(VERSI BAHASA MALAYSIA DI AKHIR ARTIKEL INI)
The price of crude oil has increased by 400 percent in the last three years. It follows that the price of products must increase, sooner or later. In other countries petrol prices had already increased. In the United Kingdom one litre of petrol sells for more than one pound sterling or RM7. In the United States it is about RM5.
That the price in neighbouring countries has gone up is shown by the rush to fill up by Thai and to a lesser extent Singapore vehicles.
The Government has now announced an increase in petrol price by 78 sen to RM2.70 per litre, an increase of more than 40 per cent.
I may be mistaken but there seems to be less vehicles on the road today. But obviously that is not all that will happen. All other consumer goods, services and luxury goods would increase in price.
The cost of living must go up. Put another way there will be inflation and the standard of living will go down.
Obviously our increase in petrol price is far less than in the United Kingdom or the United States. But our per capita income is about one-third of theirs. In purchasing power terms our increase is more than in the UK or the US.
The increase hurts but the pain is greater not just because of the increase percentage-wise is higher than in developed countries but because of the manner the increase is made.
A few days ago the Government decided to ban sale of petrol to foreign cars. It flipped. Now foreign cars can buy again. Flopped.
Knowing that in a few days it was going to raise the price and foreigners would be allowed to buy, why cannot the Government just wait instead of banning and unbanning.
But be that as it may what could the Government have done to lessen the burden on the people that results from the increase in petrol price.
In the first place the Government should not have floated the Ringgit. A floating rate creates uncertainties and we cannot gain anything from the strengthened Ringgit. Certainly the people have not experienced any increase in their purchasing power because of the appreciation in the exchange rate between the US Dollar and the Ringgit.
Actually the Ringgit has increased by about 80 sen (from RM3.80 to RM3.08 to 1 US Dollar) per US Dollar, i.e. by more than 20 per cent. Had the Government retained the fixed rate system and increased the value of the Ringgit, say 10 per cent at a time, the cost of imports, in Ringgit terms can be monitored and reduced by 10 per cent. At 20 per cent appreciation the cost of imports should decrease by 20 per cent. But we know the prices of imported goods or services have not decreased at all. This means we are paying 20 per cent higher for our imports including the raw material and components for our industries.
Since oil prices are fixed in US Dollar, the increase in US Dollar prices of oil should also be mitigated by 20 per cent in Malaysian Ringgit.
But the Government wants to please the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank and decided to float the Ringgit. As a result the strengthening of the Ringgit merely increased our cost of exports without giving our people the benefit of lower cost of imports.
This is not wisdom after the event. I had actually told a Government Minister not to float the Ringgit three years ago. But of course I am not an expert, certainly I know little about the international financial regimes.
I believe the people expect the increase of petrol price. But what they are angry about is the quantum and the suddenness. The Prime Minister was hinting at August but suddenly it came two months earlier, just after the ban on sale of petrol to foreigners.
If the increase had been more gradual, the people would not feel it so much. But of course this means that the Government would have to subsidise, though to a decreasing extent.
Can the Government subsidise? I am the “adviser” to Petronas but I know very little about it beyond what is published in its accounts. What I do know may not be very accurate but should be sufficient for me to draw certain conclusions.
Roughly Malaysia produces 650,000 barrels of crude per day. We consume 400,000 barrels leaving 250,000 barrels to be exported.
Three years ago the selling price of crude was about USD30 per barrel. Today it is USD130 – an increase of USD100. There is hardly any increase in the production cost so that the extra USD100 can be considered as pure profit.
Our 250,000 barrels of export should earn us 250,000 x 100 x 365 x 3 = RM27,375,000,000 (twenty seven billion Ringgit).
But Petronas made a profit of well over RM70 billion, all of which belong to the Government.
By all accounts the Government is flushed with money.
But besides petrol the prices of palm oil, rubber and tin have also increased by about 400 per cent. Plantation companies and banks now earn as much as RM3 billion in profits each. Taxes paid by them must have also increased greatly.
I feel sure that maintaining the subsidy and gradually decreasing it would not hurt the Government finances.
In the medium term ways and means must be found to reduce wasteful consumption and increase income. We may not be able to fix the minimum wage at a high level but certainly we can improve the minimum wage.
Actually our wages are high compared to some of our neighbours. The investors who come here are attracted not by cheap labour but by other factors, among which is the attitude of the Government towards the business community and the investors in particular.
From what I hear business friendliness is wanting in the present Government – so much so that even Malaysians are investing in other countries. There are rumblings about political affiliations influencing decisions. Generally Government politicians are said to be arrogant.
Malaysia is short of manpower. The labour intensive industries are not benefiting Malaysians. Foreign workers are remitting huge sums of money home.
The industrial policy must change so that high tech is promoted in order to give Malaysians higher wages to cope with rising costs of living.
The world is facing economic turmoil due to the depreciation of the US Dollar, the sub-prime loan crisis, rising oil and raw material prices, food shortages and the continued activities of the greedy hedge funds. The possibility of a US recession is real. In a way the US is already in recession. The world economy will be dragged down by it.
Malaysia will be affected by all these problems. I wonder whether the Government is prepared for this.
We cannot avoid all the negative effects but there must be ways to mitigate against them and to lessen the burden that must be borne by all Malaysians. I am sure the Government will not just pass all these problems to the people as the review of oil prices every month seem to suggest.
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Harga Minyak
Harga minyak mentah naik sebanyak 400 peratus sejak tiga tahun lepas. Lambat laun harga barangan juga akan alami kenaikan. Di negara-negara lain harga petrol sudahpun naik. Di United Kingdom satu liter petrol dijual pada kadar lebih satu pound sterling atau lebih kurang RM7. Di Amerika Syarikat harganya lebih kurang RM5.
Petunjuk bahawa harga minyak di negara-negara jiran mengalami kenaikan ialah bagaimana kenderaan Thai dan juga Singapura berpusu-pusu mengisi minyak di Malaysia.
Kerajaan umumkan kenaikan petrol sebanyak 78 sen ke RM2.70, kenaikan melebihi 40 peratus.
Saya mungkin tersilap, tetapi ternampak kekurangan jumlah kenderaan di jalanraya hari ini. Tetapi kesannya bukanlah terhad kepada itu sahaja. Barangan pengguna, perkhidmatan dan barangan mewah akan mengalami peningkatan harga.
Kos sara hidup sudah tentu meningkat. Dilihat daripada sudut lain akan tercetus inflasi dan taraf kehidupan akan menurun.
Memanglah kenaikan harga petrol di sini jauh lebih rendah daripada di United Kingdom, mahupun Amerika Syarikat. Tetapi pendapatan per kapita kita adalah lebih kurang satu pertiga mereka. Berasas kepada kuasa membeli kita kenaikan harga adalah lebih tinggi dari UK atau Amerika Syarikat.
Kenaikan ini menyakitkan, tetapi sakitnya lebih dirasai bukan kerana kenaikan dari segi peratusan adalah lebih tinggi daripada negara-negara maju, tetapi kerana cara kenaikan tersebut dibuat.
Beberapa hari lepas Kerajaan putuskan untuk haramkan penjualan minyak kepada kenderaan milik asing. Tunggang. Sekarang kenderaan asing dibenar membeli semula. Terbalik!
Mengetahui yang ianya akan menaikkan harga minyak dalam beberapa hari dan orang asing akan dibenar membeli, kenapa Kerajaan tidak menunggu sahaja daripada keluaran arahan larangan dan kemudian benarkan semula.
Namun begitu apakah yang Kerajaan boleh lakukan untuk meringankan beban kepada rakyat hasil daripada kenaikan harga petrol.
Pertamanya, Kerajaan tidak patut mengapungkan Ringgit. Kadar apungan menyebabkan ketidak-tentuan nilai Ringgit dan kita tidak akan meraih apa-apa keuntungan daripada kekuatan Ringgit. Sudah tentu rakyat tidak menikmati peningkatan kuasa membeli walaupun terdapat peningkatan nilai Ringgit dari segi tukaran dengan Dollar Amerika.
Sebenarnya Ringgit mengalami peningkatan lebih kurang 80 sen (daripada RM3.80 ke RM3.08 pada 1 US Dollar) satu US Dollar, melebihi 20 peratus. Jika Kerajaan teruskan sistem tambatan kadar dan menaikkan nilai Ringgit pada kadar 10 peratus pada satu masa, kos import, dalam Ringgit boleh dipantau dan dikurangkan sebanyak 10 peratus. Pada kadar kenaikan 20 peratus, kos import patutnya turun 20 peratus. Tetapi kita tahu harga barangan import dan perkhidmatan tidak kurang. Ini bermakna kita bayar 20 peratus lebih tinggi untuk import termasuk bagi bahan mentah dan komponen untuk industri
Oleh sebab harga minyak disebut dalam Dollar Amerika, kenaikan harga minyak dalam Dollar sepatutnya dikurangkan sebanyak 20 pertaus dalam Ringgit Malaysia.
Tetapi Kerajaan hendak turut Tabung Kewangan Antarabangsa dan Bank Dunia dan telah putuskan untuk mengapung Ringgit. Akibatnya kekuatan Ringgit hanya meningkatkan kos export tanpa memberi sebarang keuntungan kepada rakyat menerusi kekurangan kos import.
Ini bukanlah kecerdikan selepas sesuatu itu terjadi. Saya telah beritahu seorang Menteri Kerajaan supaya Ringgit tidak diapungkan tiga tahun lalu. Memanglah saya bukan pakar dan saya hanya tahu serba sedikit tentang rejim kewangan antarabangsa.
Saya percaya umum terpaksa menerima kenaikan harga petrol. Tetapi apa yang menimbulkan kemarahan ialah jumlah kenaikan serta keadaan tergesa-gesa. Perdana Menteri sebelum ini seolah-olah mencadangkan kenaikan hanya pada bulan Ogos, tetapi ianya datang dua bulan lebih awal, sejurus selepas pengharaman penjualan kepada orang asing.
Jika kenaikan berperingkat, rakyat tidak akan terlalu terasa. Tetapi ini bermakna Kerajaan perlu terus beri subsidi walaupun tahapnya akan menurun.
Mampukah Kerajaan terus beri subsidi? Saya “penasihat” Petronas tetapi saya tahu sedikit sahaja berkenaannya dan tidak lebih daripada apa yang dilaporkan dalam akaunnya yang diumumkan. Apa yang saya tahu mungkin tidak begitu tepat tetapi cukup untuk saya membuat beberapa penilaian.
Malaysia mengeluar lebih kurang 650,000 tong minyak sehari. Kita guna 400,000 tong dan selebihnya 250,000 tong di export.
Tiga tahun lalu minyak mentah dijual pada kadar USD30 satu tong. Hari ini ianya USD130 – kenaikan sebanyak USD100. Hampir tiada peningkatan di dalam kos pengeluaran oleh itu lebihan USD100 boleh dianggap untung bersih.
250,000 tong yang dieksport sepatutnya memberi kita pulangan 250,000 x 100 x 365 x 3 = RM27,375,000,000 (Dua puluh tujuh bilion Ringgit).
Tetapi Petronas untung lebih RM70 billion, yang kesemuanya milik Kerajaan.
Kerajaan ini melimpah dengan wang.
Selain minyak, harga minyak sawit, getah dan timah juga meningkat lebih kurang 400 peratus. Keuntungan syarikat perladangan dan bank-bank juga mencecah sehingga RM3 billion tiap satu. Cukai yang dibayar juga sudah tentu mengalami peningkatan yang tinggi.
Saya percaya jika subsidi dikekalkan dan dikurangkan secara berperingkat ianya tidak akan mengekang kewangan Kerajaan.
Di dalam jangka masa terdekat cara untuk mengurangkan pembaziran dan menaikkan pendapatan mestilah diperkenal. Kita mungkin tidak dapat menetapkan gaji minima, tetapi sudah tentu kita boleh meningkatkan sedikit jumlah gaji minima.
Sebenarnya pendapatan kita tinggi berbanding sesetengah jiran kita. Pelabur yang datang ke sini tertarik bukan dengan harga buruh murah, tetapi faktor-faktor lain termasuk sikap dan pendekatan Kerajaan tehadap komuniti perniaga terutamanya pelabur.
