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Now you know why you have to pay more for electric tariff starting next month (click for bigger image) KUALA LUMPUR: Khazanah Nasional Bhd yesterday defended the proposed salary hike for top officials in government-linked companies (GLCs). Managing director Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar said salaries paid to top executives of GLCs had to be fair…
I am actually very pissed with the government after reading news on the ‘revised’ Ninth Malaysia Plan after the mid-term review. It is obvious the Federal Government is treating opposition-led states as ‘alien states’. Of all projects, the government decided to defer the monorail and Penang Outer Ring Road projects in Penang. Then to allocate…
Malaysians are suffering not from the increase of oil price, but from the corruption, mismanagement and wastage by the government. We are paying a very high price for this, partly due to our ‘tidak apa’ attitude and indifference to the issues happening around us. For most Malaysians, ignorance is a bliss. They always have their…
A 2008 fuel-policy post working through production, import, subsidy and budget figures while questioning how government fuel-support costs were being presented.
A 2008 media-and-Parliament commentary on restrictions placed on journalists in the parliamentary lobby and the press response to those limits.
A satirical 2008 post about fuel-price increases, regional price comparisons, subsidy arguments and the public debate surrounding government policy.
A 2008 social-policy commentary criticising a Kota Bharu workplace dress rule involving lipstick and high heels and the moral arguments used to justify it.