Wednesday 2 November 2011

Malacca monorail suspended 48 hours

Reading this news, Malacca monorail suspended 48 hours and knowing how problematic China's bullet and other trains have been experiencing serious reliability problems resulting in fatal consequences, I think the Melaka Government should view this with serious concern. And the question must be asked, even though it's in hindsight.. "Why was the KL Monorail company not involved in the Melaka project, as there must be cost and other advantages getting a local company with a successful track record?"
It is even more embarrassing as the Melaka monorail will be mainly used by tourists, and in the event that any future incident have fatal consequences, we will never be able to forgive ourselves. I also observe in the picture, in one of the emergency measures, in the event of the monorail stopping in the middle of nowhere, a rope ladder will be deployed to rescue the tourists trapped in the coaches! Can you imagine elderly foreign tourists being asked to climb down a great height using this oscillating rope ladder in an emergency, and this scene is flashed all over the globe?

Heaven Forbid!!!!!

No comments: