Inside China's Failed Mega-Project In Malaysia: Melaka Gateway - The White Elephant, Part 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 มิ.ย. 2023
- Part 2 of The White Elephant, the story of a failed Chinese-backed mega-project called Melaka Gateway that is pushing the Kristang Portuguese, a unique world culture, to the brink of survival.
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Any mega project must be planned in detail with prudence and caution. Many years of study is needed and top minds must weigh the pro and cons in minute details. It should be a do or die approach and not 'tidak apa' kind of attitude. Forest City in JB suffered the same fate. Any of such project that failed always points to corruption within the management and officials.
if you hv a one party gov, you have no issue in any project provided they are not corrupted. Mahathir had screwed up all agreed projects and paid all penalties. Now M'sia regretted after seeing Whoosh is going faster in Indonesia economy. All projects are connected with the Melaka port, Iskandar shah, and the east coast rail line.
@@u2ber888 This so called Melaka port, is this also known as Huang Jing port or there are other location.
Same China ccp project 😊
these projects generate 'revenue' - billions for certain greedy politicians etc.
It was destined to be a flop project from the start , too ambitious , it was to attract Chinese Mainland occupant first with a staggering amount of forecasted dwellers but in the end it didn't materialised and that Chinese developers company went down tumbling with a huge amount of default debts and and borrowing.
Nobody is happy about these. The real culprit is not the invited Chinese Developer. Melaka lost its original historical shoreline and the masterplan for reclamation due to greedy politician.
Also, in between the time when Melaka Gateway was announced and now the Chinese government cracked down on Chinese citizens buying property abroad, which created a Forest City-like vacuum of potential buyers / investors.
You're barking up the wrong tree
And Chinese developers in dept because China ccp 😊
Wht an amazing video. Ive learned so much.
Thank you!
I heard that Kaj was allowed to resume the project. Anyone in Malacca can tell me if the contruction has restarted? Thanks.
The part narratived China to by pass Straits of Melaka seems to be very disinformation and author knows nothing about Straits of Melaka nor Malaysia in broader context.
Melaka's project has bunch of endless problems start with improper reclamation, earth settlement, substandard construction, reclaimed and building settlement (sinking), flooding to existing city, environment impact and worse of all Melaka lost it's historical values when the historical shore was gone and out of context.
>30 years ago extensively studied and masterplan was done by academia professional but was later destroyed and abandoned for profits purpose.
Invited Chinese is not to be blame but local politicians initiated these are questionable.
This was only part two of the series. Stay tuned.
Agree. This is basically part of the demonization & disinformation campaign of China & its BRI by the West (now with India roped in). If one were to scratch deep enough the surface on the video producer, it doesn't surprised anyone it is funded by NED, USAID, USAGM, etc. Notice how the video uses source like that Chapell guy from China Uncensored a YT channel funded by the anti-China cult Falun Gong LOL🤣. And also use of unauthoritative anecdotal serani source from Portugis settlement for their narrative 🤣.
That said there's some factual truth in the video, but they're being used to build up a false narrative.
This is more of a propaganda video against China than Malaysia by the US.
Malacca's population has minimum growth to support mega residential and industrial projects.
Now sultan johor is one of the major share holder in this project
This sultan is bad😮he want money 😅 different from other sulthan😅😅
Malacca is not in Johor, you're barking up the wrong tree
As of February 2022, the project has resumed the development of its first island, Projek Pembangunan Pulau Satu (PME1), after receiving approval from the State Government through an agreement signed on 23 February. [8]
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When the government changes hand like so frequently, doing big projects is a risk. Malaysian politics used to be stable long time ago and that was when development was most prosperous
Its quite awkward when the person who is seen as an activist against the reclamation was actually quiet when his political boss were in power and was planning to extend the reclamation under Project 2026 and now with the change of government, he appears again as an activist. hypocrite lah
Who are you referring to?
Next could be Penang South Island project.
Not only in Malaysia, how many PRC Mega projects been
failed in many countries.
How come melaka reclaim land no protest like Penang South Island scale?
Sadly not only be white elephant but become ghost city where goblins went rampage at night
Don't mess with mega projects which will not benefitted the local peoples but rather give the control of the land to a foregin companies.
KAJ such a small company invoveld in Mega project what's a surprised this project is so huge.
Malaysia have an overcapacity of ports? .. I have dealt with people in Port Klang, Tanjung Pelepas and Pasir Gudang, and they can barely cope with the present amount of cargo as it is.
To put things into perspective, Singapore is in the process of their biggest port expansion. Talk about "overcapacity".
China and Malaysia have just announced an $80 billion dollar project to build the ports in Mellaca Straights.
You're being fed stale news and you need to improve your spelling
@@NewmaticKe my spelling is good enough and the news is up to date.
Within a year malaysian political not stable neither at federal and state because no political will due to change of goverment within short time secondly protest by resident the mega project would effect thier daily life.
Yes, it seems difficult for Malaysia to plan for any long-term projects because of their rapidly vacillating political landscape.
