Comments on: What’s happening at the Penang Botanic Gardens? http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/what-is-happening-at-the-penang-botanic-gardens/ Let justice flow like a mighty river Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:45:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: u-turn http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/what-is-happening-at-the-penang-botanic-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-27153 u-turn Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:52:30 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=13317#comment-27153 Guys, Do not push the new state govment too hard since no budget no action. BE fair to PR Govment. Look at the course of the problems....pressure fed. Gov to allocate more fund to Penang. LGE mentioned that less than 1% of the (financial crissis rescue fund was allocated for Penang and perhaps otehr PR controlled states. Mana ada fair....we all pay income tax what. Guys,

Do not push the new state govment too hard since no budget no action. BE fair to PR Govment. Look at the course of the problems….pressure fed. Gov to allocate more fund to Penang. LGE mentioned that less than 1% of the (financial crissis rescue fund was allocated for Penang and perhaps otehr PR controlled states. Mana ada fair….we all pay income tax what.

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]]> By: wira http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/what-is-happening-at-the-penang-botanic-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-26948 wira Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:45:31 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=13317#comment-26948 Dear Anil, Your new look is pretty unkind to senior citizens. The columns narrow when we zoom in to view. That's bad. Dear Anil,

Your new look is pretty unkind to senior citizens.
The columns narrow when we zoom in to view.

That’s bad.

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]]> By: taskforce101 http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/what-is-happening-at-the-penang-botanic-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-26940 taskforce101 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:48:34 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=13317#comment-26940 Anil Your website is a mess. There are many issues you have covered and given us better light on. Remember, its also about presentation. <em>Strange, a couple of you said you preferred the new look. Maybe I should do a poll on that ;) - Anil</em> Anil

Your website is a mess.
There are many issues you have covered and given us better light on.

Remember, its also about presentation.

Strange, a couple of you said you preferred the new look. Maybe I should do a poll on that ;) – Anil

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]]> By: Killer http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/what-is-happening-at-the-penang-botanic-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-26927 Killer Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:03:48 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=13317#comment-26927 BG is a mess now and I have stopped going there. In fact what people have pointed out is true.There is a marked decline in the level of municipal services since PR took over in Penang. Go just about anywhere in Penang now you feel we have gone backward. Illegal parking and hawkers have gotten worse. Parks and public facilities not maintained well at all. New buildings cropping up in unlikely places. I remember speaking to one MPPP officer and what he said was rather very revealing. We met this guy while attending a show recently in Georgetown. He was saying that most of the civil servants were rather shell socked and unsure what to do initially when Pakatan took over. After some discussion most of the people in his Jabatan decided to focus on their jobs and forget abt politics and carry on like they used to do. He denied that those in his dept tried to sabotage. However, the initial nuetrality was changed when they started to see too much interference from politicians. He was saying all kinds of DAP & PKR (not PAS) openly giving instructions by-passing their superiors. There were so many people coming and giving instructions that it was rather confusing. He also claimed that the state govt (esp DAP) has started to appoint new contractors and suppliers. This he said had made the civil servants rather angry and the morale plunged. So he says now they just going through the motions or focus on their part time business. He himself apparently doing some educational product business. He claimed/(alleged) that most new contractors are politicians or linked to them (mainly DAP)and mainly out to make money and do a poor job. So perhaps this explain the issues we are seeing. So Mr Guan Eng, where is the CAT you have been hyping about ? BG is a mess now and I have stopped going there.

In fact what people have pointed out is true.There is a marked decline in the level of municipal services since PR took over in Penang.

Go just about anywhere in Penang now you feel we have gone backward. Illegal parking and hawkers have gotten worse. Parks and public facilities not maintained well at all. New buildings cropping up in unlikely places.

I remember speaking to one MPPP officer and what he said was rather very revealing.

We met this guy while attending a show recently in Georgetown. He was saying that most of the civil servants were rather shell socked and unsure what to do initially when Pakatan took over. After some discussion most of the people in his Jabatan decided to focus on their jobs and forget abt politics and carry on like they used to do.

