Albert Tierney Speaker 28th May 2009 Malaysia a Nice Place to Live


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‟day Mate was the opening line from our Aussie Speaker Albert,


who is living and settled in Malaysia with his family and now encouraging many friends to join him in a Country that Albert describes as “living in Paradise on a shoe string”!


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lbert grew up in Australia on the Gold Coast of Queensland in a


large beach front house with beautiful views over the Pacific Ocean, However, his home town now in Malaysia was described to be much more beaut (beaut an Aussie word for beautiful) with a cost of living 10% of Australia and probably even much more less than the UK


lbert has travelled the world spreading his message


Come & Join us Come & Join us


Question time was very interesting, espe-


cially the area that Albert described as the costly triangle of


KL (Kuala Lumpur) where tour- ist are fleeced and perhaps give a bad costly image to foreigners


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evin started with the railways 31 years ago


when he was only 16 as a apprentice engineer and is now the General Manager of the District Line. A very impressive slide show described the expansion of our local railway and the underground train system of London from its early beginnings to the introduction of very modern new computer controlled-driven trains, although, it was pleasing to hear that there will still be a human on board driving in conjunction with the computers


Twin Towers in KL


lbert says that his pension in KL Malaysia allows him to enjoy the life style of a


King


Mr Kevin Booty GM & Mr James Tringham Assistant Speakers 23rd July 2009


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t was surprising to learn


that the under- ground map was designed upon the London sewage system


and not so surprising that two weeks of December (Xmas) are the busiest weeks of the year.


evin assured us all that the Safety of passengers


is of paramount importance, hence the need for the under- ground to have a huge amount of CCTV coverage


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