Akibat Otak Lebih Lembab Dari Mulut......

Sebagai seorang warga Malaysia yang prihatin saya meneliti setiap perkembangan dan senario politik semasa negara. Seluruh warga Malaysia tahu tunggak kekuasaan mahu pun kekayaan negara sejak sekian lama hingga kini di tangan UMNO BN. Namun suatu yang memalukan bila PR yang menguasai beberapa negeri dalam GE lalu dan mentadbir negeri dalam situasi sumber kewangan terbatas mampu mencuri pujian dari Audit Negara berbanding UMNO BN sendiri.

Laporan Audit Negara jelas memberi kredit kepada kerajaan negeri di bawah pentadbiran PR walau pun usia pentadbiran PR ini bagai langit dan bumi berbanding UMNO BN. Dalam segala kekurangan sumber kewangan yang dinafikan kerjaan UMNO BN Persekutuan, Selangor dan Pulau Pinang di bawah pimpinan Tan Sri Khalid dan Lee Guan Eng terbukti mampu melakukan lebih baik.

Berbalik kepada Selangor, Saya bukanlah penggemar atau peminat Tan Sri Khalid. Namun saya melihat MB ini sangat profesional dalam mentadbir Selangor. Gaya dan stail pimpinan Tan Sri Khalid cukup profesional sehinggakan sikap profesional dan pendekatan ala korperat yang menjadi pegangan Tan Sri mungkin tidak disenangi oleh segelintir pemimpin dalam PR itu sendiri. Namun stail pimpinan inilah sebenarnya menguntungkan rakyat kebanyakan.

Bila PTPTN tiba-tiba membekukan pinjaman kepada UNISEL kerana dendam dan perangai bodoh Khalid Nordin, simpati Tan Sri Khalid dan rasa tanggung jawab MB ini yang mewakili PR jelas terlihat. Saya memuji tindakan segera yang MB PR ini cuba ambil bagi mengapungkan aset UNISEL dalam usaha untuk menyelamatkan para pelajar UNISEL yang dimangsakan oleh PTPTN walau pun penyelesaian ini bukan satu penyelesaian jangka panjang. Rasa tanggung jawab kerajaan PR ini terserlah malah peranan BM Selangor ini harus mendapat pujian ramai.

Saya yakin jika PR diberi amanah mentadbir negara Malaysia dan diberi peluang menguruskan dana negara, rakyat kebanyakan lebih mendapat menafaat, kebajikan ramai lebih terjaga dan paling penting kekayaan negara akan disalur dengan adil dan saksama tanpa amalan kronisma mahu pun pembaziran.

Kalau dalam keadaan sumber kewangan terhad kerana dinafikan hak oleh kerajaan persekutuan, negeri negeri di bawah pentadbiran PR telah mampu membuktikan sesuatu kepada ramai, bayangkan jika PR kelak menguasai kerajaan pusat dan khazanah negara, pasti kita akan melihat satu pencapaian yang luar biasa yang gagal ditonjolkan oleh UMNO BN selama ini.

Saya penuh yakin di era kekuasaan PR kelak kek ekonomi akan dikongsi bersama secara lebih merata dan adil berbanding era UMNO BN yang memperuntukkan bahagian besar kek berkenaan kepada golongan korperat dan kroni mereka. Dasar pengswastaan yang pada asasnya untuk tingkatkan kecekapan pengurusan ekonomi negara selain mengurangkan bebanan kerajaan jelas telah gagal malah telah menjadi racun kepada negara akibat peningkatan sistem kroni dan pilih kasih. UMNO BN gagal mengamalkan prinsip keadilan sepanjang melaksanakan dasar pengswastaan sebaliknya membebankankan lagi negara akibat pembaziran sumber kewangan negara dan ini mula berlaku sejak Tun Mahathir memacu pentadbiran Malaysia puluhan tahun dulu.

This Is "Y"....

As far as I can remember, I never say that I hate Malay because I'm a Malay too. Why should I hate my own race because there is nothing I can do to change my race.

However, I hate UMNO, I repeat "I HATE UMNO". 

WHY?

Read here in telling you WHY I HATE UMNO

How Economic TransPORNOmation Work?...

Some example for better understanding.

Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the PM's residence. One is from MIC, another is from MCA, and the third is from UMNO. 

