Zam Zam ala Ketam once said bloggers are ngoblok ( stupid in Indonesian Language ) but now he said not all bloggers are stupid.
So this blogger is ngoblok or not ?
Monday, August 06, 2007
Wait ... am I stupid or am I informative, knowledgeable and disseminate positive views on current issues ?
Zam Zam ala Ketam once said bloggers are ngoblok ( stupid in Indonesian Language ) but now he said not all bloggers are stupid.
So this blogger is ngoblok or not ?
Saturday, August 04, 2007
1st encounter with Rapid Penang bus service
I took an interstate coach from Kuala Lumpur on sunny friday afternoon, the journey was plesant as the traffic wasn't congested although there are a number of upgrading work underway along PLUS highway.
The interstate bus arrived at Sungai Nibong Bus Terminal at 9pm and since I am at the Sungai Nibong Bus Terminal, I decided to try out the Rapid Penang bus service to see how good it is, rather than relying on notoruios Penang taxi service which the state government and CVLB failed to tame.
I disembarked from platform 4 and was told that Rapid Penang occupies Platform 1 which is nearest to the taxi terminal. Platform 1 definately is NOT ready for Rapid Penang service as that narrow path still covered with un-finished renovation work.
As published before by major press, there are no timetable nor route information at Platform 1 where the Rapid Penang buses are scheduled to stop over.
After waited for 30 minutes came the first bus. There are a number of eager passengers like myself went to lookout for where this bus gonna head towards to. I was disappointed when the signboard printed Bayan Baru on this bus as I wanted to head towards Komtar.
So I asked the bus driver
Me : Encik bus nombor berapa pi Komtar
What the fuck ? so much for the RM80 million project and not integrated ???, So I carried along my 2 pieces of luggage and had to walk across heavy trafficed 6 lane Jalan Sungai Dua, 400 meters away just to get to the bus stand mentioned by the driver.
Yet again, no route information nor timetable available at this bus stand, so there goes the 1 stop integrated bus service for Penang. It is even worst than before where Milan bus stop at the bus stop immediately in front of Sungai Nibong Express Bus terminal.
I patiently waited for another 30 odd minutes and comes the much awaited U302 bus.
It was a long haul bus, it has state of the art dashboard with a black and white LCD screen receiving near real time video feed from a dome camera positioned at the mid section of the cabin. It also houses a low tech cash container, a device which which found its way from the mini buses.
Boarded the bus, asked for the fair, RM1.50 from Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah to Jalan Ria in Komtar.
However the long haul bus has less seatting capacity than i thought, however, with more standing space, it can cramp more passengers.
An in cabin surveilance black and white camera aim at the back exit.
This U302 route took me around 30 minutes to reach Komtar. It passes Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah - Jalan Sungai Dua - Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah - Jalan Jelutong - Jalan Bakau - Jelutong Expressway - Jalan Magazine - Komtar .
This route misses 2 major drop off point, Sungai Nibong Express Bus Terminal and Batu Lancang Pasar.
All in all, I am satisfied with the Rapid Penang bus service, considering most of Penangites were taken for a ride by previous public bus transport services for far too long.
However said, Rapid Penang still has alot of gaps to close, particularly on time table and informative route maps,
There is no need to pay big money to hire 'Con'sultants to do that job, Rapid Penang project managers just have to point to these 2 websites for more information.
The interstate bus arrived at Sungai Nibong Bus Terminal at 9pm and since I am at the Sungai Nibong Bus Terminal, I decided to try out the Rapid Penang bus service to see how good it is, rather than relying on notoruios Penang taxi service which the state government and CVLB failed to tame.
I disembarked from platform 4 and was told that Rapid Penang occupies Platform 1 which is nearest to the taxi terminal. Platform 1 definately is NOT ready for Rapid Penang service as that narrow path still covered with un-finished renovation work.
As published before by major press, there are no timetable nor route information at Platform 1 where the Rapid Penang buses are scheduled to stop over.
After waited for 30 minutes came the first bus. There are a number of eager passengers like myself went to lookout for where this bus gonna head towards to. I was disappointed when the signboard printed Bayan Baru on this bus as I wanted to head towards Komtar.
So I asked the bus driver
Me : Encik bus nombor berapa pi Komtar
Driver : you kena pi Jalan besar ambik bus 301 sampai 303 baru ade pi Komtar
Me : Jalan besar mana ? tak stop kat sini ke ?