Daripada apa yang saya dengar, sikap mesra peniaga amat berkurangan pada Kerajaan sekarang hinggakan orang Malaysia juga melabur di luar negara. Terdapat cakap-cakap berkenaan hubungan politik mempengaruhi keputusan. Secara amnya ahli politik Kerajaan dikatakan sombong.
Malaysia tidak punyai cukup tenaga kerja. Industri yang memerlukan tenaga pekerja yang ramai tidak menguntungkan Malaysia. Pekerja asing menghantar jumlah wang yang besar ke negara asal mereka.
Polisi industri mestilah bertukar agar teknologi tinggi dapat dipromosikan untuk memberi rakyat Malaysia lebihan pendapatan bagi menampung kos sara hidup yang meningkat.
Dunia sedang menghadapi kecelaruan ekonomi akibat penurunan nilai Dollar Amerika, krisis pinjaman sub-prima, kenaikan harga minyak dan bahan mentah, kekurangan makanan dan akiviti tamak “hedge funds” yang berterusan. Kemungkinan berlakunya resesi ekonomi Amerika Syarikat adalah benar. Sebenarnya Amerika Syarikat sedang mengalami kelembapan ekonomi. Ekonomi dunia akan turut ditarik turun.
Malaysia juga akan terjejas kesan daripada semua masalah ini. Saya tertanya adakah Kerajaan bersedia untuk menghadapi semua ini.
Kita tidak boleh lari daripada akibat negatif tetapi mestilah ada cara untuk mengatasinya agar beban yang terpaksa ditanggung rakyat dapat dikurangkan. Saya harap yang Kerajaan tidak akan melepaskan sahaja segala masalah ini kepada rakyat seperti ynag digambarkan cadangan untuk menilai harga minyak setiap bulan.
The price of crude oil has increased by 400 percent in the last three years. It follows that the price of products must increase, sooner or later. In other countries petrol prices had already increased. In the United Kingdom one litre of petrol sells for more than one pound sterling or RM7. In the United States it is about RM5.
That the price in neighbouring countries has gone up is shown by the rush to fill up by Thai and to a lesser extent Singapore vehicles.
The Government has now announced an increase in petrol price by 78 sen to RM2.70 per litre, an increase of more than 40 per cent.
I may be mistaken but there seems to be less vehicles on the road today. But obviously that is not all that will happen. All other consumer goods, services and luxury goods would increase in price.
The cost of living must go up. Put another way there will be inflation and the standard of living will go down.
Obviously our increase in petrol price is far less than in the United Kingdom or the United States. But our per capita income is about one-third of theirs. In purchasing power terms our increase is more than in the UK or the US.
The increase hurts but the pain is greater not just because of the increase percentage-wise is higher than in developed countries but because of the manner the increase is made.
A few days ago the Government decided to ban sale of petrol to foreign cars. It flipped. Now foreign cars can buy again. Flopped.
Knowing that in a few days it was going to raise the price and foreigners would be allowed to buy, why cannot the Government just wait instead of banning and unbanning.
But be that as it may what could the Government have done to lessen the burden on the people that results from the increase in petrol price.
In the first place the Government should not have floated the Ringgit. A floating rate creates uncertainties and we cannot gain anything from the strengthened Ringgit. Certainly the people have not experienced any increase in their purchasing power because of the appreciation in the exchange rate between the US Dollar and the Ringgit.
Actually the Ringgit has increased by about 80 sen (from RM3.80 to RM3.08 to 1 US Dollar) per US Dollar, i.e. by more than 20 per cent. Had the Government retained the fixed rate system and increased the value of the Ringgit, say 10 per cent at a time, the cost of imports, in Ringgit terms can be monitored and reduced by 10 per cent. At 20 per cent appreciation the cost of imports should decrease by 20 per cent. But we know the prices of imported goods or services have not decreased at all. This means we are paying 20 per cent higher for our imports including the raw material and components for our industries.
Since oil prices are fixed in US Dollar, the increase in US Dollar prices of oil should also be mitigated by 20 per cent in Malaysian Ringgit.
But the Government wants to please the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank and decided to float the Ringgit. As a result the strengthening of the Ringgit merely increased our cost of exports without giving our people the benefit of lower cost of imports.
This is not wisdom after the event. I had actually told a Government Minister not to float the Ringgit three years ago. But of course I am not an expert, certainly I know little about the international financial regimes.
I believe the people expect the increase of petrol price. But what they are angry about is the quantum and the suddenness. The Prime Minister was hinting at August but suddenly it came two months earlier, just after the ban on sale of petrol to foreigners.
If the increase had been more gradual, the people would not feel it so much. But of course this means that the Government would have to subsidise, though to a decreasing extent.
Can the Government subsidise? I am the “adviser” to Petronas but I know very little about it beyond what is published in its accounts. What I do know may not be very accurate but should be sufficient for me to draw certain conclusions.
Roughly Malaysia produces 650,000 barrels of crude per day. We consume 400,000 barrels leaving 250,000 barrels to be exported.
Three years ago the selling price of crude was about USD30 per barrel. Today it is USD130 – an increase of USD100. There is hardly any increase in the production cost so that the extra USD100 can be considered as pure profit.
Our 250,000 barrels of export should earn us 250,000 x 100 x 365 x 3 = RM27,375,000,000 (twenty seven billion Ringgit).
But Petronas made a profit of well over RM70 billion, all of which belong to the Government.
By all accounts the Government is flushed with money.
But besides petrol the prices of palm oil, rubber and tin have also increased by about 400 per cent. Plantation companies and banks now earn as much as RM3 billion in profits each. Taxes paid by them must have also increased greatly.
I feel sure that maintaining the subsidy and gradually decreasing it would not hurt the Government finances.
In the medium term ways and means must be found to reduce wasteful consumption and increase income. We may not be able to fix the minimum wage at a high level but certainly we can improve the minimum wage.
Actually our wages are high compared to some of our neighbours. The investors who come here are attracted not by cheap labour but by other factors, among which is the attitude of the Government towards the business community and the investors in particular.
From what I hear business friendliness is wanting in the present Government – so much so that even Malaysians are investing in other countries. There are rumblings about political affiliations influencing decisions. Generally Government politicians are said to be arrogant.
Malaysia is short of manpower. The labour intensive industries are not benefiting Malaysians. Foreign workers are remitting huge sums of money home.
The industrial policy must change so that high tech is promoted in order to give Malaysians higher wages to cope with rising costs of living.
The world is facing economic turmoil due to the depreciation of the US Dollar, the sub-prime loan crisis, rising oil and raw material prices, food shortages and the continued activities of the greedy hedge funds. The possibility of a US recession is real. In a way the US is already in recession. The world economy will be dragged down by it.
Malaysia will be affected by all these problems. I wonder whether the Government is prepared for this.
We cannot avoid all the negative effects but there must be ways to mitigate against them and to lessen the burden that must be borne by all Malaysians. I am sure the Government will not just pass all these problems to the people as the review of oil prices every month seem to suggest.
Harga Minyak
Harga minyak mentah naik sebanyak 400 peratus sejak tiga tahun lepas. Lambat laun harga barangan juga akan alami kenaikan. Di negara-negara lain harga petrol sudahpun naik. Di United Kingdom satu liter petrol dijual pada kadar lebih satu pound sterling atau lebih kurang RM7. Di Amerika Syarikat harganya lebih kurang RM5.
Petunjuk bahawa harga minyak di negara-negara jiran mengalami kenaikan ialah bagaimana kenderaan Thai dan juga Singapura berpusu-pusu mengisi minyak di Malaysia.
Kerajaan umumkan kenaikan petrol sebanyak 78 sen ke RM2.70, kenaikan melebihi 40 peratus.
Saya mungkin tersilap, tetapi ternampak kekurangan jumlah kenderaan di jalanraya hari ini. Tetapi kesannya bukanlah terhad kepada itu sahaja. Barangan pengguna, perkhidmatan dan barangan mewah akan mengalami peningkatan harga.
Kos sara hidup sudah tentu meningkat. Dilihat daripada sudut lain akan tercetus inflasi dan taraf kehidupan akan menurun.
Memanglah kenaikan harga petrol di sini jauh lebih rendah daripada di United Kingdom, mahupun Amerika Syarikat. Tetapi pendapatan per kapita kita adalah lebih kurang satu pertiga mereka. Berasas kepada kuasa membeli kita kenaikan harga adalah lebih tinggi dari UK atau Amerika Syarikat.
Kenaikan ini menyakitkan, tetapi sakitnya lebih dirasai bukan kerana kenaikan dari segi peratusan adalah lebih tinggi daripada negara-negara maju, tetapi kerana cara kenaikan tersebut dibuat.
Beberapa hari lepas Kerajaan putuskan untuk haramkan penjualan minyak kepada kenderaan milik asing. Tunggang. Sekarang kenderaan asing dibenar membeli semula. Terbalik!
Mengetahui yang ianya akan menaikkan harga minyak dalam beberapa hari dan orang asing akan dibenar membeli, kenapa Kerajaan tidak menunggu sahaja daripada keluaran arahan larangan dan kemudian benarkan semula.
Namun begitu apakah yang Kerajaan boleh lakukan untuk meringankan beban kepada rakyat hasil daripada kenaikan harga petrol.
Pertamanya, Kerajaan tidak patut mengapungkan Ringgit. Kadar apungan menyebabkan ketidak-tentuan nilai Ringgit dan kita tidak akan meraih apa-apa keuntungan daripada kekuatan Ringgit. Sudah tentu rakyat tidak menikmati peningkatan kuasa membeli walaupun terdapat peningkatan nilai Ringgit dari segi tukaran dengan Dollar Amerika.
Sebenarnya Ringgit mengalami peningkatan lebih kurang 80 sen (daripada RM3.80 ke RM3.08 pada 1 US Dollar) satu US Dollar, melebihi 20 peratus. Jika Kerajaan teruskan sistem tambatan kadar dan menaikkan nilai Ringgit pada kadar 10 peratus pada satu masa, kos import, dalam Ringgit boleh dipantau dan dikurangkan sebanyak 10 peratus. Pada kadar kenaikan 20 peratus, kos import patutnya turun 20 peratus. Tetapi kita tahu harga barangan import dan perkhidmatan tidak kurang. Ini bermakna kita bayar 20 peratus lebih tinggi untuk import termasuk bagi bahan mentah dan komponen untuk industri
Oleh sebab harga minyak disebut dalam Dollar Amerika, kenaikan harga minyak dalam Dollar sepatutnya dikurangkan sebanyak 20 pertaus dalam Ringgit Malaysia.
Tetapi Kerajaan hendak turut Tabung Kewangan Antarabangsa dan Bank Dunia dan telah putuskan untuk mengapung Ringgit. Akibatnya kekuatan Ringgit hanya meningkatkan kos export tanpa memberi sebarang keuntungan kepada rakyat menerusi kekurangan kos import.
Ini bukanlah kecerdikan selepas sesuatu itu terjadi. Saya telah beritahu seorang Menteri Kerajaan supaya Ringgit tidak diapungkan tiga tahun lalu. Memanglah saya bukan pakar dan saya hanya tahu serba sedikit tentang rejim kewangan antarabangsa.
Saya percaya umum terpaksa menerima kenaikan harga petrol. Tetapi apa yang menimbulkan kemarahan ialah jumlah kenaikan serta keadaan tergesa-gesa. Perdana Menteri sebelum ini seolah-olah mencadangkan kenaikan hanya pada bulan Ogos, tetapi ianya datang dua bulan lebih awal, sejurus selepas pengharaman penjualan kepada orang asing.
Jika kenaikan berperingkat, rakyat tidak akan terlalu terasa. Tetapi ini bermakna Kerajaan perlu terus beri subsidi walaupun tahapnya akan menurun.
Mampukah Kerajaan terus beri subsidi? Saya “penasihat” Petronas tetapi saya tahu sedikit sahaja berkenaannya dan tidak lebih daripada apa yang dilaporkan dalam akaunnya yang diumumkan. Apa yang saya tahu mungkin tidak begitu tepat tetapi cukup untuk saya membuat beberapa penilaian.
Malaysia mengeluar lebih kurang 650,000 tong minyak sehari. Kita guna 400,000 tong dan selebihnya 250,000 tong di export.
Tiga tahun lalu minyak mentah dijual pada kadar USD30 satu tong. Hari ini ianya USD130 – kenaikan sebanyak USD100. Hampir tiada peningkatan di dalam kos pengeluaran oleh itu lebihan USD100 boleh dianggap untung bersih.
