Less than 24 hours after Prime Minister Datuk Seri
Haji Najib Tun Razak announced the kick start of a High Speed Rail
project between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, PKR Strategic Director Rafizi
Ramli announced that Pakatan Rakyat will also include as part of it's manifesto
a High Speed Interstate Rail Project.
How ironic, before this there was never once
mentioned by Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim of any high speed railway project,
well forget about high speed, i have not even heard in any of his ceramah on
youtube that he mentioned anything about providing public transports, except
that oil prices will reduce once PR are in power, cheaper cars, free education
etc.
Ok, let's focus on the issue at hand. I have looked
at the comment & proposal by Rafizi Ramli and i can conclude that it is
very weak in its plan, execution and rate of Return on Investment (ROI).
First : Although the manifesto
for PR will only be launched this Monday ... I can give an early preview that
it will give a specific commitment to build an interstate high-speed rail
system. The system will connect major cities along a route from Perlis
down to Johor Baru, and connect the east coast of Malaysia to the west coast
I have heard that Rafizi Ramli was an exceptional
bright talent in Petronas when he was with the National Oil Company. However,
as an accountant i would have hoped he had done his research before promising
the rakyat of something that the government of Malaysia has already decided on.
The flaws in Rafizi's proposal is that it does not provide anything different compared to the BN government initiative with Singapore, Basically it is just plagiarism of ideas. Look, any investors who would want to invest on a high speed railway needs MONEY. The means a high amount of capital expenditure (CAPEX).
The flaws in Rafizi's proposal is that it does not provide anything different compared to the BN government initiative with Singapore, Basically it is just plagiarism of ideas. Look, any investors who would want to invest on a high speed railway needs MONEY. The means a high amount of capital expenditure (CAPEX).
In order for the project to be attractive, the ROI
has to be high, and for this to happen is for you to have a high volume of
passengers. Plying a single route between Singapore - Kuala Lumpur is not
going to be profitable, it has to be segregated into a few stations to ensure
that the volume of passengers keep increasing.
That's why the high speed rail plan by BN, which i
was informed by people familiar with the project will include a minimum of 5
major stations namely:
- Singapore
- Johor Bahru
- Melaka
- Negeri Sembilan
- Kuala Lumpur
Although it is still in its infancy, this plan by
the BN government should be louded as we are talking about 5 states (Singapore
as 1 state) merging together for a major public transportation project. Is this
not called an interstate high - speed rail system as what is being promised by
Rafizi? he he
I pity rafizi, devout of any concrete and
sustainable ideas, he has to copy ideas by BN and make it sound that it is his
ideas. Oh and what's with this statement coming out from Rafizi's mouth:
This project puts the people’s
priority first even more so, and it will be the main difference between Barisan
Nasional (BN) and PR
Eh hello, the high - speed railway project is for
the rakyat. If Rafizi is saying that the ticket prices will be expensive etc,
well he is talking crap because no announcement has yet been made and i would
advise Rafizi not to pre - empt something that you don't know. Come on, as a
high flyer you can do better than this.
Like the Malay's always say, "jangan
nak pandai - pandai"
Source: THE KL CHRONICLE
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