I know it's not news but wanna share the news anyway.
heard from the grapevine that all the developers are afraid of the unknown - the upcoming budget. afraid that buyers will pull out if new measures are too drastic. all the lawyers and bankers are working overtime to churn out SPA and loan offer letters. So much so that Malay staff are threatening to quit. Reason cited - overwork. On the bright side, I suspect many ppl will get to finalise their purchases soon.
also witnessed first hand how the white collar Malays in JB work. really vomit blood.
was also told abt the unfair demands that the politicians make the developers fork out to get their permits approved.
Malaysian Boleh!!! sigh...
As the saying goes, when you are in Rome, you play by the Roman rules. If you try to judge others by your own standards, very likely you will vomit blood and die of frustrations. But one day, you will get used to it and life will be then be better as expectations will be reviewed.
Malaysian developers and politicians are very intertwined. It is the politicians who control the local councils and most of the time, developers will have to contribute to the cost of infrastructure to be built. Every developer will want to look after its own turf and no one want to pay for public access roads or flyovers. Some even want them to contribute towards its HQ building fund in exchange for building plan approvals. Sometimes local councils do not have plans for hillslope controls and erosions/ landslide will occur.
Today's Star newspaper reported 18 landslides occurred in Penang over the last few days.
Meanwhile, residents in Tanjung Bungah are worried for their safety after several landslides also occurred there at around 11pm on Thursday.
A resident from a condominium, who was taking his usual morning walk in Solok Tanjung Bungah, said mounds of earth and a big boulder crashed down from the hill on Wednesday morning.
Another landslide occurred the following day.
“The authorities should take extra precautionary measures and act fast when such incidents occur.
“I think the developers did not have a proper plan when carrying out their projects and this is the consequence,” he said.
Tanjung Bungah assemblyman Teh Yee Cheu said he reported to the Penang Municipal Council upon learning about the landslide.
“MPPP has ordered clearing work to start immediately,” he said.
Workers from the condominium developer were busy clearing the debris when The Star visited the scene yesterday morning.