250,000 tong yang dieksport sepatutnya memberi kita pulangan 250,000 x 100 x 365 x 3 = RM27,375,000,000 (Dua puluh tujuh bilion Ringgit).
Tetapi Petronas untung lebih RM70 billion, yang kesemuanya milik Kerajaan.
Kerajaan ini melimpah dengan wang.
Selain minyak, harga minyak sawit, getah dan timah juga meningkat lebih kurang 400 peratus. Keuntungan syarikat perladangan dan bank-bank juga mencecah sehingga RM3 billion tiap satu. Cukai yang dibayar juga sudah tentu mengalami peningkatan yang tinggi.
Saya percaya jika subsidi dikekalkan dan dikurangkan secara berperingkat ianya tidak akan mengekang kewangan Kerajaan.
Di dalam jangka masa terdekat cara untuk mengurangkan pembaziran dan menaikkan pendapatan mestilah diperkenal. Kita mungkin tidak dapat menetapkan gaji minima, tetapi sudah tentu kita boleh meningkatkan sedikit jumlah gaji minima.
Sebenarnya pendapatan kita tinggi berbanding sesetengah jiran kita. Pelabur yang datang ke sini tertarik bukan dengan harga buruh murah, tetapi faktor-faktor lain termasuk sikap dan pendekatan Kerajaan tehadap komuniti perniaga terutamanya pelabur.
Daripada apa yang saya dengar, sikap mesra peniaga amat berkurangan pada Kerajaan sekarang hinggakan orang Malaysia juga melabur di luar negara. Terdapat cakap-cakap berkenaan hubungan politik mempengaruhi keputusan. Secara amnya ahli politik Kerajaan dikatakan sombong.
Malaysia tidak punyai cukup tenaga kerja. Industri yang memerlukan tenaga pekerja yang ramai tidak menguntungkan Malaysia. Pekerja asing menghantar jumlah wang yang besar ke negara asal mereka.
Polisi industri mestilah bertukar agar teknologi tinggi dapat dipromosikan untuk memberi rakyat Malaysia lebihan pendapatan bagi menampung kos sara hidup yang meningkat.
Dunia sedang menghadapi kecelaruan ekonomi akibat penurunan nilai Dollar Amerika, krisis pinjaman sub-prima, kenaikan harga minyak dan bahan mentah, kekurangan makanan dan akiviti tamak “hedge funds” yang berterusan. Kemungkinan berlakunya resesi ekonomi Amerika Syarikat adalah benar. Sebenarnya Amerika Syarikat sedang mengalami kelembapan ekonomi. Ekonomi dunia akan turut ditarik turun.
Malaysia juga akan terjejas kesan daripada semua masalah ini. Saya tertanya adakah Kerajaan bersedia untuk menghadapi semua ini.
Kita tidak boleh lari daripada akibat negatif tetapi mestilah ada cara untuk mengatasinya agar beban yang terpaksa ditanggung rakyat dapat dikurangkan. Saya harap yang Kerajaan tidak akan melepaskan sahaja segala masalah ini kepada rakyat seperti ynag digambarkan cadangan untuk menilai harga minyak setiap bulan.
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«Oldest ‹Older 1001 – 1200 of 1489 Newer› Newest»Dearest Tun,
We need you if u didnt realize.
Btw, Pak Lah should try to get a new definition of 'pembangunan'. I hate that 'pembangunan' actually means 'membangunkan bangunan'. please, we already have klcc, klia, kl tower and etc. Its sufficient! I dont think we need it so badly that the subsidies will be dumped there. Do something about the public transport. Its the lousiest! When you have an efficient public transport, we dont give a damn of how much more hike for the damn petrol you are going to impose.
And yes (to last nite's TV3 buletin utama), cut the PM & TPM allowances by 70% and 50% of cabinet ministers allowances. I so agree! No need a presidential suite for overseas accommodation. we are paying for it, so please be thrifty!nuxgr
Salam Tun..
Kenaikan harga minyak baru2 nie mmg terasa amat membebankan. Lebih2lagi nasib pekerja seperti saya yg bertaraf sambilan di sebuah badan berkanun. Sudahla nasib kami sbg pekerja sambilan tidak dibela(tak mendapat tempat dalam organisasi kerajaan walaupun sudah bekerja sambilan hampir 3 tahun) ditambah lagi dgn gaji yg tidak tentu setiap bulan. gaji pula dikira ikut hari..kalu kerja (tak sakit) dapat lah gaji banyak sedikit. Kenaikan minyak benar2 memeranjatkan kerana apa yg telah dimaklumkan, minyak akan naik pada bulan ogos. Kami pekerja sambilan TIADA ELAUN seperti pekerja tetap di kerajaan. Hidup kami lebih kurang sama macam kais pagi makan pagi kais petang makan petang..sebabnya..kalu dtg kerja ada gaji..kalu cuti sakit takda gaji..gaji kami pula 10-15hb setiap bulan..hutang mmg dah banyak..kahwin pun belum..kalu minyak dan barang lain naik..alamatnya kami nie susahlah nak kahwin..negara akan mengalami kemerosotan penduduk kerana ramai pemuda pemudi tidak mempunyai wang untuk berkahwin.
Assalamualaikum Tun, Saya masih muda semasa Tun bergelar Perdana Menteri. Dari dulu hingga sekarang saya melihat Tun masih kreatif dalam memperlihatkan akal fikiran. Saya susah nak sokong Tun sebab saya masih muda dan belum pandai bab politik ni. Tapi apa yang ingin katakan... Tun tetap HEBAT macam dulu.
Pasal minyak naik nie... saya juga merasainya. Tapi saya kuranglah terasa sangat pasal masih bujang dan makan gaji agak berpatutan. Namun yang amat saya sedih ialah.. nasib warga kampung. Mereka tidak mampu menyerap kenaikan harga minyak yang akan merangsang harga bahan makanan dan lain lain untuk meningkat. Saya amat sedih mengenangkan nasib mereka. Walaupun kemiskinan bandar agak terbela namun nasib kemiskinan luar bandar agak dilupakan. Saya harap Tun bolehlah menyuarakan sedikit idea untuk orang kampung.
Sekian.
Wasalam.
Keputusan drastik kerajaan menaikkan harga minyak tdk dpt diterima rakyat. Kesian org kampung terutamanya warga emas di Ranau yg hanya menjual sayur kampung yang hanya sedikit sahaja. Pendapatan purata sekitar rm15 hingga rm30 dan tambang pergi dan balik rm12. Makan dan minum belum ditolak
Salam Tun..
Kenaikan harga minyak baru2 nie mmg terasa amat membebankan. Lebih2lagi nasib pekerja seperti saya yg bertaraf sambilan di sebuah badan berkanun. Sudahla nasib kami sbg pekerja sambilan tidak dibela(tak mendapat tempat dalam organisasi kerajaan walaupun sudah bekerja sambilan hampir 3 tahun) ditambah lagi dgn gaji yg tidak tentu setiap bulan. gaji pula dikira ikut hari..kalu kerja (tak sakit) dapat lah gaji banyak sedikit. Kenaikan minyak benar2 memeranjatkan kerana apa yg telah dimaklumkan, minyak akan naik pada bulan ogos. Kami pekerja sambilan TIADA ELAUN seperti pekerja tetap di kerajaan. Hidup kami lebih kurang sama macam kais pagi makan pagi kais petang makan petang..sebabnya..kalu dtg kerja ada gaji..kalu cuti sakit takda gaji..gaji kami pula 10-15hb setiap bulan..hutang mmg dah banyak..kahwin pun belum..kalu minyak dan barang lain naik..alamatnya kami nie susahlah nak kahwin..negara akan mengalami kemerosotan penduduk kerana ramai pemuda pemudi tidak mempunyai wang untuk berkahwin.
Tun,
I must admit that I'm living in sheer fear nowdays of the nation's future. A feeling I'm sure shared by many other citizen in this country.
I salute you Tun and include your well-being in my daily prayers because over and over again, you have saved this country.. not to mention saved many melayu..
Saya harap Tun akan tulis mengenai apakah sebenarnya yang perlu dilakukan oleh Kerajaan pada hari ini untuk menyelamatkan negara dari segi ekonomi ... dan apakah yang perlu dilakukan oleh UMNO dan BN untuk menyelamatkan kuasa UMNO dan BN yang sudah semakin terhakis dan tergugat ini..
We need your doctrine Tun, and we need it now.
Terima kasih.
Salam Tun,
Saya memang penyokong kuat orang spt Tun, sejak dari mula sehingga lah skrg...Apa yg penting,Tun seorang pemimpin yg tegas, TAK LEMBIK,dan pandai mfokus utk masa depan dlm satu2 polisi yg mana akhirnya polisi itu akan mbuahkan kejayaan yg cemerlang lagi gemilang..
Bukan spt pemimpin skrg,cuma slogan saja,"C,G,T" akhirnya RAKYAT YG KENA TEMBERANG!!
in fact, Malaysia does not has good leader now to lead the country. SAD!!!
Assalamualaikum,
kun faya kun..., althought the fate has been written it doensn't mean we can't make our own happy ending story.
Everyone keep up doing their positive role and Tun keep up the jihad, if you think there should be a changes in our political or whatsoever..
I'm not very understand in politic and I don't know about money..
But I do know, when I have difficulties and nagging about, why is my expenses getting so hight every month and my saving getting low, I know that doesn't sound so good...
Anyway, every year, it is getting worser and worser, no matter what is going to happen about the global-econmy and glogbal-warming and whatsoever, It's everyone's war on keeping the existent on this very small dying planet earth...
walahualam.
Assalamualikum w.b.t kepada Tun dan Pembaca
impak kenaikan harga minyak memang dirasai oleh seluruh rakyat Malaysia. Tapi adakah kita sedar golongan berpendapatan rendah atau boleh dikatakan orang kampung akan merasa seksa paling ketara walaupun mereka takde kenderaan..kenapa... tunggu lah bila tepung naik,minyak naik,barang runcit naik...dah la tak dapat subsidi rm625 terpaksa menanggung kenaikan yang lain2. kesian PM tak dapat fikir untuk kesengsaraan rakyat.
Do we need this unreasonable gov? never respect the people. Never think for the people. Only care for his pocket and Never keep promise . CHANGE THIS CORRUPTED GOV.
Tun!
If you still boleh!
Malaysia boleh!
We want you back! =)
assallamualaikum........ tun may allah bless you and your family good health.....i believe the rakyat is in dire straits.....if only you were still in rule......wassallam
Salam Tun,
Minyak naik 41%! Gaji saya boleh juga
naik 41%? kalau kerajaan kita bersetuju minyak naik 41%, kenapa gaji saya tidak boleh naik 41% hari ini?
Hello Tun,
I dont agree that we should not float the Ringgit. If the Ringgit strengthens against foreign currencies, our imports should be cheaper and our purchasing power improves. Ofcourse the strengthening of the ringgit should be accompanied by increase produtivity and efficiency. Economies which are well managed have strong currencies and with it a higher standard of living. If we are afraid to float the ringgit it only means one thing. We know we have skeletons in our cupboard.
I know you hate comparing us with our neighbour, Singapore. But the truth is they have a higher standard of living inspite of the fact that their currency has appreciated more than twice our ringgit. For Singaporeans, they dont feel the pinch when they travel overseas or send their children for overseas education. For the average Malaysian the moment you step out of the country, you realise how much more painful and poorer you are.
Bottom line is we mis-manage our economy and our rich resources. Had it been otherwise, 1 Ringgit would have been equivalent to S$2 by now. And Johoreans would be driving down in droves to Singapore each week-end and spending our mighty Ringgit, not the other way round. I am sure this is in your dreams. But how did you let this dream get away? Why Tun?
Keputusan drastik kerajaan menaikkan harga minyak tdk dpt diterima rakyat. Kesian org kampung terutamanya warga emas di Ranau yg hanya menjual sayur kampung yang hanya sedikit sahaja. Pendapatan purata sekitar rm15 hingga rm30 dan tambang pergi dan balik rm12. Makan minum belum dikira.
