Second Penang Bridge

4th March 2009
There is an article today saying that this MP from Kinabatangan, Bung Mokhtar Radin, ask the second Penang bridge to be scrapped so that rural development plan can take effect with the money saved. One thing for sure, this guy is talking crap. Maybe i missed out some point..... is Kinabatangan from Penang? Duhhhhhhhh........of course NO.

People living in Penang would definately know how important this second bridge is besides channeling more money to the industry economy of Malaysia, it also save people lives, from what i see at least. Even with the sole Penang bridge now, it would not contain the heavy load of traffic that its facing everyday. More then 100,000 vehicles travelling across it everyday and if you are one of them, then i would bet most of your guys know the meaning of frustration. Traffic jam and accidents, are everyday part of life and this Kinabatangan guy should know better then saying something he does not know at all. Its not fair, at least to the Penangites. There are a lot more excuse why this second bridge should be build but then again, i would not go detail about it as this post is not about why the bridge should not be built, but instead, asking this, 'Batang' guy to shut his mouth.

Although i never argue that the price of the bridge is expensive, but i believe, even in the previous administration, they could not avoid the surge of the price as there are many factors to be considered. Somehow, after the opposition took over the administration from BN, they(BN) has been harassing on this topic starting from Penang BN. This topic should not arise at all as this bridge was actually propose by you guys and now, after losing the throne, seems that the only thing they want is revenge. For this Ah Bung (Kinabatangan MP), to ask the question about the rationale for spending RM4.3bil on the bridge?.......Answer is simple....... you come and live in Butterworth (or anywhere in mainland for all i care) and work on Penang Island then you would know why this bridge is a must. Its overdue actually.

So, before you get more criticism on this matter, if you want more money for the rural, look the other way because, i think you know and I know well, there are a lot of mega projects in another state that can be reviewed. I bet he won't because then, he would need to kill his own 'geng', after all, they are all from Barisan National.

A word of advice for this Ah Bung, think before you talk.