Why PM So Angry?

Why PM so angry on new CM not to practise the New Economic Policy (NEP) in Penang? This might be one of the reasons.

Taken from Wikipedia:

The tender for the Project (Penang Monorail) has been closed since November 16, 2007. Some of the contenders for the project is Melewar Industrial Group Bhd (MIG) and Putera Capital Bhd.

On January 10, 2008, the government announced the winner of the tender, which is a consortium led by Malaysian Resources Corporation Bhd. (MRCB) The members of the consortium includes Scomi Engineering Bhd and Penang Port Commission. According to the Edge, a Malaysian business newspaper, Malaysian Resources Corporation will build the monorail infrastructure, while Scomi Engineering will provide consultant expertise in building the infrastructure and Penang Port Commission have the land on to which the main hub will operate. The tender costs is expected to be at MYR 1.6 billion. MRCB also operated a join venture with Pelaburan Hartanah Bumiputera Bhd to build the inter-modal transportation hub called Penang Sentral. The Letter of Intent was awarded to MRCB and Penang Port by Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd on January 15 2008, although the final solution of the lines and station is not out yet.

Read more the story in The Edge:

Sime Darby Bhd, Malaysia’s biggest listed company, is primarily the promoter of NCER and the company that drew up a masterplan to develop the four states. Part of the plan is the construction of a monorail in Penang island, where a letter of intent has already been issued to Malaysian Resources Corporation Bhd (MRCB).

MRCB has teamed up with Scomi Group Bhd and Penang Port Sdn Bhd to build the RM1 billion project. So far, the companies have only been doing the ground work and not initiated actual construction.

Now you read the story, it is time to see who behind these companies.

Scomi, especially will come under the spotlight, as it is 34.5% controlled by two privately held companies, On Stream Marine Sdn Bhd and Kaspadu Sdn Bhd which are the vehicles of Datuk Kamaluddin Abdullah, the son of Premier Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

End of the day, only the rich will become richer, then how about the average Malays and all Malaysian? Think yourself, my friends.

Short-sighted Penang UMNO

By having such a leader in Penang is proven to be disastered and luckily Penangite rejected them mostly in 12th General Election. Hope Penangite who still support these idiots can know their true faces now. If they (UMNO) think by stopping the federal funding to Penang's mega projects as a way to revenge Penangite who support DAP, PKR & PAS, then they are totally hell wrong! Anyway, Penangite do not want PORR, can't you Datuk Azhar Ibrahim understand the wish of Penangite? And Penang Monorail is under Scomi, your BN President's son!

Time will tell and people will understand why Penangite are lacking behind compared to other states, because we are having these short-sighted BN leaders. Opps, they are NOT qualify as leader anyway!

News from The Star:

PENANG: The state Umno will “persuade” the Federal Government to scrap all the mega projects in the state in view of the people’s clear rejection of Barisan Nasional.

Since Penangites do not want development, the Federal Government should not force it on them, said state Umno liaison committee secretary Datuk Azhar Ibrahim.

He said that this was not Penang Umno taking revenge “but we are actually giving the people what they want”.

“They voted for change, so let us see what the DAP can do,” he said after the party’s emergency meeting at Menara Umno yesterday.

Azhar, who is Penaga assemblyman, was appointed the state Opposition Leader at the meeting.

Meanwhile, Umno liaison committee deputy chief Datuk Abdul Rashid Abdullah hit out at the new administration for its decision not to practise the New Economic Policy (NEP).