马哈迪又爆内幕——新马大桥内幕
Monday, June 9th, 2008
当年前首相马哈迪医生退位前决定实行一条全新的新马大桥。由于新加坡方面不愿意建立一座直桥，所以这座大桥的结构是弯曲的，引起很大的争议。在前首相马哈迪医生的坚持下，这座新马大桥计划决定实施。
可是前首相马哈迪医生退位后，现任首相阿都拉上位不久就把这项计划取消，并赔了不下十亿马币。为什么首相阿都拉会取消建设这座大桥的计划呢？前首相马哈迪医生在今天贴了一篇blog post指证首相阿都拉浪费公款，并说出弯桥的内幕：
To cut a long story short work on the curved bridge was stopped so that Dato Seri Abdullah’s Government could offer to sell 1 billion cubic metres of sand, and overflight rights for Singapore military aircraft over Johor Baru if Singapore agreed to a straight bridge.
Someone stood to make a lot of money selling 50 million cubic metres of sand per year for 20 years to Singapore for land reclamation. This was a very attractive offer as the reclaimed land can sell for 3,000-5,000 Singapore dollars (about RM6,000-RM10,000) per square metre. The Singapore Government stood to make an enormous amount of money selling this land. They therefore agreed to the straight bridge.
That dredging sand from the seabed would cause erosion of the coast, destruction of fish breeding grounds and deprive Johore fishermen of their livelihood were not of concern to the Government of Dato Seri Abdullah.
Fortunately the Johor people misbehaved. They objected to selling sand and overflights.
Abdullah frustrated that his scheme was blocked then punished the Johore people by cancelling the bridge project altogether. No straight bridge, no curve bridge either.
他说当初首相阿都拉停止了弯桥的计划是为了开出卖十亿立方米的泥沙给新加坡以及让新加坡军机在大马新山上空有飞行权的条件以便新加坡政府同意简直直桥。新加坡政府同意这项提议，可是柔佛州的民众坚决反对首相阿都拉做出的提议。首相阿都拉为了报复柔佛州人民，所以决定把所有建桥计划取消。
