What is wrong with this Country？
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I read about this, this and this in today’s The Star Online, and was deeply disturbed by the current state of affair in Malaysia.
The civil servants are given green light to undertake part-time job? Are you serious? Since when they are doing their full time job anyway? Even without a part-time job, they are notoriously known to have packed their bags and refused to render any services after 3.30pm. Now they have a part-time job waiting for them, I could only imagine what kind of quality we could expect from our civil service.
Before Fuel Hike:
“Cik, boleh tolong saya semak borang ini?”
“Yeoh… kenapa tak datang awal sikit? Dah hampir pukul lima ni. Lain kali jangan datang lewat sangat.”
After Fuel Hike:
“Cik, boleh tolong saya semak borang ini?”
“Sorry. Ku kena balik awal. Ku nak pergi buat part-time job ku. Sana start pukul lima setengah, so kena pergi sekarang. Mu datang lagi esok.”
“It's impossible for anyone to make ends meet even with a RM3,000-monthly salary” some people complained. While RM3,000 a month seems to be a “decent” salary, which is usually earned by the white collars, many white collars are finding it hard to continue with their existing lifestyle with their current salary. One-third of their RM3,000 salary will be used to settle their car loan for the purchase of a car the value of which is depreciating on a daily basis. For the newly married couples, who just bought their house, another one-third to half of their salary will be used to settle their housing loan. The balance sum is for petrol, entertainment, saving etc. In other words, even though you are earning RM3,000 a month in Malaysia, your disposable income may be less than RM1,000.
But what can you do with that RM1,000?
I heard that the price of steels, cement and other building materials have increased significantly. I feel sorry for those who are planning to purchase a house. The increase will eventually be absorbed by the end users.
I was told that now you need more than RM100 to fill up a 1300 cc Proton Iswara. Hello?! A 1300 cc car is supposed to help us saving fuel! But, now this so called fuel-efficient car is eating up the wallets. My brother told me (and also confirmed by my American colleague) that in the USA, vehicles which are less than 2000 cc are not considered as “cars” – they belong to the same category as the “buggies” used in the golf courses.
Going by the Americans’ standards, many Malaysians are bleeding their wallets in order to drive a buggy, which is only used in the golf courses in the USA. No wonder my American colleague always sees us as “third world”. I don't blame him. I will not blame him either if he thinks we still live on trees. Putting ourselves in their shoes, imagine how would we see a country whose people spend half of their salaries in purchasing and maintaining a bicycle?
The civil servants are given green light to undertake part-time job? Are you serious? Since when they are doing their full time job anyway? Even without a part-time job, they are notoriously known to have packed their bags and refused to render any services after 3.30pm. Now they have a part-time job waiting for them, I could only imagine what kind of quality we could expect from our civil service.
Before Fuel Hike:
“Cik, boleh tolong saya semak borang ini?”
“Yeoh… kenapa tak datang awal sikit? Dah hampir pukul lima ni. Lain kali jangan datang lewat sangat.”
After Fuel Hike:
“Cik, boleh tolong saya semak borang ini?”
“Sorry. Ku kena balik awal. Ku nak pergi buat part-time job ku. Sana start pukul lima setengah, so kena pergi sekarang. Mu datang lagi esok.”
“It's impossible for anyone to make ends meet even with a RM3,000-monthly salary” some people complained. While RM3,000 a month seems to be a “decent” salary, which is usually earned by the white collars, many white collars are finding it hard to continue with their existing lifestyle with their current salary. One-third of their RM3,000 salary will be used to settle their car loan for the purchase of a car the value of which is depreciating on a daily basis. For the newly married couples, who just bought their house, another one-third to half of their salary will be used to settle their housing loan. The balance sum is for petrol, entertainment, saving etc. In other words, even though you are earning RM3,000 a month in Malaysia, your disposable income may be less than RM1,000.
But what can you do with that RM1,000?
I heard that the price of steels, cement and other building materials have increased significantly. I feel sorry for those who are planning to purchase a house. The increase will eventually be absorbed by the end users.
I was told that now you need more than RM100 to fill up a 1300 cc Proton Iswara. Hello?! A 1300 cc car is supposed to help us saving fuel! But, now this so called fuel-efficient car is eating up the wallets. My brother told me (and also confirmed by my American colleague) that in the USA, vehicles which are less than 2000 cc are not considered as “cars” – they belong to the same category as the “buggies” used in the golf courses.
Going by the Americans’ standards, many Malaysians are bleeding their wallets in order to drive a buggy, which is only used in the golf courses in the USA. No wonder my American colleague always sees us as “third world”. I don't blame him. I will not blame him either if he thinks we still live on trees. Putting ourselves in their shoes, imagine how would we see a country whose people spend half of their salaries in purchasing and maintaining a bicycle?
Mmm... do they play snooker in third world countries?
posted by harnniann at
1:58 pm
1 Comments:
my mum's Kancil - full tank was RM30 - now is RM42 means she is extra paying RM12 per visit, she pumps once a week ; one year she pumps extra RM12 x 52 weeks = RM624, meaning to say we only need to get Kancil 850cc pump full tank a week in order to avoid fuel hike as gov rebet us RM625 yearly.
Secondly, take home pay is only RM2500+ for RM3k salary as the deduction for epf & taxes...
Thirdly, many of my frens change job due to salary increment not sufficient to cover the hike.
Last but not least, NOT EVERYONE IS EARNING 3K++
Harley
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