annoyed, mostly

Petrol prices are up. Naturally prices of almost every other thing will rise too. The one item that may not experience price increases may be properties. They appear to be on the slide down. The banks are still supporting the property market. Some developers are openly advertising 100% financing. To hell with prudent lending.

The people running this country has gone bonkers. Almost everything has gone haywire. Its reactionary policies and action. The word planning does not appear to mean anything to them. How else would one describe the action to increase petrol substantially and then taking their time to have mechanisms to subsidise the lower income groups. They have the cheek to tell the people to adjust their lifestyles. They have yet to announce any plans to improve public transportation. The existing one sucks big time and theyre making empty promises.

I seriously think the government should control commercial developments within cities and encourage more mixed high rise residential developments. There has to be pockets of "HDB-styled" apartments to cater for the low and middle income group. The way things are now, this group of people are forced to move further away from city centres and are bearing the full brunt of a bad public transport system.

Taxis dont charge by the meter. Too many are out to fleece passengers, be it local or foreigners. There appears to be no taxi drivers charged in court for not using meters. KLIA is still plagued with touts and highly priced "limousine" services.Every major town in the country still has a problem with taxis. Yes,too many taxi drivers arent taxi owners and find it difficult to make ends meet. Since the authorities fail to control taxis, the users are the ones made to suffer.

Dont even talk about public buses. Its crappy. Almost everywhere.

Wouldnt it have been better to actually plan things out and then implement it properly so that the people know exactly whats in store. The impression now is the money saved is gonna be used to bail out the national airline.

Which brings me to another thought. Why is the national airline and the authorities appear to be taking on the local budget airline as an adversary? For the good of the country shouldnt the government support local entities all the way? Or has jealousy totally blinded these people.

.... got to stop for now...