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A friend of mine happened to show me this video (see below) on Youtube last night...
Looks like it was a conceptual plan former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom made up to 'sell' to the people at one of the elections, but somehow did not go ahead with doing so. It looks like the plan fell apart at an initial stage due to whatever reason.
There are a huge number of talking points regarding this concept, varying from the economical, social, environmental and political aspects (for example, if someone wants to run this project for real).
As my friend put it, one may wonder if the fact that this did not come into reality was either a 'missed opportunity' or a 'blessing in dis-guise' for the Maldives and its people...
Monday, 30 March 2009
"Moon Bay Marina of Maldives"...
Posted by muiz at 08:59
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Dude It was all over the blogosphere a couple of weeks ago.. should've seen it..
Its an interesting piece!
First time I'm seeing this and my jaw dropped.
I wonder how much this presentation must've cost us.
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Dear Sheela,
Thanks for your comments.
I look forward to get your thoughtful input into the various issues that we discuss and contemplate upon.
Muiz
how dare he!!! 199 islands are without clean water and sewage system. 1/3 of population are living as refugees in male' with no hope and no way of returning to their home land. its as if maumoon wants us to either migrate to male' or perish in our island. i 'm amazed for his illusnional thinking that we'll vote happily for him if he dumps another billion dollars taken on behalf of whole maldives to male' region. he seems to think he has developed whole maldives and its time for mega projects. the vedio simply sucks.
I agree this is probably one of the tactics Maumoon wanted to use to make us believe in his 'dream' of a better Maldives.
I know I'm hoping for too much here, but did anyone of you actually wished that one day Maldives would be that developed as depicted in the presentation?
Do you think that, if all the politicians worked towards a common goal, and all the educated Maldivians actually used what they've learnt, we'd be able to make Maldives a developed nation?
I personally don't think so and most of it is out of our control, as long as the whole global economy is based on capitalist ideas, we'll never achieve it. Just interested to find out what other think.
This proposal is by Dubai World. The same company that built Burj Al Arab and so many other places in Dubai. This wouldn't have costed us anything. Its a shame that the current government has rejected the proposal saying they want it built elsewhere in the country.
Will we ever be able to finance a bridge or such a mega project on our own? No. Only if such a company like Dubai World will be able to do for us.
@Last "anonymous": Even if it didn't cost anything to make this conceptual presentation (assuming the planner did it for free), and even if the foreign investor (which you say would have been Dubai World) invested in bringing this concept into reality, wouldn't the return of the investment flow OUT of the country? Wouldn't the GDP and per capita income of the Maldives not benefit as much as it should from a project of such scale? What about the realistic social problems that would inevidently arise due to this, in addition to the problems already existing? Wouldn't this project go against the broad policy of regional development and decentralisation? Leaving all this aside (not that they can be left aside at all!), what about the very technical aspects of actually building out of this mega concept? The environmental aspects are extreemely important. The civil and structural engieering aspects are equally serious. Housing and urban development issues are extremely affected - the list literally goes on...
For various reasons such as those mentioned above, the Maldives, I think, is definitely NOT READY yet, for such a project to come into reality, not at least the Male'-Hulhumale region as the conceptual presentation shows.
The only people that would have really benefitted heavily from this project would have been the foreign investors (and all those who would inevitably get 'side-cuts')!!
I'm actually more curious in finding out how you knew it was from Dubai World? Maybe I missed it during the presentation.
The current government rejected it and wants it relocated? Again, how did you know this?
As Muizzu pointed out, it's not exactly like they're going to build it in the Maldives and let us enjoy any of the revenue it generates now is it? Are we that naive?
Rather than a fancy looking project near Male' I'd also like to see the country being developed as a whole, even if it's up to the scale of Male' (not in terms of crowdedness but things like paved roads, good traffic system, electricity, gas, water supplies). What we need is equality in all regions.
Equality is a subjective and context based concept.
"Equality is a subjective and context based concept."
It's easy to make a bold claim like that without providing any sort of evidence whatsoever. One could just as easily replace the word equality of your above sentence with, say, 'your face' but it doesn't necessarily mean that it's true nor does it mean that it's completely ridiculous. Proofs, evidences are the key.
