Visit Malaysia Year 2007
Happy New Year. I’m not gonna say all those good wishes which you probably had for the past few days.
So, we’re now in 2007 and what we have for the year ahead? Well, the title of this post already suggest it. But before I go more on this, I would like to mention something of which I saw in the news a few moments ago. Mat Rempit menace. Yes. These sohai motorcyclists were back yesterday among the crowd of people ushering the new year at Bukit Bintang. “Cabul dan Ragut” was the title in the news. Molest and Snatch. Gee. Sometime I wonder why there are all these uneducated youths among us?! There were also footages in the news of them speeding on their kapcai motorcycle along the highways (and I said highway… not trunk road) in opposite direction. And worse of all, why all these rempits are of the same race… i mean the malays? Is this the produce of the government who flourished them with various subsidies, allowances, loans etc. On a neutral point of view (not racist, duh), ever seen chinese or indians bet their lives in these stupid races on the road? There may be a few but I think 85% are of malays. This is a social ill. How can we promote Visit Malaysia Year 2007 with even a local KL chap walking on the streets of KL can be robbed/snatched of their belongings. Save the tourists. Beware of any lurking motorcycle trailing you from behind while you’re walking on the streets. Just beware while you’re walking on the streets of KL. Someone might just snatch your handbag, wallet or even mobile phone away.
Ok. Shits aside. There are many places to visit in Malaysia. As they said, Malaysia is really Truly Asia. To all the tourists, we Malaysians, welcome you to our country. Just don’t bring too much of valuable things.
January 2nd, 2007 at 12:43 am
Ok good post. I’m sure our government recognised the problem and sincerely hope they would action on what necessary to make this event successful.
Even for us, the citizens can contribute to make this event even a successful one by simply not littering around. We can certainly leave a good impression to the world by showing them we do queue while waiting for buses. Yep, not forgetting this - we Malaysians are courteous enough to let others disembark before squeezing into the trains/lrt/monorail. That’s GOOD ENOUGH! Should keep up this culture for good.
January 3rd, 2007 at 8:36 pm
Thats what we’re supposed to do.. not littering around. But then, how frequent do we see a litter bin on the road… just take Jalan Bukit Bintang.
Even the unveiling of a public toilet can be an important event where they need to announce on the electronic notice boards scattered all over KL. Hey, isn’t that the toilet should be everywhere and not only in tourist spot?
I wonder if jingle bags are sold in Malaysia.