We’ve seen what Pakatan Harapan and PAS have promised in their election manifesto for the upcoming 14th general election (GE14), and earlier tonight, ruling party Barisan Nasional (BN) revealed its manifesto, which contains 300 plus initiatives grouped under 14 thrusts.
None of these were related to anything automotive, not directly at least. Unlike the pledges made elsewhere promising the abolishment of the goods and services tax (GST), cheaper cars for first-time buyers (either by the reduction of excise duties for vehicles under 1.6 litres capacity or complete exemption of excise tax for vehicles under 1.3 litres) as well as targeted fuel subsidies, the BN manifesto was more straight-laced, being centred around plans to enhance and develop transportation.
The development of the country’s road network is the primary focus on the motoring front. The party stated that it will upgrade and maintain federal roads on a regular basis as an alternative to tolled highways, and will strengthen transportation networks and interconnectivity in Sabah and Sarawak through the upgrading of 12,500 km of rural roads.
Highway network expansion will also continue, including that for the third phase of the East Coast Expressway (ECE), while the West Coast Expressway – from Banting to Taiping – is scheduled for completion by 2020.
Meanwhile, construction of the Central Spine Road, or Kuala Krai-Kuala Pilah highway, continues. Besides reducing traffic congestion, the 325 km-long route – which will connect Kelantan, Pahang and Negeri Sembilan – aims to drive new economic growth in the East Coast economic corridor.
There will also be a strong focus on infrastructure projects such as village roads, bridges and the addition of streetlights. Chief among these will be the construction of 383 small bridges throughout the country to enhance connectivity between rural areas.
At an individual level, movement on the Transformasi Nasional 50 (TN50) blueprint front will see the introduction of a TN50 public transport pass (costing between RM50–RM150). This will offer unlimited monthly access to public transport for students, working youths, senior citizens and the disabled. Elsewhere, as part of an enhancement to the MyLesen programme, subsidies will be provided to rural youths who apply to get motorcycle (B2 class) licenses.
In terms of public transport, feeder-bus services are set to be enhanced, while there’s plenty of development in store for the country’s rail network. Aside from the planned Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project and the 688 km-long East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) that will run from Port Klang to Pengkalan Kubor, work on the 197 km Gemas-Johor Bahru double-tracking project is ongoing.
The manifesto also highlighted a number of other rail projects that are on the cards. Besides the construction of a rapid transit system (RTS) linking Johor Bahru and Singapore, there are plans to build an electrified railway line from Subang Jaya to the Subang Skypark Terminal as part of the planned railway integration, and the Klang Valley dual-track railway line is also due to be upgraded, with 42 km of track set to be repaired.
Other planned projects include the establishment of an integrated intelligent transportation system (ITS), which will cover every type of transportation and traffic across the country.
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It takes BN to build the Pasir Gudang Highway in Johor for more than 10 years. And it is still under construction and many bottle neck which still causing jam. I believe it will take another 10 years to finish.
Multi Billions Projects on the pretext for rakyat “benefit” must stop … Malaysians are no longer gullible who benefits actually
Ini semua moneyfesto… oh wait, unchanged
For once the readers of Paultan are United on this matter… that Enough is enough
We Malaysians Deserve Better.
No 1 … Beli Kapal Layar
No 2 … Beli Kapal Selam
No 3 … Beli Kapal Terbang
No 4 … Project Berbilion-Billion Rakyat Tanggung masa depan
No 5… Ada baki ? sudah masa untuk GE15
Kita ok. Takdak bankrap
Pink diamond lawa gitu.
No 6 … Beli KERETA API sekarang
This is the biggest joke ever. I just take all this very lightly. Cause the most basic promise, to reduce car prices by 30% also never honoured.
Last election, 5 years ago, BN promised to reduce car prices by 30%. They said they understood car prices were the highest in the world and rakyat was suffering so much with high car prices.
What happened? Well 5 years now, car prices have gone up
Worse still, Minister come few days ago and said car prices went down a lot
Basic also cannot honour, how to believe all this promises?
60 years in doldrums. Local transportation and automotive poised for reform.
Can you please explain how is it that our car prices are the highest in the world? Any statistics? Global price comparisons? Or it just came out of your tiny little katak-bawah-tempurung mind?
