The story of a 16-km highway
Tuesday, June 7th, 2005 | 10:11 am @ SK
Exactly 2 months ago, I complimented Works Minister S. Samy Vellu for his decision not to build a second Penang Bridge.
Yesterday, he officially announced that the Government agreed to re-route the second phase of the East-Coast Highway, which involve an additional 16-km stretch between Cheneh and Bukit Besi, due to Terengganu Government “request”.
RM160 million question: The decision to re-route the highway would incur the Government additional cost of RM160 million (RM10 million per km).
Hint: There is no way that S. Samy Vellu is wrong, afterall, he is a minister-lah. So, the most logical reason I can think of is that, Jeff failed his math miserably.
Probably, S. Samy Vellu can earn some side income by tutoring Jeff, I know he desperately needs that.
Don’t worry Jeff, this kind of so-called ‘ungrateful bugger‘ won’t spoilt my day, at all.