Petrol
The recent increase of petrol price has definitely caused an uproar. We have experienced approximately 12 ‘harga minyak naik’ announcements since 1980’s. We can’t blame the government for that since government is doing the very best they can to avoid Malaysian from paying the actual price of oil, which is around RM 3.00 per liter.
We should be kind of thankful that we’re not living in Oslo or something where the price of oil/petrol/gas per liter can reach up to RM 7.00 (I know, I know income-per-capita and all. But still).
One of the reasons for the increase of oil price (according to the government) is that they (the government) feel that it is wise to spend the money (previously for subsidizing oil, which amounted up to RM 4.4 bil. per year) to improve the public transport system.
Which is kind of good. Considering that we, as Malaysian should use the public transportation more often (to avoid among others, the horrendous Jalan Tun Razak traffic jam every Friday).
Anyway
I would like to suggest a few steps that the government can take to further save the country’s money. These suggestions may not reach the Parliament, but hopefully, it will help Malaysia to be a better country. Besides, shouldn’t we all be patriotic?
i. Stop spending huge amount of money on unnecessary stuff like ‘Pasu Bunga Di Tepi Jalan’ that are used once every ‘persidangan’. We can always resort to just ‘tanam bunga’ on the curb itself instead of using the ‘pasu’. Besides the ‘pasu’ are so dangerous and very distracting to motorists.
ii. Stop building another ‘pusat persidangan antarabangsa’ or international convention center. Seriously. We have the Putrajaya Convention Center, Mines Convention Center, Berjaya Times Square Convention Center and the KL Convention Center. I know, I know that these places are booked until the year 2020, but seriously how many convention centers do we really need? Besides, we have that old and traditional PWTC which to me is a gorgeous building and should be utilized more often. It should be a national brand where if people say,
“Oh where is it going to be held?”
“Oh, You know Putra World”
‘For the time being that’s all on ‘how the country can save more money’
The next segment is going to be on how the country can spend the ‘saved money’
i. Improve the infrastructure of schools throughout Malaysia. Isn’t education everything?
ii. Help the poor. As one of the most developed countries in South East Asia, there should be no excuse for poverty. Help these poor people and ‘Untukmu’ will just be another passé TV programs.
iii. Continue the KL-Ipoh double-track railway project. This project will further help to develop both these cities. People in Ipoh can work in KL and vice versa. Traveling would be fun and ‘Cuti-Cuti Malaysia’ can be so easy and relaxing.
That’s all for now.
And for those of you who don't know, Malaysia has no say what so ever in the price of crude oil per barrel since Malaysia is not a member of OPEC and we don’t really have a major control in the world oil production/market.
These are the members of OPEC
Algeria
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Kuwait
Libya
Nigeria
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
UAE
And
Venezuela
According to my friend who’s working for Esso.
Read more aboutOPEC
It pays to GOOGLE.
We should be kind of thankful that we’re not living in Oslo or something where the price of oil/petrol/gas per liter can reach up to RM 7.00 (I know, I know income-per-capita and all. But still).
One of the reasons for the increase of oil price (according to the government) is that they (the government) feel that it is wise to spend the money (previously for subsidizing oil, which amounted up to RM 4.4 bil. per year) to improve the public transport system.
Which is kind of good. Considering that we, as Malaysian should use the public transportation more often (to avoid among others, the horrendous Jalan Tun Razak traffic jam every Friday).
Anyway
I would like to suggest a few steps that the government can take to further save the country’s money. These suggestions may not reach the Parliament, but hopefully, it will help Malaysia to be a better country. Besides, shouldn’t we all be patriotic?
i. Stop spending huge amount of money on unnecessary stuff like ‘Pasu Bunga Di Tepi Jalan’ that are used once every ‘persidangan’. We can always resort to just ‘tanam bunga’ on the curb itself instead of using the ‘pasu’. Besides the ‘pasu’ are so dangerous and very distracting to motorists.
ii. Stop building another ‘pusat persidangan antarabangsa’ or international convention center. Seriously. We have the Putrajaya Convention Center, Mines Convention Center, Berjaya Times Square Convention Center and the KL Convention Center. I know, I know that these places are booked until the year 2020, but seriously how many convention centers do we really need? Besides, we have that old and traditional PWTC which to me is a gorgeous building and should be utilized more often. It should be a national brand where if people say,
“Oh where is it going to be held?”
“Oh, You know Putra World”
‘For the time being that’s all on ‘how the country can save more money’
The next segment is going to be on how the country can spend the ‘saved money’
i. Improve the infrastructure of schools throughout Malaysia. Isn’t education everything?
ii. Help the poor. As one of the most developed countries in South East Asia, there should be no excuse for poverty. Help these poor people and ‘Untukmu’ will just be another passé TV programs.
iii. Continue the KL-Ipoh double-track railway project. This project will further help to develop both these cities. People in Ipoh can work in KL and vice versa. Traveling would be fun and ‘Cuti-Cuti Malaysia’ can be so easy and relaxing.
That’s all for now.
And for those of you who don't know, Malaysia has no say what so ever in the price of crude oil per barrel since Malaysia is not a member of OPEC and we don’t really have a major control in the world oil production/market.
These are the members of OPEC
Algeria
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Kuwait
Libya
Nigeria
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
UAE
And
Venezuela
According to my friend who’s working for Esso.
Read more about
It pays to GOOGLE.