where are you now? Are you an employee (E), self-employed guy (S), biz owner (B) or an investor (I)? which one do you prefer? most of us are in the E category, some of us in S, a few of us in the B and a very limited number of us are in the I category. Of course from the I category we have another limited persons in the Philanthropist.
in Malaysia we have a few people out of 24 million population that have reached the philanthropist level such the late Lim Goh Tong, Robert Kok, Syed Mokhtar, Yong Tiong Lay, and Ananda Khrishnan, just to mention a few great Malaysians.
If there are more Philanthropists in Malaysia, I think the problems of higher petroleum prices will not arise... I mean if all of them subsidize the increase of petroleum prices by giving to the public at large. The don't need the money to bring to the grave, why not help the government to subsidize the petrol & diesel to the public. If the top 40 millionaires in Malaysia contribute RM 1 billion each, we have RM 40 billion...this will help the price maintain at RM1.92 per litre not as it is now RM2.70 which is the highest in the history of petrol prices. Never happened before, the price has increased by 40% , usually less than 10-15%.
So now we malaysians must spend wisely or drive our cars only on necessity and probably go more on public transport. The Government especially the leaders.....PM, DPM, all ministers, MP's, top government officials must show a good example. They must not use the government official cars unnecessary or for personal use. If all the government transports..........cars, vans, motorbikes, trucks, boats and even executive jet belongs to PM are use officially and wisely, I think the government can safe a lot of money. even Petronas too can do its part. I wonder why Petronas needs to spend RM3.5 million a month to pay the salaries of The Philahormonic Orchestra that only caters (entertain) for the rich & famous people once or twice a month. It is the way to safe money?...why the public, the rakyat have to pay for that? Is it fair? It is justified to spend rakyat's money just to entertain a few Rich & Famous in K.L.?
If PETRONAS do not stop misuse the funds...soon the rakyat will revolt...hope it will not happen, something in the Russian revolution (1900's) or the French revolution (1800's) where the rakyat toppled down the Kings, etc.
They(Petronas) complained that the public did not understand that Petronas subsidezed more than RM400 millions in order to keep the prices of petrol lower as compared to S'pore or Thailand! but how ca we understand because this the first time they told us. Petronas should publish and let the rakyat know your budget and expenditures every year since it was formed. A lot of unnecessary expenditures have been spent by the management.
RM3.5 million a month can build 1000's of houses for the poor in the kampongs of Trengganu!
what is your comments?
Thursday, June 5, 2008
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