Another Thank You Note

Thank You, Prime Minister.

clipped from www.nst.com.my KOTA KINABALU: Passengers who use express buses to travel between major towns in Sabah will no longer be served complimentary meals and bottled water following the fuel hike. Express bus operators have been providing packed nasi campur (rice with vegetables and meat) and drinking water, worth RM4, for those who travel distances of more than six hours. Sabah Express Bus Operators Council president Donald Hanafi said this was just the first step as they would need a fare revision to stay afloat. Meanwhile, the Federation of Sabah Lorry Transportation Association has held a meeting and will gather again to study the need to increase charges.

This For Badawi

Thank You Prime Minister.

clipped from thestar.com.my IPOH: In an act of defiance, the city’s 1,200 taxi drivers will impose a RM1 surcharge on top of the RM4 minimum fare here. Ipoh City Taxi Operators Association secretary Leong Yew said that the cabbies from 15 associations had unanimously agreed to the surcharge from Saturday. “We have no choice but to impose the surcharge as the petrol price has increase by 40%,” he told a press conference at the association’s premises here. The association’s members, he added, had also agreed that they would charge an additional 20% for trips exceeding 10km. Leong said besides the increase in fuel prices, taxi drivers also had to put up with the spiralling prices of batteries, tyres and spare parts. The drivers’ decision came despite a warning from Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development Minister Datuk Noh Omar that recalcitrant taxi drivers would have their permits revoked if they raised fares.

What About The Private Sector

Do we live with fresh air and water?

clipped from thestar.com.my Ramon said that additionally, other improvements could be made including a more efficient delivery system, and higher salaries, bonuses and pensions for over one million civil servants.

Kedah Government Moves To Tide Over With Fuel Price Hike

Here we are bombarding the Government, over the increased oil prices, how we have been robbed of the earnings of Petronas, and how everyday living is a misery. The PAS Menteri Besar Azizan Abdul Razak in Kedah, goes on a pleasure trip of 10 days to Egypt, and comes back with the grand idea that he would form a joint committee with the Al-Azhar University, not to improve the economic conditions of Kedah, which was once the rice bowl, and now suffering, but to improve the student’s proficiency in the Arabic language. He is worried that those with Sijil Tinggi Agama Malaysia qualification, had failed in their studies in Egypt owing to poor command of the language. I thought that was the work of the Education Ministry. Next I won’t be surprised, he will bring in experts from Egypt to tide over the difficulties of the increase in oil price, electric tariff, shortage of rice and the increased prices, general increased prices of all goods and services and what have you. The money he spend on this trip would defiantly help some poor families in Kedah. Do you think he will last as MB of Kedah. Please Kedahans change him first.

JITRA, June 7 (Bernama) — The state government will make adjustments to the state budget following the hike in petrol and diesel prices, Menteri Besar Azizan Abdul Razak said Saturday.
Describing as “abrupt and hasty” the federal government’s decision to raise fuel prices, he said the adjustments would be tabled in the next sitting of the state assembly.
The adjustments were inevitable as the sudden 40 per cent increase in petrol price and diesel by 63 per cent would push up the state’s operational expenditure, said Azizan who returned yesterday from a 10-day visit to Egypt.
The federal government should have been more considerate by increasing fuel prices gradually in order not to burden the people, he told reporters after opening an art and cultural programme at Kampung Siputeh.
To tide over with the spiralling global oil price, the government raised petrol price to RM2.70 a litre and diesel to RM2.58 a litre effective Thursday.
On his visit to Egypt, Azizan said state government would form a joint committee with the Al-Azhar University to improve students’ proficiency in the Arabic language.
Many Malaysian students, including from religious schools and those with Sijil Tinggi Agama Malaysia qualification, had failed in their studies in Egypt owing to poor command of the language.