Awards Received by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
International Awards
Year Name of Award From
2008 Darjah Seri Utama Mahkota Wilayah (SUMW) Wilayah Persekutuan
2007 Honorary Membership from IIUM Alumni Chapter of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
2007 Honorary Doctorate from Universitas Syiah Kuala Darussalam, Banda Aceh Indonesia
2006 Certificate of Excellence from Multimedia University Malaysia
2006 Anugerah Minda Agung by Malaysian Invention & Design Society (MINDS) Malaysia
2006 Mother Teresa Award India
2005 Honorary Doctorate from University of Waseeda, Japan Japan
2005 CPTM Fellow Emeritus from the Commonwealth Partnership for Technology Management Lesotho
2005 The Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rightsm at Tripoli Libya
2005 "The Most Eminent Alumnus" form Alumni Association of the King Edward VII College of Medicine and the Faculties of Medicine, Universities of Malaya and Singapore Singapore
2005 Huesped de Honor Colombia
2005 Orden del Congress Grado Republic of Colombia
2005 Orden De La Democracia "Simon Bolivar" - En el Grado de Gran Cruz Extraordinaria - Con Placa de Oro Republic of Colombia
2005 Tokoh Pengasas Pembangunan Masjid di Malaysia from Dewan Masjid Indonesia Indonesia
2005 Diplome-Pocasnog Clana Nastavnickog Vijeca Skole Sarajevo
2005 "Honorary Citizen of the Municipality of Travnik" from the Municipal Council Travnik Bosnia Herzegovina
2005 "Linus Pauling Award" from the International League of Humanists for Peace and Tolerance Bosnia Herzegovina
2005 "Adams Peak Award" form the Muslim Council of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
2005 Honorary Doctorate (Honoris Cauca) from University of Gezira Sudan
2005 "Order of Republic Award" from President of Sudan, Omar El-Bashir Sudan
2005 "Ambassador of Peace for Asia" from the International League of Humanists
2005 Honorary Doctorate in Laws form International Islamic University of Islamabad Pakistan
2005 "Rotary Centennial Visionary Leadership Award" from Rotary International
2004 Honorary Doctorate in Law form Dhaka University Bangladesh
2004 "Brain of the Year 2003/2004" from the Brain Trust Organization
2004 Honorary Doctorate from Hamdard University, Madinat-al-Hikmah, Karachi Pakistan
2004 "Asia Logistics Award: Hall of fame" from Lloyd's Freight Transport Buyer Asia United Kingdom
2004 Honorary Doctorate in Development Economics from Universiti Padjadjaran (UNPAD) Indonesia
2003 'Ambassador for Peace' - Inter-religous and International Federation for World Peace (IIFWP)
2003 Conferred The Status of Fellow Emiritus for his contribution to the Commonwealth Partnership Technology Management Movement
2003 The National Order of The Cedar (Grand Cordon) Lebanon
2003 Awarded "Order of Friendship" Russia
2001 Awarded "Special Millennium Recognition Award" Federation Dentaire Asean
2001 Awarded "Anugerah Kecemerlangan Millennium Asean" Asean Business Forum
2001 Conferred an Honorary Doctorate Meiji University, Japan
2001 The Asean Achievement Millennium Award Asean Business Forum
2001 The Special Forces Honorary 'Green Beret' Symbol and Identify of The Elite Comanndo Force Malaysian Army
2000 Lifetime Achievement Award USA, Chicago
2000 NASYO's Distinguished International Leadership Awards
1999 U Thant Peace Award By Sri Chinmoy International San Francisco USA
1999 The 1999 Timesports - Sports Toto MAN OF THE YEAR Award
1998 Named as Asia's Newsmaker of 1998 TIME Magazine
1998 Honorary Fellowship from London's Chartered Institute of Marketing London
1998 Asocio IT Award 1998 Malaysia
1998 Order Of National Flag - First Class Republic of Korea
1998 Commandeur De La Grande Etoile Djibouti
1998 Honorary Doctorate In Law, Al-Azhar University Egypt
1998 Honorary Doctorate In Literature, Khartoum University Sudan
1998 Honorary Fellowship Award Chartered Institute Of Marketing Of The United Kingdom United Kingdom
1998 International Federation of Asian & Western Pacific Constructors' Associations (IFAWPCA - Atsumi Award) Japan
1997 Honorary Fellowship Of The Royal College Of Physicians Of Edinburgh Scotland
1997 The Order Of Jose Marti Cuba
1997 Honorary Doctorate Of Humanity, Mongolia University Mongolia
1997 Darjah Kerabat Laila Utama Yang Amat Dihormati Darjah Pertama (DK) Brunei Darussalam
1997 Wisha Al-Albar Lebanon
1997 The Order Of Good Hope Class One Grand Cross (GOLD) South Africa
1997 Ahmad Al-Fatah Bahrain
1997 Mubarakh Al-Kabir Kuwait
1997 King Faisal International Prize For Service To Islam Saudi Arabia
1996 Jawarharlal Nehru Award India
1996 The Dragon Of Bosnia Republic Of Bosnia-Herzegovina
1996 Fellowship Of The International College Of Surgeons Award Honorary Fellow College International De Chirurgiens Malaysia
1996 The Little Angels Republic of Korea
1996 Honorary Fellowship Academy of Sciences Malaysia
1996 Honorary Professor Kyrgyz Republic
1996 'Negarawan Teladan Berwawasan' Award Malaysia
1995 Alcaldia De Cartagena Argentina
1995 The Order Of The Sun Of Peru Peru
1995 The Order Of The El Sol Del Peru Peru
1995 Commander Grand Cross of The Order Of The White Rose Of Finland Finland
1995 Awarded the Gold Medal for Excellent Leadership, economic Growth and Technological Advancement Malaysia
1994 Honorary Citizen of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
1994 Grand Cross of Civil Merit Spain
1994 Al-Nahda First Class Jordan
1994 The World Health Organisation Health-For-All Gold Medal WHO United Nations
1994 Grand Cross Of Civil Merit Spain
1994 Bestowed 'Wira Keadilan Dunia (Warrior for World Justice)' Pasir Mas Foundation, Malaysia
1994 Honorary Fellowship The Institute of Engineers, Malaysia
1993 Honorary Member Institute of Landscape Architects Malaysia
1993 Honorary Citizen Albania
1991 Fellow Royal College Of Physicians Of Ireland Ireland
1991 Fellow Royal College Of Surgeons Of Ireland Ireland
1991 Grand Cordon Of The Order Of The Rising Sun Japan
1991 Visitante Distinguido - El Republicano Ayuntamiento De Monterrey Peru
1991 Ciudad De Mexico Huesped De Honor Mexico
1991 Order Of The Aztec Eagle Mexico
1991 Order Of The Merit Of Chile, Grand Cross Chile
1991 Paul Harris Fellowship By The Rotary Club International USA
1991 Grand Cross of The Order of The Liberator General San Martin Argentina
1991 Diploma Huesped Ulustre -La I Municipadad De Santiago Chile
1991 Order Nacional Do Cruzeiro Do Sul, Gra Cruz (National Order of The Southern Cross, Grand Cross, Second Class) Brazil
1991 Medallion Ilustre Municipalidad De Valparaiso Chile
1991 Honorary Award Of The Worshipful Company of Carpenters U.K.
1991 The Father of Human Resources Malaysia
1991 The Father of Human Resources Malaysia
1990 The Order of The Liberator Second Class Venezuela
1989 Honorary Award of Freedom of the Wordshipful of Carpenters British Carpenters Society
1987 MIC Gold Award Malaysia
1987 Mahaputra Adiputra Indonesia
1986 Honorary Membership Of The Alumni Association - The Alumni Association Of The King Edward VII College Of Medicine And The Faculties Of Medicine, Universities Of Malaya & Singapore Singapore
1986 Grand Cross (1st. Grade) Germany
1984 Grand Cross Of National Order Mali
1984 1st Master Builders Gold Medal Malaysia
1983 Nishan I-Quaid-Azam (Supreme Leaders) Pakistan
1983 Gang Hwa Medal South Korea
1983 Head Of State Humanitarian Service-Dadah Abuse Malaysia
1981 Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) Of The Most Exalted Order Of White Elephant Thailand
Domestic Awards
Year Name of Award From
2006 Honorary Doctorate in Engineering Technology from Universiti Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur
2006 Certificate of Excellence from Multimedia University, Cyberjaya Selangor
2005 "Lifetime Achievement Award" from Malaysian Tatler Magazine Kuala Lumpur
2005 Honorary Doctorate in Science from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Kuala Lumpur
2005 Honorary Doctorate in Technology Management from Kolej Universiti Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn, Batu Pahat Johor
2005 MSA Golden Jubilee Science and Technology Award 2005 from the Malaysian Science Association Kuala Lumpur
2005 "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Institute of Landscape Architects Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
2005 "Tokoh Perdana Buku Negara 2005" from Yayasan Pembangunan Buku Negara Kuala Lumpur
2005 Honorary Fellow form Academy of Medicine of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
2005 Honorary Fellow form Malaysian Maritime Institute, Port Kelang Selangor
2004 "Grand Fellow Award" from the Malay Chamber of Commerce Kuala Lumpur
2004 Honorary Doctorate in Development Studies from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan Sarawak
2004 "Wira Perdana Negara" from Persatuan Kebajikan Keluarga Bekas Polis dan Tentera Wilayah Persekutuan dan Selangor Malaysia
2004 FIABCI Award of Distinction 2004 for Nation Building Malaysia
2004 Honorary Doctorate in Economics from Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu Sabah
2004 Honorary Doctorate in Leadership & Humanity Development from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Tanjung Malim Perak
2004 Honorary Doctorate in Science from Universiti Sains Malaysia, MINDEN Penang
2004 Honorary Doctorate in Knowledge Science from Multimedia University, Cyberjaya Selangor
2004 Honorary Doctorate in Science from Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang Selangor
2004 Honorary Doctorate in Management of Development from Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok Kedah
2004 Honorary Doctorate in aw from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi Selangor
2004 Institute of Engineers' Distinguished Honorary fellow by the Institute Engineer's Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
2004 Honorary Doctorate in Government & Political Science from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam Selangor
2004 Honorary Doctorate in Engineering & Technology from Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Tronoh Perak
2004 Sports Personality Award, National Sports Aaward 2003 Kuala Lumpur
2004 "Anugerah Mahaputra" from Universiti Utara Malaysia Kedah
2004 Honorary Degree in Islamic Thought by Universiti Malaya Kuala Lumpur
2004 Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters by the International Islamic University of Malaysia Selangor
2003 D.K
Darjah Kerabat Yang Amat Dihormati Selangor Selangor
2003 D.S.B.S.
Darjah Satria Bintang Sarawak Sarawak
2003 D.K.
The Most Honourable Order Of The Royal Family Of Kedah Kedah
2002 D.K.
The Most Esteemed Order Of The Royal Family Of Kelantan Kelantan
1997 Tuanku Syed Putra Of Perlis Royal Outstanding Award Perlis
1997 S.S.A.P.
Knight Commander Of The Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang
1996 Fellowship of The International College of Surgeons Malaysia
1996 Anugerah Cemerlang Perlis
1995 D.K.
The Most Esteemed Order Of The Royal Family Of Tuanku Syed Putra Perlis
1994 Wira Keadilan Pasir Mas Foundation
1992 Melaka Historical City's Honorary Citizen Award Melaka
1991 Wira Nusa Raya UMNO, Sabah
1989 D.K.(I)
The Most Esteemed Order Of The Royal Family Of Johor Johor
1988 D.U.K.
Kedah Order Of Merit Kedah
1985 'FAR', Father of Modern Development By the Pasir Salak UMNO Division Pasir Salak
1985 P.I.S
Sultan Ibrahim Medal I Johor
1982 D.U.N.M
Knight Grand Commander Of The Most Honourable Order Of Melaka Melaka
1982 S.S.M.T
Seri Setia Sultan Mahmud Terengganu Terengganu
1982 D.K.N.S
The Most Esteemed Order Of The Royal Family Of Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan
1981 D.U.P.N
Knight Grand Commander Of The Most Honourable Order Of Pulau Pinang Pulau Pinang
1981 S.P.N.S
Knight Commander Of The Most Honourable Order Of Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan
1981 S.P.D.K
Seri Panglima Darjah Kinabalu Sabah
1981 S.P.C.M
Seri Paduka Cura Si Manja Kini Perak
1980 D.P.Sarawak
Dato Patinggi Bintang Kenyalang Sarawak
1979 S.P.M.J.
Dato' Seri Paduka Mahkota Johor Johor
1978 S.P.M.S.
Seri Paduka Mahkota Selangor Selangor
1977 D.S.D.K.
Seri Setia DiRaja Kedah, Kedah Kedah
1977 SSAP Pahang
1976 The Second Tun(Dr) Ismail Oration Academy of Medical Malaysia
1965 Pingat Perak Perak
PAK LAH DAPAT....BINI BARU!!
