tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24511091.post115271350312874259..comments2022-04-09T09:00:17.681+08:00Comments on Penang Oikos: The very rude drivers of penangPenang Oikoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02070350416325977322noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24511091.post-1152717335012774252006-07-12T23:15:00.000+08:002006-07-12T23:15:00.000+08:00dear penang oikos,the penang which you and i love ...dear penang oikos,<BR/><BR/><BR/>the penang which you and i love about is no longer around anymore.<BR/><BR/>there used to be a time when penang was a very nice place to stay and work.<BR/><BR/>those were the days, as the saying goes.<BR/><BR/>i grew up in penang in the 1960s and 1970s. <BR/><BR/>it was a time of innocence. it was a town with low crime rate, no flash floods problems, no hill cutting problems, no traffic problems, and little corruption.<BR/><BR/>the town was vibrant at night.<BR/><BR/>although there were no wifi or the pentium chip, life was fun, simple, and innocent.<BR/><BR/>i would give anything to go back to those days.<BR/><BR/>what has penang become now?<BR/><BR/>corruption has reached its peak. gangsterism is beyond control (who controls who? the police controlling the thugs or is it the other way round. in penang, i would emphatically say it is the other way round). crime rate has also peaked. penang is no longer safe.<BR/><BR/>corruption and negligence has led to hill cutting problems, unfair privatisation of projects, and emergence of ugly development schemes and cut-throat developers...<BR/><BR/>the state governmemnt has proven again and again that it has no intention to bring balanced development to penang...<BR/><BR/>put it this way---is it so hard for the state government to clean up our beach and our rivers????<BR/><BR/>batu ferringhi beach is dangerous to swim in. sungai juru is reputed to be the dirtiest river in southeast asia---world health organisation says so.<BR/><BR/><BR/>and the state government can come openly and say that it is in favour of a balanced approach to develop penang<BR/><BR/>i can go on and on...<BR/><BR/><BR/>but mr penang oikos, there is little choice for people like us who are always looking for a decent place to stay..<BR/><BR/>the choice left is to leave, migrate overseas--that is if you have the means, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com