| Lim Kit Siang Posted: 14 Oct 2011 11:06 PM PDT
| Understanding anti-Malaysianism in Indonesia Posted: 14 Oct 2011 08:43 AM PDT — Farish A. Noor The Malaysian Insider Oct 14, 2011 OCT 14 — And so, as it happens time and again, there appears to be yet another diplomatic spat looming over the horizon between Malaysia and Indonesia. The cause of it, this time round, is a dispute over border-land markers somewhere in East Malaysia/Kalimantan that [...] | |
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| Philosophy Politics Economics Posted: 14 Oct 2011 09:02 AM PDT
| Budget 2012: Where Are The Highways? Posted: 13 Oct 2011 06:36 PM PDT Highway projects in the last Budget has yet to kick off and the Prime Minister has announced 6 new highway projects in the new Budget 2012 In the recently announced budget for 2012, the Prime Minister has announced 5 new "high impact" highway and major road projects. They are: - Lebuhraya Pantai Timur Jabor – Kuala Terengganu
- Lebuhraya Pantai Barat Banting – Taiping
- Lebuhraya Segamat – Tangkak
- Lebuhraya Central Spine
- Kota Marudu – Ranau Road
While we welcome the provision for new infrastructure projects, the credibility of these announcements are in doubt because even the 6 "high impact" highway projects which were announced in last year's Budget 2011 speech, none had taken off the ground.
The highway projects announced last year are:
- Lebuhraya Bertingkat Ampang – Pandan – Cheras
- Lebuhraya Guthrie – Damansara
- Lebuhraya Damansara – Petaling Jaya
- Lebuhraya Pantai Barat (Banting – Taiping)
- Lebuhraya Sungai Dua – Juru
- Lebuhraya Senawwang - KLIA
In the Prime Minister's lengthy written reply to my oral question yesterday – which asked on the status of the highway projects he announced in the previous budget, it was stated that the projects are still being evaluated and only some had received in-principle approval. The projects which have received in-principle approval by the Cabinet are still being studied by the various government agencies, and none of these projects have been awarded.
Besides the fact that a project – Lebuhraya Pantai Barat – was re-announced in the current Budget, it appears that the announcement by the Prime Minister has no tangible substance because the likelihood of the projects being implemented is actually questionable. If not even a single one of the "high-impact' highway projects announced for 2011 is close to kicking off by October today, then surely the highway project announced in the current budget will see the light any time in the near future, if they ever kick off.
In fact it is completely irresponsible for the Prime Minister to be making announcement for projects where their viability are yet to be ascertained in the country's financial budget. The Prime Minister's reply to me on last year's announcement did not even include an expected date for the projects to commence.
Datuk Seri Najib Razak must explain in parliament the reasons why the projects which have been announced last year have not even reached finalization stages, and whether these "high impact" highway projects announced this year are just part of a "wish list", and not projects which have been thoroughly evaluated for commencement next year. | |
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