Housing in Kuching.

Almost 90% still empty...NO BUYER ??.

The gate is closed due no tenants ........

Anyone agree with the below statement ( from the public).

I am dead against anyone buying any properties in Kuching and this is for a variety of reasons.
Among them:-
1. Cos do not justify what you get
2. Kuching have been over built
3. Buyers are enriching the developers and the ruling family
4. Buyers are paying for inefficient and out dated construction technology and via this Sarawak/Kuching contractors take 30-40 percent extra time to built houses and this is translated to hefty labour and holding cost for the developers/contractors and subsequently pass on to buyers
5. Many buyers are buying for investment and hoping that it will appreciate in value and subsequently resell it. The question is how many have actually make money investing in residential houses!!
On the Tribunal, it will take a long time and I suggest DAP start a column blacklisting Property Developers and their Directors instead as have been done by ad-hoc bodies in Semanjung in the Past.
It is a shame that we cry when we discover we are fleeced by this unscrupulous developers when no one is high lighting the present mirco economics of the housing situation in Kuching.

Is it true that Kuching have been over built...now just look at the empty apartment (pic above) still empty since completed about 10 month ago (if I'm not mistaken).

My Responsibility .

I'm behind the camera just about to have a final check on my name with the EC officers on duty.I ask one of the officers on duty about my wife name not on the electrol list and he says it is a common mistake .It's seem that the EC did not take this seriously.
The polling centre ..this picture capture at about 11:00am and I can see just one or two voters including me or maybe most of the voters have cast the vote earlier but by looking at the transparent ballot box is yet to 50% fill in.This polling centre is not OKU friendly user and I wonder how the voter on wheel chair go up to the class room to cast the vote as the stair case is very narrow.(not allowed to take picture)

PKR candidate for PetraJaya

BN candidate.

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As usual I woke up as early as 04:30am a preparation for my Suboh prayer.My main responsibility as a Muslim Solat five times a day.Suboh(dawn solat)Zohor(after mid-day solat)Asar(late afternoon solat)Maghrib(after sunset solat)Isya'(night solat).

To-day 8th of March 2008 Saturday as a Citizen of Malaysia my resposibility is to cast a vote.This resposiblity come once in every 4 years.Woke up 04:30am it was heavy rain outside and I do hope the rain will stop before 08:00am so I can go out there to cast my vote.My wife is not coming with me to cast the vote this year because very suprising that her name was not on the SPR aka EC voting list,I check her name on SPR website but NO RECORD FOUND.

Anyway I might discuss this matter to EC officer after the 12th GE.

Moment of truth today and I'm sure VVIP's,VIP's and their supporters can be seen having a gathering or teh tarik (TT) gathering to-night expecting election result.

09:00 am weather is OK now but still very cloudly and may be the sun is shy to shine to-day .

At the polling centre where I 'm casting the vote I was suprise to see not many voters yet around or no Q at all .

So I'm now already fulfil my democratic obligation and the EC prediction is the first election result is expected to be announced at 7pm.

So have a cup of Kopi tongkat ali tonight..infront of your TV .