Machang folks served “coffee” water from pipes during entire length of Raya celebration

 

WHEN a person feels parched during the Raya celebration, their thoughts would likely angle towards the diabetes-inducing sirap water or the fragrant Bandung.

Americano is probably the last thing on their mind unless an extra boost is needed to start the morning, thanks to a long journey during the night.

But it appears the people of Kelantan are having a change in beverage this Raya, as pointed out by netizen @MadaniNomics in a recent video post on X.

According to him, the residents of Machang are receiving coffee black water from their water pipes for the entire length of Hari Raya.

Looking at the video, we could only shudder in revolt as a person demonstrates the dark, dirty liquid flowing into a transparent glass cup.

Although this appears to be a novel occurrence since Malaysians generally receive clean water, it appears that this is no longer news, especially for the people of machang.

Netizen @ksampoh in a lengthy comment highlighted that this issue has been occurring for many years. 

“Allocations are already there. Projects are already there. The problems are still the same,” he said, adding that this is no longer just a technical issue, but the problem of efficiency of the people’s representatives.

Another netizen pointed out that the Kelantanese will all go home to vote in Kelantan and then return to live in KL, Selangor, Johor Bahru, Seremban or even Singapore.

He did not mention which party the Kelantanese are all voting for, but the answer is clear.

Netizen @ustazzorro sarcastically pointed out that the issue was many hundred years ago and that the water changes from coffee to teh tarik. 

The best comment was probably contributed by netizen @Its16about:

Also, @erinya79 echoed his statement, stating that when people vote for a person who is good at religion, he gets a person who is good at religion.

“Here we pick the people who are good at managing the area,” he said.

On another note, Utusan Malaysia in a recent article last month reported that Kelantan is expected to achieve a stable and high-quality water supply by 2030 through the implementation of 34 water infrastructure projects.

“Of the total projects, 13 have been fully completed, nine are under construction, 16 are in the design phase and nine remain in the planning stage,” state officials said.

Most projects are scheduled for completion by 2028, while two large-scale projects are targeted for completion in 2030.

Hopefully, the near future will see our Kelantanese friends enjoying spritzer mineral waters coming from their water pipes, as claimed by these state officials.

Coffee water should be derived from roasted coffee beans, and nothing else. — Focus  Malaysia