mamakk!!!

via TODAYonline:

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia has again been embarrassed by the country’s volunteer corps after two officers arrested and wrongly detained an Indian national film director whom they mistook to be an illegal immigrant.

The director, Mr Sanjiv Mishra, was in Malaysia filming a tourism documentary titled Dream Hotels in Asia for a German production company when two Rela officers arrested him on Monday.

Rela volunteers have legal immunity and are allowed to arrest individuals as well as enter and search any premise without a warrant. Rela has attracted a barrage of criticism for abuses of power, including from the US-based Human Rights Watch, which earlier this month called for it to be immediately disbanded.

Not another one…stop arguing over the leaking roof and do something about this!

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ironwulf wrote:

I have always been a nature person. Given a choice if I’ll hang around a mall or the countryside I’ll definitely choose the latter. With my friend already off back to Singapore by bus yesterday, I’m on my own on my last day in Kuala Lumpur. So what am I to do on this city of skyscrapers and railways before I fly out by night? I’ve already explored the Mini-forest at Bukit Nanas near the Menara Tower and been around the malls and parks in the city. So very early in the morning I went to the nearest LRT, bought a ticket and took the first train to Wangsa Maju station since I decided to go a bit out of town to climb Bukit Tabur in Taman Melawati.

can’t believe this is near KL…lol

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Radzi wrote:

Somewhere in a corner behind Chow Kit Road, Kuala Lumpur, next to a parking lot, lies a small building which invites questions. The building is a small Chinese temple under a jejawi tree (a jungle tree with lots of roots and foliage), quite a normal sight in Malaysia. What is out of the ordinary is the sign-board at the temple bearing the name “Datuk Matsita”… Ait?? Came a big question mark when I first saw this a month ago. The name “Datuk Matsita” sounds Malay. Why is a Chinese temple named after it?

Anyone knows why?

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via NST:

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians spend an average of 19.9 minutes when they make love.
Hardly the stuff romance novels are made of, they ranked sixth quickest in the world in terms of time spent in a love-making session.

However, if it’s any consolation, the average time spent is above the global average of 18.3 minutes.

India’s lovers were the world’s quickest, spending only 13.2 minutes per session.

Nigeria once again topped the ranking on a leisurely 23 minutes.
Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand and Australia were all well below the world average time.

haha…at least we beat 2 of our neighbours =)

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via NST:

KUALA LUMPUR: Motorists used to stewing in the capital’s worsening traffic jams can look forward to an easier ride but it may come at a price.

On his first day at work, Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Ab Hakim Borhan said the time for road or congestion charges — much discussed and long in the pipeline — has finally arrived with the city’s improved public transportation.

Vehicles entering the city centre during peak hours will have to pay a levy. But the new Datuk Bandar’s proposal differs from the restricted zones of Singapore and London, where congestion charging has dramatically freed up traffic and reduced pollution.

Car-pool lanes will be introduced along busy roads, at whose entrances City Hall officers will charge lone drivers. “We need to take effective measures before KL traffic worsens.”

Drivers in car-pool lanes will need two other passengers to escape charges. “At present, most cars have one driver entering the city at peak hours. This creates congestion,” he said.

Peak hours are between 7am and 9am and 5pm and 7pm on weekdays. The busiest roads include Jalan Raja Laut, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman and Jalan Sultan Ismail.

Finally, something that’s much needed to curb the horrible traffic jams we experience everyday. Anyone wants to collaborate and setup a car pool organiser website?

But the public transport needs some serious restructuring. Just a look at the “connecting” stations of Dang Wangi and Bukit Nanas!!!

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