There are so many
diversionary issues that seem to confuse leaders and people alike. Some of
these require not much wisdom or courage just to fix it. And what could these
be?
1. Zakir Naik – a caustic, spiritually arrogant Indian citizen
who needs to be deported;
2. “Khat” – please defer its implementation;
3. Lynas
– waste disposal should go back to Australia or please close the company; no
foreign investor will be impacted by its closure;
4. Cost
of living – prices of basic food items cannot increase sharply almost every
month. Granted inflation is benign by official figures;
5. Zero
tolerance for not complying with traffic rules – those who “Bermaharajalela” on
the road need summons, reprimand or counselling. It is time for authorities to
haul-up traffic offenders that beat traffic lights, ride on wrong side of the
road and commit other traffic offences. Then there are those who throw their
rubbish indiscriminately, even from their cars for others to collect. Heavy
fine should be imposed on them.
6. Resolve
“flash” floods – it is always in the same places, the same areas of the road
that water collects after a heavy downpour. Why can’t authorities find ways to
improve drainage?
7. Traffic
“pincers” – it is incredible that after paying toll, one is subjected to a
gridlock – LDP Puchong, NPE, SMART and others all have issues. There are
several common sense solutions but the standard operating procedure is to form
a “Jawatankuasa”, then wait for several months for a laporan “Kajian Terperinci”.
We can all make a
difference but leadership and political will is required to resolve some of the
above. There are more onerous and challenging ones like reform of the
legislature or judiciary. But this rightly will take more time. In the
meantime, do the simpler ones, at least from my standpoint!
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