All three go with a PM's House-official to examine the fence.

The MIC contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. "Well," he says, "I figure the job will run about $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for me."

The MCA contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, "I can do this job for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100 profit for me."

The UMNO contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the House-official and whispers, "$2,700."

The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?"

The UMNO contractor whispers back, "$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we hire the guy from MCA to fix the fence."

"Done!" reply the government official.

And that, my friends, is how our new Economic TransPORNOmation works.

Jokes Of The Week...

One morning a blind bunny was hopping down the bunny trail and tripped over a large snake and fell, kerplop right on his twitchy little nose. 

'Oh please excuse me,' said the bunny. 'I didn't mean to trip over you, but I'm blind and can't see.'

'That's perfectly all right,' replied the snake. 'To be sure, it was my fault. I didn't mean to trip you, but I'm blind too, and I didn't see you coming. By the way, what kind of animal are you?'

'Well, I really don't know,' said the bunny.. 'I'm blind, and I've never seen myself. Maybe you could examine me and find out.'

So the snake felt the bunny all over, and he said, 'Well, you're soft, and cuddly, and you have long silky ears, and a little fluffy tail and a dear twitchy little nose. You must be a bunny rabbit!'

The bunny said, 'I can't thank you enough. But by the way, what kind of animal are you?'

The snake replied that he didn't know either, and the bunny agreed to examine him, and when the bunny was finished, the snake asked, 'Well, what kind of an animal am I?'

The bunny had felt the snake all over, and he replied, you’re cold, you're slippery, and you have no balls..... 

You must be an UMNO POLITICIAN...

Is It True, Seriously?....

Kalau anak buah boleh kata bapak buah dia LEMAH JIWA dan hanya tahu BERKOKOK DI LUAR GELANGGANG, apatah lagi orang yg bukan anak buah.

Bacaan lanjut di sini... 

Sebenarnya bapak buah bukannya lemah jiwa dan berkokok di luar gelanggang tapi di dalam kepala anak-anak buahnya mempunyai hotak yg tiada lain selain daripada cerita dari Ummi Hafilda ajer. 

I'm Confuse, Do you?...

SAMBUTAN ULANG TAHUN UMNO KE 66

I'm really confuse here. As I know, UMNO was once being declared as illegal organization (pertubuhan HARAM) by court of law. Later those morons re-registered it with the name of UMNO (BARU).

Now they are celebrating ulangtahun UMNO ke-66 instead of 24.

Can anybody especially UMNO members clarify this matter? Which one is the correct, 66 years or 24?

May I thank you for the clarification made? Tak tahu kita bertanya, bukannya BODOH SOMBONG

 

Minimum Wage Policy....

RM900.00 as announced by PeeM would be our national minimum wage for all industries in Peninsular Malaysia except domestic category. There are pros and cons in any issues which include this minimum wages policy depending on what perspective angle you are looking at and/or which shoes are you in?

As for me, my concerns are:-

1. Either minimum wage can match the level of productivity of staff towards good ratio on cost vs profit.
2. Is the inflation will be flying high namely on items which is not controlled by KERAjaan?
3. Are the staff benefits will be reduced to only basic as required by Employment Act 1955 to substantiate the higher overhead cost?

Of course there are many mores but the above 3 are my priority.

I may not good in economic impact analysis as a result of the announcement of minimum wages but logically speaking, if the cost is higher, definitely the price will follow suit. Simple interpretation without having to have Phd in Economic or butt licking attitude. 

KPDNKK will be down to earth in making inspection on the prices but what can they do for those uncontrolled items. Citing example, can they (KPDNKK) take action if mamak restaurant charging RM1.50 per glass of plain water? The answer is NO as the item is not listed as controlled item. Please refer here for list of controlled items.

The most they can do is checking either there is a price list or not or threat the owner with 1001 actions to be taken. Mind you people are smart and not stupid nowadays. That's all, full-stop leaving all people suffering despite having noted their minimum wage id RM900/month. 

Pity Sawarakians and Sabahans only to get RM800/month even though their cost of living and prices of controlled items is much higher than Peninsular Malaysia. 

• Maybe because no matter what people there will vote for B-eNd. 
• Maybe KERAjaan is scare and try to win back people here.

