Dear Editor,
LAST two days, February, 2, 2013, DBKK held the city's first
so-called Sea Parade. The general public was invited to witness this public
events via local newspapers and radio.
Since this is the first
event I was looking forward for some exciting shows as I believe our taxes are
paying for it. But first I had to walk across the city from Bandaran Berjaya
because the roads were already in grid-lock just because of the lion and dragon
shows at the Padang Merdeka.
The venue was the 'famed'
Jesselton Point which turned out to be the ferry terminal jetty and one end of
the jetty looked like it is just about to collapsed into the water. I thought
this was a shameful sight to show the invited VIP guest from Korea and
Indonesia.
The opening speech was a
typical Malaysian long boring speech where just rolling out the names of VIPs
already took some 15 minutes while the VIPs and a handful of people sitting on
the chairs waited under the hot sun, some holding umbrellas.
I thought the most stupid
part was, if the public turned up in a large number, where were they supposed
to stand and witness the show? Whatever area available on the jetty were
already occupied by the small stage, the VIP chairs, the tables holding
refreshment and for the high school brass band to perform.
The rest of the jetty
leading to the shore were teaming with embarking and disembarking passengers
from ferries and speedboats.
Despite Kota Kinabalu being
a city for the last 13 years, it looked like our leaders still do not have the
grey matters to put up an event, what more run the city and the rest of the
country.
After today, I think I wont
bother to come and witness any more event by so-called DBKK because paying the
taxes were bad enough. Attending their events might kill me next time.
My video report is found HERE
Best Regards,
OZZ WOZZIE
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