i can say, latter these places were where well-known of their massive jams like in India and even in Jakarta, are much better now than what we facing daily. Thanks to good planning on their public transportation systems that was all a history or bad memories to them.
Now,even Colombia and Brazil set to eclipse us in eliminating massive jams in their country by only using bus rapid system, which are lower cost in setting up transits and proven very much effective.
That is why, we have introduced our own RapidBET, but to me it still has much to be worked on, to make it better,especially on our transits stop and handicapped-less. It is indeed needed to expand this system to other places as well and maybe we should think to introduce 2 lane especially to bus whenever we would like to build new highway (well,off course not in Klang Valley,but at other places like in JB,Penang but more on the land,not on the island,to name a few) Watch this video,and you will understand why i nag so much on importance to have reliable transportation no matter what it is, and trust me, you will in awe like how much as i was!
This video is just the same video that i higlighted in previous thread on "RapidBet is set to kicked-off today"
I maybe heading to Sentul this Wednesday to involve in project with YTL. I am not sure with that,since i am too much complacent with working lives in tranquility but modern city,Cyberjaya.
For the last few weeks, i have been doing some preparations just to make myself ready before heading there. I will be a pioneer there,that what my big boss in Jakarta told me,gulpp...well,that is big responsibility there.Nonetheless, i take this opportunity as golden chances.
I would love to share what i have studied,but i guess,i am not the right person to share it though at the moment,but someday i will.
Well,the title similar to JT's popular song,What Goes Around Comes Around,huh? Hell yeah,it is.
No offence if somebody think i suggest this song to them,serves them right for whatever they did in the past,surely they will get punished if it was not here,maybe in life after death.
I felt stronger year back,and would not looking back instead will using the stable platform i have created to propel more what i have achieved so far. At this age,i would say,this is my Golden Time to get whatever i want. With Allah blessed,i will get it all.
What past is past,and i would never look back
Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around Comes Around lyrics
Hey Girl Is he everything you wanted in a man? You know I gave you the world You had me in the palm of your hand So why your love went away I just can't seem to understand Thought it was me and you, baby (baby) Me and you until the end But I guess I was wrong
Don't wanna think about it (uh) Don't wanna talk about it (uh) I'm just so sick about it I can't believe it's ending this way Just so confused about it (uh) Feeling the blues about it (yeah) I just can't do without ya Tell me is this fair
Is the way it's really going down? Is this how we say goodbye? Shoulda known better when you came around That you were gonna make me cry It's breaking my heart to watch you run around Cause I know that you're living a lie But that's ok, baby, cause in time you will find
What goes around, goes around, goes around, comes all the way back around What goes around, goes around, goes around, comes all the way back around What goes around, goes around, goes around, comes all the way back around What goes around, goes around, goes around, comes all the way back around Yeah
Now Girl I remember everything that you claimed You said that you were moving on now (on now) Maybe I should do the same (maybe I should do the same) The funny thing about that is I was ready to give you my name Thought it was me and you baby (baby) And now, it's all just a shame That I guess I was wrong
Don't wanna think about it (no) Don't wanna talk about it (hm) I'm just so sick about it I can't believe it's ending this way Just so confused about it (uh) Feeling the blues about it (yeah) I just can't do without ya Can you tell me is this fair
Is the way it's really going down? Is this how we say goodbye? Shoulda known better when you came around That you were gonna make me cry Now it's breaking my heart to watch you run around Cause I know that you're living a lie But that's ok, baby, cause in time you will find
What goes around, goes around, goes around, comes all the way back around What goes around, goes around, goes around, comes all the way back around What goes around, goes around, goes around, comes all the way back around What goes around, goes around, goes around, comes all the way back around Yeah
What goes around comes around Yeahhh What goes around comes around You should know that What goes around comes around Yeahhh What goes around comes around You should know that
Don't wanna think about it (no) Don't wanna talk about it (hm) I'm just so sick about it I can't believe it's ending this way Just so confused about it (uh) Feeling the blues about it (yeah) I just can't do without ya Tell me is this fair
Is the way it's really going down? Is this how we say goodbye? Shoulda known better when you came around (shoulda known better) That you were gonna make me cry It's breaking my heart to watch you run around (now it's breaking my heart) Cause I know that you're living a lie But that's ok, baby, cause in time you will find
What goes around, goes around, goes around, comes all the way back around (What goes around comes around, baby) What goes around, goes around, goes around, comes all the way back around (What goes around comes around, baby) What goes around, goes around, goes around, comes all the way back around What goes around, goes around, goes around, comes all the way back around Yeah
Yup Yup Yup (let me paint this picture for ya, baby) Yup
You spend your nights alone And he never comes home And everytime you call him, all you get is a busy tone I heard you found out That he's doing to you What you did to me Ain't that the way it goes When you cheated, girl My heart bleeded, girl So it go without saying that should let the feeling hurt Just a classic case scenario Tale as old as time Girl, you got what you deserved And now you want somebody To cure the lonely nights You wish you had somebody That could come and make it right But girl, I ain't somebody I'm out of sympathy See...
