Petrol hike again, whose fault is it? I would blame Dr Mahathir Mohamad and those who believe owning a car symbolises one’s social status.
Imagine if we did not have the stupid national car project but an efficient public transport system that would rival those in Singapore, Hong Kong, Kyoto, Berlin, London, Shanghai and Seoul, there would be far less traffic jams, cars and pollution.
That would also mean less traffic accidents and road casualties, more buses and trains, and less need for toll roads and petrol.
Imagine if Mahathir had demonstrated half, I say HALF, the passion that he has for mega projects such as the loss-making Proton for building world-class universities and technological innovation, Malaysia would most probably have broken out the middle income trap by now.
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