Saturday, October 20, 2007

MERSING TRAGEDY 2

The Mersing tragedy finally the lost souls came home. The last body found and retrieved from the sea 1okm away from the scene. Family members can now go home and start a new chapter of their lives. Arent we all are we? This is another tragedy owing to basically driven by profit margins and corrupted officials for failing to carry their tasks entrusted to them. The Transport Minister should have resigned by now. But within our cultures there is no likelihood he would do so. It is not like we found in Tokyo or South Korea or Taiwan.......where minister resigns or PM resigns when too many tragedies befalling in the administration. Here there is no such thing. These people want the power and the wealth. You think these ministers or PM will take cognizance of the fact that malpractices happen down the lines. They will issue statements and send condolences to the victims' families. Then it is back to business as usual. Few months ago it was the bus tragedy killing 22 persons. The bus driver had many summons and bus had no permit to ply the routes...yet he was allowed to drive the ill-fated bus killing 22 persons. Mersing boat tragedy isnt the last on the list. At the rate the authorities are conducting their businesses, many deaths will be made. It is all through human errors and greed. The little devils are dancing and smiling all the way to the soul bank. Yesterday MB of Selangor ordered two boats grounded owing to safety regulations not followed. He said he didnt want to see another tragedy like the one in Mersing for people travelling from Port Klang to Crab island(Pulau Ketam) This is the after effect of the tragedy in Mersing otherwise the government will just sleep on it. Before Mersing boating tragedy, it had happened before. The incident was from Kuala Kedah to Langkawi Island in Kedah. Looking at it, the government never learns so are the enforcement officers. Maybe this time aeroplanes? I hope not. The last time a commercial airliner crashed was like 40 years ago in Johore.

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