I think that the whole morning I've been talking about this issue..yesterday morning and this morning too. honestly, I am very upset by this thing, not because I am that calculative on that few cents increment but the only thing that appeared in my mind is the impact on the poor or middle income people. They might not get direct impact on this but apparently they will have to shouldered the burden when the business class community such as restaurant and grocery stores. Definitely, immediately, these group of people will increase the rest of the goods price due to a reason that I am not surprise of:"minyak sudah naik o...mana ada untung, kos hantar ambik barang pun sudah berapa.." or "gula sudah naik harga la..kalau jual kopi harga lama memang rugi..macam mana mau cari makan.."
not that we can blame them when everyone needs to feed their own family..everyone just need to 'pinch' someone else just to survive.
Many of friends has shared teir opinion and none of them has agreed or can say anything positive towards this issue. Well, may be they are some people who will gain something from this but definitely not us, the people.
just to quote some one of the article by Malaysia Sensasi that was shared a friend with me..
Planned Subsidy Cut Draws Fire, Seen to Hurt the Poor
By Anil Netto
PENANG, Malaysia, June 8, 2010 (IPS) - The government’s proposal to remove and rationalise subsidies on essential goods and services continues to provoke a storm of criticism from ordinary Malaysians.
Idris Jala, who leads the government’s Performance and Management Delivery Unit (PEMANDU), has put it in stark terms: Malaysia will go bust in nine years if it does not slash subsidies and cut its government expenditure to curb spiraling debt.
- he (Idris Jala) said, 'if it does not slash subsidies and cuts its government expenditure TO curb spiralling debt. Well, 1st question is between the subsidies and government expenditures, they choosed the subsidies...
- why do we have such a huge debt? we are so rich in natural resources, we have oil & gas, we have logs, we have our own marine supply, we have our own rich land for agricultural sources, we have income from tourisme industry, we supply water to Singapore..pendek kata, we have almost everything that we need to be rich left alone to survive.
now let us check this part, also from the same reading..
"But many Malaysians blame the country's financial woes on the government, with the general response being, if the government really wants to save money on subsidies, it should first plug ‘leakages’ in government expenditure and curb rampant corruption. Billions have been poured into unproductive government projects with little to show, critics charge."
-arent they make sense? that is what i meant by they choosing to cut subsidies in change of government expenditures. why don't they do the paper work again and have a look at what they need to cut in their expenditure? say..less entertainment for the MPs? stop building the 'giant' government building just to show off the beautiful looks but inside they only used 1/3 of the spaces. let me remind you of the States Building in Kapit..and I was there before and I have been to each floor of the building and I positively can assure you that they only make use of the 60% of the space (to say the most).
- and the old buildings were left to rot without being utilised..if you a businessman, everytime you see this you will think..wow..what a waste, if it is mine, may be I can get millions from it by renting it out as business office..
"(If) they get rid of the subsidies, (there will be more) money for them to distribute to their goons!'" responded one frustrated Internet user, Bhaskaran, when asked by IPS.
-why does people have this image in their mind? because the opposition poisoned their mind? but from what I've seen, majority of the opposition or the people that become stronger in their voice in opposing the government policies is the people that we can consider as a highly educated people, professional in their jobs, energetic youngsters and college students. if these group of people insisting on objecting, they might be something to think about it...
Abang Benet in a commentary published recently by the social reform group ALIRAN. "But please ensure that the poor and the most marginalised groups continue receiving subsidies since they need it most. After all, why penalise the poor and the most marginalised for the subsidy excesses of the ruling coalition?"
- I am totally agreed with this statement "why penalise the poor and the most marginalised??
-it kind of, asking people to pay for their luxury (have you seen Khir Toyo's palace?), whereas the poor geeting poorest, supporting the rich, paying along the fuel for them..
-when I said, why don't they charged the Hilux, Bmw, Mercedez car owners the unsudsidised fuel but subsidised the small or cars? my husband asked me back..how they going to implementing that? well...the computer also very complicated but man can sort anything from it...we also have system for swiping credit cards..why can't we create a system that can lessen the burden of the lower income people?
PEMANDU set up a ‘Subsidy Rationalisation Lab’ in March to review all forms of subsidies with a view to trimming expenditure and curbing fiscal debt. On May 27 it held an ‘Open Day’ to obtain public feedback on a range of proposals, including plans to gradually remove petrol and gas subsidies, raise highway tolls, hike government hospital fees, and abolish some education subsidies.
