At least two issues struck an uncomfortable chord. No, not the sickening religion issue.
One was an advert placed on page B4. Congratulating Mahdzir Bin Khalid for his appointment as the Kedah menteri besar. Nothing wrong with that cos lots of "ass-kissers" do that in Malaysia. Its a culture. But wait. This advert is placed by "THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF KEDAH DARUL AMAN"
Isnt the menteri besar part of the state government? What an utter waste of public funds, or did some rich person looking for a "big cable" pay for it.
Whats more sickening is the new campaign the government is having now. See Page B24. "Jangan membeli berlebihan - itu membazir!" It is launched by the Minstry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs. A cool RM15 million allocaed for a "Smart Consumer" campaign ...".... as part of its efforts to help curb escalating household debt"
WTF lah. First you tell the people not to overspend. Then they put out a whole page advert congratulating themself! And to add salt to wound, they have the cheak to allocate RM15Million of OUR money to tell us to reign in the spending.
Any prick will tell you all you need to do is control the banks. Stop issuing more than 3 credit cards to a person. Have lower limits of spending. Revert back to the olden days where only someone earning a certain limit could apply for a card. Control financing of properties. Say NO to 90% or 95% or 100% financing. Whats so difficult? But when the government itself isnt spending our money wisely, this charade appears to be nothing more than another attempt to let someone get rich the Malaysian way (i.e. the RM15 million budget)
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Have a Happy New Year, Vic!
happy new year :D
I suppose it depends how effective the RM15 million is going to be. Its hard to justify any awareness or advertsing campaigns but its probably the most effective way to reach out to the public.
the point was.. why even bother with having a campaign to educate the public to not overspend, when the government and civil servants themselves spend tax payers' money without a care or accountability. The campaign just appears to be an excuse to enrich some.
This is the sorry state of our leaders. This is Kedah's version. In Penang we have the Traffic Management chairman Datuk Dr Teng Hock Nan saying that "his hands are tied" after there were calls for something to be done on the horrendous public transport there. Then, many years ago, we also had the then Melaka Chief Minister Rahim Thamby Chik saying that he cannot be held responsible for a dam that had dried up as "he is not in charge of the dam". .... and they get paid for being clowns!
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