What goes around comes back around I thought I told ya Hey (hey) What goes around comes back around I thought I told ya Hey (hey) What goes around comes back around I thought I told ya Hey (hey) What goes around comes back around I thought I told ya Hey (hey)
Take it to em, J
Hey, hey, hey, hey (repeatedly till the end)
Haha See You shoulda listened to me, baby Take it to em, J Because What goes around comes back around Hahahaha Ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Bus Expressways Transit modelled from Brazil & Colombia successful bus transit
Curitiba rapid bus transit unload the passenger to the unique covered and transparent 'tube' bus stop complete with turnstile and lift for the handicapped
Starting today, the very much hyped and awaited BET(Bus Expressways Transit) or also known as RapidBET will be kicked-off and giving taste to commuters to feel the new journey exprience.
It is modelled from two successful Bus Rapid Transit in Brazil and Colombia, but how much can we emulate still reeling doubt for frequent commuters to city centre.
RapidBET Implementations
BET is a system where the buses will utilise less congested highways to link heavily populated areas and the city centre.
Naturally, by using the highways, travel time is reduced as the highways are less congested than the normal routes. The service will have limited stops and rely on feeder buses and park-n-ride facilities to ensure sufficient ridership. With BET, travel time is expected to be reduced by about 50 per cent.
Altogether, four BET routes have been identified and the time savings is between 15 to 70 minutes.
However, for the introductory stage, two routes will be implemented starting next Tuesday. The routes are: 1. RapidBET1 - Kota Damansara to KL Sentral & Pasar Seni via the Penchala Link 2. RapidBET2 - Bandar Sungai Long to Pasar Seni via the Grand Saga Highway
The expressways involved for BET are included as such as:
1) Penchala Link (Kota Damansara to Pasar Seni), with an estimated 70 minutes reduction in travelling time (from 120 minutes to 50 minutes).
2) Grand Saga (Bandar Sungai Long to Pasar Seni), with an estimated 35 minutes reduction in travelling time (from 85 minutes to 50 minutes).
3) New Pantai Expressway (Subang Mewah to Pasar Seni), with an estimated 15 minutes reduction in travelling time (from 75minutes to 60 minutes).
4) KESAS (Sri Muda to Pasar Seni), with an estimated 15 minutes reduction in travelling time (from 90 minutes to 75 minutes).
Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd group communication general manager Ebi Azly Abdullah explained that four buses will be employed on the first route (BET 1) and six buses on the second route (BET2) and the fare for the routes will cost from RM1 to RM3. (Hmm...well done there!)
He added that normal bus services will not be affected as BET is an additional service.
BET1 (plying during peak hours only) Pick up points: Latan Biru Apartments, Section 8; Dedap Apartments, Section 4; Pelangi Damansara; and Ikano Centre
Drop off points: Mid Valley and Pasar Seni 6.45am - 7.45am (every 15-minute interval) from Kota Damansara to Pasar Seni 5.30pm - 6.15pm from Pasar Seni to Kota Damansara.
BET2 Pick up points: SMK Bandar Sungai Long; Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman; and Taman Segar Drop off points: Taman Segar; Taman Midah; Fajar, Jalan Sungai Besi; Wisma SEA; Majestic; Pudu jail; Swiss Garden hotel; Puduraya; Kota Raya; and Pasar Seni
Peak hours: 6am - 8am (every 20-minute interval) from Bandar Sungai Long to Pasar Seni 5pm - 7pm from Pasar Seni to Bandar Sungai Long Off peak hour: intervals of every 30-minutes.
One thing i shall observed now, could we really replicate the success of Bus Rapid Transit from these two countries, while at the same time having our own identity of our own bus rapid system and does not look down the convenience to commuters as well?
Now, lets take a look of how the rapid bus transits system looks like in Colombia and Brazil, how do we fair with them?
1]TransMilenio in Bogota quoted from Clarence Eckerson (Streetfilm: Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Bogotá)
In Bogotá, where the BRT system goes by the much more sexy name, TransMilenio, you’ll travel almost three times the speed of the typical New York City bus. The average TransMilenio vehicle travels at 17.4 mph. In New York City, buses poke along at 6.2 mph. Some TransMilenio routes average nearly 25 mph!