- I tell you one thing, if they come to hospital fees, they are really really desperate already they might rob us openly on the street and what is the use of the poll anyway? they not gonna look at it la...
-education? who cares about our children's education when they can afford to send their kids to others country to get better education? In the while we struggling between 2 jobs to educated our kids and to feed our family...no saving for retirement counted for we definitely will never have enough money to save
During the public consultation, it was revealed that companies received 18 billion Malaysian ringgits (about 5.4 million U.S. dollars) out of total subsidies of 74 billion ringgits (22.2 million dollars) in 2009. In contrast, the poor received only 1.7 billion ringgits (511,813 dollars).
By holding out the prospect that their resource-rich country could go bankrupt by 2019, Idris, who is also a cabinet minister, aimed at convincing Malaysians that shock therapy was necessary. Subsidies would only lead to market distortion, draining the government of funds for more targeted development projects for the people, he said.
- again..the rich get the benefit and the poor get the free sympathy..what can we do? report? reporting to whom? to the group that get the 18 billion RM? I might be dreaming of it...
- what is the "targeted developenemt project"? building 2 billion RM private school and only the rich kids can study there? giving more allowance to teaching stuffs but cut off the student food supply?
- talking about development project...Sibujaya, they builded the new house and sale it at 100k for an unit but it is still the same size, the same design (only change the room direction) and the same height, with the same material..and previously the house there only cost 40-70k for each unit..talking about middle cost and lower cost housing.
- Durin bridge which I always remember and asking some people..only builded with one side of the bridge..it was supposed to have 2 side bridge with 2 lane in each side but now, you can go there and see for yourself how funny is the look when the new road from Sibu builded in 2 way (with 2 lane each way) but suddenly narrowed to the only 1 side of the bridge..
"That is the wrong approach towards managing a country where there are lot of poor people and a high disparity in income between the rich and poor," said Santiago.
But Idris argued that subsidies would be more targeted to the very poor instead of a blanket subsidy for all. "We will continue to spend to provide subsidies on education such as scholarships, text book assistance, food, etc.,’’ the local media reported him as saying.
- i am not buying any of the thing that this Idris Jala said because i know very well, it is easy to say than do it..how he going to do it? how he going to target the poor? will he come down to every corner of malaysia or Sarwak particularly and hand it personally? or he will pass it to his people, and his peopla will 'bite' a bit the pass to others and this 'others' will 'bite' abit too? and at the end what left is really the leftover? is that what he meant?
- but still I can see, student with both parents are teachers (with income of 2-3k a month each of them)still can have their free textbooks ..you tell me how this can reach the so called "target"?
A Chinese-language newspaper, ‘Nanyang Siang Pau’, cited in the English-language ‘The Sun’, has predicted that the reduction of subsidies would lead to a 20 percent increase in the living expenses of the average household within three years.
"If you think about it, it is the companies who receive the most in subsidies, which include not just the direct subsidies, but also cheap land, soft loans, bailouts using public funds, and other incentives," Santiago added.
- yess...you are absolutely right sir..increase in the living expenses..didn't anyone in our PM office think about this or they are just plain stupid too? that is what we meant by burdening the poor, the poor become poorer..how are we going to have our own house when all we did for the rest of our life is working our ass out just to get enough food???
- then ...who is this company's owner then? who has interests in this so called companies that buying cheap land, who is that, that need to pay bail outs everytime their development project failed?
Faced with a barrage of negative feedback, Prime Minister Najib announced on Tuesday the government had not made a final decision on whether subsidies should be scrapped or cut and it was still carefully studying its next move.
- i really don't understand what did he think when he made the decision then? the damaged is done, the faith has gone...but i bet he really think of srapped it forever..definitely not for the good of the people..that I am very sure of it. but the tactic always worked thou..promised to correct the wrong but when people were calm..they just forget about it..isn't that clever..
be sure to check more on this issue as at below;
http://www.malaysiasensasi.net/2010/07/editor-diarah-elakkan-perkataan-barang.html
http://malaysiakini.com/letters/134829
i only managed to comment on this only article for the moment..but i really appreciate any sharing or feedback on this. sometimes when we share we can shed more light on the thing.
again, i just can help it but feeling frusted by our leader for their selfishness..why there is no one that is really can be a leader and serve the people not because of the money that they can get from it but because they are just a good man?
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