Equality is subjective? it could be, if you are a Nazi or part of KKK. White are smarter than Blacks etc. are things we've seen all too often. But for a sensible human being it is obvious that all humans are equal and hence all humans should have the same benefits. However, because of policies set by ourselves this doesn't really work out in practice. Is this what you mean by the subjectivity of equality? Maybe it really is subjective to the policy makes in the so-called free world but is it really?
Equality is a context based approach? I disagree with you here. Based on any context, you'd only achieve equality if the entities you were looking at were exactly identical. So you might be looking at physical objects or mathematical equations and you'd only be able to say that they are equal if and only if they are identical, regardless of the context in which it is being used.
Hence, all Maldivians should have the same goods and services. Do you think it fair that just because I child was born in an island he/she can't get the same level of education as a child in Male'?
mau-moon bay marina?
Hello Muiz. Its again time for you to start kreating lies. See the kurrent government. What is the betterment they are doing to us. Only thing happening is first vise president then BIG MOUTH Lier president travelling to UK for easter.
@Anonymous 06:49, You are very true. During the presidential campaign the only thing these bloggers had done were just plastering and strengtning both side of the lies created by Anni, Auditor General, Gasim, Islamic Scholars...etc
Mr. Muiz where is the Auditor General 'Makun Naeem' now? Your praises were just pouring on him during the presidential campaign. Now what is the current government doing? Arnt they using the state resources for the MDP candidates campaign. Now on TVM yellow colour is being used as theme and in their fonts.
I dont think we will get a big lier than Mr. Naseed as our president. Ganja Boa Flat Dhonbe. In everying press conference he is just creating more and more lies.
Please help us to remove him from power. Otherwise the whole Maldives would be sold including the people to UK.
Hey guys,cant you understand how humiliated Muiz and Co are now.
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I love the way the above folks have tried to move the focus from Maumoon's extravagance and corruption to that of the current government.
How pathetic could you get? There's no way that you could defend Maumoon's actions so you resort to defaming others. Sadly for you, the common Maldivian is currently very much aware of your tactics.
Having said that, I'm not a supporter of the current government. They have done certain things that goes against common wisdom. Is it any better than the previous one? Only time will tell but I sure as hell think that it couldn't be any worse.
Are you really trying to say that Maumoon acted in the interests of the average Maldivian?
What the Maldivian people did during the last elections was not declaring their support for Nasheed but rather they wanted to get rid of a dictatorship. And they have achieved that. Everyone knew that Nasheed as his MDP wasn't going to be perfect, but it was a much better alternative than Maumoon's.
Great tactic to divert the attention from current issues.Getting rid of dictatorship through an election? Thats a killer statement
Adhaalath party is also running short of ideas.The latest post in their website is a copy paste of the current post in this website.Why are they so scared to talk about the current issues ?
I fail to see how the above comment was a 'killer' statement.
What tipped you off, that I was diverting the attention from current issues? Was it the statement that the actions of the current government contradicts with common wisdom?
What we had for the last 30 years was a dictatorship. The new government being elected in got rid of that. It's all very logical I would've thought.
Obviously, you're now going to argue that Maumoon's government wasn't a dictatorship.
Did you also know that elephants can really fly?
Salaam,
The current government has faults. This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone as it is impossible to have a perfect government in any country. Especially when such a government is based on Western values.
However, we can't deny the atrocities committed by the previous governments and the level of corruption that went on and still continues to go on in the country.
I personally feel that electing a new government is good for us. This isn't because someone was in power for three decades but because it is a wake-up call for those previous leaders. This shows that Maldivians are more aware of their own rights. Politicians will now have to consider the general public rather than acting on their own selfish needs.
If the current government is committing crimes of any nature we should voice our concerns, criticise them in a polite and correct manner. I hope everyone realises this and I hope that the new government considers the criticisms against them.
The problem with our society is that we are too divided and act selfishly. With anything, whether it be religion or worldly affairs we need to have a good understanding of the needs of other people. What we lack in the Maldives is this awareness. You can't lash out at another person just because you know you are right.
Even if you came with the truth, the way you present your argument is crucial. People will find it difficult to accept your views if you come across as being arrogant.
This only shows that your intention of even commenting on this site was to argue, not to convince the other person on to the right path. If this was indeed our intention how can we expect everyone to reach a common understanding?
i dream of a day maumoon is held behind bars.
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