Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2014 from TGM

To all readers, fellow bloggers and friends - Selamat meyambut Hari Raya Aidilfitri, wishing you and your loved ones a great time getting together and your days filled with love.

SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDILFITRI, MALAYSIA!

Dari kami
TheGreenMechanics^TM


Note: Image of UMS Mosque in Kota Kinabalu

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

To all Muslim friends, relatives and readers, Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Wishing all of you nothing but the best of time with your loved ones, and lets pray for a peaceful Malaysia.


Eid Mubarak. Picture of Universiti Malaysia Sabah mosque, in Kota Kinabalu.
Photo by de engineur


Let's keep the 1Malaysia spirit alive.


Yours sincerely,
de engineur, for The Green Mechanics,
Kota Kinabalu.

Twenty three accident-prone areas in Sabah (Jalan hantu?)

The rising number of commuting accidents on our roads is a very worrying trend.

In 2011, there were 24,809 out of the overall 59,897 commuting accidents in the country reported to SOCSO, for which it paid out compensatory disbursements amounting to RM1.71 billion. That is an increase of 12% from 2010 figure of 22,036 cases (out of the overall 57,639 cases), which cost SOCSO RM1.68 billion in compensation.

Remember this accident involving Shell fuel tanker and a newly acquired train belonging to Sabah Railways in Jalan Kepayan. Photo: extracted from keruak.com



I took this picture few days after the incident. Sabah Railways is almost done with the cleaning up.


Commuting accident cases is on the uptrend as indicated by this year's January-April statistics (nationwide):
January    : 1,961 cases
February  : 4,106
March      : 6,301
April        : 8,434

In Sabah, there were 111 such cases recorded from January to July this year; most of which took place in March (22 cases) and July (19 cases).

It is time to balik kampung for the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration and motorise are advised to be extra careful along the 23 accident-prone areas throughout Sabah. Some call them as jalan hantu (spooky) for apparent reason. The roads are:

1. Jalan Tuaran Bypass
2. Jalan /BeluranTelupid
3. KM68 Jalan Sandakan/Lahad Datu
4. KM77  Jalan Sandakan/Lahad Datu
5. KM90  Jalan Sandakan/Lahad Datu
6. KM93  Jalan Sandakan/Lahad Datu
7. KM107  Jalan Sandakan/Lahad Datu
8. KM121  Jalan Sandakan/Lahad Datu (an express bus accident just happened here last Thursday)
9. KM124  Jalan Sandakan/Lahad Datu
10. KM126  Jalan Sandakan/Lahad Datu
11. KM130  Jalan Sandakan/Lahad Datu
12. Jalan Kudat/Kota Kinabalu
13. Jalan Lama Parar/Kota Kinabalu/Beaufort
14. Jalan Beaufort/Papar
15. Jalan Beaufort/Menumbok
16. Jalan Tawau/Kunak
17. Jalan Lahad Datu/Sandakan
18. Jalan Kunak/Lahad Datu
19. Jalan Bulatan Rugading-Serusup/Laya-Laya
20. Jalan Ranau/Telupid
21. Jalan Ranau/Tamparuli
22. Jalan Penampang/Tambunan
23. Jalan Sipitang/Sindumin

Please observe the 10km/h speed reduction which was implemented nationwide during this year's Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration period. AND DON'T DRIVE ON THE FAST LANE on a dual-carriageway if you are driving slow. That is an offence, just like when you are speeding above the speed limit.

Happy Holiday, happy balik kampung and have a safe journey home.

Happy Merdeka Day

Selamat menyambut ulang tahun kemerdekaan daripada penjajahan British. Deklarasi kemerdekaan pada 31 Ogos 1957 merujuk kepada bermulanya pemerintahan sendiri Persekutuan Tanah Melayu (Malaya).

Hari Malaysia pula merujuk kepada terbentuknya federasi Malaysia pada 16 September 1963 bilamana negeri-negeri Sabah, Sarawak dan Singapura bergabung dengan negeri-negeri di Semenanjung Tanah Melayu membentuk sebuah negara berdaulat - MALAYSIA.

Selepas itu negeri-negeri di Semenanjung Malaysia dikenali sebagai Malaysia Barat maakala Sabah dan dan Sarawak yang terletak di Pulau Borneo dikenali dengan pangilan Malaysia Timur.

Secara peribadi saya lebih suka istilah Malaysia sahaja berbanding panggilan-panggilan yang bersifat regionalisation. Tidak perlu beza-membezakan antara satu sama lain, kita kan satu Malaysia.

Many thanks to Uncle Google for putting up a nice banner of "Independence Day" on his landing page for Google Malaysia for a good few days until 31st August 2011. As you hover your mouse/cursor above the banner, you will notice a hyperlink and a click would bring you to search results on 'Malaysian Independence Day' news and updates.

This year's Merdeka Theme is "1 Malaysia, Transformasi Berjaya, Rakyat Sejahtera" (1 Malaysia, Transformation Success, People Peace)

Top: Landing page, Bottom: after a click. Note the double celebrations marked with 'Ketupat' and the 'Jalur Gemilang'


This year's Hari Raya Eid ul-Fitr coincides with the Merdeka Day celebration.

Selamat Hari Raya, selamat merayakannya kepada saudara-mara, sahabat-handai dan taulan Muslim dan keep safe ya.