Manisfesting into a beast … Bite the millions of hands that feed a few
1.6mil govt servants to benefit frm manifesto
public transport is the no 1 way to make money and pocket the money. If 10 billion for example….expect 5 billion to masuk poket
Just vote REGIME CHANGE..Anyone can promise you the moon. Can they do it?
SEE,Americans voted for regime change.They r beginning to see changes alto some r debatable.
Give change a chance.If after a term,u r not happy…u can vote again,mah.
All the MRT built at no one can easy access from SG Buloh , aim to building new condos at the end, how people can go ride them is totally not planned. Where is ss2, PJ14, UM stops,? Those got most people and students
BMW CKD 530i RM380k in Malaysia
BMW CBU 530i SGD230k in Singapore
Toyota CHR RM150k in Malaysia
Toyota CHR SGD65k in Singapore (tambah SGD35k for COE)
Gaji Gomen servant Malaysia purata RM1200 in Putrajaya
Gaji Gomen servant Singapore purata SGD5000 in SG
Mana lagi murah???
Last time basher said gomen servants can buy BMW, mana satu betul ni?
Depends on which gov. servants.Some can even buy RR, lambo, ferrari, etc although gaji not that high.
Be specific pls
Where is 30% reduction of car price in their last manifesto?…sorry i dont trust them
Camry Hybrid CBU with 10 airbags in Australia AUD27k (RM90k)
Camry Hybrid CKD in Malaysia (with no tax) RM175k.
How come no tax and CKD more expensive then CBU in Australia?
Both countries also got 30 million population….so demand and market the same
you forgot. 30 million aussied who can afford the camry vs 30 million malaysians who can only afford axia!
Yes, both countries have similar populations. Australian income tax peaks out at over 40%. Malaysia’s is at around 26%. Malaysia’s corporate taxes peak at under 30%. Australia’s hits 50%. They have VAT of 10%. We have GST of 6%. Petrol prices in Australia averages between A$1.20-A$1.50 per liter depending on location. Our petrol prices are under A$1 per liter. Australia implements double personal income taxation, i.e. a citizen of Australia will have to pay income tax to Australia even if he’s a tax resident elsewhere. Malaysia has 0% income tax for foreign derived income and doesn’t implement double personal income taxation.
Toyota cars in Australia are mostly built in Australia, they’re not CBU.
It’s easy to bash based on a single point like car prices, but if you have to compare, why not compare with everything else that determines the cost of living between Malaysia and another country.
Toyota cars in Australia not CBU.
https://paultan.org/2017/10/03/toyota-ends-production-in-australia-after-54-years/
Toyotas no longer CKD there thou. Expecting to go up in prices after current CKD units r sold.
16% reduction kita ok
https://paultan.org/2018/04/04/miti-deputy-minister-says-average-car-prices-have-gone-down-by-16-38-percent/
When reduced alredi, some pipu complain about RV. So wanna reduce or not reduce?
RV? Who cares, I don’t mind my current car RV becoming garbage if they cut the prices down by 30%. If you’re buying a car thinking about RV, you can’t afford it.
Then u will complain why just come out from gate alredi jam 4-5hrs. Ini salahan Gov for making cars too cheap. Lolz!
Public transport my foot… ever since Najib become PM, buses have become extinct in kepong. I can’t even teach my son to take public transport. There’s only one route left which is wangsa permai. I don’t really think I would believe the words from a leader who can’t get the most basic public transport aka buses working and profitable. Even the developed countries still keep their buses. It’s hard to imagine why they would keep losing money even though it’s a complete monopoly when they kicked out the bas mini and selangor who were making money.
You know why, they want rakyats to buy ‘shitty and cut corner’ poodua as much as possible (they can’t afford to lose sales anyway) and hoping them to close one eye with ‘this simple but for me, it’s NOT tolerable flaws – missing temperature gauge where Proton and even Kia doesn’t learn form them, thankfully’
Where is the great commentator john who always say our public transport is best in the world???
If PT can burst that fake news bubble of urs when repoting that 97.5% of P1 sales is from retail end customers instead of gov fleet (https://paultan.org/2018/01/08/proton-sales-result-end-2017/), then how to belip what u spieled above?