Whatever mega projects you can build will fail if attention is not paid to overhaul the road and commuting systems in the whole of Melaka. It's a gridlock.
China will further develop the port into a deep sea port for int'l shipping line to transit bypassing Singapore. Remember history, Melaka was once used as a stop over port for Arab & Chinese traders in the early days before Portuguese invasion. Singapore was only a swampy land with little fishing village.
You're not paying attention, the project was cancelled
@@NewmaticKe revival duhr!
@@u2ber888yes they revived the idea in Thailand…..bypass Malaysia and Singapore. But that’s destined to fail as well…..
I believe project is often screwed up by incoming politician in power.
Next white elephant in melaka, that so-called 'Disneyland'
Malaysia got a few theme parks already in JB and Genting so another theme park is still possible in Melaka
Malaysia is land of dreamzzzzz.
Malaysia PM wants more China projects, during his recent visit to China. No mention of White Elephant. By the way, Malaysian elephants are grey, mate. 😊
What rubbish is he talking about?
Malaccan Port is materializing and augers well for the development of Malaysia.
Clueless aren't you
To sum up … doing business with Malaysia Government is a risky business. Any political change .. your deal is gone. Flip flop like roti prata.
India never do anything big except talk big Talk talk talk thats what they are good at
Malusia boleh !!
Kenapa perlu malu?kamu pula ada ape?millionaire?too much property?
Dear fellow Malaysians,
If we wish to avoid the risk of our nation facing financial difficulties, it is essential to reconsider our support for the government's dealings with the People's Republic of China (PRC).
The project has become a joke among locals.
Just smoke and mirrors project.
This is the folly of big egos.
Malacca is nothing to compare to Penang, they have vast investments of technology yet they capable building their own projects.. Malacca is nothing
Who is that lady explaining the project in the beginning? She can't be selling properties with that terrible presentation
It's all a covid 19 case. During this period all projects were slow down that's all
this project was progressing well until mahatier bulldozed it. China withdrawed from the project..with msian political instability..unlikely prc will invest much again.
No it wasn't. The on the scenes footage in this film was shot right after he was reelected. The project hadn't really been touched for years before that.
everything blame previous govt. No accountability
Look at country garden and all the chains of collapsed ghost towns and projects in China, Malaysian should be happy because we have Dr M to stop the project. He should have stepped in a lot earlier.
@@mikecsj1if you don't support China investments in Malaysia, it's simple you will fall behind in asean. Pride or no pride every country is moving now. So drop the Chinese racism, or live backwards, like the philipines.
Mahatier has not received xxx from china ,then stopped all the china projects .😅😅😅
Paid channel?
Create new Peranakans from China
It is not failed project but the failure of Malaysian government because of corruption and incompetency.
It’s failed because ccp 😊
China may be planning use it for military purpose. India also has a say in malacca strait, because its Andaman&Nicobar islands are very nearby. India has started building its naval base in Nicobar island. China's evil design will be thwarted.
Ridiculous.
Funny how the person behind the camera is more concerned about Portuguese settlement like Malaysia is part of Portugal. If the Malaysian government approves to have skyscrapers in Melaka, that does not concern the non Malaysians.
The people of Portuguese Settlement represent a unique world culture. Yes, I feel that it's important to allow the space for these cultures to exist.
@@RealLifeCinema Sure, if you are in Portugal. If Africans built a settlement in Europe, the Europeans will be quick to "preserve" Western culture by kicking out immigrants. Isn't migrants a big issue in Europe currently because they cannot assimilate with the locals? So, why is Portuguese settlement so special in Malaysia?
The Portuguese (or Kristang) Community are of Portuguese and Malay decent and are just like other ethnic minorities such as the Chinese and Indians and are 100% Malaysian citizens which have nothing to do with modern day Portugal. As citizens, they have the right to voice out concerns over what they fear will destroy their way of life and what little culture they have left. As a Melakan, I can also vouch that there are far too many white elephant projects to justify further development of this new megaproject.
If the government is really interested in increasing tourism, they ought to focus on what Melaka already has by focusing resource to restore existing historical monuments and perhaps create replicas of old long gone ones to attract tourists' interest
@@keiththomas1180 I don't understand why when it comes to the Western countries, other races must assimilate to Western culture but when it comes to Asian countries, we must accept them into our culture? When in Rome, do what the Roman do but when in Malaysia, do whatever the hell you want and disregard the local culture? That seems fair!
As for the "White elephant" projects that you mentioned, KL is the 6th most visited city in the world after Singapore. Construction sector contributes around Rm53.44 billion or 3.4% of Malaysia's GDP in 2022 and employs around 1.2 million people. Not to mention that it brings foreign direct investments to Malaysia in important areas like manufacturing and services. People called the Petronas Twin Towers a "white elephant" project and yet it is the reason why KL is widely known internationally, with the the towers being the centerpiece o f KL.
@@ViolentCabbage-ym7koso what was tge return to the stake holder@ people of malaysian??how many rm nillionsbof PETRONAS spent on this project??...the direct recipient benefit arebonly madey dajalll families and cronies
Fake. This is misleading.
Tipu😮😮