I said MAYBE and this word will refer to its own meaning. 

Well, only time will tell you.....

Labour Day Special Announcement....

I can't wait to know how much is the minimum wage to be announced by PeeM either tonight or tomorrow. My target is RM800/= as a blanket policy or nearly to the minimum basic pay for newly joined Police Constable. 

At the same time, how much the prices hike would be on goods which are not listed as control items, services and many more?

MINIMUM WAGES POLICY vs PRICES HIKE = INFLATION???

Minimum Wage Policy... View No. 2

I DO not agree with those who argue that the introduction of the minimum wage scheme would cause inflation to go out of hand.

On the contrary, lowering wages or stagnating them would make workers’ lives unbearable and is a sure-fire way to erode the nation’s economy and well-being of its citizens.

Industrialists and employers in developing countries are in the habit of bandying around words like efficiency, productivity and competitiveness, in a master design to lower labour costs.

But what do we see on the ground in most of the first world countries? High wages.

If we do not have a minimum wage scheme, employers may be tempted to lower the wages as much as they want in the frightening name of “inflation”.

The truth is that the act of lowering wages will trigger our industries to become less efficient, productive and competitive.

High wages are the incentives that propels technical and business innovation and, without them, we would soon become just another low-wage country struggling to eke out an existence.

History tells us that, for instance, in Australia and Argentina around the beginning of last century, were two of the richest countries per capita in the world.

Argentina which opted for a low-wage economy has virtually marked time and presently is behind Australia by over six decades.

So we must ask ourselves: What augurs well for our future and the future of our children?

Using inflation as the whipping boy to stifle wages is just a ruse by employers to enhance their profiteering and vested interests.

The private lives and well-being of the employees must be balanced against the profiteering by crass merchants.

Should the minimum wage be implemented, it is hoped that employers will not offset their “losses” by increasing the working hours of the employees. This would bring us back to square one.

Should this happen, family life will be disrupted. Spouses will be seeing less of each other and kids will be having a gala time on their own or with friends.

The authorities must oversee the situation in that material gain is not overtaken by family and social priorities.

Source from here...

Minimum Wage Policy...View No. 1

LATELY, there have been plenty of discussions regarding the minimum wage implementation in Malaysia. I’m not a business owner but I feel imposing the minimum wage at this time is not the right step. The minimum wage concept is a double edged sword.

Let’s analyse the core issue here. The cost of living is rising and the salaries of the lowest earners are insufficient. Raising income sounds fine in this equation, but let’s not forget that what goes around actually comes around.

Opponents of minimum wage say that employers are greedy and only think of profits. To a certain extent, this is correct. Let’s get real. Entrepreneurs rarely sacrifice their own goals, otherwise they would have been running a charitable organisation.

Who are we to be so naive to think that manufacturers will not increase prices based on operating costs having risen? Look at the increase in the price of sugar and flour.

Malaysians should have learned by now that it actually helps provide the truly greedy entrepreneurs with the perfect excuse to increase prices.

I say perfect because unlike sugar and flour, nobody else but the employers know the true incremental cost as a result of increasing wages.

Let’s look at the impact of such incremental costs on businesses, and ultimately employees.

If we remember the days of the financial downturn, both employee numbers and working hours were reduced. The same will happen because the name of the game is controlling cost-revenue ratios.

Malaysia would be less attractive to investors simply because the cost of doing business would have risen again. We should not forget that these investors bring in cash as well as keep our citizens gainfully employed.

With minimum wage, a majo-rity would have better pay, but those in non-core areas would have to go because the cost of having surpluses now would become untenable.

Even worse, over time, these foreign investors could pack up and leave for lower cost countries where a good portion of the population can converse in English and command lower pay.

This leaves Malaysians with fewer job opportunities and when this happens the problem would extend to middle wage earners.

Worse, local workers will gradually be replaced by foreigners, whom I suspect would not fall under the jurisdiction of the Act because applying the minimum wage to foreigners would certainly kill off SMEs, unless businesses increase prices, and that puts us back at square one plus inflation.

The right manner of addressing this issue is to look into the causes, or to address the core areas of discontent.

I believe if we concentrate on providing reasonable public healthcare, housing and education to every Malaysian, we would’ve solved the problem.

Source from here...