Malaysiakini have a poll immediately after the debate. About 19,000 readers participated in that poll (Surprisingly). What people thought about that debate? (more…)
Answer this survey by Malaysiakini. Watch online Global Media Channel or BernamaTV.
No, this is neither my lucky number nor yours. This is the number of policemen were deployed for roadblocks in Kuala Lumpur at several areas on yesterday and day before yesterday. 1600 policemen were deployed on that Ops Padam operation. (more…)
Petrol companies in Singapore reduce petrol price 4 cent per litre. What about Malaysia, one of oil producers.
Singapore Reduces Petrol Prices
SINGAPORE, July 9 (Bernama) — Petrol companies in Singapore have lowered their pump prices by four cents a litre for petrol to reflect current market conditions. Singapore Petroleum Company Limited (SPC) announced WEdnesday the pump prices for its motor gasoline across all three grades at all its service stations had been reduced by four cents per litre from 3 p.m. today. Earlier, other petrol companies, Shell, Exxon-Mobile and Caltex started to reduce their pump prices one after another from this morning.
Thanks to Susan Loone for her highlight.
I really TL to the way they reported the news. When people want to have peaceful rally on streets, they said it is not Malaysian culture (but, they can do it), it cause a lot of troubles to the shops nearby (police road blocks cause the traffic jams and block here and there make the atmosphere become fear-like), violence might happened during the rally on the street, blah, blah, blah… So, they suggested their “Brilliant idea place for rally” ~ a stadium.
When the rally held at Stadium, they reported in this way. (more…)
When asked for opinion about 4 MPs biked to Parliament yesterday, Narzi said cycling not in line with their status as Member of Parliament.
Well, I would like to blog this yesterday but I was tired yesterday. A reader of Malaysiakini, Lemon voiced his/her opinion in response to his narrow minded remarks. (more…)
Now only I know how much entertainment allowances they have monthly. 
PM makes RM2 bil cost cuts after fuel hike
Chan Kok Leong | Jun 9, 08 7:07pmbreaking news updated 7.53pm Among the new measures, the paid holidays of ministers and their families will now be restricted to Asean and local destinations.
政府实行撙节政策每年省20亿 削部长津贴10%限东南亚度假
王德齐 | 6月9日 傍晚7点49分更新 撙节措施包括削减正副部长娱乐津贴10%，官员出国团能免则免。冻结聘请新的非要职公务员，官方庆典从简，展延购买新资产和禁止装修.
Monthly allowances of PM, DPM, Ministers and Deputy Minister as showed in the chart below.
Picture adapted from Malaysiakini.
Base on the chart above, we can know the annual entertainment allowance (before 10% cut) of
~ Prime Minister is RM226,380
~ Deputy PM is RM180,180
~ Minister is RM147,840 (how many Ministers we have in our Government?)
~ Deputy Minister is RM72,000(how many Deputy Ministers we have in our Government?) (more…)
With the new price of fuel and rebate RM625 [fuel rebate a one-off (beware, it is important to understand this)] was announced by our PM, people start to calculate how much they need to spend extra for the fuel for next 12 months. I came to across to this (more…)
Government said continuous subsidy in petrol will make our nation facing financial problems. Not only petrol, government also giving subsidy to many daily goods. Main problem here is people misused this benefit. People smuggle those subsidized to other country to make profit from them.
Well, regarding this (more…)
During lunch time, I told my colleagues here the fuel price in Malaysia was hiked 41% to RM2.70 per liter (about 0.53€ per liter). To them it is cheap HOWEVER they said it is not fair to compare the fuel price with that only. We have to look at the average income and the living cost in that country then only fair to compare the fuel price is cheap or expensive.
See, even foreigners say this to me, what our government had told us? CHANGE your lifestyle, our government told us. I’m very agree with the points of the The Consumer Association of Penang in Malaysiakini. Government should you change your life style first? Set an example rather than talk and no action.
I also learned from MageP’s Lab and Rocky’s Bru that the webiste of Prime Minister of Malaysia (more…)
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