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Petronas ranked the world’s 8th most profitable company

July 18, 2008 | 2 min read | Posted in » Articles, Current Affairs, Malaysia, News, Petronas, Reports, Serious, Statistics

2008 top ten most profitable companies ranking

Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) – The national oil company, which posted revenue growth of 40.9% The national oil company, which posted revenue growth of 14.9% with profits of US$18.1 billion is ranked the world’s 8th most profitable company in the recently published ranking by Fortune magazine. Top 10 most profitable companies- 2008 ranking (click to…

Money?? BILLION$ ringgit in the drain..

June 26, 2008 | 5 min read | Posted in » Blogosphere, BN-ism, Boleh-ism, Bolehland, Current Affairs, Reports, Serious, Social Issues

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…

Shahrir Confirmed Kickdefella’s Finding – No Fuel Subsidy In Budget

June 24, 2008 | 7 min read | Posted in » Blogosphere, BN-ism, Boleh-ism, Bolehland, Current Affairs, Malaysiakini, News, Reports, Serious, Social Issues

Image reproduced in the follow-up fuel-subsidy post

A 2008 follow-up to an earlier fuel-subsidy post, discussing statements and documents cited in the debate over how fuel subsidies appeared in government accounts and budgets.

The Truth About Fuel Subsidy

June 19, 2008 | 8 min read | Posted in » Blogosphere, Boleh-ism, Bolehland, Current Affairs, Reports, Serious, Social Issues

Newspaper screenshot about fuel subsidies reproduced in the post

A 2008 English translation and discussion of a Kickdefella essay questioning how Malaysian fuel subsidies and Petronas finances were being publicly explained.

Updated : Malaysia’s Competitiveness

January 30, 2008 | 2 min read | Posted in » BN-ism, Boleh-ism, Bolehland, Garfield, News, Rage, Reports

This is an updated post for the previous ‘Tell Us, Pak Lah’ post in regard to Malaysia’s Competitiveness Ranking published in the World Competitiveness Yearbook 2007 report. Malaysia’s competitiveness: Anwar accuses Abdullah of “misleading” PETALING JAYA, Jan 30 (ES) – Former deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has accused the current premier of making…

Tell Us, Pak Lah

January 29, 2008 | 5 min read | Posted in » Articles, BN-ism, Boleh-ism, Bolehland, Garfield, Mainstream Media, News, Rage, Reports

Historical The Star image used in Tell Me, Pak Lah

A 2008 commentary challenging official claims about Malaysia’s government-efficiency and competitiveness rankings and how those figures were presented in the press.