BRT system will offer many of the excellent features that we saw in Bogotá,features like physically-separated bus lanes, pre-boarding fare payment, wide doors that open at boarding level and a control room nerve center that monitors and manages the entire system. These features give Bogotá a bus system that really works.
Take a look of video i have attached earlier here.
You will see the system quite reliable,functional like our rail light transit despite it is using bus to carry commuters and buses came arrived on time for both sides despite it does not using a driverless system like our Putra LRT(shame on us!!!).
2] Curitiba Bus System by By Joseph Goodman, Melissa Laube, and Judith Schwenk (http://urbanhabitat.org/node/344)
Buses running in the dedicated lanes stop at cylindrical, clear-walled tube stations with turnstiles, steps, and wheelchair lifts. Passengers pay their fares as they enter the stations, and wait for buses on raised platforms. Instead of steps, buses have extra wide doors and ramps that extend out to the station platform when the doors open.
The tube stations serve the dual purpose of providing shelter from the elements, and facilitating the simultaneous loading and unloading of passengers, including wheelchairs, efficiently. This system of same-level bus boarding, plus the pre-boarding fare payment, results in a typical dwell time of no more than 15 to 19 seconds at a stop.
The bus system of Curitiba, Brazil, exemplifies a model Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, and plays a large part in making this a livable city. The buses run frequently—some as often as every 90 seconds—and reliably, and the stations are convenient, well-designed, comfortable, and attractive.
Consequently, Curitiba has one of the most heavily used, yet low-cost, transit systems in the world.
It offers many of the features of a subway system—vehicle movements unimpeded by traffic signals and congestion, fare collection prior to boarding, quick passenger loading and unloading—but it is above ground and visible.
Around 70 percent of Curitiba’s commuters use the BRT to travel to work, resulting in congestion-free streets and pollution-free air for the 2.2 million inhabitants of greater Curitiba.
When you have seen and read through these two Bus Rapid Transits and our own system called BET, I really hope the BET system could be the answer to the prolonged transportation issue in Klang Valley.
Though i have not seen or exposed on how will the BET is deployed except its routes and it will be using rapid buses, i am quite curious especially when i looked on these 2 exemplary, it looks like the idea was good and timely but on the implementation of our own Bus Rapid Transit called RapidBET, it seems it is too rushed considering do we have to check back our own bus stops condition all and have a proper system to help the swift flow loading and unloading (not to mention having special system for handicapped like Curitiba BRT has).
Can our BET be at par like what they have in these two countries?
Soon,in 1st May of 2010 or maybe earlier than May, the old fuel subsidy will be abolished and replaced with new system.
Talks and hints have been made by Malaysian Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob that it will be implemented either by using MyKad or by determining capacity of car engine for Malaysians to enjoy the new fuel subsidy.
While for the foreigners would not be enjoying the same like they currently relishingHowever,i raised my eyebrows first when our minister announced of this kind of new fuel subsidy. I think it will be very much the same like current fuel subsidy, the subsidy would not be able to reach the target if they implementing according to variations of engine capacity.
1] Engine 2.0cc above - No Subsidy
2] Engine 1.5cc to 2.0cc- 50% Subsidy
3] Engine 1.5cc and below- 100% Subsidy
Though it has not confirmed yet how it will taken place like i mentioned as aboved, he Ismail Sabri had hinted this way.
If this happens, people who drive Mazda RX-8 price more than 220k with engine capacity 1.3cc will enjoy the same subsidy to low-middle earners who drive Proton Saga 1.3cc or Myvi 1.3cc. Does it sounds fair?
How about the enforcement will taken place? Will it be one officer to monitor all these traffic coming in to petrol stations and during they made the transactions at counter? How can we ensure the person who drove 2.4cc car will not get the subsidy of he supposed to have unlikely the below capacity engines car owner have?
How about to some people living at rural place in Sabah and Sarawak that rely heavily to pick-up truck or 4wD commonly price in 88k and engine capacity 2.0cc? They,people in Sabah and Sarawak have been burdened with expensive stuffs they paid for groceries whereby in peninsular you could get cheaper by merely a ringgit. How can Government expect they will survived if this new fuel system taking its place?
My suggestion is to stick to 1st mooted idea, by using MyKad which connect to our IRB (INLAND REVENUE BOARD) data servers that contains how much we brought our pay-check monthly while for who does not paying for any tax(i did say that you are the one who flee from paying tax,ok! You are not deserved at all to enjoy the subsidy if all these while you flee from your responsibility when you are eligible to pay tax!) then they are the one who should enjoy the 100% subsidy here.
