Its been quite sometimes I haven’t been to KB though I was born in KB. My parents have migrated to Ipoh where as myself, I have become the so-called permanent resident of Subang Jaya, Selangor. There are of course some differences, the most notable is traffic jam. The so many cars on the road and the traffic system is not properly managed. No police traffic officers or city council enforcement officers to oversee the flow. People just park cars where ever they like disrupting traffic flows. In addition, the roads are narrow and most roads are one-way as well as pedestrian crossing the roads with no over-head crossing bridges.
The driver took me to the Pasar Siti Khadijah, telling me I can buy what ever local delicacies from there. The market is dirty as usual and most of them doing business there are women. Where have all the Kelantanese men have gone, I was wondering….
The town is dirty as usual. Rubbish thrown everywhere and drains are cloaked. May be this is one of the reasons for the easiness for flood to take place. The meeting that was asked to attend with Tok Pa was regarding the development of Kelantan. One of the issues discussed was pertaining to the conduct of Kelantanese football fans burning chairs during the final match against Negeri Sembilan team at Bukit Jalil stadium.
The Kelantan Government under PAS rule doest not bring much changes to the state. Old friends whom I met say that the Kelantanese are happy under PAS rule. They don’t want to be rich but earn enough to support their daily lives. Anyway this is their personal opinion. As for me more needs to be done. Infrastructure facilities are so far behind. Changes required to take place fast if the state want to be on par as other states. Islam does not forbid its ummah to progress and developto achieve success in this world. Success in this world will bring success in the hereafter.
Friday, April 30, 2010
My Trip to Kota Kinabalu (2/4 to 4/4/2010)
This is my trip to KK after 10 years. There has been tremendous progress with new high rise buildings including shopping malls, hotels and eateries. However, you can still see the poor living tilted houses built along the coastal and estuaries. These are mostly fishermen. My trip there was to attend the FELCRA board meeting and visit Pulau Banggi and some other projects tasked to Felcra to be implemented.
I took a plane from KLIA at 3.00 pm on Friday 2/4/2010 and arrived at 5.30pm the same day. I was picked up by felcra officials and taken on a four drive cruiser to Kudat. Kudat is about 180 kilometers from KK. Arrived in Kudat at about 8.45 pm and taken to a restaurant called Terminal Tom Yam owned by a Kelantanese army officer and his wife. The food was ok but not that fantastic. After the dinner, we checked into the Marina Golf and Beach Resort. The next day we have to assemble by 7.00 am to take a speed boat to Pulau Banggi cause we want go early during low tide and come back by 2.00 pm before the sea gets rough. I was told there were incidents where boats capsized due heavy sea currents. It took us one hour to reach Pulau Banggi. We boarded on the jetty and walked towards the mainland, saw the signboard written Kpg Karakit ( I was told this is the main town where kampong people gather for any major activities especially during dignitaries visits. There were some buildings which look new including shopd, a small hospital with wards amd a new medium sized masjid.
I was told the total population of Pulau Banggi is 14,600 and they are scattered all over the island which is bigger than Pulau Langkawi. More than 90 percent of the population are fishermen. They are very poor and some senior citizen doesn’t even speak Malay. There are 14 primary schools and one secondary school. It seems last year, three schools nobody passed the UPSR exam. Durlng Pak Lah’s time, he gave special attention to Pulau Banggi in Sabah and Gahai in Pahang. Now continued attention need to be given, if not these places will be left out. We have achieved independence more than 50 years but these places are like pre-independence days. Something drastic needs to be done
I took a plane from KLIA at 3.00 pm on Friday 2/4/2010 and arrived at 5.30pm the same day. I was picked up by felcra officials and taken on a four drive cruiser to Kudat. Kudat is about 180 kilometers from KK. Arrived in Kudat at about 8.45 pm and taken to a restaurant called Terminal Tom Yam owned by a Kelantanese army officer and his wife. The food was ok but not that fantastic. After the dinner, we checked into the Marina Golf and Beach Resort. The next day we have to assemble by 7.00 am to take a speed boat to Pulau Banggi cause we want go early during low tide and come back by 2.00 pm before the sea gets rough. I was told there were incidents where boats capsized due heavy sea currents. It took us one hour to reach Pulau Banggi. We boarded on the jetty and walked towards the mainland, saw the signboard written Kpg Karakit ( I was told this is the main town where kampong people gather for any major activities especially during dignitaries visits. There were some buildings which look new including shopd, a small hospital with wards amd a new medium sized masjid.
I was told the total population of Pulau Banggi is 14,600 and they are scattered all over the island which is bigger than Pulau Langkawi. More than 90 percent of the population are fishermen. They are very poor and some senior citizen doesn’t even speak Malay. There are 14 primary schools and one secondary school. It seems last year, three schools nobody passed the UPSR exam. Durlng Pak Lah’s time, he gave special attention to Pulau Banggi in Sabah and Gahai in Pahang. Now continued attention need to be given, if not these places will be left out. We have achieved independence more than 50 years but these places are like pre-independence days. Something drastic needs to be done
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