Jom Heboh di KLCC!!!
KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Jun (Hrkh) - Gabungan Memprotes Kenaikan Harga Minyak (Protes) memberi tempoh lima minggu kepada kerajaan untuk menarik balik kenaikan harga minyak serta bertindak positif terhadap permintaan rakyat sebelum gabungan tersebut mengadakan demonstrasi besar-besaran pada 12 Julai 2008 ini.
Assalamualaikum Tun & everybody,
This is the 3rd time I've posted a comment here. Rasanya geramm sangat dan perlu luahkan. Its all about PetroDollar. Yes, eventually the world will run out of oil, but the increase in oil price should not be this drastic and sudden. President Ahmedinijad at the recent UN meeting on food crisis at Switzerland says there's plenty of oil around. Again I said its all about Petrodollar. Unfortunately Badawi, either due to his incompetence, ignorant, arrogance egoistic attitude towards Tun or blatantly stupid failed to curb this problem by addresing the issue of PetroDollar. His solution is very simple..lets suck the money from the Rakyat. What next.. in few months time lets do it even more right? If this carries on, standard of living will go down, the poor will get poorer, and we all know who are the poor ones in the country,the very people that UMNO claim to be champion of. With proverty social problem will follow, it is inevitable. So Badawi has dragged all of us in this potential vicious cycle. He also failed to address RND on alternatives to fuel, oil will dry up my friends, but there is still time to look and research for alternatives and the time starts now.
Tun, we have got to do something about this man..Badawi. His destroying the country. Hancur masa depan..As much as I love you, you did path the way for him to become PM, so now lead us to bring him down and elect new brave, honest & smart leader. We don't need politicians.. we need leaders.
Nie lah namanya pemerintahan ISLAM HADHARI.... maaf la... rasanya dalam ISLAM... pemerintah wajib mengetahui nasib rakyat. Tapi nampak nya.. pemerintah ISLAM HADHARI adalah sebaliknya.
Salam Tun,
Apa yang Tun tulis adalah benar....
Selepas kenaikan harga minyak, saya dapat sahkan satu perkara. Iaitu PAK LAH memang ANGKUH dan SOMBONG. Ini dapat dilihat dari muka dan mata dia waktu dia berucap. Isu kenaikan harga minyak tidak dibawa kepada perbincangan di parlimen sebelum keputusan dibuat. Memang menyedihkan....
Orang yang bersikap begitu memang lah tidak sesuai menjadi leader.
Pakar telah pun sahkan bahawa wang tunai subsidi ini memang lah tidak mencukupi untuk mengurangkan BEBAN rakyat. Sebab harga minyak naik, semua harga barang akan naik, tambang bas sekolah naik(bagi yang ada anak), gula naik, beras naik, harga rumah naik, kos perniagaan naik, naik, NAIK,NAIK!!!,NAIK!!!!!!.
Dulu ada yang mangatakan BN = Barang Naik. Sekarang telah terbukti. Maaf Tun kerana saya mangatakan begitu tetapi kenyataan yang dilihat adalah begitu.
Kita dah sebagai negara pengeluar minyak, kita tidak mampu mengawal harga minyak di negara sendiri, kita tidak tau mau buat macammana, hanya tau membebankan rakyat, baik kita turun dari pentas, baik kita undur, bagi orang yang tau buat macammana, bagi orang yang mampu mangawalnya MENGGANTIKAN kita...
Saya ingat... PAK LAH ingat duit rakyat duit sendiri kot?????
Tun,
Saya ingin meminjam ruangan komen di dalam blog Tun untuk menyuarakan pendapat saya kerana saya rasa ramai pemimpin membaca blog Tun ini. Jelas bahawa kami masih memerlukan Tun. Kami masih perlu belajar banyak perkara dari Tun.
Saya bersetuju dengan floating price kerana ia lebih menguntungkan negara (minta maaf jika berlainan pendapat) tetapi tidak bersetuju dengan implementation yang digunapakai oleh kerajaan sekarang.
Cadangan saya: biarlah harga retail minyak float dan ditentukan oleh kerajaan setiap bulan TETAPI subsidi boleh dikenakan berdasarkan harga retail tersebut. Misalkata, jika harga minyak dunia berada di tahap RM3.00 seliter, kerajaan boleh memberi subsidi sebanyak 50 sen seliter. Boleh juga mengunakan peratus bersandarkan harga minyak dunia. Pengiraan subsidi di atas haruslah transparent agar rakyat menjadi lebih bijak dan tidak mudah membantah membuta tuli.
Cadangan ini lebih baik daripada pembayaran rebate setahun sekali kerana ia kurang membebankan rakyat berbanding langkah yang diguna pakai hari ini iaitu pemberiak rebate. Saya pasti ramai rakyat akan menyalah-guna-pakai rebate RM625 itu untuk pelbagai kegunaan seperti untuk beraya, tetapi janganlah menyalahkan rakyat. Kerajaan tidak patut menyalahkan rakyat kerana membazir kerana kerajaan juga tidak menunjukkan teladan yang baik.
Lagi satu sebelum saya menoktahkan komen ini. Kerajaan sekarang di bawah Pak Lah kurang transparent. Apa ke tidak nya? Terang-terang Pak Lah sekejap cakap itu, sekejap cakap ini. Dah banyak kali. Itu yang dia cakap, yang dia tak cakap? Hah, buat itu, buat ini lah dia dibelakang kita.
Terima Kasih, Tun.
bolehkah tun stop posting new topic entry and resolve the current oil disanster. if tun was not a pretended leader, tun should be able to take him down by now.
cement price has just increased by 25%! other goods are to be up and up soon! very soon!
badawi-orang yang tak boleh pass accountancy boleh buat account untuk negara meh?
Kemarin beras naik, dah mula carik biskut...
Semalam petrol naik, dah mula naik motor....
Esok kalau elektrik naik, kena pakai pelita pulak...
Apa nak jadi?
Yang memimpin dok mengata sini sana...
Yang kaya tak rasa apa..
Yang tengah terpinga-pinga..
Yang miskin ternganga-nganga...
Bagi rakyat subsidi tapi orang luar pun dapat...apa beza? RM625?
Convert Sing Dollar berapa saja??
Apa kata jual petrol kat Foreigners ni ikut harga TANPA SUBSIDI? Asal kereta asing nak tuang minyak aje chargelah ikut harga tanpa subsidi...
Takkan sistem tak boleh buat..? Pak Lah kan 'hebat'?
Entahlah wajar ke tak harga minyak dinaikkan. sukar untuk dikomen tapi mendatangkan kesan negatif keatas semua rakyat bukan sahaja untuk mereka yang berpendapatan rendah sahaja tetapi yang berkemampuan juga turut menerima tempiasnya. Sekarang harga barang naik mengejut, duit dah tak ada nilai lagi sekarang. Tak makan susah, makan pun susah kondisi sekarang ini.
as the saying "yang kaya makin kaya yang miskin makin miskin."
thank u a LOT paklah..
thanks for making us live like in h_ll..!!
Tun, please do something..
salam. masa tun jd PM n anuar jd TPM dulu tak terasa sangat kenaikan minyak ni walau pn ianya berlaku. time paklah jd PM n najib jd TPM dah 7 kali naik.. adui...
najib masa bulan feb lepas ckp minyak takkan naik tahun ni. maka suka la mak cik2 d kg2. tibe2 rabu lepas pak lah dgn muka toya boleh kasi umum kenaikan minyak secara mendadak dgn serta merta. haru biru jadinya rakyat. sampai ada yg bergaduh d stesen minyak.
betapa mudahnya seorang pemimin menipu dan menganiaya rakyatnya.
paling menyedihkan hal ini di lakukan oleh seorg yg islam dan yg memperkenalkan kpd rakyatnya islam hadarinya .
maka rakyat bertanya dengan bingung apakah putar alam, pembohong dan munafik itu dibenarkan di dlm ajarah islam hadari..
sesunggunya paklah ,anda telah memalukan umat islam.
tun... seandainya di beri jalan, boleh kah tun bersama2 berganding dgn anuar kembali utk kebaikan negara ini? seingat saya sewaktu anda berdua memimpin negara , pernah berlaku d mana minyak yang d naikkan kemudian d turunkan kembali demi rakyat. zaman paklah yg naik mcm minyak ni x boleh turun... mcm bilang c najib dan kairy nanti negara bengkrap...
Dear Tun,
i don't want to be offensive or anything, but if the price of the fuel went up recently, shouldn't the burden of living especially in the city like KL be reduced? say for example, remove car taxes and sorts.
i mean its good to bring the price of the fuel to the current market price so that the people do not become too pampered and such. but the problem with that is once the fuel price goes up, merchants of other trades as well food hawkers take the damn opportunity to raise prices as well. this darn well do not make any sort of sense.
then again, when we compare fuel prices of countries like S'pore or whatsoever, i'm quite sure that their cost of living will not increase an additional strain.
anyways, it is said that the price of petrol will increase from rm2.70 to at least RM4 come august. is that true?
Assalamualaikum wbh Tun,
This is not funny anymore. People are suffering. Our own people! I don't think the current PM lives in Malaysia. He seems oblivious to the fact that the normal people, real people out there can't even afford to feed their children dan give them good education anymore. Where is his head? And what will become of Malaysia in twenty years time? I'm worried.
The government's coffer with oil may bloat
Yet the average citizen's budget can barely float
Who has been made the silly sacrificial goat
When not everyone is kept within the same economic boat?
(C) Samuel Goh Kim Eng - 060608
http://MotivationInMotion.blogspot.com
Fri. 6th June 2008.
as sala mu alai kum..
aku pernah cakap dengan mak aku..
"di.. takdirkan tiba waktu allah ambil kembali
roh dan nyawa kita ni mak, kita wasiatkan
jantung dan apa2 organ yang hak allah ni
dipinjamkan kepada ayahnda Tuan Perdana.. (Tun)"
mungkin mak aku cakap dalam hati
"melampau budak ni.." masa tu
apa apa sajalah.
macam sesetengah dari pembaca2 sekalian,
aku dilahirkan dan di besarkan dalam arus..
arus pemikiran Tun. Dalam kekalutan lantaran
sikap tidak belajar kepimpinan yang ada kini,
cara mana boleh aku teruskan kelangsungan
hidup yang seperti dulu?.. hampir semua orang
di sekeliling aku akui Tun adalah 'fenomena".
Sudah tentu waktu2 Tun berundur adalah titik mula kegusaran orang yang seperti aku.
gusar dan gusar dan gusar..
hari ini, aku, kamu, dan kamu dan kamu..
masih punya Tun yang masih kasih kan kamu.
kasihkah kamu akan Tun seperti yang aku kasih?
nak wasiatkan jantung, buah pingang, urat saraf..
tepuk jantung, tanyalah mulut.. adatak isap rokok.
Soal minyak meeemang besar. Malah lebih besar
dari poket dan akaun bank kamu, kamu dan kamu.., dan aku juga khususnya. kadar kenaikan 40 peratus sebenaranya melibatkan kadar penggunaan meningkat kepada 'selipat atau selipat setengah' kali ganda, peningkatan penggunaan kepada 100 - 150 %. mampukah aku, kau, kamu dan kamu dan keluarga kita? ouu.. tidak, tidak sama sekali.. kecuali the "the Lah" man dan konco konconya.
senario 'mampu tapi jangan' mengingatkan saya
kepada kisah negara jiran yang pemimpinnya
tergila kuasa, rasa seumpama layak untuk segala.
Singapura, Singapura sebenarnya memeram kisah
sedih yang sayu yang terjadi kepada rakyatnya yang berpendapatan sederhana dan rendah seperti kita, kamu dan aku dan kau dan awak.. dan keluarga kita. Merayu dan menadah tangan di bumi sendiri.
Tun adalah fenomena yang perlu diwariskan.
Sementara Pak Lah pula kita sebagai rakyat
perlu ambil iktibar sama ada buruk atau baiknya dia.
Disini aku perjelaskan fenomena yang ada disebalik Pak Lah.. belajarlah.. belajarlah dengan dengan 'kalam' (kata-kata}.