But off course, the government servant that well paid cannot run from being excluded in this new fuel subsidy system that i am suggesting.
For paying not even more than RM100 for tax monthly,i would suggest people belongs in this category to enjoy 70% of fuel subsidy. This was merely an example to follow. It shall be narrowed down with another subgroups.
It may sounds tedious works,but that is what Government shall do and gather all their system administrators or programmers they have to in every department to connect each data of MyKad users to IRB data servers. That is what they paid for,and this should be their real works to be done as for now.
Lets hope that new fuel system would not be a flip-flop moves and confusing one, be it more reaching to it target people rather than be enjoyed to people who pocketing lot of money every months.
Commenced on 9th January onwards,no plastic bag will be given to shoppers
Instead, shoppers who insist to be given any plastic bag will be charged 20cents each for plastic bags. Many were caught unawares due to there was lack of information spreaded to Selangor folks for the recent green moves. Perhaps it was due to no timeline of an announcement taken place to people's knowing before implementing it officially.
The initiative is followed by the success implemented in Penang in which they recorded zillions of plastic bags saved from being suffocating their surroundings and each cents from shoppers who insist on plastic bag will then go to Poverty Funds.
Sounds good,huh?
But,on the other aspects, could they the hypermarkets\supermarkets\retailers channel back on every single cents they can save by reducing common groceries?
It will be good if they can do that,for win-win situation,to nature,to retailers and to shoppers,the most important things here. Especially when government are so flip-flop in protecting our rights for fuel (it is national's property,but we seems pay more? compared to other oil producer?),groceries like veggies, chicken meat etc makes rakyat feels the pinch, from commoners goes down to each of everyone who really hard earners.
I went to the Tesco Mutiara Damansara on Saturday after shopped at Ikea, to buy some groceries without knowing much that it was the day the campaign was commenced.
Though i have heard about the news Selangor are looking to implement the same campaign like Penang did, i did not know when it is going to kick-off. However, the Ikea reusable bag which i bought last year that being kept all this while in my wife's car and happened left it indeliberately during shopping these recent times, suddenly i took along with me when i came into Tesco turn to be 'very usable' to me and my wife.
If not,all these while it will be there stucked at back of the car just because forgot to bring it out! But, do not know what went wrong to me on the day, i even asked my wife to take it out from car boot knowing that i heard or read the campaign somewhere(maybe in the newspaper) but it is just matters of time i was not really sure.
By using the bag, i think i have saved more than 1o plastic bags that day,all items i just put into my big blue Ikea reusable bag except the rice bag off-course. During loading all stuffs at the cashier, i heard two shoppers each other talking about the Ikea reusable bag that i am using due to its extravagant size that can load more than usual reusable bag retailers offer at their supermarkets\hypermarkets. I only laugh silently in my heart and pay them with smiles.
I heard some also complainings to Tesco staff,but i think they are not the one who shall be blamed here, since it was Selangor Government who initiates this campaign without giving an ample time period to people to make aware of it.
But, in the end, we are the one who we should be blamed for not caring enough to preserve our nature that we are living with by giving to much excuses and reasons not to care enough.
If you forgot to bring or maybe too stingy to buy Rm1.99 reusable bag, then do not hesitate to load all groceries you bought to trolley and load it back one by one to your car.
To retailers,i would like to suggest,instead giving shoppers the plastic bags for 20cents each, why not giving the recyclable paper bag like what have been offered in developed nation at their hypermarkets\supermarkets?
Congratz to our boys despite lost to UAE,but looking back 5-0 lost at our own turf, this could be another milestone against one of big teams in Asia.
People and press will no doubt maybe today will say everything like condemning as many as they can say, but to me you have to take our record recently that we are against a team very well established in Asia,one of prominent team that rarely losing out their place in Asian Cup,unlikely to our national team.
1-0 was not bad, since even we drew, it will be meaningless to help us go through from the qualification since we are needing a big win in this match. Possible? Maybe, but lets take a look a bashing party done by UAE when they thrashed us 5-0 at our own turf, then you will say,actually it was a great improvement.
To me, our boys deserved my hats off for their display tonight no matter what press or Malaysia haters will say.
We can now expect very comfortable rides onwards due to the 4 coach fleets are now in service.While the 2 coach fleets will slowly been taken out for refurbishment and will adding more trips to new fleets LRT have.
This should be done long time ago when all of commuters will be saying yes they have been there to taste the uneasiness using the LRT when commuting during peak time.
The service is now up to the best level back with additional trains, but how with the parking issue for commuters that using LRT daily?