Driver : bus top sini cuma untuk bus dari Weld Quay, kalau you nak pigi komtar kena guna bas stand kat jalan besar dekat kubur tu, abis bus akan belok kiri ikut Jalan Sungai Dua.
Me : Kubur mana ? Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah ke ?
Driver : ya.
Me : okie thank you
What the fuck ? so much for the RM80 million project and not integrated ???, So I carried along my 2 pieces of luggage and had to walk across heavy trafficed 6 lane Jalan Sungai Dua, 400 meters away just to get to the bus stand mentioned by the driver.
Yet again, no route information nor timetable available at this bus stand, so there goes the 1 stop integrated bus service for Penang. It is even worst than before where Milan bus stop at the bus stop immediately in front of Sungai Nibong Express Bus terminal.
I patiently waited for another 30 odd minutes and comes the much awaited U302 bus.
It was a long haul bus, it has state of the art dashboard with a black and white LCD screen receiving near real time video feed from a dome camera positioned at the mid section of the cabin. It also houses a low tech cash container, a device which which found its way from the mini buses.
Boarded the bus, asked for the fair, RM1.50 from Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah to Jalan Ria in Komtar.
However the long haul bus has less seatting capacity than i thought, however, with more standing space, it can cramp more passengers.
An in cabin surveilance black and white camera aim at the back exit.
This U302 route took me around 30 minutes to reach Komtar. It passes Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah - Jalan Sungai Dua - Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah - Jalan Jelutong - Jalan Bakau - Jelutong Expressway - Jalan Magazine - Komtar .
This route misses 2 major drop off point, Sungai Nibong Express Bus Terminal and Batu Lancang Pasar.
All in all, I am satisfied with the Rapid Penang bus service, considering most of Penangites were taken for a ride by previous public bus transport services for far too long.
However said, Rapid Penang still has alot of gaps to close, particularly on time table and informative route maps,
There is no need to pay big money to hire 'Con'sultants to do that job, Rapid Penang project managers just have to point to these 2 websites for more information.
- Sydney Buses http://www.sydneybuses.info/
- Xiamen City Buses http://www.amoymagic.com/busses.htm
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
You are going to see more of these by 1 August 2007
These buses will soon be seen running around the inner city of Penang.
And guess which company supplied em ?
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Monday, August 14, 2006
Before and After 1 August 2006, still cost me RM 20.00
Dear Datuk Dr Teng Hock Nan,
I am here to inform you that your second attempt to fix another Penang public transport system failed miserably.
You had given up hope on the Penang bus system, a lot of people protested in front of Komtar of your half baked attempt to fix the failed system.
I experienced treatment by the famous Penang public transport 'thugs', and I tried it again last Friday to see weather your 'consultative hard work' paid off or not, unfortunately, it cost me RM20.00 to find the answer.
Taxi Number: HP1529
Time: 2325 Hours, Friday, 11 August 2006
Distance: from Sungai Nibong Bus Terminal to Komtar
Cost: RM 20.00, normal fee would be around 1/2 of what I paid.
Was the meter running: Yes it was ... covered with a wipe cloth.
Note: Before I hope on to the taxi, his colleague alerted him not to take the coastal highway because of road blocks by either Polis or JPJ.
On a casual chat with the eloquent taxi driver, I got to find out the below:
- The taxis at the taxi stop next to Sungai Nibong Bas Terminal is 'different' because they are 'NOT' picking up passengers from the roads
- He can not do business base on the proposed rate because as he claimed he has to drive back to Sungai Nibong Bas Terminal without any passenger
- Taxis owners in Penang have to drive to Seberang Prai if they are to fill LPG in their taxis, provided the taxis are fitted with LPG tanks
So what say you Datuk Dr Teng ? Are you to throw in the towel again ?
Dr Teng: Insist cabbies use the meter
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/8/8/north/15077145&sec=north
DON’T start haggling with cabbies over fares.
“Insist that they use the meter,” said state Local Government, Traf- fic Management, Information and Community Relations Committee chairman Datuk Dr Teng Hock Nan.
“By doing this, the public can do their part in ensuring the smooth implementation of the meter ruling,” he said.
Dr Teng said this when speaking the newsmen after launching the Child Diabetes Awareness campaign at SMK Convent Pulau Tikus in Pe-nang yesterday.
The campaign was organised by the school with the support of Celcom (Malaysia) Bhd.
Dr Teng said that cabbies would receive a good income if they made several trips per day instead of waiting for the whole day for one passenger and ‘slaughtering’ him.
“Some cabbies have installed the meter merely for show,” he said.
