Like MOT has thier fair share of billions in super not so free port, MOE has their schools but without furniture MOS also have many state of art sports building but used by national rubber leg sportsmens

SO MOO must have something too….

hey what is MOO?

ministry of oversight..new leh

wait i think you know this one MOOz

like all bolihland road user , pay that dollar laah otherwise late for meeting aledi lah…

I dont care who flies there …if it is cheap to my pocket what the heell man, book a flight quick

the real problem …it should have been much much cheaper….if….if….

what is it for you , you think step down got no costs meh?

even go toilet need to pay mah…..

this is the culture..if you can afford it dont even die.

I second that, Malaysian politics needs an jump in evolution. Governing principles need to be audited & realigned, this sooner than later.

Yes, there are insider trading laws in Biolehland, but like all laws here, they are only applied to those who don’t play “ball” with the powers-that-be. Who is going to charge Kalimullah or Lim Kian Onn or Tony Fernandez? Better still, who is going to charge SIL or Chan Kong Choy or any member of the cabinet who has advance notice of the AirAsia “gift”?

What happens later when MAS makes a loss ? MAS depends on the Singapore/KL route for its annual profits ? No, it is a lucrative route but flying that route alone isn’t going to turn the airline around. It will need to be bailed out at some point (again) even if it retains its duopoly on the KL/Singapore route. It is a question of “when”, not “if”.

In the meantime, the opening of the route means cheaper travel for many of us. Those who take the route every week can halve their costs.

In short, you may question the double standards for insider trading enforcement, but you should not question the true benefits of opening the particular sector to real competition.

The politically connected and the powerful have never been bothered by rumours of ‘insider trading’. Why should they be now? Nobody over the last two or so decades has ever been accused let alone prosecuted for the crime of insider trading. In fact ask those who routinely indulge in insider trading what ‘insider trading’ is and they would either give you a blank stare or show you the index finger or both.

The conflict of interest was what plagued the management of a national airline with MoF Inc. as the majority shareholder. Many years after, those same considerations still hold true. I believe it is not the business of governments to do business. I believe the business of government is to govern. Period.

Over the years taxpayers have been called again and again to meet their ‘obligations’ as citizens and bail out their national airline. But it is just in the nature of some Malaysians to whine about every change that occurs – even if it is for the better!

The writer says there is more than meets the eye and points to planned collusion between vested interests. So there is more but aren’t Malaysians reaping the benefit of this ‘change’. Why should Malaysian travelers complain about AirAsia flying into Singapore to drop passengers?

No, it is understooded that nobody forgeted SIA benefited from the duopoly. The fact is SIA does not depend on the SIN/KUL route to survive; MAS does. Most of SIA’s routes are profitable and the SIN/KUL route probably account for less than 5% of SIA’s profit. OTOH, most of MAS’s routes are unprofitable and the SIN/KUL route probably account for more than 95% of its profits.

In any case, the decision to open the airspace is made at the government level, and not at the airline level. Singapore has been wanting more open sky agreements and more flights. Malaysia is stalling because it has to protect MAS.

I don’t think much changes in this case with regards to the Singaporean side to the deal – as they (SIA) also own a budget airline , so the profits essentially go to the same parent company. We can’t say the same for the Malaysian side to things – it is now split open into a MAS / Air Asia battle. I agree with you in the sense that due to more open competition, we, the consumers win, because of the cheaper tickets that open up as companies compete to give the best value deal.

And because of precisely this factor, they believe we, the people, won’t investigate/check/go after them when it comes to any possible under table deals that go on. Whether anything happens now depends whether people are content with the expected price drop in tickets, or whether they believe that power has been abused, and that this matter should be brought up.

He ignores the fact that there are Malays who are filthy rich but did not declare all their assets, and also there are now a large number of Malays who are filthy rich in all states of Malaysia.

His unemployed SIL is definitely one of them. Also Emperor Zakaria and almost all office bearers of Umno, ministers and state assemblymen from Umno, etc, etc, etc ………

“Well the PM’s speech refers to the most wealthy in Malaysia not being headed by Malays to justify more NEP.”

Guess NEP can also stand for “Never Enough Parasites”.
http://malaysiawatch3.blogspot.com/2007/11/another-nep-justification.html

Root out the problem at the source.

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Somebody bas also forgeted that SIA also benefited from the doupoly route??????