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Message: <blockquote data-quote="funfer_fahrer" data-source="post: 175539" data-attributes="member: 2733">I am not the kind of person who reads The Book of Almanacs or whatsoever, but I know the difference between doing the right thing and waiting things to happen. To simply put it, I flush my toilet without waiting someone to tell me. The way I look at the haze problems is like a neverending war. To make it worse, the forest burning took place at their own soil. Yes, the smoke comes from Indonesia. And yes, the Sumatras is blowing all year round unlike the north-east monsoon. I repeat, the Sumatras is blowing all year round (this is only Standard Five Geography for Peperiksaan Penilaian Darjah Lima syllabus and I hope nobody is insulting my intelligence). The Indonesian Government is accusing Malaysian for the haze and vice-versa. For how long do you want to get involve in this finger-pointing? After a heavy rain, everybody is clapping happily. The problem stops for a while. Why? Because people tend to associate bad air quallity with haze (by believing that a clear day is an indication of good air quality). By doing so, we are actually living in a state of denial. Every single day, day in-day out we see hundreds of lorries that produce black smoke and nobody cares. Guys, this is something that our country CAN control. When Ling Liong Sik was the responsible minister, I did not see any intiatives on his part as well. Ministers are answerable to me and all of you because their political future depends on our "X" mark on the ballot paper. Some of the lorries have been in existence before I was born such as the British made Leyland. When they climb up a hill they can hardly do 10km/hr. The sad part some unlucky guys already "kissed" the backside and died for no reason. These lorries should not be allowed on our roads. They are dangerous not only to us but also to our future generations. Why is it so difficult understand this simple equation? Less old lorries=Good air quality. Having said that, this is not the ultimate solution. Somebody must also find a solution to the factories that produce black smokes as well. You see, when ministers go abroad they work 30% of the time, go for shopping 30% of the time and party for the remaining 40%. They never want to learn from the developed countries at their own initiatives unless someone told them to. Their eyes are "blind". This is what pisses me off. Why bother with something that you have little or no control at all such as the haze from Sumatra? That is where the lorry issue come into the picture. I don't care whether Hong Kong, Korea and Taiwan have plans to become a developed nation or not. What I know, if you want to compete, for whatever the reasons you must compete with the best. There's no point competing with second best. Let us compete with the country that already done it. I believe you've seen a lot during your overseas postings but to tell you the truth the number of countries that you have visited is nothing compared to the number of countries that I've worked or visited. I've seen and learned more for the past 15 years of my career. I just want to give some input in order to make my country a better place to live. For your information I don't just simply sit behind my laptop and complain about the environment. Go outside and take a look. For God's sake can't you just see what is happening around you?</blockquote>

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