Totally agree with you on your analysis. However, how many are enlightened enough to see the same points ?

2% inflation is based on only 2 comodities wey…

BN smart ass are real good on their maths… No wonder our taxpayers money goes missing so easily!

http://www.imd.ch/research/publications/wcy/upload/scoreboard.pdf

PLEASE EXPOSE THIS TO THE NATION!

The government is artificially suppressing CPI to cap the wage levels. People have genuine concern because wages are not able to keep pace with cost of living. Let me show you an example on fuel price which the government has always harped on it as if they have done us a great favour. A litre of so-called subsidised petrol in Malaysia is RM1.92. In Australia it is about A$1.20 (end November 2007). Now, converting the price using the official exchange rate, the government will claim that the price of petrol in Australia is much more expensive than Malaysia and therefore Malaysians should be thankful. But we forget, the people in Australia earn wages in A$ just like the way Malaysians earn ringgit in Malaysia. The starting annual pay of a graduate in Australia is A$30,000. Now what is starting pay of a graduate in Malaysia? May be RM24,000. So if a litre of petrol is A1.20 in Australia and RM1.92 in Malaysia, who actually has lower cost of living? We don’t compare prices using official exchange rates. We compare prices vis-à-vis per capita income also. Fair enough I have not factored in the differences in marginal tax rates.

I am not comparing with Singapore because Singapore has a very different policy of car ownership. But don’t forget, Singapore has an impeccable public transportation system second to none. In any case, the price of petrol in Singapore is not high to Singaporeans who earn S$. One more point, Australia and Singapore are not oil producers. Malaysia boleh my foot.

Remember KL (Malaysia) came last in the Ranking of World’s most expensive cities???

This also means our wages/salary are low.

Fresh engineer grads in Malaysia are getting RM 2000/month since 1990!!! no change although price go up.

Compare Singapore year 2000 – S$2300, 2007 – S$2700.

But for me businessman, I prefer to pay low salary lar…. High price means I can markup my goods also…

But I an a staunch DAP ally. Vote DAP!!!

MALAYSIAN…

Now the only way to tell the Barisan Government that the prices are high is through your votes..

The real danger is not grapes are not apples. The danger is when the guy actually believes what he is saying i.e. we would not be comparing like entities when we compare Singapore to us.

Malaysia is so fortunate to have a mix 25% Chinese & 8% Indian in the country.

Without the hard working support of the Chinese & Indians, I dreaded to think the condition of the nation. Is it something like Indonesia having to send away millions of Malays outside the country to hunt for food?

Malaysia should thank God for the Chinese & Indians and the BN gomen should tear away the NEP and start treating everyone equal irrespective of race & religion. Then & only then, this apple is golden & not rotten!

Corrections:(1)YB KIT and not YB KI. A thousand apologies, YB.

(2) THESE LISTS COVER A PRIOD OF ABOUT 50 YEARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE DAY IN MALAYSIA (1957).

This joke can be enjoyed by everyone. Not only that. It is politically correct and with a moral lesson.

VOTE WISELY IN THE COMING ELECTION

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While walking down the street one day a Malaysian Boleh Minister is
tragically hit by a truck and dies.

His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.

“Welcome to heaven,” says St. Peter. “Before you settle in, it seems
there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts,
you see, so we’re not sure what to do with you.”

“No problem, just let me in,” says the man.

“Well, I’d like to, but I have orders from higher up. What we’ll do is have
you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose
where to spend eternity.”

“Really, I have made up my mind. I want to be in heaven,” says the Yang
Berhormat

“I’m sorry, but we have our rules,” says St. Peter.

And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down,
down, down to hell. The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of
a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front
of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.

Everyone is very happy and dressed in the finest batik there is. They run
to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they
had while getting rich at the expense of the people. They play a friendly
game of golf and then indulge themselves on lobsters, caviar and the most
expensive food there is.

Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who has a good
time dancing and telling jokes. They are having such a good time that
before he realizes it, it is time to go.

Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises.

The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens on heaven where St.
Peter is waiting for him.

“Now it’ s time to visit heaven.”

So, 24 hours pass with the Yang Berhormat joining a group of contented
souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have
a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St.
Peter returns.

“Well, then, you’ve spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose
your eternity.”

The Yang Berhormat reflects for a minute, then he answers: “Well, I would
never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think Ai
yam better off in hell.”

So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to
hell. Now the doors of the elevator open and he’s in the middle of a barren
land covered with waste and garbage.

He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting
it in black bags as more trash falls from above.

The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulder.

“I don’t understand,” stammers the Yang Berhormat. “Yesterday I was here
and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar,
drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there’s just a
wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?”

The devil looks at him, smiles and says, “Yesterday we were campaigning
just like you during an election…… Today you voted.”

But how one acquires wealth is another matter – there is a huge difference between a real businessman in a competitive world and one who acquires wealth through government connections.

The former is the real engine of ecomony growth to create new, rewarding and permanent jobs for the people. The latter is a monopoly with gross lack of competitive and increase the cost of products and services which will significant affect economy growth and standard of living of ordinary people.

Badawi’s cabinet is full of entrepreneurs unlike the Singapore cabinet which is full of technocrats. We have entrepreneurs who know how to issue concessions to their relatives and friends, how to award contracts to their nominees, friends and relatives. That’s why our cabinet ministers live in vast luxury, travel in a brand new aircraft, holiday in Perth and London, drive Bentleys. Heck, even KJ keeps his Bentley in Singapore !