Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob exhorted the government to continue the project to build a drag racing circuit in every Malaysian state. The project was announced in the 2023 Budget during Sabri’s tenure as Prime Minister.
In the budget, RM20 million was allocated for the construction of drag racing circuits to give youth the opportunity for involvement in motorsports in a controlled and safe environment, as reported by Bernama. Sabri said this would allow motorsports professionals to train the youth and develop new Malaysian motorsports talents.
“The lack of proper platforms and motorsports complexes is one of the sources of social issues amongst youth such as illegal racing, road hooliganism and loitering,” said Sabri. He suggested the Ministry of Youth and Sports visit completed drag strips in Terengganu and Johor to understand the intent of the project and the aspirations of youth towards motorsports.
“In Johor, the construction is a bare minimum with just the drag strip and safety fencing compared to Terengganu which has a higher cost for the construction of a grandstand,” Sabri said. “Meanwhile, for the Jempol, Negeri Sembilan drag strip that was completed last year in joint venture with the private sector, involved a cost of RM1.3 million for the local council and state government,” he added.
Yesterday, Minister of Youth and Sport Hannah Yeoh said in reply to a question from Kalabakan Member of Parliament Datuk Andi Muhammad Suryady Bandy the proposal from the previous government to construct drag racing strip in every state would not be continued. Yeoh said this is due to the high maintenance cost as from the requirement for monitoring by specialists.
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Social issues amongst youth such as illegal racing, road hooliganism and loitering, are mainly caused by bad parenting, resulting in poor attitude towards education and safety, not because of the lack of drag racing circuits.
U r damn damn correct,Sir.Former PM is a lowyatt 2.0 dude.In China …got mat rempit problem?Their police will go house to house,province to province to round up all the rempits.No chance to rempit at all.Here,even a 6 year old can crash a vios in Langkawi .All due to excessive tidakapa parents.
that’s the problem bila Penyu jdi piyem…
““The lack of proper platforms and motorsports complexes is one of the sources of social issues amongst youth such as illegal racing, road hooliganism and loitering,” said Sabri.”
So to combat sex crime, we should legalise sex industry, right?
OOOooooo Laaaa LaaaaHHHHH!!!!
That’s not a correct analogy at all. Motorsports is legal, just not on public roads. Sex crime itself is illegal regardless of where it is performed.
While it is definitely not the “cause” as he wrongly stated, it can be a partial solution. If Genting Casino were to shut down, illegal gambling would logically also increase. People need an avenue to vent their pent-up desires, as long as it’s not against the law, I don’t see why not.
If you make motorsports a crime, it will still be a crime no matter how you justify it.
Don’t waste money lah. Our country is on deficit. If our country is cash rich like the arabs, then do what you want lah. Later Bank Negara see a lot of people drag racing, got surplus of cash to spend, then raise OPR. Then later government will give another excuse.
Well he is definitely missing his Burberry Show clothing and his Evian Water free with all staffs meeting. Those were the days to dish out try and dish out Direct Negotiation Tender with inflated price to outbid each other MPs and to some special companies only.
please remember to make it AFFORDABLE.
Use tax money to build only to enrich cronies and organisers. You think it will be affordable? Later go under, ask for bail out again.
This is from the person that came out with lowyat 2. Think again.
ramai rakyat susah sampai makan pun tak mampu!! dia ni nak bazir wang untuk lumba???!!! patut jadi PM paling pendek !!!
Do not forget to reserve some land to ease dumping into after events.
Dumb idea to begin with.
mujur dia tak jadi PM dah
I guess quite a huge number of mat rempits are his supporters
too free ke
He should know when to talk and when to stfu. Now is time for the latter.
Youths be like why pay to race when we can race for free on normal roads?
What rubbish. You want to promote motorsports in this country then adopt the approach that other countries (eg UK) have and also have more stringent licensing procedures (eg Finland). Then we can have safe motorsports here and not this half past six approach that does neither.
So many issues to consider – GDP here only allows purchase of unsafe cars, protectionism continues for said unsafe local cars, no enforcement of safety standards in vehicle manufacture or standard safety options, no enforcement of road traffic regulations, no value for life…the list can go on. But build some drag strips and it will fix everything. Must be nice to be a politician, spout nonsense, supporters clamour for more and can syiok sendiri nicely.
Almost forgot he existed
Racing sports required highest standards for safety, engineering, and professional training.
Just building a race circuit without all the above is asking the kids to die on race circuit instead of on the roads. Just build a kubur next to the race circuit too for easier handling.
Its easy to be a father or mother but difficult to be a good parent.
If they’re gonna go ahead with the drag strips, best not to skimp on the safety part.
Yeah right. EFF this lot of corrupt thieving species. This same gang of shenanigans shut down Batu3 circuit to literally give it to private developer to build bungalows and semiDs. They had said Selangor got Sepang circuit and there is no need to have Batu 3 circuit anymore.