Dr. Teng Hock Nan had been given the toughest assignment....he is responsible for the successful implementation of the new public transport in (Penang bus services). Tough assignment as it is....but impossible if u have not been given the power to fine, compound or suspend the errant bus companies....Dr. Teng is ask to go and heal the sick without medicines....or to fight a war but without guns and bullets....he is just cannon fodder.... John C. Maxwell (the leadership guru) have this to say: " When we give our people authority and responsibility, we must also give them the tools they need. Giving responsibility without resources is ridiculous. It is incredibly limiting. If we want our people to be creative and resourceful, we need to provide resources."
The person with the power and the tools is the Federal Minister for Public Enterprise...his ministry gave out the licences, and according to CEPAT (NGO on Public Transportation), to companies that had failed to provide adequate services....and with so much complaints against them...u wonder why there are entrusted to provide these services again.....
The Star reported today that one of the reasons that the public transport in Penang went downhill was because of too much competition....(does not sound logical...go against all the economic theory known in this world....more competition better & more efficient service...but not in this case...maybe someone can come up with a new theory and win a nobel price in economics...hehhe...)
Another section, embedded somewhere in the middle of another article said that the "leasing of the licences" to the individual drivers are the main reason....the leasor/drivers act as individual entrepreneur....the bus companies which leases out their licences...are the RENT SEEKERS..which only few months ago was so thoroughly condemned by the PM....
Yes, RENT SEEKING Bus Companies......the demise of the Public Transportation system in Penang.....
Pooor Dr. Teng...he can never win...doomed to fail even before he can begin....3 more days to go...and less than a dozen of the buses passed the PUSPAKOM Roadworthiness tests...and Dr. Teng tells us not to panic....why should we....He is the one who should PANIC....
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