Pembaris sembang, gajah terbang
I am sick and tired of BN. Our country has remained stagnant for a long time. Look at Singapore, their currency is 3x higher compared to our currency. In fact the Thai currency has also overtaken us. If we are not careful, Indonesia and Philippines will be next!
Malaysia is a great country, rich in natural resources and wonderful people, we should be doing much better. If something is not working, would you continue doing the same thing, or would you opt for a change?
I really hope you guys put your emotions (especially when it comes to race and religion) aside and think rationally.
And pls go out and vote!
The only reason MY cannot advice is becoz of pipu like u who stays in caves and complain and whine and dun bother to lift a finger to improve the country, instead keep demanding others to make the change. Gandhi said: We r the change we want to see. So get of that keybod and put in the effort. Gov needs pipu to start working and improve the country, not just sit there and complain. Keybod warrioring cant improve the country yo!
Misspelled: The only reason MY cannot advance…
I like your many likes
Apparently the silent majority has enuff of basher bollocks and just liked sensible comments. Cant fault them, no?
in Johor we have our own way, so don’t bring your outside influences, take care of your own states and country.
Correct. TMJ has given his advice. Best to heed it.
Folks,beware…this johnnie fella has a doctorate in REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY…..He is probably a penganggur keyboard warrior/curi ayam staff…during hours,he has the time to keep pouring his usual PIPU into paultan.
We are retired folks writing FACTS.No time for garbage.After contributing to paultan forum,we take our Mercedes/Royce for a spin.
If PT can burst that fake news bubble of urs when repoting that 97.5% of P1 sales is from retail end customers instead of gov fleet (https://paultan.org/2018/01/08/proton-sales-result-end-2017/), then how to belip what u say?
Want efficient public transports- vote BN
Want ProTiga & endless epic traffic jams- vote PH
Another priceless advice by Gandhi. Follow, we must.
Hahahahhahah
And yet in penang, after 10years theres nothing but tunnel scam
tunnelgate, watersupplygate, floodgate, environgate, housinggate, expendituregate, allowancegate, landscamgate, waterdealgate, uturngate, toomanygates, etc. And they supposed to be the alternative? Lolz!
come on over and ill give you a guide tour of lopsided enforcement.
RM40,000 per meter .. that is 3 feet …made of gold ? The proposed KL-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) could cost about RM40mil per km according to an estimate by UOB Kay Hian Malaysia Research.
ECRL is 60 billion and construction of it mainly by China workers. Kurang Malaysians.
by the way, tickets would cost RM300 EACH….can east malaysians who are mainly poor afford it??
Yes, they can. Theres plenty of rich Sabahan & Sarawakians that can AFFORD it if they wanna.
Lets see what it cost worldwide:
California – USD$ 56Million/km (or 82Mil per mile)
Seattle – USD$ 50-87Million/km (or 80-140Mil per mile)
China – USD$ 17-21Million/km
EU – USD$ 25-39Million/km
India – USD$ 27Million/km
Hokuriku extension – USD$ 28Million/km
Indonesia – USD$ 34Million/km
Malaysia – as above, USD$ 11Million/km.
Expensive? I wonder….
Unlike those countries you mentioned… Malaysia need not purchase or clear the land as it’s already owned by KTM long before you were born. The major cost only involves laying the new tracks, stations and foundation work on EXISTING KTM TRACKS. Stop pulling wool over our eyes if you refuse to see the obvious… You have vested interest? I wonder
Stop pulling wool over our eyes. Much of the alignment for HSR is totally new with land acquisition, clearing of forest, & possibly tunneling. HSR being much, much faster than normal rail, requires straighter rail config & current rail alignment is just not suitable for HSR usage. If you see my examples above, the US ones doesn’t require much land clearance or tunneling works, yet its so much more expensive. Don’t talk like you know the business when you just know nuts.
Sapot u bro Railman. Truth prevails over ignorance.
Deswai ERL & Monorel built w great foresight.
Both were built by previous management.
Who is pulling the wool over whose eyes? Land acquisition is a major part of it and not necessary. And KTM is not going to be owning or operating the resultant entity and the land.