“They are still haggling over the fares but if the public remain firm, the cabbies have no choice but to use the meter,” he said.
Dr Teng said the Road Trans- port Department, with the help of the police and Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board, was taking action against cabbies who refused to use the meter.
He said he would ask the police to investigate allegations that some cabbies were preventing others from picking up passengers at certain places.
He said the ‘territorial’ approach was not in the interest of the public.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Coming Up : Hyenas gathers ... fangs showing ....
Stay tune for a next posting on the latest UMNO morons who want to re-write history ....
Public Transport Thugs 2 : State Administration 0 : Penangites : Total Lost
I was flipping thru theSun print copy when I had my breakfast this morning and I noticed the headline on page 6 "Teng has given up on errant cabbies".
Aiya !!! Datuk Dr Teng, how come so fast you surrender ha ? your party members were supportive of you and took the initiative to attend to Parti Gerakan's meeting at CityBayview Hotel by taxis on Sunday, although most knew that those are act of 'bodeks' ;)
You failed to fix the bus system, and now you also failed to fix the taxi system, and Penang continue to be blackmailed by these 'thugs' ?
So what is left to Penangites who supported you in the past elections ?
Meanwhile, I tried to search for the same article on theSun's website so that I don't have to type them out, however I see no trace of it, instead another article occupied the same space.
theSun online
The missing piece on theSun print copy
Is there an attempt from someone to blackout this piece of news ? Only theSun can tell ..
Anyway, here is the 'missing' article :-
Teng has given up on errant cabbies
Page 6, print copy of The Sun, Thursday, August 10, 2006
Penang - State local government, traffic management committee chairman Datuk Dr Teng Hock Nan is "washing his hands off" the issue of taxi drivers refusing to use the meter.
Teng, contacted by theSun yesterday for comment on the blatant refusal of Penang's cabbies to use the meter, would only refer to the matter to the Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (CVLB) and the Road Transport Department (RTD).
"The state government has done all the necessary groundwork, and it is up to the CVLB and RTD to do the rest.
"There is nothing we can do except to let the respective authorities carry out enforcement against the errant taxi drivers.
"Since the CVLB chairman (Markiman Kobiran) has announced the deployment of undercover CVLB, RTD and police officers to nab them, it is now in their hands," Teng said.
Teng, who has been on the receiving end of swears and curses from both taxi drivers and the public alike, has obviously given up on taxi drivers whom he has been trying to convince for years to use the meter.
The 1,000-odd cabbies were supposed to use the meter from Aug 1 but despite turning up in large numbers on that day for the official "launching" ceremony by Teng, they have reneged on their promise
Aiya !!! Datuk Dr Teng, how come so fast you surrender ha ? your party members were supportive of you and took the initiative to attend to Parti Gerakan's meeting at CityBayview Hotel by taxis on Sunday, although most knew that those are act of 'bodeks' ;)
You failed to fix the bus system, and now you also failed to fix the taxi system, and Penang continue to be blackmailed by these 'thugs' ?
So what is left to Penangites who supported you in the past elections ?
Meanwhile, I tried to search for the same article on theSun's website so that I don't have to type them out, however I see no trace of it, instead another article occupied the same space.
theSun online
The missing piece on theSun print copy
Is there an attempt from someone to blackout this piece of news ? Only theSun can tell ..
Anyway, here is the 'missing' article :-
Teng has given up on errant cabbies
Page 6, print copy of The Sun, Thursday, August 10, 2006
Penang - State local government, traffic management committee chairman Datuk Dr Teng Hock Nan is "washing his hands off" the issue of taxi drivers refusing to use the meter.
Teng, contacted by theSun yesterday for comment on the blatant refusal of Penang's cabbies to use the meter, would only refer to the matter to the Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (CVLB) and the Road Transport Department (RTD).
"The state government has done all the necessary groundwork, and it is up to the CVLB and RTD to do the rest.
"There is nothing we can do except to let the respective authorities carry out enforcement against the errant taxi drivers.
"Since the CVLB chairman (Markiman Kobiran) has announced the deployment of undercover CVLB, RTD and police officers to nab them, it is now in their hands," Teng said.
Teng, who has been on the receiving end of swears and curses from both taxi drivers and the public alike, has obviously given up on taxi drivers whom he has been trying to convince for years to use the meter.
The 1,000-odd cabbies were supposed to use the meter from Aug 1 but despite turning up in large numbers on that day for the official "launching" ceremony by Teng, they have reneged on their promise
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