Bloated Govt servants? Yes There are 1.6 million Govt servants. Many are inefficient and redundant and will be a drag on Govt Pension Fund like bankrupt Greece
If PH Govt also sleep on the job like BN the Malaysian economy might go the way of Zimbabwe, Greece or Venequela
we should legalise game machine like Japan, collect tax. Over rules only feed corrupted enforcement officers i.o adding into national coffers. Lest, life is so boring blogging here talk nonsense every day. wakaka
Calvin, instead of looking for every excuse in promoting Johor properties, let us know the Sg government's stand on the 99 years issue. Don't underestimate people's power, they will be voted out in the next election.
my family cars were bought new and scrapped over the years
2 nissan 1 suzuki car 1 kia carens
in these 4 cars i lost more than half million ringgit when coe expired in 10 years
now hdb flats with 99 years lease will also expire
only hdb in prime locations like holland drive and parts of queenstown with potential are enbloc and redeveloped...for a handful of these lucky ones wil get good compensation....the rest will see horrendous destruction of value
so this is why i tell people about Johor houses with freehold title
Why seafront facing property build on reclaimed sand at Pen Island more expensive than real land of butterworth Prai? Till now, i can't understand. wakaka
why rich and famous like risky tsunami prone seafront then? i guess they'are smarter than low class bangla in prai. I'm so keen to understand rich's people mentality ma. wakaka
GEORGE TOWN: An geospatial expert today warned that a 10km tunnel, which is part of the controversial Pan Island Link 1 (PIL 1) highway, might pass through fault lines that could cause irreversible damage.
Kam Suan Pheng, a soil scientist, said Penang island comprised of “one granitic rock” and had naturally occurring fault lines or cracks, where water would usually seep through.
She said if these were hit during the tunnelling process, it could spell disaster.
Kam said based on the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report, the tunnel would cross three such fault lines or cracks.
She said the EIA report for PIL 1 warned that it could affect the stability of the iconic Kek Lok Si Buddhist Temple, the Air Itam Dam and the Penang Hill railway complex.
“Imagine, when you are tunnelling through and you hit a fault (line). The water that has long seeped into the fault lines will gush into the tunnel.
“I know people will say there are engineering methods to solve this. But even before you can put in engineering reinforcement, you might have water and mud gushing in,” Kam told participants of a talk hosted by the Penang Forum here today.
The PIL 1 project will connect a suburb close to Gurney Drive in the north of Penang island to the airport in the south.
The highway will have a 10km section with four tunnels separated by viaducts and elevated roads, which will be “drilled and blasted” through the hill slopes of Penang Hill, Paya Terubong and Sungai Ara.
The state government is adamant that the tunnels are a better option than elevated structures that will necessitate the cutting down of trees and the evacuation of residents along the route.
Geospatial expert Kam Suan Pheng speaking at a briefing organised by NGO Penang Forum in George Town today.
Air Itam dam
Kam said the cracks would not just affect the tunnelling process but would also have a domino effect on the Air Itam Dam, which was constructed as an earth dam 56 years ago and is extremely fragile.
She said with the dam perched at 235m above sea level, the slightest movement would bring gallons of water gushing down to the Air Itam valley, possibly affecting all people in its path.
She said this was based on red flags from the EIA report, indicating that “collapse and subsidence” may occur as a result of tunnelling through the fragile areas near the fault lines.
The EIA report in question states that “areas intersecting with fault zones are highly fractured and vulnerable to collapse”.
The report also says tunnelling work may damage nearby condominiums, the Kek Lok Si Temple, the Air Itam Dam and even the Bukit Bendera (Penang Hill) complex.
Kam said in the 1,195-page EIA report, there was no single mention of the stability of the granitic bedrock they were planning to tunnel through and the impact of underground water flow.
She said the report, however, had advised a detailed study of the fault lines along the tunnel alignment near the hills so that a “refined, safe route” could be found.
“What the EIA does not say is, what if the safe route cannot be found? And the project would have started, with money ploughed in already.
“Even if a safe route was found, they make no mention at what cost.”
‘What to do with 750,000 lorry-loads of debris?’
In a blow-by-blow analysis of the EIA report, Kam found the report to be highly unsatisfactory as there was no proper risk analysis.
She said there was dubious data, assumptions and unverifiable claims in the report.
Until now, she added, traffic and social impact studies were yet to be made public.
Kam said the EIA report made no mention about rock debris caused by drilling and blasting through the hills.
Based on her calculation, she said an estimated 2.5 million cubic metres of rock debris would need to be carried away.
“That is 750,000 lorry-loads of five-tonne lorries. There is no mention on how this debris would be managed in the three- to four-year period to build the tunnel.
“And what access roads would they use? Presently, there are very narrow and dangerous roads that you might have to take to get there. Can you imagine these five-tonne lorries going through them?”
Air and sound pollution
Kam said the air pollution projection from the project was also questionable, with a nitrous oxide reading of just below 2 micrograms per cubic metre (ʊg/m3) in the George Town area.
