If you thought that the ruling party was doing everything it can to help the people overcome the burden of the worldly economic slowdown, then think again: outgoing Malaysian PM Abdullah Badawi now connects policies merely to winning more votes in the upcoming by-elections:
Abdullah was concerned that public anger over the latest hike could affect Barisan National’s popularity especially ahead of three crucial by-elections.
Meaning the price hikes are for sure to come, most likely right after the by-elections…
Luckily we MM2H-holders are not allowed to get into Malaysian politics, since we all have a long term view of how to relate positively to the Malaysian people. A long term view seemingly doesn’t stand a chance when it comes to Malaysian voters.
Malaysia doesn’t care about home owners and just lifted the ban on building houses on hillsides. Just sit and wait until the next 1993 Highland Towers Tragedy will be repeated.
Do not buy Malaysian property on a hillside, unless you want to die.
No lessons have been learnt from the 1993 Highland Towers Tragedy which claimed 48 lives when its Condominium Block 1 collapsed after a continuous 10 days of rainfall.
No lessons have been learnt from the latest December 2008 Kuala Lumpur Bukit Antarabangsa landslide which claimed five lives and forced thousands to evacuate their homes.
History will repeat itself and more people will die
Lives were lost in:
1993 : Highland Towers collapse due to landslide. Click the pic to see who is not responsible…
2002 : Taman Hillview
2006 : Kg Pasir – less than 1 km away from Bukit Antarabangsa’s landslide
In December 2008 the Kuala Lumpur Bukit Antarabangsa landslide (read or post about Landslides for kids) killed five people and forced thousands to evacuate their homes, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had called on local authorities to ban all hillside development.
Why does the malaysian government wants you to die on a hillside
Works Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Zin Mohamed said:
There will be no blanket ban on such projects because the country’s population was increasing and land was needed for development.
No, this is not the Works Minister of Hong Kong, but the works minister of Malaysia. Just have a look how much more condensed other countries are compared to land rich Malaysia:
Hong Kong Population – Density: 16,469/sq MI
Singapore Population – Density: 16,392/sq MI
UK Population – Density: 637/sq MI
Malaysia Population – Density: ONLY 218/sq MI !!!
US Population – Density: 80/sq MI
Utterly ridiculous statement when you compare to Hong Kong and Singapore.
So what can you do?
Do not buy property on hillsides in Malaysia.
The minister also said:
…there were many local professional engineers with wide experience and expertise in carrying out safe development work on hillsides "who are capable of reducing or minimising landslides."
We know Malaysia has many capable citizens to do whatever goes beyond your imagination. Unfortunately these citizens are not employed to reduce or minimise landslides.
Malaysia is not Hong Kong. Hong Kong has little area to built on and therefore has a special department making sure you can feel save when building on a hillside.
Malaysia has so much area to built on, so it’s clear saying "we need the land" implies that "we" is who-ever wants to make quick money building property on hillsides without insuring the protection of property owners.
For all Malaysia My Second Home future property owners:
I can imagine no country loves his colonizer, yet there are some benefits from being colonized by the British:
what would India be without the good old English rail roads?
how many tourists will disappear from Malaysia if none was able to speak good old English?
Maybe we British also are to blame: letting our fat beer bellies out after midnight howling in the streets looking for beer like mad dogs are looking for bitches…
Yet it’s easy to lure those British drunken tourists: put an English pub in the middle of Kuala Lumpur, make sure some pretty girls and night clubs are in the near proximity and everybody can be happy.
But it get’s sad when you put that concept in the middle of historical Malacca. I mean: do you really want to lure tourists with a roller-coaster, when you have a heritage city as Malacca to work with?
Wouldn’t you spend some money to restore the good old English charm of e.g. B&B Heeren House? Or is it that Malaysians forgot the history of Malacca in order for the Malaysian government not to help people who don’t have the word ‘bin’ in their name?
There is only 1 Malacca to visit on this planet, however there are 1001 roller-coasters in this world to choose from. So why does Malaysia put a roller-coaster in Malacca to make the historical town less appealing for those like me looking for good old English charm?
