Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Rigid teachings have given Malays an identity crisis, says Zaid

The Malays have been indoctrinated with a rigid worldview that they now have an identity crisis and cannot adapt to today's realities, former minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim wrote today...

 ..."So, which group is in denial and is unable to adapt to the real Malaysia? The evidence suggests that it’s not the Chinese, but the Malays. Not all the Malays maybe, but some of them… those who are making the headlines, at least," Zaid said.

He also wrote on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's speech at the Gerakan annual national delegates conference on Sunday, where he said Barisan Nasional and Umno rejected all forms of extremism.

He said Najib was wasting his time talking about extremism to a Chinese crowd and wondered if he would give the same message at the Umno general assembly next month. "Najib usually only speaks the language of peace and moderation in New York and London."

 – The Malaysian Insider – Tue, Oct 21, 2014



Thursday, October 2, 2014

‘Langkah Minyak Najib’ lagi buruk daripada ‘Langkah Kajang’

Ramalan pakar ekonomi duni Dr Frederico Gil Sander pada Oktober tahun lepas akhirnya menjadi kenyataan apabila sekali lagi kerajaan menaikkan harga minyak semalam.

Kelihatannya “Langkah Minyak Najib” ini lagi buruk kesannya daripada “Langkah Kajang Anwar”.

Memburukkan lagi keadaan adalah "minyak rakyat" atau RON95 yang dinaikkan.
Kita sedia ketahui minyak ini paling murah jika dibandingkan dengan RON97.

Jadi persoalan di sini mengapa "minyak rakyat" ini dinaikkan ketika harga pasaran minyak dunia jatuh? By BY Md Izwan | The Malaysian Insider 3/10/2014



Wednesday, September 17, 2014

GST likely to reduce prices of Mercedes cars

SHAH ALAM: The introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) next year is likely to reduce the prices of Mercedes Benz cars. Mercedes-Benz Malaysia Sdn Bhd vice president of sales and marketing, Kai Schlickum, said the company was still working on the pricing. "The price reduction could happen but we're not sure yet," he told Bernama after launching the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class models -- C200 and C250 -- here today. Schlickum said this when asked on the likely impact of the introduction of GST from Apr 1, 2015 on the prices of Mercedes Benz cars. NEWS from Business Times



Saturday, June 21, 2014

Collect GST pay to increase civil servant and government salary ?

Pertambahan hasil daripada pelaksanaan cukai barang dan perkhidmatan (GST) akan membolehkan kerajaan menimbang pelbagai permintaan termasuk kenaikan elaun penjawat awam, kata Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak.



"Kalau Presiden Cuepacs (Kongres Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja Di Dalam Perkhidmatan Awam) nak minta tambah elaun dan sebagainya, saya sebagai Menteri Kewangan perlu cari hasil tambahan, barulah boleh saya pertimbangkan. "Kita tidak boleh pinjam duit daripada institusi kewangan seperti Bank Dunia nak bayar gaji, elaun... tak boleh, resepi itu boleh membawa kepada bencana ekonomi," katanya ketika berucap pada Perhimpunan Hari Pekerja 2014 di Pusat Dagangan Antarabangsa Melaka, hari ini. Bernama, 21 Jun, 2014.

Monday, January 6, 2014

Ketika rakyat diminta berjimat, menteri buat parti hari jadi mewah

     Beberapa menteri terus hidup dalam kemewahan ketika Putrajaya memotong bajet dan meminta rakyat mengetatkan tali pinggang mereka dan berjimat cermat dalam menghadapi kos hidup yang meningkat dan pengurangan subsidi tahun ini.

     Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi menganjurkan parti hari jadi yang "mewah" di sebuah hotel lima bintang dekat Kuala Lumpur semalam yang tetamunya mendakwa menjadi sambutan Tahun Baru.
     Seorang lagi menteri telah membuat sambutan perkahwinan dua hari untuk anak beliau di satu lagi hotel lima bintang di ibu Kuala Lumpur bulan lepas, diserikan oleh kerabat diraja dan orang kenamaan dan telah dihiburkan oleh penyanyi wanita dari Indonesia.The Malaysian Insider – Mon, Jan 6, 2014