Secondly, when can we expect the other train services like Star LRT and Monorail follow the same with LRT as they too were running beyond their capacity during peak time?
Suddenly few theories risen amongst forumers in HarimauMalaya.com and myself too on who actually Malaysia played with last night? Malaysia really outplayed the team that have qualified to Asian Cup, looks like very deceiveful though it was not possible at all,to any team due to the ball is round.
1st theory came when Malaysia fixtures against Syria at first was displayed in FIFA.com but few days back before the match it was retracted. Why did FIFA webmaster taken out the Syria match from Malaysia fixtures?
2nd theory came when we outplayed easily against 91st ranked team in the world. Rarely there was any danger to our back four for the whole match.
3rd theory that makes lot of forumers pondered, this Syria team only brought 3 substitutes against us in yesterday match. Why only 3 instead you can brought 5-7 for friendlies?
So what team that we beat resoundingly yesterday?
I really need confirmation, perhaps press can take a look matter on this.
To me, it was just another wasting match if the team we beat was not the Syria national team due to the purpose of the match to reassess our strengths and weaknesses just after our players rested from trainings after we won the gold medal in Sea Games.
We do not need morale booster match instead we need to prepare the good team before flown to UAE who virtually one step to qualify to Asian Cup,against them in their own turf.
MYSTERIES SOLVED,CASE CLOSED !!!
I went to the forum this morning and found out from another forumer in HarimauMalaya.com that Syria travelled here with 19 players that will playing against China for their last match for Asian Cup qualifiers. I feel relieved at least knowing this news in regard of the match can be obtained if Malaysia against their 2nd squad or like the case happened last time which we supposed play against Zimbabwe but turned out it was anonymous Zimbabwe's club.
I found the news here,http://translate.googleusercontent.com/ ... 8Gl7_Td5DW the translation of http://www.syrian-soccer.com./
Perhaps if you were thinking same like me,but now you can release all the doubts.
It was a madness game really tonight due to 3 penalties were given in a match by referee. 2 were given to Malaysia which it was converted by Safiq Rahim calmly netting it pass Syrian goalkeeper.
Syria look unlikely real contender in a whole match,regardless if we exclude all 3 penalties, they wer really beaten by our pacey midfielders and sturdy defences. I was forgotten and reminded myself that Malaysia are lying lowly in 160th ranks were able to give stern tests to Syrian who lies in 91th,troubled them devastatingly. Rarely our defence line being harmed by Syria, left me in a surprised.
There are weaknesses from our boys despite the winning, especially when our players in midfield gave ball easily to opponents from their misplaced passes, unnecessary dribble from our leftback,Azmi Muslim wherever it can be done easily by kick it away from our dangerous area.
But other than that, our boys were excellent in playing short passes,exchanging sides whenever the opponents had marked our offensive players and looked very dangerous everytime our players holding ball.
This time around i was not alone and was accompanied by my wife and best buddy,Azri came to stadium apart of my mates in HarimauMalaya.com. I hope they would not regret the moment tonight especially to my wife who gets her chance sits next to Ayu Raudhah, our actress that reportedly in crushed with our striker,Zaquan Adha.
Here i attached too photos taken at Bukit Jalil Stadium.
My wife and i
My buddy,Azri (left) with me holding our proudest flag,Jalur Gemilang together
Special for all Malaysians out there who could not have chance to come to stadium tonight or staying abroad
There will be no live,nor encore match for tonight game Malaysia vs Syria that will be no doubt makes all Malaysians disappointed for those who stay outside Klang Valley and overseas. I know you are sighing moment you read these. But...there is but, hehe
With help from another forumer in HarimauMalaya.com, the match will be aired lively from Bukit Jalil Stadium on twitter. Catch it out at http://twitter.com/jemeput.
I was not sure what language it will be used, but lets hope it will be in English, if it was not, i do not think all Malaysians staying abroad especially have any issue with that, since our national language is Bahasa Malaysia!
Come and lets support our own national team when they are battling for our namesake and pride against Syria tomorrow,despite it was only a friendly.
Malaysia's national team supporter backbone, Harimau Malaya.com as usual will be there to cheer on our players. I hope there will be more Malaysians joining us tomorrow night and hoping it will come true. Bring our adorable flag along and wear our national jersey either it is black and yellow stripes or the blue one, and lets it flattering our flag high during the match.
Malaysia Boleh!!!! and lets our 1Malaysia spirits running high on the pitch too.
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Curitiba rapid bus transit unload the passenger to the unique covered and transparent 'tube' bus stop complete with turnstile and lift for the handicapped
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