KTM still uses metre gauge. The majority of high speed railways use standard gauge. Why didn’t the option to upgrade the railway to standard gauge occur when the double tracking initiative started? This would have allowed Malaysia to utilise the tilting train technology that exists in Europe (see Sweden) which is able to cope with existing older train lines and the way they were laid, rather than acquire new land for the wider radii that high speed trains require for turns? The answer is simple – certain parties benefit. Not the rakyat. Not to mention the environmental impact that laying a completely new rail line is going to cause.
Wanna talk means talk facts la. Don’t simply hantam and say KTM land. The KTM land in Singapore also all gone. Prime land some more.
While im not up to Railman level, let me add info from wiki. The X2 rail that u mention is up to 200kmph while the requirement for HSR is 300~350kmph. Not same same which need new alignment of tracks.
I din know why land acquisition is unnecessary, HSR train goes flying ka?
To make it clear for those who missed the context of the entire post – X200 is existing technology to use high speed trains on existing already owned land. Therefore land acquisition unnecessary. HSR specs as pointed out exceed the speed limit of aforementioned technology. However land acquisition costs factor heavily into it. So total cost will be different. To spell it out – HSR will cost more than an in-place upgrade and infrastructure will not belong to KTM. Do we really need this for this route?
Also HSR will cannibalise KUL-SIN air travel market. I don’t care about SIA, however MAS does profit from the route.
As u said, tech is not same same. Perf oso not same same. So why choose this method? HSR requires diff way of thinking and therefore need land acquisition for alignment of tracks. The goal is to make it faster & more efficient than air travel. Otherwise, why do it? As for MAS, they have to redeploy to other routes, or offer cheaper than HSR fare.
The whole point of what I am getting at is do we need this ultramodern transport route at this time in our country’s progress when basic things like healthcare, access to electricity and water are still a challenge for the rural folk and the urban poor? Don’t forget that there are bound to be people displaced by this rail alignment just like other previous projects. Look at the bigger picture la. It’s not all about having shiny trains and stations and then have people begging on the steps of the station.
If we wanna stay middling in our middle income trap, then its not necessary. If we wanna go up to high income nation, then yes its veli necessary. Same question Japan ask themselves when deciding on Shinkansen. So which level u wanna be at?
It won’t affect flight providers as the HSR will take 2-3 hours from KL to Singapore while only 1 hour by plane.
So the last time you took an airplane you just walked straight from your house to the terminal and got on the flight ah? No need to travel to KLIA, no need to clear security/immigration, no need to wait in boarding lounge right? Cos you are flying private jet issit? Factor in all that to the KUL SIN flight and the train and plane journey are very nearly the same duration.
You really think Japan asks themselves the same questions this country needs to? Or has to deal with the multiple needs of a multicultural society? The middle income trap will continue and worsen the way things are going if we can’t get the basics right. Splurging unnecessarily is not the way forward.
What r the basic r talking about here? All basics r being taken care off. Just focusing on basics wun get us to high income, we need to enhance further to attract the high income jobs and pipu. Thats how Japan grew.
How about a time testing by PT guys when all are ready? Plane vs HSR
Sounds like a good plan!
The quality of the roads, number of lanes (10 to 12 lanes), mostly straight roads, miles and miles across uninhibited places.
But our roads !?
What happened to GE13 “Rakyat Didahulukan” manifesto ? After 5 years…. Rakyat didahulukan dan dibebankan untuk membayar macam macam dan menderita nampaknya
No link to the PH manifesto?
Their leader alredi said not all is doable. No need to write about it lor.
BN manifesto is all about one focus only.. Spending money… I also can be PM like that la
Just one word ‘sembang’
Sembang kencang for those who only know how to give harapan palsu but no obligation to make it happen
How so?
two word “sembang kencang”
and another.. “kencang”
All of this project is non-transparent and sky-high cost which involve and benefit conics companies and foreign workers majority.
wow, someone is campaigning for a bunch of monkeys
Double tracking is 16 year old promise still can count or what. Plus it should have had happened 16 years ago.
Manifesto no 1 … Beli Boat Besar. Manifesto no 2 Beli Kapalterbang
They re v v desperatos..!!
