SET UP FLOOD SENSORS BUT DO NOTHING ABOUT THE FREQUENT FLOODING

This is a typical case of IT scheiss - ie. "IT bullshit".

Penang has been regularly affected by flash floods over the past few years, with 100 areas affected by the worst flash floods of them all due to the tail end of Typhoon Doksuri which was pretty far way over Vietnam.

The Penang state government blames the Malaysian federal government for not providing the funds to widen the storm drains and deepen the rivers in order to solve or mitigate the flooding, whilst environmentalists and other people blame the Penang state government for not doing enough to stop property developers from clearing away the forestation especially on hill slopes to make way for condo and other building projects. This is pretty evident from muddy brown water flowing down from the hills to the low land areas, as can be seen in the video and photos in Penang-based environmental activist Anil Netto below:-

http://anilnetto.com/economy/development-issues/penang-floods-price-control-irresponsible-development/

In Malaysia, land matters come under the purview of the respective state governments and some people want the Penang state government to do something to improve the drainage and also curb the clearing of greenery by the property developers.

Then on 20 September 2017, Star TV reported that the Penang Island City Council plans to set up flood sensors around the city to warn of impending floods.

https://www.thestartv.com/v/Penang%20plans%20to%20set%20up%20flood%20sensors%20next%20year

How wonderful !!! Set up a system which alerts the authorities that flooding in imminent but do nothing to prevent or at least lessen the extent and frequency of flooding.

What will the Penang Island City Council do when faced with an imminent flood - command the floods to receded, like how King Canute commanded the sea tide not to come in?

This is typical of Malaysia, whether under the Barisan Nasional or the Pakatan Harapan  (Pact of Hope),in the case of Penang - i.e. throw gee whiz information technology, including Internet of Things, Big Data Analytics, cloud computing, virtualisation, associated smart phone applications, Enterprise Architecture, etc, etc, etc at real world problems but do nothing concrete on the ground to solve or mitigate the occurrence of problems.

Well, that folks, is a load of "IT scheiss"  

Former Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was right in saying that Malaysians have a first world infrastructure but a third world mentality.

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