Comments on: The mothership is landing… http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/the-mothership-is-landing/ Let justice flow like a mighty river Fri, 25 May 2012 02:14:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Chin http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/the-mothership-is-landing/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Chin Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:36:02 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/2007/09/11/the-mothership-is-landing/#comment-135 its going to cost more than 25 big ones to do this unless the image in the Star is a 'feel good' picture, which is what most internaltional architect will show but when it comes to local implementation, the local arch. and structural engineers will not be able to carry thru without the cost approval from the developers. Note, developers are born greedy. Its in thier blood. At the end of the day i bet you will bet a 'Run of the Mill' square block and possibly some 'funk' thrown in, but only in the high end condos. In terms of time, you will be looking at a 10-20 years developmet period. Look at KLCC. Its been 10 years since The Twin Towers were opened and there are still empty plots of land around the deleopment. We are lucky that there's a park in the middle to make the area usable. KL Sentral is at the other end of scale - barren concrete waste land on one side and high rise office towers and aparment buildings looking into each other with very lighted sunlight. Worse than NYC. What are you getting for 25 Billions? its going to cost more than 25 big ones to do this unless the image in the Star is a ‘feel good’ picture, which is what most internaltional architect will show but when it comes to local implementation, the local arch. and structural engineers will not be able to carry thru without the cost approval from the developers. Note, developers are born greedy. Its in thier blood. At the end of the day i bet you will bet a ‘Run of the Mill’ square block and possibly some ‘funk’ thrown in, but only in the high end condos.

In terms of time, you will be looking at a 10-20 years developmet period. Look at KLCC. Its been 10 years since The Twin Towers were opened and there are still empty plots of land around the deleopment. We are lucky that there’s a park in the middle to make the area usable. KL Sentral is at the other end of scale – barren concrete waste land on one side and high rise office towers and aparment buildings looking into each other with very lighted sunlight. Worse than NYC.

What are you getting for 25 Billions?

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]]> By: jordan Tan http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/the-mothership-is-landing/comment-page-1/#comment-134 jordan Tan Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:38:02 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/2007/09/11/the-mothership-is-landing/#comment-134 we need 1 kilo of food 2 litres of water and 13.2 litres of air a day to live, this life giving oxygen is from the trees the trees are the life of man's survival. pity the poor purchasers of this billion $ project. they have to pay air tax in years to come!! we need 1 kilo of food
2 litres of water and 13.2 litres of air
a day to live,
this life giving oxygen is from the trees

the trees are the life of man’s survival.

pity the poor purchasers of this billion $
project. they have to pay air tax in years to come!!

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]]> By: jordan Tan http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/the-mothership-is-landing/comment-page-1/#comment-133 jordan Tan Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:31:28 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/2007/09/11/the-mothership-is-landing/#comment-133 when the last fish is caught, when the last river is poisoned, when the last tree is cut, then they only know, money cannot be eaten. " Red Indian proverb" when the last fish is caught,
when the last river is poisoned,
when the last tree is cut,
then they only know, money cannot be eaten.

” Red Indian proverb”

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]]> By: Johnny Ong http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/the-mothership-is-landing/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Johnny Ong Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:23:53 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/2007/09/11/the-mothership-is-landing/#comment-132 really getting out of hand really getting out of hand

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]]> By: Pigeon http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/the-mothership-is-landing/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Pigeon Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:20:54 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/2007/09/11/the-mothership-is-landing/#comment-131 Wow. Deja vu. I recalled exactly the same thing happening in Kuala Lumpur during the 1990s when the Kuala Lumpur City Centre was built over the original site of the Selangor Turf Club. It's not so much the project itself that is of concern, but the effects it will have on the surrounding area. Although there was already some degree of development in the area, the KLCC led to skyrocketing land value and the former suburb of colonial-era mansions and kampungs became a hotspot for property development. Who knows how many historical buildings and villages were demolished in place of residential and commercial towers. Forgotten. The Bok House, just 250 metres from the KLCC, was abandoned for six years and torn down in such an undignified manner that it left me utterly disgusted. Neither are my peers aware of the former occupant of the nearby Pavilion Kuala Lumpur site, once the prestigious Bukit Bintang Girls School (my mom studied there during the 1960s and 1970s) - demolished in 2000 and vanished. Nobody of my age even seems to remember anything about the city 10 years ago or more. People here just don't recognise KL's history as much as those in Singapore, Malacca or Penang. The KLCC may not be an exact scenario for comparison with the PWCC, but the former is a good case study on the effects of megaprojects in the middle of a underdeveloped area. Let this be known to the folks in Penang. Wow. Deja vu.

I recalled exactly the same thing happening in Kuala Lumpur during the 1990s when the Kuala Lumpur City Centre was built over the original site of the Selangor Turf Club. It’s not so much the project itself that is of concern, but the effects it will have on the surrounding area. Although there was already some degree of development in the area, the KLCC led to skyrocketing land value and the former suburb of colonial-era mansions and kampungs became a hotspot for property development.

Who knows how many historical buildings and villages were demolished in place of residential and commercial towers. Forgotten. The Bok House, just 250 metres from the KLCC, was abandoned for six years and torn down in such an undignified manner that it left me utterly disgusted. Neither are my peers aware of the former occupant of the nearby Pavilion Kuala Lumpur site, once the prestigious Bukit Bintang Girls School (my mom studied there during the 1960s and 1970s) – demolished in 2000 and vanished. Nobody of my age even seems to remember anything about the city 10 years ago or more. People here just don’t recognise KL’s history as much as those in Singapore, Malacca or Penang.

The KLCC may not be an exact scenario for comparison with the PWCC, but the former is a good case study on the effects of megaprojects in the middle of a underdeveloped area. Let this be known to the folks in Penang.

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