Public transports > all
Never trust this GOV, lavish money for secure our crown rakyat is suffering and highest minister can amnesty even deadly drug and bribe can turn into donation. R U kidding MALAYSIAN?? Democracy is mourning!
At least got arrested lor. Itu orang tunnel, orang bakar kancer, orang scam tanah, nape tak complain?
Instead of cars getting cheaper by 30% as promised during GE13(cakap2 kosong oni), now the cars are more expensive than ever. Even simple kapchai cost more than 5k…..
Next? Majority of toll prices hiked up overnight…..and the govt had the cheek to say they cant do anything becoz of agreement oredi signed. Then they announced the agreement is confidential under OSA.
Enough la of this BN’s bs manifesto…..
Meh. All parties are good at making populist pledge. PH promise removing toll, GST, oil subsidy, reduce car price and etc…. Pas also make the same pledge but with zero interest rate for first buyer. And BN promise to upgrade infrastructure and public transport that cost billions of ringgit. Can all this party really honour their pledge without bankruping the country? Our politicians need to reconsider all their manifesto for sake of the country not for the party.
I thought ecrl was good plan until we know they don’t even how to cross pahang to selangor. The route they said they studied so well had to cross a unesco park and a water dam. This project is a fraud and failure even on paper
ECRL priority is not a passenger railway. It’s true purpose is to provide high volume rail cargo connection between Port Klang and Kuantan Port. Think of it as a “Kra Canal lite”. But as usual, the ignorant masses complain without knowing anything while those who are involved in this important future economy driver will never get their voices heard above the noise.
You don’t understand the situation here. I said how they want to cross from pahang to selangor when the alignment is at an unesco park and a water dam. You know the route yet you support it blindly. Blind loyalty makes someone a fool
From SPAD map, it looks like it will follow coastal way thru to Kuantan then roughly the existing rail network thru Pahang til Port Klang. So whats this bullocks about crossing dams and UNESCO park?
I heard that its SG that discouraged the Thaksin Kra project by u-know-what-happened-there. Same thing is happening here. SG money makes wonders in swaying who gets to make that decision.
Vote wisely for the future your children deserve.
Look at ERL, it’s so expensive to go to klia at rm55 per head, per way. that’s excluding the cost of ride to the train station. It’s more convenient to take GRAB directly. Many manifestos from political parties are just trying to woo votes with empty promises.
You have no idea how often international business travelers rely on the ERL, do you? Same goes for the HSR. It’s not for tourists to take to Singapore as an alternative to express busses. It’s for regular business travellers to use as an alternative to air travel. The trouble with malaysians is that they crow about wanting a high income economy yet they condemn every single proposed infrastructure that is necessary to drive our future economy and economic networks.
They dunno how high income pipu works and live and thinks all that money and superb infra just pops up from nowhere thanks Santa Claus.
Go and Google Translate ‘Making America Great Again’ into Malay. It shows ‘Hebatkan Negaraku’! What a coincidence.
Err nope. Its “Buat Malaysia Hebat Lagi”
Malaysia Berjaya
Ini salahan Google Translate for salah translate.
so many goodies…question is where the funding comes from? our own savings ^^
As compared to? Name a single country in the world that doesn’t build infrastructure with tax revenue?
the current project for east coast railway already consider bad business case. not very sure the intention you post about this election related promise. We need better public transport for sure but doesn’t meant we should sell the property or rights to foreigner and with price jack up easily 200% and more.
Over 60% of ECRL traffic is cargo freight between Port Klang and Kuantan Port. How is that a bad business case? There will be no cabotage at Kuantan Port and shippers can shorten their trip between the straits of melaka and the South China Sea, bypassing Singapore and saving a few days duration. The ECRL is an enabler for this. How is that a bad business case? You think the ECRL is for orang kampung to take during Raya only?
ECRL is more than that. Its to transport goods from China to Port Klang bypassing SG. Their role in commerce will die veli quick.
John are you the side kick of donkeykong?
Why? Cuz the truth hurts?
Suppose to be “Mana Pesto” not manifesto. As in “woii! nih spaghetti mana pesto?”