It is a small village in the kecamatan of Tambusai, Kabupaten Rokan Hulu in the Province of Riau, Sumatra. During the Padri Wars of 1830's , Tuanku Tambusai (aka known as Fakeh Hj Muhammad Salleh ) fought the Dutch forces together with Imam Bonjol and Tuanku Rao in West Sumatra and in Northern Sumatra .The last defence was in Benteng 7 Lapis,Daludalu which fell in 1838. He escaped capture and came to Malaya. He was buried in Rasah in 1882.
Monday, February 08, 2010
Ops Sikap or Ops Salam
During each festive season the public is reminded of 'Ops Sikap' launched by the authorities namely the PDRM, Road Transport and Road Safety Department to bring down the number of fatalities due to accidents on Malaysian highways and roads. Many quarters had questioned the effectiveness of such operations and it seemed somewhat like an exercise in futility. Nevertheless the Police insisted that such an operation is necessary to reduce road fatalities.Just a few days before its launch for the Chinese New Year 2010,a senior Police Officer died in an accident near Bukit Tagar, Rawang on the southbound lane of the North-South highway. After the launch a whole family perished near Senawang, Seremban. These senseless loss of precious lives reflect the seriousness of the situation and it means a lot more have to be done to make our highways safer for road users. When the Malaysian Highway Authority was first created before the privatisation of the North-South Highway, a special Police unit was attached to the quasi-government body to patrol the whole stretch of the North-South Highway, but it was disbanded when PLUS took over the management of the operations from toll-collections to maintenance and construction. It would be a good idea to reintroduce the special unit of Police Highway Patrol again to ensure that no violations such as indiscriminate parking of heavy vehicles on emergency lanes does not happen, as in the two tragic accidents mentioned here were caused by Trailer lorries left parked on the emergency lanes. I think the name 'Ops Sikap' should be changed to 'Ops Salam' to reflect the objective is to ensure safety of road users and the term 'Salam' is also to denote 'Peace'. The senseless loss of lives on our roads must be tackled in a holistic angle and let peace prevail on our Nation's Highways.
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Dear Hal,
Rightly so. On the highway,as u had mentioned, invariably it involves a stalled lorry.There must be an M.O.on what to do the moment a lorry stalls.A stalled lorry shouldn't be left there for 24 hrs hoping nothing will happen.
When it did the reaction seems to be 'oh, hard luck, that it caused an accident!'.
On an 80/20, clear this, and 80% risks are resolved. The balance of 20% is taken up mostly by the so-called 'perlesit' bus drivers (who detest and protested the term used) but merrily kept on the road by the bus companies despite them chalking up numerous summons.
Clear these 2 hurdles & Ops Sikap or whatever would be a breeze.
Dear Hank,
Precisely, but the highway operator must have an overseer to see that whatever S.O.P. is in place must be adhered to. When our Highways are being managed by private operators, the enforcement aspects is low on their priority. The Malaysian Highway Authority lacked the teeth to oversee the operations of safety on our roads. Only the Police can do that.
abdulhalimshah
We do need the highway patrol to catch the guilty there and then. I find far too many express buses and empty lorries violating their own max speed.
Sdr Halim, dah lama juga I ikut your blog tapi belum pernha komen. U r cpmment on Op Sikap has my full support. Just a few days ago I saw a long line of traffic jam in Paroi because of an Op Sikap roadblock. It could cause a lot of inconvenience and even accident.
The accident and fatality rates seem to even go up with Op Sikap. The only obvious result is thousands of summons are issued: more revenue perhaps.
I think our Police are more interested in issuing summons than instilling goof road ethics. Salah parking lebih diutamakan dari gelek doubleline which can cause pile-up accidents. Driver yg jalan perlahan menghalang jalan lebih banyak menyebabkan accident dari yg lari laju. Tup jalan untuk elak congestion pindahkan congestion ke tempat lain tapi itulah yg selalu dilakukan oleh Polis.
We should comment on this more often and more pedas. Hey, jemputlah ke my laman web 'Norzah's Thoughts on Life', so that we can share notes as govret retirees.
Sdr Norzah,
It's quite an honour for you to post a comment to a former junior member of the Civil Service.
I shall look up your blog and share our experiences for the betterment of all. Salam.
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