Comments on: Free water is not really free

By: Yein Jee

Yein Jee — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:24:47 +0000

For beneficial of doubts, I don’t want to question Pak Lah’s desire to make the country a better place (at least initially)… the biggest problem with him is his incompetency to do so.

Besides, he has an Achille’s heel… his family business. If Pak Lah wants to portray an all clean image, he has to forbid his family business to have any business deals with government related projects altogether…

It might sounds a bit unfair, but it’s a fact that he has to deal with. People just won’t trust that his family business is not getting special privellege whenever they got a government related projects… I find it hard to believe too.

By: ffad

ffad — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:49:06 +0000

paklah is not as inhumane as tun mamak. paklah actually wanted to change the whole system that has been built by t.mmk but it is hard to do so. with the still powerful t.mmk and gangs watching, pak lah just unable to do anything so he got to “join”..and when he “joined”, people starts calling him fak lah. its been 4 yrs already since ‘04, it is hard to change, he (fak lah) of course did try but with tons of shining gold bars dancing around and of his power at hand…, even “mr.clean” also can become dirty…and is almost proven, that is, corruption is wide spread nowadays. i too understand f.lahs difficulties but all malaysian is at stake, there is no compromise.

By: Yein Jee

Yein Jee — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:44:12 +0000

It’s too early to judge whether Pakatan Rakyat is doing their job or not. It’s just over three months that they are in the office for the four new states; it would be harsh to judge their overall performance in such a short period…

I am not too fond of this water subsidy, but I can see improvement on other issues… at least the PR government is more attentive and approacable than the old BN gov.

Besides, mind that we had given Pak Lah’s government some four years to prove themselves… we should give PR a fair time-line to show their worth as well.

By: ffad

ffad — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:49:29 +0000

#4 anon,
nolar, pkr better than umno, tak buat kerja tu only umno je.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:47:13 +0000

PKR playing politics only, its still our money, and there are glorifying themselves for caring the rakyat. PKR and UMNO just the same… main politik seja, tak buat kerja.

By: ffad

ffad — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:28:08 +0000

what to do…since pakatan is the new state government that just took over from the powerful bn and also the subsidy for water is one of the promises made b4 election. i would rather have a government do what they promise. i think pakatan in selangor is doing very well.

wait for the federal government to change hands (hopefully)…then only can see more clearer what is pakatan plans for malaysia. hopefully malaysia’s financial status is still strong, this made me wonder how much money left in every government bodies eg. petronas, epf, proton and etcs., is there any auditing of accounts, and done by who? cronies?

if petronas 80 bil (est.1 year profit) and epf has 30 bil (est. 1 year collection) in balance…we are in deep shiit (est. DS), coz 100 bil ringgit is not a lot for malaysia.

By: Yein Jee

Yein Jee — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:51:19 +0000

I agree ffad… Malaysians need time to adjust to their new lifestyle, and the government should have a complete packages to move along the way.

I however can’t agree on subsidising things that are not originally subsidised… it’s like moving two steps forward and three steps back.

By: ffad

ffad — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:12:54 +0000

getting rid of subsides in all forms is one of the ways to increase competence but for malaysians, not yet lar.

before lifting any subsidy, government need to adjust all its policies and have a new plan for its economy and get the parliment to approve and then anounce to the public the advantages of the new plan.