*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* { Sila lawat Laman Hizbi-Net - http://www.hizbi.net } { Hantarkan mesej anda ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] } { Iklan barangan? Hantarkan ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] } *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* PAS : KE ARAH PEMERINTAHAN ISLAM YANG ADIL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ yes i agree...... --[ ORaNG MuDE ]-- ----- Original Message ----- From: Azmi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: abuhanif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Hal hanis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 9:26 PM Subject: Re: H-Net* Re: [alternatif-net] AsiaweekBusiness27Oct2000-KLIA-WhiteElephant That May Not Fly > > *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* > { Sila lawat Laman Hizbi-Net - http://www.hizbi.net } > { Hantarkan mesej anda ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] } > { Iklan barangan? Hantarkan ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] } > *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* > PAS : KE ARAH PEMERINTAHAN ISLAM YANG ADIL > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Assalamu'alaikum, > > No doubt that we need a bigger airport than Subang because at present it > can't cope with the increase of passengers & cargos into the country via the > airport. > > Due to its constraints, the expansion of Subang Airport might not be cost > effective & practical. Hence, the construction of a new airport is a must! > .......Not Putrajaya. > > The root of problem that they are facing now is not the airport itself but > the people who are managing it. > > We can't deny that it's a very attractive airport & definitely will give > good first impression to out guest. Nevertheless, there are lots of > improvement need to be done i.e. the service, shop rental, promotion etc. > Again, we have to accept the fact that we can't replace Changi Airport as > the main regional hub. > > The cronies of mahader must be replaced if we want to see result!!! It's not > a mistake to build the airport. ....Just that if it is planned properly & > managed by those who used Al Quran & Hadith as the base......we will see > result! > > This is not a political motivated....only the truth & common sense. > > Again....the key word is "MANAGEMENT"!!!! > > Assalamu'alaikum.. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "abuhanif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Hal hanis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 4:57 PM > Subject: H-Net* Re: [alternatif-net] Asiaweek > Business27Oct2000-KLIA-WhiteElephant That May Not Fly > > > > > > *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* > > { Sila lawat Laman Hizbi-Net - http://www.hizbi.net } > > { Hantarkan mesej anda ke: [EMAIL PROTECTED] } > > { Iklan barangan? Hantarkan ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] } > > *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* > > PAS : KE ARAH PEMERINTAHAN ISLAM YANG ADIL > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > In less than 15 years > > > > we can see the result > > sistem berasaskan tamak > > > > > > > > Hal hanis wrote: > > > > > Asiaweek Business > > > October 27, 2000 > > > > > > Malaysia's (Not So) International Airport > > > This is One White Elephant That May Not Fly > > > > > > By ASSIF SHAMEEN > > > > > > Build and they shall come. That was Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. > Mahathir > > > Mohamed's strategy in the pre-Crisis era. Tens of billions of dollars > were > > > spent on prestige projects, from highways to skyscrapers to gleaming > > > shopping malls. Today, while Malaysia claims that its economy is fast > > > recovering, its capital Kuala Lumpur has the highest vacancy rate for > office > > > towers, shopping malls and hotels among major Asian cities. True, > Malaysians > > > have built them all. But nobody's interested in filling them. > > > > > > While Malaysia's billion-dollar 88-storeyed landmark Petronas Tower (60% > > > occupied at last count) doesn't quite look like a white elephant, even > > > though it is nearly half empty and may never provide its owners a decent > > > return on their investment, the US$2.6 billion Kuala Lumpur > International > > > Airport or KLIA is now decidedly starting to look like one, though. > Built an > > > hour and half drive away from the Malaysian capital in what was once a > palm > > > oil plantation near Sepang, KLIA has never taken off since it opened > over > > > two and half years ago. Two weeks ago, British Airways suspended all > > > services to and from KLIA. BA's decision to pull out of the airport > follows > > > similar decisions by Australia's Qantas and Ansett Airlines and > Germany's > > > Lufthansa over the past two years. Other major global airlines like > United, > > > American, Swissair, Air France, and SAS have all avoided flying to > Malaysia. > > > KLIA is now reduced to receiving a handful of Asian airlines, as well as > > > some second-tier international carriers. Bangkok airport, which caters > to > > > twice as many passengers each day, is used by three times as many > foreign > > > airlines as KLIA. The gap between them is widening in favor of the Thai > > > capital, even though it has a tired, old and cramped airport. > > > > > > Singapore's Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew once said one of his top > initial > > > priorities was to make Singapore's airport the best there was in Asia, > > > because an airport is often the first thing foreigners see when they > land in > > > a country. First impressions are almost always the most lasting ones, he > > > reasoned. Malaysian leaders may have taken that advice too literally. > When > > > Mahathir first decided to move Malaysia's main international airport > from > > > Subang to Sepang some 12 years ago, his objective was to turn Kuala > Lumpur > > > into a regional hub. East Asia already has several airline hubs > Singapore, > > > Hong Kong and Bangkok. Another hub so close to the existing three hubs > > > seemed like a non-starter. But Mahathir's aim wasn't to displace > Singapore > > > or Hong Kong, just to take some business away from them. Still, airports > > > aren't just about passengers. They are also about cargo. KLIA lags way > > > behind in cargo, because Malaysian exporters tend to truck their goods > to > > > Singapore's Changi, from where they can reach global markets more cost > > > effectively. Passengers to and from Malaysia are doing the same by > taking > > > the shuttle flight to Singapore to connect to other global destinations. > > > > > > With the advent of super jumbos like the new Airbus A3XX or Boeing's > > > 747-Stretch X, airports around the world will be further divided into > hubs > > > and spokes. Hubs will be airports where all the major regional and > global > > > airlines fly to and from, while local and regional airlines take > passengers > > > to nearby spokes. Singapore and Hong Kong have already carved their > niches > > > as Asia's premier hubs. Bangkok is actually bigger than Singapore and > > > carried 28 million passengers over the past 12 months compared to > > > Singapore's 27 million and Hong Kong's 30 million. KLIA, which is 63rd > > > biggest airport in the world and 11th biggest in Asia carried just 15 > > > million passengers during the past 12 months. > > > > > > The success of Bangkok airport as a hub proves an important point. I > believe > > > you don't need to spend billions on infrastructure to get a lot of > business. > > > So what is Kuala Lumpur to do about its US$2.6 billion investment? > Malaysian > > > officials still seem to believe they can turn their little spoke into a > huge > > > hub. An annual Grand Prix fills the airport on the morning after, but it > > > can't turn a spoke into a hub all year round. Malaysians are talking > about > > > offering lower landing fees and other enticements to lure foreign > carriers > > > to KLIA. But I believe they might want to try open sky policy. Let any > > > airline land at KLIA and take passengers or cargo to anywhere it wants > to at > > > any time. Sure, it might force the already debt-ridden flag-carrier > Malaysia > > > Airlines into further financial disarray and even necessitate a > > > state-sponsored Malaysian-style bailout. But it would dig KLIA from the > hole > > > it's stuck in. Malaysian capital might not become a hub it has always > wanted > > > to be. But it might just prevent KLIA from becoming world's most > expensive > > > "spoke" airport. > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > http://www.hotmail.com. > > > > > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > > > http://profiles.msn.com. > > > > > > -------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> > > > eGroups eLerts > > > It's Easy. It's Fun. 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