Wishing you a new year filled with new hope and new joy.
Happy New Year.

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Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced the Road tax will be reduced for all private vehicles from 1st of January 2007. Well, sounds like “candies” to Malaysians. But, before this would you read carefully the news. Would you?

Road tax for privately owned cars of less than 1000cc (petrol and diesel) drop by RM10***, petrol engine vehicles of 3001cc to 5000cc by RM30 while for diesel engine vehicles of 3001cc to 5000cc it is a RM130 drop.

For individual and company vehicles apart from cars (petrol and diesel engines), with 1000cc it is a drop of RM10, while for 3001cc to 5000cc petrol engine vehicles it is a RM25 drop and diesel engine vehicles with 3000cc to 5000cc it is a big drop of RM237.

For taxis (petrol) with 1400cc to 5000cc engines the road tax drop is between RM22 and RM198. For diesel engine taxis with 1400cc to 5000cc capacity, the drop is between RM66 and RM363.

For hire cars (petrol engine) with 1400cc to 5000cc, it is a drop of between RM22 and RM175 while for diesel engine vehicles it is a drop of between RM66 and RM363.

For commercial goods vehicles (petrol engine), with load capacity of 1000kg to 52,500kg the road tax is reduced by between RM28 and RM118 while for diesel engines, the drop is between RM201 and RM486.

On the streamlining of excise duty on cars and motorcycles, Najib said cars with engine capacity of more than 3,000cc will pay the same duty as that of those with engine capacity of between 2,500cc and 3,000cc.

*** drop RM10? What about road tax for the privately owned cars more than 1000cc like 1300cc (for example: Proton Iswara), 1500cc (for example: Proton Wira), 1600cc and 1800cc (for example: Proton Waja)?

UPDATED:

I have made a mistake here, this was the latest news report regarding the new road tax structure in Malaysia. I’m sorry about that.

I prefer reduce the highways toll rate rather than road tax.

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I saw this sign photo at Malaysians Abroad forum before. Members of Malaysians Abroad have discussed it too. Well, now I fully understand the other meaning behind of this sign.

SOME students from institutions of higher learning appear unembarrassed to remove their clothing while engaging in sexual activity the back seat, seemingly oblivious to the presence of the driver in front.

At times, they are willing to pay more to the drivers when their 30 minutes are up so that they can continue with their activities. Drivers critical of such acts can expect a tongue-lashing from their passengers.

The behaviour of these students have forced several taxi drivers disgusted by such acts to place “No Kissing Please” signs in their vehicles.

“I don’t mind if they just hold hands or hug each other, but if it reaches the stage of having sex in my car, it is a bit extreme, and I will not allow them to do so.” One driver known as Lim, 40, was quoted as saying that he had ferried such passengers and was sickened by the way they had turned his taxi into a den of sin.

I fully agree with the driver, Lim. What about you?

This is not Malaysian BOLEH or Malaysian Youth BOLEH, this is BODOH.

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Taiwan leader’s son-in-law jailed
The son-in-law of Taiwan’s embattled President Chen Shui-bian has been sentenced to six years in jail for insider trading. Chao Chien-min was found guilty of using inside information to profit from buying shares in a property company.

Chao, who is married to President Chen’s daughter, is expected to appeal. The high-profile case is the latest setback for the president, whose wife is also on trial for embezzlement and forgery in a separate proceeding.

The first lady denies illegally using state funds for personal expenses.Her husband faces similar accusations but is protected from prosecution by presidential immunity. He has promised to resign if she is found guilty.

Will this happen in Malaysia?

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I would like to share this article to all of you. In this coming New Year, we should review the past and think about the future for our nation future, for ourselves, and for our next, next generation. The future is not a game, if it is “game over” you have to pay a huge price in order to restart it again.
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During the Christmas-New Year festive season two years ago, tsunami struck several places in Malaysia and caused 68 deaths. From that time onward, Malaysia government started to talk about disaster management. On 22 December the worst floods struck several areas in South Peninsular Malaysia, from here we can see how well we prepared for the disaster management.
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Merry Christmas and many happy returns for the coming year. May your dreams come true and all the best in the coming year.

May the floods victims free of suffer, may them well and healthy.

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Certain people are taking advantage of people in a life-and-death situation to make money from the floods area. These ugly and inhuman cold blood beings are not deserved any respect or nice words from the floods victims. Who wish flood hit their house? Who want to become flood victim? Will these cold blood beings can sleep well in the night after this?
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source: 昔县水灾灾情关爱站

After heavy rain fall over 24 hours earlier this week, many areas in Johor were flooded with water. The flood victims in Segamat, one of the worst-hit towns in Johor need more helps.
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Public blamed for snatch thefts
THE public is partly to be blamed for snatch thefts, said Deputy Internal Security Minister Datuk Mohd Johari Baharum. Earlier, while replying to a question from Senator Datuk Rizuan Abd Hamid on snatch thefts, Mohamad Johari also placed the blame on women. “Sometimes, women like to carry expensive handbags and wear clothes that invite trouble,” he said.

佐哈里∶名贵服饰引人犯罪 “女人须为攫案负责”
（吉隆坡讯）国安部副部长拿督莫哈末佐哈里今日（周四，12月21日）说，女人必须为攫夺案负责，因为她们经常在购物时携带名贵手提包及服饰，引人犯罪。他说，国安部很难分析攫夺案发生的原因，因为许多时候是人为的疏忽大意。他提醒公众人士在出入银行时要小心环顾四方，因为这些疏忽大意可能造成公众人士蒙受财物损失。

I really doubt when they will stop to put something on blame. Why so many snatch thieves on the road? My colleague here told me a saying “when a country is doing well, the church will empty”. Think about what that saying means here.

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