She said government statistics show 18-25 ʊg/m3 in the Gelugor area, while the Kuala Lumpur metropolitan area was in the range of 18 to 94.
Kam said when the EIA pollution data was referred to an expert in Oxford University, the response was that the 2 ʊg/m3 was “only likely in places far away from human civilisation”.
“The predicted air quality is better than reality,” she said.
She said the rainfall data used historical data, and did not take into account climate change and sudden bouts of heavy rain which had caused flash floods in Penang before.
Earthquakes » Prophecies of Revelation 11:19 Verse Concepts And the temple of God which is in heaven was opened; and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple, and there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a great hailstorm.
Ezekiel 38:19 "In My zeal and in My blazing wrath I declare that on that day there will surely be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.
Zechariah 14:4 Verse Concepts In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south.
Matthew 24:7 Verse Concepts "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes.
Mark 13:8 Verse Concepts "For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.
More verses: Luke 21:11 Earthquakes » Illustrative of » The judgments of God Revelation 8:5 Verse Concepts Then the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it to the earth; and there followed peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an earthquake.
Isaiah 24:19 The earth is broken asunder, The earth is split through, The earth is shaken violently.
Isaiah 29:6 Verse Concepts From the LORD of hosts you will be punished with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire.
Jeremiah 4:24 Verse Concepts I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, And all the hills moved to and fro.
Earthquakes » As judgments Psalm 18:15 Verse Concepts Then the channels of water appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare At Your rebuke, O LORD, At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
Isaiah 24:19-20 The earth is broken asunder, The earth is split through, The earth is shaken violently. The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard And it totters like a shack, For its transgression is heavy upon it, And it will fall, never to rise again.
Nahum 1:5 Verse Concepts Mountains quake because of Him And the hills dissolve; Indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence, The world and all the inhabitants in it.
Isaiah 29:6 Verse Concepts From the LORD of hosts you will be punished with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire.
Psalm 60:2 Verse Concepts You have made the land quake, You have split it open; Heal its breaches, for it totters.
More verses: Isaiah 13:13-14 Earthquakes » Instances of » At sinai Psalm 68:8 Verse Concepts The earth quaked; The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Exodus 19:18 Verse Concepts Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the LORD descended upon it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
Psalm 77:18 Verse Concepts The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lit up the world; The earth trembled and shook.
Psalm 114:4-7 The mountains skipped like rams, The hills, like lambs. What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back? O mountains, that you skip like rams? O hills, like lambs? read more. Hebrews 12:26 Verse Concepts And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, "YET ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH, BUT ALSO THE HEAVEN."
Earthquakes » There being earthquakes in diverse places prior to the coming of the lord
Calvin You should post the below in i3 sg and ask your friends and countrymen to support Malaysia property.
2. ISKANDAR LANDED HOUSES IN JOHOR BAHRU PRICED BETWEEN RM300K TO RM500K VERY SAFE AS THEY ARE ONLY LESS THAN HALF PRICE OF KL OR PENANG
You should then ask sg govt to build a direct MRT from sg to JB. instead of sg govt collect the RM45 mil hsr compensation. This will help to reduce the traffic issue at both side.
Calvin, Good move.. Local JB people not likely to buy property at this economy situation. Those outstation would only rent a hse or a room. JB property prices are depending on foreign investor especially Singaporean. But current transport and traffic is one of the main issue that hinders property ownership in jb.
Finally, a real nice start up discussion from Calvin. Yes transport to and from jb to spore needs to be solved. Is there a chance spore govt keep on renewing those spore hdb leases by 50 years and another 50 years later on. If spore govt has foresight to take care of their citizens!! There may be some value in hdb flats if spore gomen keep on renewing hbd leases, but whether prices of hdb flats will.skyrocket is another question mark.
Hah, alfonso, good to hear from you. Yar, Calvin like to share his heart and shoot. But we got to be careful and do our own research. Can anyone tell.me, if spore gomen likely to renew,those leases, which I think is a good thing to do FOR THEIR CITIZENS. THE SPORE GOVT WON'T SIMPLY ASK HDB OWNERS TO LEAVE AND BULLDOZE THISE FLATS. IT'S NOT IN SPORE GOVT DNA TO MISTREAT THEIR CITIZENS. MRT SPORE TO JB, IS A GOOD IDEA. BUY JB! Calvin, which areas in JB, is good to buy...??
"TAMAN PERLING" OF JOHOR IS EQUIDISTANCE FROM WOODLAND CAUSE AND SPORE 2ND LINK CAUSEWAY
SO TAMAN PERLING, BUKIT INDAH WOULD BE THE BEST BUY DUE TO ITS CENTRALITY
ANOTHER WILL BE THE JB-CBD BKT TIRAM BUS RAPID TRANSPORT FROM WOODLAND CUSTOM ALL THE WAY TO AEON TEBRAU CITY & IKEA AND UNTIL BKT TIRAM AS IT WILL BE THE FUTURE CONNECTION
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