There will be no more white elephant in JB. Even the previous white elephant such as kemayan, best world and pacific mall are rejuvenated. There is just too many positive things happening to make ISkandar development fail. I agree there are poor governance and other social issues that need to be improved. You must understand that the current progress in iskandar area have force the police to be more alert and this is bcos the presssure from foreign investor. Without foreign investors and development, JB crime rates will not change or even get worst. The situation in JB now is like at the bottleneck, without development and progress, JB will go no where. However, with the current development, we still have hope and i strongly believe with the support and involvement of the Sultan, things will change for the better. Thank god he sold the land to the chinese developers. Just imagine, what will happen if these land are sold to middle-eastern developer? THere is no perfect solution to the problem face but i think iskandar development seems to be the only option left and i am very positive about it. Politicians now make a lot of noise about foreigners invading JB, but Sultan is above politics. He is doing his best for the state.
Like I said, you are still just conveniently saying that development brings about progress and prosperity to JB. You have to substantiate your argument on the salient points I raised on re-education of skilled workforce, lack of population boom to substantiate the demand for housing and lastly, the distribution of monies pocketed by the few elite on the masses to the poor folks like me.
Granted there is no perfect solution to immigration problems, but my question to you is.. Was there a need to invite such problems to our shores in the first place? Like I mentioned, I am ok with foreigners coming here to stay, but at what cost? They have different value systems and not suitable at all for local context. Look no further than Singapore. Why you want us locals to hit our heads against the wall when singaporean government have already demonstrated so? Look no further to the complaints against "curry cooking neighbours", loud mouthed, money grabbing PRC and last but not least butt loving ang mohs who are pro pink dot movement. Do you seriously look forward to the day your son/daughter says he/she is gay? And your child wants you to accept his/her gay marriage? If so, let us know now!.. We will attend the wedding..I will give you big ang pow too.
Already we are facing problems with foreign workers working in our JB factories.. there are already social problems between the indons, viets, nepalese, cambodians and bangladeshis. Its a real threat to the fabric of our society peacefulness. You seem to be blatantly ignorant of the dangers that lurk below when you champion for mass immigration policies.
On your comment on the white elephants of kemayan, pacific mall, best world and eye sore floating shopping mall, I beg you to change your thinking. You were not caught between a rock and hard place to service your bank loan and developer running away with your money. So don't for a second think in your ideal world that now , the malls are being bought over and redeveloped, the original shop owners are laughing all the way to the bank. You have no idea how many families finances were ruined by these developers who ran away.
In short, you are still young and full of ideals like I already pointed out. Try getting your finances stuck in one of these white elephant projects then you come tell me whether it's fun or not. You will always say that This Time Is Different..Blah Blah Blah.. But Like the Wise always say, the IGNORANT always never learn from history.
By the way, you have been avoiding everyone's question on what you are investing in the first place. In order to have a good argument on the property market, I think it's only fair you tell us which properties you are currently investing in. So at least we all know you are putting your money where your mouth is . "Walk the talk" Like they say,
If you are just "Talking strategy on paper", then best you bring your lofty ideals to people who are in the same situation as you.Just like BN.. NATO..
Cos seriously, there is no point for you to comment further when your hard earned money isn't on the line.. Your next reply had better state your current property purchases or else your credibility in this forum is gone. Your move..
Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if you sidestep this question in your next reply. Shows how much of a mature discussion you are willing to to be in. I hope you prove me wrong.
