Tol Increase 33% a Mockery

When the rest of the world is trying to fight recession and trying to help their citizen to overcome the economy crisis, here in Malaysia tol increase is haunting the public.

Then comes the hero---- government, helping to check and to postpond the price hike. Imagine the government has failed so often to prevent such a price increase in our highway tol, this time it is done with such a ease. A gift for the coming by election.

Anyway it sounded a financial lost for the government in return for a compesation of estimated 280 millions or so. As far as the highway company is concern it is still a gain. This is the result of a "blind and foolish"agreement. Whatever it is, this goes to prove that if the government wanted, it has the mean to stop such tol increment. Just hope that each time there is a cry for "increase tol" there will be a respond of our hero to the rescue.

For long run, to save all public fund and to save the piblic from such fear of tol increase, we need a new government which will review the highway contract and settles it once and for all. The highway is to serve the people, not a mean of increasing the financial burden for the public. Make good use of our petrol money and our taxes, we will enjoy free highway like many other nations.
Malaysians must train ourselves to be thinking people and to act in wisdom.