Kedah Government Moves To Tide Over With Fuel Price Hike :: Bernama.com

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Shahrir defends steep fuel price hike – Malaysiakini

Shahrir defends steep fuel price hike

Domestic Trade Minister Shahrir Samad is braying like a donkey uncertain as to how he should function as a Minister. Is he not the one who promised that fuel hikes will only take place in August. How many people got burned by this. People believed him since he is the domestic Minister and believe me he can’t even muster some domestic servants, and Badawi on June 4 hiked the prices. How can this goat be believed in whatever he says. He is just a wallpaper decorating the post and nothing else. Malaysiakini says, there will be no further increases this year. Do you believe him, and his ruddy predictions. Please don’t make a fool of yourself, to defend the price hike, you will fail and the anger of the people against you will be hundred fold.

The cheek of him to say, coming to grips with the subsidy system. Did you ask the people when these subsidies were introduced, you and your bunch of nincompoops did it, and why should the people worry about the subsidy, their concern is how are they to cope with the all round increase everywhere.

He talks about political enemies arranging rallies, what could the people do, praise you and the government you have done a good job. Shahrir may not feel the price increase that will affect all goods and services, since his Ministerial pay, his perks may cover the increase. What about your own other family members, do you think they won’t protest publicly if given the chance.

Another blatant, ill-conceived statement is all subsidies will be removed by August – he is obsessed with that month of August, is that when his birth date his, is he saying the pump price will be RM 4, – come on man.

He is concerned that changing the prices of oil will make it difficult to administer the returning of subsidies – jargon he alone understands, next he will talk us in Greek.

Read how these Government stooges interpret the price increase here. This is from

Jeff Ooi.

Fuel rebates: One-off or annual payment?

Now that we have heard that, in sweetening the woes of 40% fuel price hikes, the Government will be making cash payments by vehicle size.

But, is it an annual payment or a one-off ex-gratia to the rakyat?

If we take Shahrir Samad’s version, he gave us the impression that it may be annual payments of RM625 for vehicles below 2.0L engine capacity, RM150 for motorcycles below 250cc engine capacity.

For thsi round, the rebates are calculated based on road tax renewed between April 1, 2008 and March 31, 2009. Quote:

“They’ll have to go back to the post office and they’ll get their money back. Once pay the road tax, the post office will give you a money order (for the RM625 rebate) which you can put in your bank account,” he explained.

Further, road tax is to be reduced by RM200 for vehicles above 2.0L and by RM50 for motorcycles above 250cc.

All those were (fat) hopes were dashed when Second Finance Minister Nor Mohamed Yakcop told The Edge Financial Daily in an exclusive interview that the rebates given are a one-off offered for a one-year period. Quote:

“The rebate is one-off for one year. We will have to make a decision in March whether or not we will continue it. There will be a decision involved at that point of time,”

“The one-off payment is to mitigate the one-off impact of cut in fuel subsidies,” he added.

Clever. When you face the increased price daily, it’s considered a “one-off impact”.

Note that Shahrir also said he “expected that price controls will be completely removed by August“. He has previously said that would likely see petrol jump to RM3 to RM4 per litre, from RM2.70 currently.

Will that be another of the “one-off impact” when it comes in say three months’ time?

That’s the quality of communication skills for the Abdullah Administration. Expect more flip-flops to come.

NAJIB LOOKS (OR MADE TO LOOK) STUPID

Remember? It was only May 31 when DCM Najib Razak boldly brushed off speculation that petrol prices will increase — then rumoured to be by 40 sen — following the government’s plans to restructure the subsidy system, including the petrol subsidy.

Najib was made to look like a stupid fool by his own boss in less than four days.

BY THE WAY… That’s the quality of communication skills for the Abdullah Administration. And by the way, expect more flip-flops to come.

BY THE WAY… Watch out for opinions that say inflation will hit a 10-year high this year.

BY THE WAY… Watch it too as ECM Libra has announced that it “will find it tough” to repeat its previous financial year’s results ended Jan 31, 2008 (FY08) in the current fiscal year (FY09).

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