Friday, September 05, 2008

Saving Gurney Drive?

Read in the Star, that the pollies visited the mud flats that appear when the tide is low. Like politicians that they are (no matter what shape or size) there is a pathological need to open their mouths and make pronouncements of what they want to do...i.e. to solve the "problem"...

They pronounce that they want to save Gurney Drive...(may I ask save Gurney drive from what?) That's when I think...it becomes dangerous...good intentions and muddled thinking or no thinking at all...just knee jerk reactions...

First of all, mr. exco, find out what cause the building up of the mud-flats in the first place...is it (as most people suspect) due to the massive reclaimed land in Tanjung Tokong.....years ago when most the excos and the CM was still residents in other states....there was a Mangrove swamp in Tanjong Tokong....probably the water currents were bringing the mud all the way from parts of South Kedah and north Seberang Perai or even parts of the Batu Ferringgi shore and depositing it in Tanjong Tokong.....but now there is a huge abutment...maybe that may have upset the current flow...and caused all this new land to be created at the Bagan Jermal end of Gurney Drive... who knows...

So do not create another problem by your trying to save Gurney Drive....u may end up creating more problems...find out first ...and for heavens sake...don't start 'reclaiming it" because you may cause the problem to shift to the Northam road end of GDrive.

Please, in all things environment err on the side of caution......

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