He denied that those in his dept tried to sabotage. However, the initial nuetrality was changed when they started to see too much interference from politicians. He was saying all kinds of DAP & PKR (not PAS) openly giving instructions by-passing their superiors. There were so many people coming and giving instructions that it was rather confusing.

He also claimed that the state govt (esp DAP) has started to appoint new contractors and suppliers. This he said had made the civil servants rather angry and the morale plunged. So he says now they just going through the motions or focus on their part time business. He himself apparently doing some educational product business.

He claimed/(alleged) that most new contractors are politicians or linked to them (mainly DAP)and mainly out to make money and do a poor job.

So perhaps this explain the issues we are seeing.

So Mr Guan Eng, where is the CAT you have been hyping about ?

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]]> By: NutzeyWagen http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/what-is-happening-at-the-penang-botanic-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-26909 NutzeyWagen Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:57:33 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=13317#comment-26909 Botanical Gardens is not what it used to be anymore!!! Waist-deep pools of water are mere memories, so are the flora and fauna. Whatever happened to the mini zoo? It is now simply not worth it to go there anymore, come rain or shine! CIAO! Botanical Gardens is not what it used to be anymore!!! Waist-deep pools of water are mere memories, so are the flora and fauna. Whatever happened to the mini zoo? It is now simply not worth it to go there anymore, come rain or shine! CIAO!

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]]> By: Ah Beng http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/what-is-happening-at-the-penang-botanic-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-26899 Ah Beng Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:05:04 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=13317#comment-26899 Too many excuses from the Pakatan state governments. Why can't they sack the BN-loyal city council workers for non-performance, espcially the higher rank officials? Why can't they penalise the BN-loyal contractors for not doing the job they have been paid for? And if you can't sack the officials, why can't they transfer them to our version of Timbuktoo, like somewhere in some kampung that is not on the Malaysian map? If the PR government don't sack these people that don't work, then we may sack the PR government in the next election. Too many excuses from the Pakatan state governments. Why can’t they sack the BN-loyal city council workers for non-performance, espcially the higher rank officials? Why can’t they penalise the BN-loyal contractors for not doing the job they have been paid for? And if you can’t sack the officials, why can’t they transfer them to our version of Timbuktoo, like somewhere in some kampung that is not on the Malaysian map? If the PR government don’t sack these people that don’t work, then we may sack the PR government in the next election.

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]]> By: Anon http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/what-is-happening-at-the-penang-botanic-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-26897 Anon Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:11:35 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=13317#comment-26897 http://ssquah.blogspot.com/2009/06/dashed-expectations-lily-pond-at-penang.html http://ssquah.blogspot.com/2009/06/dashed-expectations-lily-pond-at-penang.html

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]]> By: Chan PT (ex MGS) http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/what-is-happening-at-the-penang-botanic-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-26895 Chan PT (ex MGS) Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:43:53 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=13317#comment-26895 From the state BG is you can conclude that Penang does not have the right people for the job of looking after it. They simply do not have pride in their job. Please tell LGE to sack the entire department and employ qualified horticulturists to bring back BG's beauty. Go to Singapore and see how well maintained their BG is. Ours is older and more natural and yet we just left it to rot to this state. I'm ashamed to bring people to the garden I used to enjoy when I was a child. From the state BG is you can conclude that Penang does not have the right people for the job of looking after it. They simply do not have pride in their job. Please tell LGE to sack the entire department and employ qualified horticulturists to bring back BG’s beauty. Go to Singapore and see how well maintained their BG is. Ours is older and more natural and yet we just left it to rot to this state. I’m ashamed to bring people to the garden I used to enjoy when I was a child.

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]]> By: karma http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/what-is-happening-at-the-penang-botanic-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-26876 karma Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:35:22 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=13317#comment-26876 PAS will win the Manek Urai by election. Another feather in PR's cap. It shows PR is relevant. PAS will win the Manek Urai by election. Another feather in PR’s cap. It shows PR is relevant.

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]]> By: Jed Yoong http://anilnetto.com/governance/accountability/what-is-happening-at-the-penang-botanic-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-26871 Jed Yoong Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:32:48 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=13317#comment-26871 Hey, I like your new look! Nifty! ;-) Hey, I like your new look! Nifty! ;-)

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