Pak Lah..
AH?
LAH?
APALAH..
ENTAHLAH..
YALAH YALAH..
BOLEHLAH..
LANTAKLAH..
AH?
SUUDAHLAH..
SITULAH..
PANDAI-PANDAILAH..
lebih kurang begitulah..
bukan aku tak suka, bukan aku benci, bukan aku tak kasih.. tapi sebab aku kisah, aku benar benar ambil kisah.
kisah corpetro amat menyentuh rasa, walaupun aku baca dalam keadaan tersenyum yang mendatang.
Nampaknya aku dah tak boleh balik kampung seperti dulu lagi, selalu aku ada disisi ibu {dan beberapa keping kitabnya} disaat waktu yang aku mahu. Apalah kisah sakit pening dia kali ni.
Minyak kalau dah perlu, nak guna, apa yang boleh
menyekatnya? siapa yang boleh sekat? polis? bomba? jabatan kesihatan? atau Lah Man?..
Minyak cuma turun.. turun ke tangki minyak kereta. Harga tak mungkin turun rasanya, jangan percaya cakap Lah Man.
Kini tiba masa kita mencari alternatif lain bagi menampung keperluan bahan bakar untuk kereta kita. Minyak dah mahal harganya, NGV nak kena ada modal besar sikit.. takkan nak guna gas masak? nanti bini kita muka senget pulak.
Baru baru ni aku ada cuba bahan bakar dari 'AIR!!!..'. Setelah hampir sebulan dalam pemerhatian, aku pun mula belajar jadi budak bengkel yang dah lama aku idam-idamkan. Setelah 2 bulan dengan berbagai percubaan, perkiraan, dan siri kegagalan.. akhirnya aku berjaya ketahap yang aku kira memadai buat aku.
Kini.. kini dengan 'device' yang aku ada dalam bonet engine aku, aku jimat minyak
dari 35 - 50 % !!!!. (sebenarnya lebih).
jangan tangkap aku jpj. aku nak bejimat ni.
Untuk Tun,
Terima kasih diatas kasih sayang, ilmu dan contoh yang diberikan untuk membesarkan saya sebagai rakyat.. yang berani, yang kreatif, yang berinovasi, berwawasan, yang suka kepada logam-logam besi, wayar-wayar letrek (berkali-kali karen cuit jari saya, romantik sungguh), arus air, dan ciri-ciri lain yang tak mungkin dapat dari kewibawaan 'Lah Man' (yalah.. budak pejabat).
Terima kasih Tun atas pendedahan dan tunjuk ajar
diatas kira-kira petronas. Sebelum ni kami tak tahu apa-apa langsung. Membuat saya beransur ansur reda dan pulih dari kejutan oleh oleh 'Lah Man' semalam.
Harga Minyak naik, ok.... ok ok.
rasa paklah ni dia tak nak buat kerja sangat la..
sebab aku ada satu prinsip yang mana kalau fikir tak boleh je.. mesti tak boleh.. kalau harga naik.. ada cara untuk kasi rakyat tak rasa sangat.. tapi sebab dia tak fikir macam mana caranya.. so dia buat tindakan terus.. n paklah memang suka buat tindakan terus..
n macam Tun tulis kat atas tu.. memang sangat logik..
setiap masalah ada cara penyelesaianya..
budak ijazah pengajian perniagaan (kewangan)
i have to agree with razli on this one, Y Tun? y did you lantik him? i mean, i just wish you didnt resign in the first place. i have always look up on you and the way you think n do things.
i dont think that there is anyone in Malaysia (sorry but it's true) who can think the way you think.
The recent increase in oil price is just too drastic and that shows the lack of vision that our current leaders have.They can give all sort of reason why they did what they did.I can only predict and tell the current goverment that will be their downfall because they lack the 1 st and fore most reason that they are elected into office that is serve the people well! and not cause suffering and discomfort.
Our current PM is indeed a person lack of higher intellectual,lack of far vision and easy to manipulate by people around him.I once had high regards towards him due to his sincerity attitude,clean looks and humble.I think all that is just a distance memories.Now his mind is just corrupted by the people around him or is he just playing dumb about the suffering his going to bring.I"m relly dissapointed at him.
Maybe now is the most suitable time to find a new capable ,dynamic and yet wise PM.He must have the "vision" and the right attitude to serve the "people" first.He must be the one who can find the best solution for our economy, our ultimate goal vision 2020 w/c i think now is beyond us and out of reach at the moment if not improve now and the prosperity of our people no matter his an indian, chinese,malay or etc.All i hope is the best for our people.MALAYSIA FOR MALAYSIAN not MALAYSIA FOR ME ONLY attitude.
salam tun,
tun , bagaimana nak handle situasi ini..adakah dgn menukar kerajaan masaalah minyak akan selesai...
Tun, what is you thought on removing the subside for our oil.Is it fair to use the money to educate our countrymen like giving more JPA to more chinese and indians? Tax the rich not the poor.Help the needy not the cronies.
...I wonder whether the Government is prepared for this too. I wonder if we gonna pay more in future...well, we will. The current oil price is way below its real value.
Dear Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, as an outsider of the government and industry I have a view about an issue related to this your posting - Oil Price. After reading your post here at your blog, I spend long moments thinking about what you wrote. This:
"I feel sure that maintaining the subsidy and gradually decreasing it would not hurt the Government finances". Then, I surf around the Internet, and obtain information, and interestingly from individuals who are inside, whose hearts attachment and connection is outside. Then I visit your blog again to read, and then I found the clue that you provided here, a one line paragraph so meaningful, this: "By all accounts the Government is flushed with money". I now understand leaders within the government, are in power, having at their disposal a sum of money that is a lot. Then, I sense your feeling about the maintaining of subsidy. So far so clear. Now let us check on the leaders in the government in terms of intention, sincerity, and why a majority if not a unanimous agreement, a decision, to implement this raise in the price of petrol and diesel. To the thinking, a leader in a government, when they make a decision, they can choose to consider about the rakyat first. Yet, I have learned, on this point of increasing oil price, the intention is them first. That is why some are having a mix feeling when one of them appear on Television, and announced this is a decision by the cabinet minister within the government that is goodness for the people. Next, the subsidy equation. To the general public, he equation is an option to prefer what amount of a burden wisely be shared by each citizen. No wonder they took longer at this session meeting, because the concern is, what amount shall be nice to score, for their own benefits, in an equation each citizen be burden to the maximum. I am learning, and I shall express what more information can be shared here with you and other friends here too.
Umat manusia di seluruh dunia sedang berhadapan dengan krisis multidimensi yang sangat membahayakan :krisis politik, sosial, ekonomi,moral, pendidikan, kemanusiaan dan berbagai macam krisis lainnya.
Pergolakan politik di kalangan elit tidak pernah berhenti laksana air laut yang senantiasa bergolak, saling jatuh-menjatuhkan perkara biasa, berebut jawatan, muda-mudi hidup berpoya-poya dan terlibat dengan dadah, maksiat di mana-mana, jenayah tidak berhenti, ibarat air sungai yang mengalir setiap waktu. Manusia hidup dalam kesusahan dan penderitaan. Jiwa-jiwa masyarakat tidak tenang, mereka bagai hidup dalam neraka dunia.
Para cerdik pandai berusaha menyelesaikan krisis ini dengan cara dan akal masing-masing. Tetapi hasilnya semakin mereka berusaha, krisis dalam masyarakat semakin menghebat. Mereka tidak hanya tidak mampu menyelesaikan krisis dalam masyarakat, bahkan mencari penyebabnya saja tidak mampu.
Krisis ini bukan bersumber dari faktor luar saja seperti kesalahan teknik dan metod atau gangguan musuh-musuh, tetapi sumber utamanya adalah dari manusia yang sudah melupakan AlIah dan aturan-aturan Allah.
Krisis berpanjangan yang melanda dunia khususnya dalam bidang ekonomi, sebenarnya adalah hukuman tuhan terhadap umat manusia. Sudah sekian lamanya umat manusia yang memegang ekonomi dunia ini dengan rakusnya membolot anugerah Allah untuk kepentingan diri dan kelompok masing-masing tanpa menghiraukan nasib yang menimpa golongan yang lemah . Meraka melakukan penindasan dan penaniayan melalui sistem-sistem ekonomi yang mereka cipta sendiri sehingga berlakulah berbagai-bagai kerosakkan di atas muka bumi ini. Ternyata sistem yang dicipta oleh otak manusia samada ianya kapitalis, sosialis, komunis dan sebagainya tidak mampu memberi kebahagian hidup kepada manusia sejagat.
Sistem ekonomi dunia hari ini hendaklah dibongkar hingga ke akar umbinya dan tempatnya diganti dengan satu sistem yang benar-benar baru tetapi telah terbukti keberhasilan membentuk masyarakat yang harmoni. Itulah dia sistem ekonomi Islam yang telah dibuktikan dalam kehidupan masyarakat di zaman Rasulullah saw dan para sahabat.
Maka di waktu ini, kita sepatutnya kembali bermuhasabah diri masing-masing, apakah pelbagai krisis yang berlaku hari ini adalah kerana peringatan dari Allah terhadap kita yang semakin melupakanNya dan sudah lupa untuk merujuk kepada panduan-panduanNya dan tidak memperjuangkan sistemNya di dalam kehidupan kita.
Persoalannya, adakah mungkin kita sebenarnya yang berkrisis dengan Allah kerana membelakangkan Allah di dalam mencari panduan di dalam mengemudi kehidupan dibumiNya ini?
salam...
tun,wujudkan parti baru dibawah kepimpinan tun..kami tak mau pak lah lg..tolong la tun...!!!
Describe your feeling on the latest increase in fuel prices ...
@ sonofpenang.blogspot.com
As I always tell my friends, there are few things which even a your critic like me would agree with you. Of course I'm talking about the fuel price. It is a fact during your time this was very well controlled without burdening the people. It is unfortunate Pak Lah and his useless advisers have made Malaysians to pay through their nose.
I hope he or his advisers read your article to understand economic better.
But our Malaysian ministers and their government are only good at giving lame excuses but not intelligent solutions.
salam tun....
saya bukan orang yang pandai ekonomi tapi nak share 1 benda...
salah 1 cara yang boleh kita ubah hidup kita dari tertekan dengan harga minyak...
kita buat bisness internet..travelkan semua produk tempatan...idea2 tempatan yang boleh di komesialkan ke global..
http://www.pemasaranvideo.com
aku bangga anak malaysia !1
Assalamualaikum Tun...
Mengapa kerajaan kita tidak menaikkan harga minyak secara berperingkat. Naik sedikit demi sedikit boleh memberi peluang kepada rakyat supaya lebih bersedia menghadapi krisis harga minyak ini.
Mereka boleh boleh merancang dan mengukuhkan status kewangan mereka dulu sebelum menghadapi krisis ini.
Tetapi, dengan mekanisme sekarang, bukan sahaja rakyat tidak bersedia tetapi boleh menyebabkan rakyat merana dalam masa yang singkat.
Tun, kalau keadaan berterusan begini, Tun pun faham apa yang akan berlaku pada BN suatu masa nanti.
Sekian Tun, Wassalam..
ciudadstar said...
p/s:Ingat lagi kata2 ni' Bekerja bersama saya, bukan bekerja utk saya,....hmmmppppphhhhh..'sigh'
Saya petik kata2 ciudadstar diatas, sepatutnya bunyi dia macam ni.
Tidur bersama saya, bukan semua duit untuk saya.
Aduhla...kena jual kereta nampaknya...
Pembangkang melabel Melayu bangsa subsidi sekarang subsidi dah di tarik kerajaan subsidi minyak kenapa melalak mcm anjing...anyway respect to TUN
Tun;
I've alway admired you since i was in secondary school. Then, teachers use to tell us that you are a visionary leader. We listen and as years passed and as our worldly knowledge increases, I slowly accept what my teachers had said about you. You know, Shih Huang Ti may be remembered as a tyrant in modern history, but he has succesfully united China. Tun,may God be with you
Salam Tun,
Sesungguhnya pemimpin sekarang benar-benar menganggap rakyat terlalu bodoh. Alasan-alasan yang diberikan seolah-olah kami bodoh! Tapi kami bukanlah sebodoh yang disangka. Kami masih lagi boleh bertahan buat sementara waktu. Insyaallah. Tapi Tun, Tun perlu lakukan lebih dari apa yang Tun lakukan sekarang. Itu harapan kami, dan kami akan terus menyokong Tun.
dear Tun
my humble question...kenapa Tun resign terlalu awal?we,still need u to support and lead us...pls come back in whatever postion in the government and pls take immediate action to rectify the massive problems done by the current leader..pls...
