The Kuala Lumpur Traveler

It is obvious that the Government has been trying hard to instill patriotism among Malaysians with all kinds of Jalur Gemilang-flying campaigns especially in commemoration of the 50th year of Malaysia’s independence from foreign colonializations. The issue of Malaysian public not seen as patriotic are discussed in great depth especially by the mainstream media, be it printed or electronic media as if patriotism is nothing else but flying Jalur Gemilang, the beloved symbol of our country Malaysia.
I fully agree with the Government that we need to be patriotic to our country but I beg to differ if the definition of …read more

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This blogger had predicted that the Speaker will reject the urgent motion by Lim Kit Siang to debate the PKFZ fiasco in the Parliment. Malaysiakini report today confirmed just that… and the reason given?
“The government is looking into the matter and as such there is no need to debate it in Parliament,” said Ramli in disallowing the debate.
Does that mean for all matters discussed in Parliment, the Government is not looking into them?
Lim Kit Siang of course was disappointed with the decision.
“It would appear that no Barisan Nasional MP (member of parliament) is prepared to take a principled stand …read more

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I was away on Friday and weekend only to come back and celebrate my country’s independence with a news that many believe will come out sooner or later anyway…. my Government will use my money (well not all of it though because more will come from your money as well… yes you.. your money) to bailout Port Klang Authority for its screwed up Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project… but this time its conveniently called softloan. Wow… Malaysia Boleh spirit is really being put to real practice here.
I have no qualm if the softloan is granted prior to the project …read more

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I can’t recall how many hundreds of times, if not thousands, the Opposition MPs had failed in their motions to debate pressing issues affecting the people. Mind you, these motions were normally very important from the eyes of the people which seems to be making sense only in the Opposition MPs point of view… but never for the Government’s MPs… very strange. All sorts of excuses were given in rejecting these motions and you don’t have to be surprised to find many of these reasons given by the speakers were just plain stupid.
So when I read Malaysiakini report that the …read more

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I have been patiently waiting to watch and see who from the present UMNO-lead Government dare enough to open his/her big mouth and make noise about yet another mismanagement of public fund with regards to Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ). But as expected, none is forthcoming as if what happened in the PKFZ fiasco is no big deal.
Malaysiakini report today however shows there is still a man brave enough within the BN Government who is dare enough to speak up.
Vocal member of Parliament Shahrir Samad today said the authorities must investigate for possible corruption involving the country’s troubled port …read more

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I blogged about how I feel about the authority’s latest move to hold CEOs of bus companies responsible for fatal accidents involving their buses.
Read the following latest news today from Star Online.
One dead, 28 injured in express bus crash
KUALA LUMPUR: An express bus crashed at KM30.3 of the Gua Musang-Kuala Krai highway in Kelantan at 1am Tuesday.
One passenger died and 28 others were injured.
The driver fled from the scene, police said.
So, let see if our ministry officers will walk their talk this time, barely a week after they said the CEO will be held responsible for the …read more

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The following three-part Kuala Lumpur Special videos are by far among the best vidoes I have come across on YouTube. Courtesy of StarAsiaTravel. Thank you for the great videos.
Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

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Tony Fernandez did it again. Tune Hotel will be providing budget accomodation for budget travellers right at the doorsteps of LCCT in KLIA.
Malaysia will have the world’s first budget hotel housed in an international airport when Tune Hotels.com – the hotel chain of budget airline AirAsia – opens in the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) at KL International Airport next year.
Its deputy chief executive officer Mark Lancaster said in a press conference here yesterday that the hotel would offer a five-star sleeping experience at one-star price for the 20 million-odd passengers who transit at the LCCT each year.
Source …read more

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While the family of the deceased are mourning their deaths and the survivors are suffering in the hospital, finger pointing for the worst road accident involving a bus in the nation’s history continues. Latest move by the authority is to make the CEOs of the bus companies responsible.
Road Safety Department director-general Datuk Suret Singh, who was also present, said, “The time has come for CEOs to be taken to court. Safety should the first and last priority,” he said
Source [Star Online]
Before this latest move announced by the authority, the cause of the accident was squarely blamed on the driver, who …read more

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Exclusive revelation by Malaysiakini about Eye On Malaysia financial trouble is indeed mind boggling.
Comprising of 42 gondolas, the giant plaything would allow visitors to experience a 360-degree panoramic view of Kuala Lumpur during a 12-minute ride that goes 60 metres high. Tickets are priced at RM15 for adults and RM12 for children.
It is expected to be around until the end of the Visit Malaysia Year campaign next August.
The Tourism Ministry had high hopes to rake in the tourist ringgit through the Eye on Malaysia. It hoped to see long queues of visitors waiting eagerly to jump into the sky-gondola …read more

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