Visiting Putrajaya
Despite having a late night last night, going out to BB just to enjoy the night-out atmosphere in KL, we still made sure we woke up in time today, since we've already made plan to visit my dear ol' friend Faris at his place in Kota Warisan, Sepang.
This would also mean Neil will have another chance to see a different aspect of housing in Malaysia, this time more catered to the common people, as opposed to the wealthy suburbs of Damansara Heights and Bangsar that we visited yesterday.
And, Faris was also kind enough to help us book a cab for our trip to visit the Nation's new administrative capital, the Putrajaya.
In one way, it's nice to see some effort that had been done by the Malaysian government in building a world-class city in which everybody could really be proud of. True to the spirit of the now-overly-used Malaysia Boleh ("Malaysia Can!") chant.
There's this huge axis of avenue (still yet to be opened at the time) in the centre of the administrative city in which the new High Court (aptly named Palace of Justice) building and the Putrajaya City Council Office building -- with a HUGE stainless steel arch entrance -- were located.
And on both ends of this avenue are the visual axis of the Prime Minister's Office on one side, and the Putrajaya Convention Centre on the other.
You can tell there's a LOT of money being put in the area!
*ka-ching! $$$$*
On the other hand, it also means that ALL those excess of money that had been spent could have also been used for something even better, to improve the condition of the existing city that we have, that is the good ol' Kuala Lumpur.
Does Putrajaya really needs all those fancy looking bridges (at least SIX to my last count, with one of them suspiciously looked like a Santiago Caltrava's bridge design in Spain?) all built in place to cross a mere man-made lake.. (and it was NOT even a huge lake, for God sake!)
Instead, what could be done is use THAT amount money to improve the existing infrastructure of the current public transport system in KL. Do you know that in order to get from one transit system to another (for example, from the Monorail station in Brickfields to the main KLSentral Station), one would have to go through the unpredictable weather and crossing a busy road with traffic to do so?!!
Huh?
It's one thing to build a new city which everyone can be proud of; but being totally sensible in the planning and the execution of the plan is another.
Let's just hope the new Prime Minister would have that sensibilities in carrying on his newly-appointed duty. I'm crossing my fingers for that..
This would also mean Neil will have another chance to see a different aspect of housing in Malaysia, this time more catered to the common people, as opposed to the wealthy suburbs of Damansara Heights and Bangsar that we visited yesterday.
And, Faris was also kind enough to help us book a cab for our trip to visit the Nation's new administrative capital, the Putrajaya.
In one way, it's nice to see some effort that had been done by the Malaysian government in building a world-class city in which everybody could really be proud of. True to the spirit of the now-overly-used Malaysia Boleh ("Malaysia Can!") chant.
There's this huge axis of avenue (still yet to be opened at the time) in the centre of the administrative city in which the new High Court (aptly named Palace of Justice) building and the Putrajaya City Council Office building -- with a HUGE stainless steel arch entrance -- were located.
And on both ends of this avenue are the visual axis of the Prime Minister's Office on one side, and the Putrajaya Convention Centre on the other.
You can tell there's a LOT of money being put in the area!
*ka-ching! $$$$*
On the other hand, it also means that ALL those excess of money that had been spent could have also been used for something even better, to improve the condition of the existing city that we have, that is the good ol' Kuala Lumpur.
Does Putrajaya really needs all those fancy looking bridges (at least SIX to my last count, with one of them suspiciously looked like a Santiago Caltrava's bridge design in Spain?) all built in place to cross a mere man-made lake.. (and it was NOT even a huge lake, for God sake!)
Instead, what could be done is use THAT amount money to improve the existing infrastructure of the current public transport system in KL. Do you know that in order to get from one transit system to another (for example, from the Monorail station in Brickfields to the main KLSentral Station), one would have to go through the unpredictable weather and crossing a busy road with traffic to do so?!!
Huh?
It's one thing to build a new city which everyone can be proud of; but being totally sensible in the planning and the execution of the plan is another.
Let's just hope the new Prime Minister would have that sensibilities in carrying on his newly-appointed duty. I'm crossing my fingers for that..
posted by azmi | 2¢ at 11:28 pm
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home