"KL folks promised better public transport"
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/85993
It is good that a proposal has already been submitted to the Cabinet on ways to improve public transport in KL as described in the above malaysiakini article.
It is hoped that good transport principles will also be applied to other cities like Ipoh, Penang, Seremban and Johor Bahru.
Soemtimes it does not take any extra capital like special buses to make a big difference in the service levels.
For example in JB, the buses that ferry thousands of travellers each day from Singapore can only stop at Kota Raya or Larkin and this means a commuter has to walk about 800 meters from the Immigration exit to the major bus stop opposite City Square.
All that it needs is a simple administrative adjustment to allow these buses to disembark passengers at the City Square stop and that would be a major improvement for commuters. To reduce traffic congestion, allow alternate buses to take this diversion.
Perhaps the MP for JB could look into this matter as part of the Consumer Affairs Ministry.
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malaysians will need visas to visit the united kingdom, WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS?, BECAUSE OF A STUPID GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU BODOWI AND UMNO.WILL AUSTRALIA, N.Z. AND OTHER EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES FOLLOW SUIT, HAVE WE BECOME THE PARIAHS OF THE WORLD. ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION.
Visa plan for 'risky' visitors.
One of the risks posed is the possession of bogus passports
The government has warned 11 countries that their citizens will need visas to visit the UK unless they "significantly reduce" the risk they pose.
Listed are Brazil, Namibia, South Africa, Malaysia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Botswana, Lesotho, Mauritius, Swaziland, and Trinidad and Tobago.
A Home Office report identifies bogus passports, criminal acts and terrorism as possible risks posed by visitors.
It says the new visa requirements could become law by early 2009.
The new countries on the visa list have a combined population of more than 300 million - nearly 5% of the world's population.
We need to decide how to widen the visa net. We cannot and will not shy away from going wider
Liam Byrne, immigration minister
If visas are imposed on them, 80% of the world's population will be subject to visa entry requirements in order to visit the UK.
Because Britain is a member of the EU, citizens of European countries do not need visas to visit the UK.
Border and Immigration Minister Liam Byrne said: "We need to decide how to widen the visa net.
"We cannot and will not shy away from going wider and will, whenever we think there is a risk to the UK."
'Evidence of change'
He said the government will now "work with" the countries over the next six months in an effort to reduce the risks.
"If they are able to show evidence of change then there will be no need to introduce a visa regime," said Mr Byrne.
The criteria for the Home Office's Visa Waiver Test included looking at passport security and integrity; the degree of co-operation over deportation or the removal of a country's nationals from the UK.
Levels of illegal working in the UK and other immigration abuses, levels of crime and the risk of a visitor committing a terrorist act were also considered.
ARE MALAYSIANS NOW "TERRORISTS", "A RISK"
READ IT HERE
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7499713.stm
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