Assalamualaikum Tun,
What do you think about T.S. Hassan Marican Statement on the following link:-
http://www.malaysia-today.net/2008/content/view/8487/84/
Malaysia a net importer of oil by 2014.
Below is the claim by Petronas in 2003 during Tun's era.
Tan Sri Hassan Marican, pls have a look at the following statement quoted by Petronas on Edge Daily in 2003. How can Malaysia's reseves become drastically deplete since we dig out more OIC countries' oil and keep our reserves to be produce at a minimum level?
"Malaysia raises crude oil reserves
30-06-03 Malaysia's crude oil reserves including condensates rose 7.0 % to 4.54 bn barrels, from 4.24 bn barrels in 2002, according to Petroliam Nasional. In a statement on June 30, it said natural gas reserves grew to 89.0 tcf from 87.5 tcf and was about three times the size of the crude oil and condensates reserves.
"The increase in both crude oil and natural gas reserves was the result of new discoveries following continued investments in the nation's upstream sector," it said.
The national oil corporation said at the current rate of production, the average life of Malaysia's oil reserves was 18 years while that of gas reserves was 35 years, compared to 2002 estimates of 17 years and 34 years respectively. It also said investments in Malaysia's exploration and production activities grew significantly in FY03, indicating the high potential of the country's acreages and attractiveness of the production sharing contracts (PSC).
"During the year under review, the PSC contractors increased their investments substantially by 23.0 % to a record RM 10.41 bn compared to RM 8.46 bn in 2002," it said.
About half of the total investments in the exploration and production (E&P) sector was made by foreign PSC contractors, with Petronas Carigali accounting for the remainder.
"The level of foreign investments in the country's E&P sector is expected to continue to increase in line with larger scale exploration production activities planned in the forthcoming year," it said.
Source: The Edge Daily
Excerpted from: Alexander's Oil and Gas Connections http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/news/nts33251.htm
Salam Tun,
I am really dissapointed to the leadership style of Pak Lah.
Instead of increase the petrol price, Malaysia should implement a good transportation systems.This should lighten the burden of people. Our salary is not matching against inflation. Therefore, sooner or later, talented professionals in Malaysia will sure looking forward to settle down in overseas.And this directly affect the developement of country.
So this is not much worth it. We may not feel this now, but when we realise about this. Then will be too late. As a citizen, I am really worried.
We foreseen this last 2 years, and we decided to moved to overseas. But what about those family with low income and with a lot of children to support? This will also affect population of Malaysia. As they are just unable to support their children. Parents are really facing difficuties.
The government should look into this issue.
My mother used to tell me a bowl of noodles costs 15 cents, 25 years later, i am buying the noodles for 3 ringgit. With the increase of petrol, i m sure the price of noodles will increase to 7 ringgit. From this example, we can see the significance of the inflation.
We really hope the government will look into this issue.
Thanks and Appreciated!
assalamualaikum tun saya ingin cadangkan semua menteri yang kat putra jaya mulai hari esok pergi kerja naik bas sahaja, maaf tun saya berlawak cuma nak menghiburkan hati yang tengah kecewa.... wasalam
PM Badawi are known as Mr. Headliner...whether involved in dumb decision making or good ...so far I only see dumb...its all started with the U.S currency... there is this one Jester who actually think he is economic genius released the RM3.80 fixed rate by TUN..starting from there we are actually depends on U.S economic growth...if the economic down we feel the heat... not only stocks market down..increase in oil too....so Badawi try to be thinker but failed
Dearest Tun
-have to say, really miss your leadership... glad to be able to read your opinions on current events
-why can't govt introduce hydrid car or electric cars, nuclear power, create efficient rail transits, giving subsidies for r&d in other source of energy & etc instead of just being pessimistic & ask us tighten our belt (they should practice leadership by example)
-anyway, notice most of the readers are complaining left, right & center. they seem demoralise
-you still have our utmost respect & admiration. sad to hear u need to come out of retirement to inform us on country problems
-& it would be great if Tun can give advise on what u expect the rakyat to do. if u feel miserable, we also feel the same but we got no one else to look to for leadership. Tun give us hope, guidance & encouragement... make us feel positive & vibrant again :)
best wishes - cp su
Salam Tun,
Tlg la kembali, tlg selamat kan UMNO, memang benarlah kata-kata Tun, Pak Lah akan menghancurkan UMNO, Ini lah buktinya. Apa guna mengundi dan memilih BN kalau BN tidak berdaya, tidak mampu utk meringakan beban rakyat... TAMBAHKAN BEBAN lagi adalah. Terima Kasih BN atas hadiah di atas kemenangan PRU 12 ini. Takpa kita tunggu 5 thn lagi tgk siapa akan memerintah pulak....
beloved tun,
please do something.. we lost our hope...
Assalamualaikum Tun,
Susah-susah sangat Tun buat aja satu lagi Parti Melayu..saya masuk dalam parti Tun...saya pun bukan ada apa-apa parti lagi pun..
Tun kena buat yang terbaik untuk Malaysia ni...
Pak Lah tak larat nak pikiaq kot macam TUN....
Tun Dr Mahathir , every advise you give , there is a meaning beyond. Really appriciate what you have done to Malaysia and to get someone like you , we are waiting for it!
Personally, I feel that the subsidy removal is inevitable. It doesn't matter when, it will happen anyway. I also feel that the removal of the subsidy is an important milestone as we Malaysians have all along living in this "imaginary" environment where our fuel is so cheap. However, having said that, I also hope that the government would remove the excise duty and the "inefficient" support provided to Proton. That's truly a WASTE of taxpayer money and it's time that Malaysia build the economy e.g. in automotive as we have already lose out the golden opportunity to be the SEA hub couple of years ago. It's better to have a group of foreign automotive companies that operate successfully in Malaysia and provide us generous tax as opposed to trying to make a local manufacturer stay afloat for umpteen years!.
TUN,Tlg la selamatkan UMNO & BN, Inikah HADIAH utk rakyat. Tlg la kembali menyelamatkan parti kesayangan kami. Memang benarlah kata kata Tun, Pak Lah akan menghancurkan Umno. UMNO bukan tumbang / kalah kerana parti lain kuat tetapi UMNO / BN kalah kerana kelemahan PEMIMPINNYA. Ini mungkin penamat bagi UMNO. Kerana nila setitik habis rosak susu sebelanga. Apa guna rakyat memilih BN utk memperjuangkan negara jikalau BN sudah tidak mampu atau tidak berdaya memperjuangkan RAKYAT????MARILAH SAMA2 KITA MENYAKSIKAN KEJATUHAN BN
PETRONAS!!!! Hasil nya banyak sebab harga minyak tinggi. Tetapi jurutera tempatan yg bekerja dengan Petronas menderita. Apa tak nya, jurutera luar dari Indonesia, Egypt, India,Iran di bayar 3 ke 10 kali lipat di banding dgn jurutera tempatan, tax free pulak tu. Jurutera tempatan dah lah gaji rendah, kena bayar tax pulak. Itu sebab ramai yg lari ke Saudi Aramco, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Australia. Dengar cerita Malaysian engineers is highly respected in the middle east because of honesty, low profile, hard work, excellent accomplishment and excellent team work.That's why they are paid more than the Indian/Pakistani/Indonesian in Saudi Aramco.Tapi kenapa di PETRONAS, mereka di diskriminasi. Orang Melayu mendiskriminasi orang Melayu sendiri. Kenapa????? Jawab HASSAN MERICAN!!!!!
Our Govt likes to lie. Lie on the date of election. The sudden increase in the price of petrol in the month of June instead of August. Next it seems the PM respect the rights and interests of tourists than the locals. I wonder when he died what will historian think of him and what legacy will he leave behind.
What the governemnt has done is just not right. i am in the dark as to what is happening to petronas and our crude oil. Someone is mismanaging our resources. Since we cant do anything about it even protest... why not just pray about it, let God help us, dont rely on government and also make sure the corrupted one pay for it like Zakaria.
Salam kepada Tun dan semua bloggers,
Adakah masih ada rakyat Malaysia umumnya dan orang melayu khususnya masih buta mata atau buta hati. Kita tak perlu nak adakan protes jalanan atau tunjuk perasaan macam orang gila. Kita semua orang yg punya akal jadi gunakanlah akal itu. Sememangnya tak banyak yg dapat kita lakukan utk mengelak dari kenaikkan harga petrol & diesel tapi sekurang kurangnya Pak Lah seharusnya menangani masaalah ini dgn lebih telus. Saya amat setuju dgn pendapat & luahan perasaan rakan bloggers yg menyebut tentang kemampuan Malaysia mengeluarkan minyak sendiri. Kenapa kita harus membezakan harga petrol di Malaysia dgn harga dinegara jiran yg bukan pengeluar minyak? Kenapa minyak kita tak digunakan dlm negara dulu dan lebihannya dijual? Seperti mana yg kita semua tahu segala harga barang keperluan akan naik setiap kali harga petrol naik jadi kalau bekalan petrol kita cukup utk menampung kegunaan dlm negara dan tindakkan ini dpt mengelakkan kenaikkan harga barangan yg lain kenapa tak diambil kira? Ok, sekali pun pihak berkenaan menyatakan yg minyak kita adalah yg terbaik dan dpt mendatangkan hasil kepada negara,utk apa itu semua sekiranya ia tak dpt membantu menstabilkan ekonomi negara ini. Malaysia adalah negara yg aaaaaaaaaaamat bertuah kerana kita ada bermacam2 hasil bumi dan jauh dari ancaman semulajadi i.e gempa bumi etc... Bayangkan kalau negara ini ada banyak masaalah ancaman semulajadi, macam mana akan kelam kabut jadinya. Apa yg kita perlukan hampir semuanya ada disini, jadi sungguh tak munasabah bagi negara "bertuah" ini harus melalui kemelut yg kalut ini hanya kerana kegagalan kerajaan yg memerintah utk melaksanakan 'tanggungjawab' yg telah diamanahkan oleh rakyat. Pesan saya pada Pak Lah, 'Janganlah menganiaya rakyat hanya kerana ingin menegakkan keegoan sendiri'. Jangan sampai akan ada lagi "Jebat" yg akan derhaka. Jangan sampai anak melayu berani berteriak 'Pak Lah Boleh Blah'. "Pemimpin adil disanjung, pemimpin zalim disanggah". Sekian....wasalam.
Salam Yg Bhg Tun,
Me and the rest of YOUR rakyat here are hoping that you do spend your time reading our comments although it might be draggy sometimes.
We hope our grouses are being heard and with that something can be initiated from your end, whether thru your public statements or answers to journalists when you're being asked on this issue.
We cannot declare our frustrations thru our MPs because we know they can't and won't do much.
We cannot declare our frustrations via gathering because we need permit to do so, and of course it will not be granted.
It is very disheartening to read some of the comments here especially from the middle and below income earner.
If i really want to express my resentment towards this guy Abdullah Badawi, i would have use the most vulgar words i know and wish his aids would read it and know that, this idiot is breaking the morale and hopes of the ordinary Malaysian at large.
Tun,
Honestly, despite the economic situations and inflation; which there's nothing much we the rakyat can do besides taking precautions and hoping that the government can help to cushion it a bit, there's nothing much left in us.
There's no more hope for better Malaysia with it's political turmoil and a FLIP-FLOP as the premier.
There's no hope to live life with a little bit of comfort like bringing own parents for vacation,like one of the comment i read here.
It is so very awful and disturbing to know such little things would be a luxury now.
assalamualaikum,
Tun plz la slamatkn rkyat Msia..smue brg kt Msia dh naik..ntah rakyat jd ape ar lps nih..
Salam Yg Bhg Tun,
Do you agree with me that PAK LAH IS JUST A BIT BETTER THAN HIS EX-COUNTERPART , GUS DUR...(yg suka tidur tu).
I read somewhere; that sort of sickness is a symptom of some kind of brain disorder.
Can we have someone like that to lead the country?
Does that mean that the rest of the cabinet members are also having similiar disorder because they don't have any qualms about it at all?
