The MY Rapid Transit - MRT Officially Launched Today.

This morning, I was invited to the launch of the Klang Valley MRT - yes, the one this morning, the one you all watched 'live' on RTM, the one at the KL Convention Centre. =) The MRT, or MY Rapid Transit - was officially launched and officiated by our PM himself, in front of plenty of media, members and officers from SPAD, Prasarana, MMC-Gamuda and so on.

A more than full house packed crowd filled Hall 4 of the KL Convention Centre.

First - in case you had been ignorant of the articles in the news, let me tell you what is this all about. This launch - was for the MRT Sungai Buloh - Kajang Line. The MRT Sungai Buloh – Kajang Line, is a Mass Rapid Transit line running from Sungai Buloh and cutting through the Kuala Lumpur City Center, before ending at Kajang. The Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line will cover a distance of 51 kilometers (of which 9.5km is underground). It is projected to serve a total population of 1.2 million currently inadequately served by rail-based networks - over 31 stations.

The programme booklet.

The MRT Sungai Buloh - Kajang Line is part of the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit project to provide an integrated and sustainable transport system for the Klang Valley. It was announced by the Government of Malaysia in December 2010 under the Greater Kuala Lumpur / Klang Valley National Key Economic Area as detailed in the Economic Transformation Programme.

o The objective of the project is to increase the number of people using public transport, alleviate traffic congestion and decrease travel time from one destination to another. For example a trip from Kota Damansara to Bukit Bintang which normally takes 45 minutes by car will only take 30 minutes via the MRT. The total time for traveling the entire stretch from Sungai Buloh to Kajang will be approximately 88minutes.

Everyone stood up for the Negaraku.

Preliminary work on the MRT Sungai Buloh – Kajang line begins with land clearing work at three sites; Sungai Buloh, Semantan and Cochrane. Actual civil works will only commence from November 2011. The project is expected to be completed in 2016. Financing for the project will come entirely from government funds.

The VIPS on stage with the launch.

Sorry for the blur pics, taken with the iPhone4 marr...

Anyways, here's the final confirmed alignment/route of the Sg Buloh - Kajang MRT line. =)

That is not all - there's also this LOGO DESIGN competition!!! The prizes are all so good... so must join ok! Let your designs be known! Go like the Facebook page now and show your support to no more traffic jams!!!