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such callous implementation
such a betrayal to the rakyat’s trust, going back on the promise made pre-March GE.
here’s some quotes from around the blog..
"The rakyat may not be able to fully appreciate the impact of
curtailment of freedom of association, assembly or expression. But
there is no doubt that every single rakyat will feel the impact on this
occasion."
"Tightening more means go without transport, or a meal and is not as
simple as counting 1, 2, 3, or just take away the 3 and you have 2."

Now emotion aside, was it imminent? highly probable. and was it avoidable? maybe, but maybe not. but should things turn out as they did? definitely not.

Personally, I don’t have anything to lose from this new development. I don’t own a car. Heck I don’t even live in the country. But a year or two from now, when I earn a car, I expect to drive it around town and go balik kampung without spending a fortune, and treat my family to nasik lemak and teh tarik for breakfast at a decent price.

Will I be able to do that at RM 2,500 a month salary when the petrol price is RM2.73 a litre? I doubt so
Will I be able to do that at a GBP 2,000 a month salary when the petrol price is GBP 1.10 a litre? yes, i think so(but not nasik lemak for breakfast or balik campung by car though, realistically!)

So i am not surprised why Malaysian are immigrating by the drove, and those who are already abroad refuse to come home. It’s the freaking living cost! If I can have my mum and dad and my favourite nasik lemak warung relocated here, I’ll stay here indefinitely no problemo!(such patriotism..bravo!)

But no I’m not going to do that. Let’s go home and open up the eyes of my fellow contrymen and women, that there is another way of doing things. It is practised in other countries. and sooner or latter it will find its way to mine, God willing.

It is called-evidence based practise, good governance, and transparency.

Evidence-based practise: people do it like that there, and it works!let’s replicate the environment, draft the guidelines, and do exactly what they do
Good governance: Are we doing things as we say we should do it. If yes, good, le’s clap each other on the backs. If not, here’s how we are going to change for the better
Transparency: whose money are we using? who elect us to do this job?who are we answerable to? The rakyat! show them what we have been doing so far and see if they approve.

and if all three has happened since 1974, I am pretty certain that the profit petronas inject into the government year after year can last till this very day and fund the petrol subsidy for the rakyat.