Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Damn it, another burden for the Rakyat to shoulder

KL’s fully air-conditioned elevated walkway gets thumbs-up

Pedestrians using the fully air-conditioned elevated pedestrian walkway linking KLCC to Bukit Bintang which was officially opened by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Saturday 28th January 2012.
The public gives the thumbs-up to the fully air-conditioned elevated walkway connecting Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) to Bukit Bintang which provides a safe and comfortable walk way between the two tourist belts.
The 562-metre long KLCC-Bukit Bintang air-conditioned elevated pedestrian walkway protects users from the sun, rain and vehicles-choked streets below it.
The 562-metre long elevated pedestrian walkway linkage starts from the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre Plenary Hall and traverse through the city’s vehicle-choked streets of Jalan Pinang (Impiana Hotel) , Jalan Perak (Menara Perak) and Jalan Raja Chulan (Wisma Cosway) with various public entry and exit areas.
Presence of security guards and CCTV cameras to ensure safety of pedestrians.
The walkway was officially opened by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Saturday 28th January 2012. According to an official, the walkway is currently open from 6 am to 11 pm.
“It looks interesting, very good and convenient,” said Dhammika, 40, from Sri Lanka who was with his family using the walkway after it was officially opened.
Dhammika is a building engineer working in Australia and is on holiday in the city before
flying to Sri Lanka to continue his holiday back home.
Thumbs-up for the KLCC-Bukit Bintang elevated pedestrian walkway from tourists Dhammika (right), his wife and children from Sri Lanka.
A petroleum engineer with Carigali-Hess Steve Morris said : “It is nice because it is air-conditioned and one need not worry about the rain or blazing sun as it is so hot and dusty on the streets.”
It's nice because it is air-conditioned and no worry of rain and the sun, says petroleum engineer with Carigali-Hess Steve Morris.
“I like it very much. It is better than walking on the road with the traffic and hot sun. I have no worries if it rains,” said project engineer Michael Titono, 25, an Indonesian from Jakarta working as a project engineer in the city.
“You should also consider expanding it to cover other areas.”
I have no worry if it rains, says project engineer Michael Titono from Jakarta.
University of Malaya quantity surveyor students Dinie Fahmi and Farah Nazira, both 20 and from Johor said they feel comfortable and safe walking the walkway because they see security guards patrolling the area and CCTC cameras installed.
Dinie Fahmi and Farah Nazira, both from Johor give the thumbs-up because they feel comfortable and safe with security guards patrolling and CCTV cameras installed.
The walkway and tunnels also complement a comprehensive plan for pedestrian connectivity which is part of the KLCC Development Master Plan.
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I am not against the walkway.  I have accepted the fact that today Malaysians are been spoiled from the minute they are born.  Look around you, children are been ferried to school to and fro in private cars, hired vans, taxis etc.....  Only those whose parents cannot afford luxury transports have to take the miserable unreliable buses.
The first question in mind when I read and hear about the walkway is 'how much is the actual cost, who is paying for the electricity bills and who are the people who pocketed the marked up cost?'  KLCC Development Master Plan uses the profit from the sales of black oil to fund this.  So it is the people's money that pays for the walkway and also an enormous sum for the electricity. 
Today countries like Sweden, Germany, America, England, South Korea, Japan and China are turning to solar as an alternative to electricity and environment friendly material to keep heat or deflect heat. We are using everything that is unfriendly to environment and more expensive. 
The Government is creating projects that amount to sky high prices and very unfriendly to the environment to kill us faster. 
We have two submarines that can only float on water and a man who walks on water.  But we the Rakyat are sinking.

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