new airport for Perak

A new airport somewhere near Elephant Stone (Batu Gajah) costing around $390 million to develop. Though there are quarters who opposed it, there are those who think it may boost the state in tourism dollar. It will be around 40km to Ipoh City. What will happen to the old airport then? Pull it down? Turn it into an entertainment arena perhaps? Or another muzium in the state? Before the state embark on this new airport project, it is better the state government gets the inputs and outputs for the air port project. The state isnt a rich one now. It is said Perak is one of those poorer states in the country. As such the state government must not incurr any more unnecessary burden to the state and her people. If the airport is valuable to the state, it has to lock in the factors of how it benefits the state tourism products. Ample taxis and coaches must be available at a reasonable price. As usual the touts and illegal operators will make a killing in the tourism dollar......so the state must have enough checks and controls to zero it off otherwise a bad name is difficult to erase even with huge publicity. I dont know about the tourist products in the state. Those I had visited were long time ago.....The new airport must be helpful to generate economy activities in the state. The numbers must be collected and studied it with a fine comb to see it is beneficial to all parties in the state. Perak must find ways to generate income otherwise it will be remain as one of the poorer states in the country. Perak was a rich state during the booming tin trade now it was just a distant memory..........It is time to bring back the shine to Perak.