But one person that i know of who really knows how to take advantage of his father-in-law situation is who else; if not Mr KJ.
The fuel can be RM10 per litre; he won't have problems in paying it, ain't it KJ?
Salam Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad
I fully agree with you that the only way out seems to be:- Remove this deadly cancer with the surgical knife, throw out that rotten tyranny!!!
It is the right time that this grossly rotten, corrupt and incompetent flip flop tyranny that remove the fuel subsidies & increase the electricity tariffs should also be removed by whatever means necessary & to accomplish this, all & whoever, MPs from both BN or Pakatan Rakyat, it is your call now and as all the people of Malaysia are firmly behind you to remove this rot. Cannot imagine that a nett producer & nett exporter of Crude Oil has to do this, look at Brunei, Saudi Arabia and many other crude oil nett exporters, there are no increases of prices of Petrol & Diesel at their pumps as both & all are nett producers and nett exporters of Crude Oil and they are now enjoying a boost to their state coffers & economies with a whopping windfall in oil prices of the current US$137/- per barrel that earned them huge foreign exchange reserves from their Crude Oil exports. But in Malaysia the reverse is true as there is no boost to the economy, but only sadness prevailed because the foreign exchange reserves from Crude Oil nett exports earned are poorly managed or badly mis-managed and no one knows where all the profits over the years had gone and we are saying all the 700 or more Billions earned had disappeared and there is no accountability by the tyranny power that be. None of the beneficial projects initiated by you are ever completed but still the same those monies that were allocated are also depleted sadly without any notable achievements.
Salam Tun,
Please come back as our Prime Minister...
Menangis bila membaca artikel dan peristiwa di sini akibat kenaikan minyak...
Hanya kaulah penyelamat kami..Tun tahu..since my age 10 years, i dh pun admire Tun, you're brilliant....kau sebagai permata, kembalilah menyinari kami di sini..yg setia dn akan terus setia pdmu..
Salam kepada Tun dan semua bloggers,
Adakah masih ada rakyat Malaysia umumnya dan orang melayu khususnya masih buta mata atau buta hati. Kita tak perlu nak adakan protes jalanan atau tunjuk perasaan macam orang gila. Kita semua orang yg punya akal jadi gunakanlah akal itu. Sememangnya tak banyak yg dapat kita lakukan utk mengelak dari kenaikkan harga petrol & diesel tapi sekurang kurangnya Pak Lah seharusnya menangani masaalah ini dgn lebih telus. Saya amat setuju dgn pendapat & luahan perasaan rakan bloggers yg menyebut tentang kemampuan Malaysia mengeluarkan minyak sendiri. Kenapa kita harus membezakan harga petrol di Malaysia dgn harga dinegara jiran yg bukan pengeluar minyak? Kenapa minyak kita tak digunakan dlm negara dulu dan lebihannya dijual? Seperti mana yg kita semua tahu segala harga barang keperluan akan naik setiap kali harga petrol naik jadi kalau bekalan petrol kita cukup utk menampung kegunaan dlm negara dan tindakkan ini dpt mengelakkan kenaikkan harga barangan yg lain kenapa tak diambil kira? Ok, sekali pun pihak berkenaan menyatakan yg minyak kita adalah yg terbaik dan dpt mendatangkan hasil kepada negara,utk apa itu semua sekiranya ia tak dpt membantu menstabilkan ekonomi negara ini. Malaysia adalah negara yg aaaaaaaaaaamat bertuah kerana kita ada bermacam2 hasil bumi dan jauh dari ancaman semulajadi i.e gempa bumi etc... Bayangkan kalau negara ini ada banyak masaalah ancaman semulajadi, macam mana akan kelam kabut jadinya. Apa yg kita perlukan hampir semuanya ada disini, jadi sungguh tak munasabah bagi negara "bertuah" ini harus melalui kemelut yg kalut ini hanya kerana kegagalan kerajaan yg memerintah utk melaksanakan 'tanggungjawab' yg telah diamanahkan oleh rakyat. Pesan saya pada Pak Lah, 'Janganlah menganiaya rakyat hanya kerana ingin menegakkan keegoan sendiri'. Jangan sampai akan ada lagi "Jebat" yg akan derhaka. Jangan sampai anak melayu berani berteriak 'Pak Lah Boleh Blah'. "Pemimpin adil disanjung, pemimpin zalim disanggah". Sekian....wasalam.
Look at how BN leaderships' spending lifestyle ...
1. RM 100 million on renovation of Parliament building and leaked thereafter;
2. National Astronaut Programme - RM 40 million;
3. National Service Training Programme - yearly an estimate of RM 500 million;
4. Eye on Malaysia -RM 30 million and another RM5.7 million of free tickets;
5. RM 4.6 billion, ’soft-loan’ to PKFZ and became almost a white elephant thereafter;
6. RM 2.4 million of indelible ink for 2008 March 8 general election but cancelled prior to voting day.
Now BN leadership is asking the depressed rakyat to spend wisely but majority of us are already over spending due to no further increase of their miserable salaries.
I wonder why the BN leaderships are not ordering the employers to increase the salaries of their employees so as to fight the inflation as a result of the hike in fuel prices???
What an eye opening article. Looking at the daily production and local consumption, Petronas is making billions from 'anugerah alam' which is supposed to be enjoyed by Malaysian citizen. We do not need to incresae the price at all because the 'free oil' belonging to Malaysia is alrady making billions for the country from international sales. That's my personal opinion.
Btw, Pak Lah should read your blog and learn something. Or is he? I wonder...
Regards Tun,
Help save us...
Uk cars prices is much cheaper then here, us cars prices is also chepper
Salam buat Tun,
Saya antara rakyat yang amat tertekan dengan isu kenaikan harga minyak ini. saya antara bumiputra sarawak yang mempunyai kampung di kawasan pendalaman, yang rata - ratanya menggunakan motor sangkut(power boat) sebagai pengangkutan utama.
semasa pulang dari kampung sempena pesta gawai (4/6), saya terkejut bila mendapati semua stesen minyak yang ada mengatakan mereka telah kehabisan stok petrol. bapa saudara saya terpaksa mencari petrol sejauh 30 minit perjalanan dari pekan song ke nanga tada untuk mencari petrol, itupun cuma 2 gelen saja. manakan cukup untuk kembali ke kampung. bila sampai di bandar sibu, baru lah saya tahu, rupa - rupanya kerajaan ingin menaikkan harga minyak ke 2.70/liter. jadi sudah semestinya mereka ingin mengaut keuntungan 80sen/liter ini.
untuk pengetahuan Tun, minyak di pekan song tidak dijual mengikut harga pam, ianya dijual dengan harga yang sangat tinggi. dengan kenaikan 80sen ini, saya percaya harga minyak seliter boleh mencecah rm4 di song. bagaimana dengan nasib orang2 di perkampungan yang rata-rata adalah petani? kalau mereka adalah pelaut, yang berdaftar dengan jabatan laut/perikanan, mereka masih diberi subsidi.. bagaimana pula dengan orang kampung yang bercucuk tanam di kampung? menangkap ikan hanya menggunakan jala dan pukat? adakah nasib mereka terbela?
kadang-kadang saya rasa sungguh kecewa dengan kerajaan yang tidak cuba memahami keadaan di sarawak yang masih lagi agak terpinggir dari semenanjung. nampak gaya kami di kampung terpaksa kembali ke zaman dulu, menggunakan lampu minyak tanah, kerana tidak mampu untuk menampung harga minyak petrol yang semakin melambung bagi kegunaan generator kami. apakah ini adil bagi kami sedangkan sepatutnya tiada lagi masyarakat terpinggir dari arus kemodenan pada abad ke21 ini.
Tun,
saya masih ingat lagi negara kita pernah mengalami inflasi yang agak teruk pada zaman pentadbiran Tun dulu, tetapi pada masa itu, saya tidak juga pernah mendengar tentang isu kenaikan minyak. Tun telah memperkenalkan projek cuti cuti malaysia, dan jualan mega 4 kali setahun untuk memulihkan semula ekonomi negara.
Tun,
sekarang saya berasa sangat ragu, kenaikan harga minyak di pasaran, pasti akan membawa impak kepada kenaikan harga barangan. Apakah ini nanti akan menyebabkan kami di sarawak ini tidak dapat membeli keperluan harian kami? sedangkan kerajaan negeri sarawak antara penyumbang yang utama kepada ekonomi negara dan populasi penduduk di negeri sarawak hampir sama jumlahnya dengan jumlah penduduk di semenanjung.. pilihanraya yang lepas kami telah menunjukkan kepada kerajaan yang kami masih mempunyai kepercayaan kepada pimpinan, tetapi, apa yang kami dapat? ketidakadilan..
Tolonglah sekali sekala fikirkanlah generasi kami di sarawak ini..
i don't understand why the government want to compare the oil price with other country..
please compare our income first! without income, how can we purchase? they should increase income b4 oil.
please solve this..
Tun,
Salam kepada Tun dan semua pembaca Blogger.Saya dapat merasakan Keadaan semasa di Malaysia semakin kucar kacir.Saya berasa sungguh terharu dengan nasib rakyat malaysia yang kian tidak terbela. Saya sering kali tertanya2 adakah mereka yang berada di atas sana buta dan tuli dalam mentadbir negara. Bila keluar sahaja surat khabar, " PM akan bendung Kenaikan Harga". Tetapi pada hakikatnya semua orang tau bahawa harga barang akan tetap juga naik. tindakan yang dilakukan tidak sama dengan apa yang di ucapkan. Sebelum ini juga sama isunya kenaikan harga minyak sawit.
Antara perkara yang paling merisaukan ialah Fenomena "Group Think" yang di utarakan oleh janis itu semakin menular di politik tanah air. Sesiapa sahaja yang mengkritik pemimpin di dalam organisasi yang di sertainya di anggap seorang pengkhianat. contohnya sepeti apabila dato Mukhris mengkritik kepimpinan Paklah, beliau di hentam habis, habisan oleh ahli umno yang lain. sedangkan sebahagian besar daripada rakyat tahu bahawa apa yang di suarakan oleh mukhris itu ada benarnya. Apabila Tun mengkritik kepimpinan Paklah, maka ramaila orang pula mengkritik Tun. Semuanya atas satu sebab yang sama iatu kononya untuk menunjukkan kesetian di hadapan Paklah. Di depan Pak lah semuanya harus nampak baik. Harus nampak rakyat sukakanya. Media pula memaparkan Rakyat "gembira" di bawah pentadbiranya.sedangkan di bawah ini rakyat sedang menderita. mungkin mereka di atas sana tidak dapat merasai apa yang rakyat rasakan. Hanya tuhan sahaja yang dapat memberikan hidayah pada pemimpin - pemimpin yang seolah- olah dibutakan mata dan di pekakkan telinga dengan nasib rakyat. Selagi fenomena groupthink ini mencengkam politik negara selagi itulah Rakyat Malaysia akan terus mundur dan membiarkan sahaja kepincangan yang berlaku.
Apakah fungsi sebuah kerajaan itu sebenarnya? membela nasib rakyat atau menyusahkan lagi rakyat. Salam perjuangan
padanla muka! puas!
jgn taksub sgt dgn umno dan bn
mereka takkan tlg kita diakhirat
diorang buat harta kita buat apa?
xkan nk tgk saja?
aku xphm bangsa melayu hnya duduk saja bila smua benda naik harga
sedangkan bangsa lain buat demonstrasi,
sudah lupa ke?
dahulu TANAH MELAYU
skrg malaysia
TANAH MELAYU itu tanah kita
takkan nk biar tergadai kot!
sedarla
bangkitkan minda bangkitlah MELAYU!
jgn terus LAYU!
xkan melayu hilang di dunia
Lets lead by example “kepimpinan melalui teladan”
PM and his cabinet to use fuel efficient car like kancil, dont drive fast (as suggested) as it will consume too much fuel as such wasting tax payers’ money, cut allowances, fly economy class, no spouse allow for outstation travel, no maid, no 5 star hotel….dare you.
This should also apply to our Agong and Sultan as Agong also suggest Rakyat to cut cost
Hidup susah bersama Rakyat. Ampun Tuanku.
Mungkin ada yang sudah terfikir ide ini. Benarkan kereta sapu secara bebas. Sesiapa yang ingin pergi mana-mana boleh tarik penumpang atau cari car pool sendiri dan membayar sesama sendiri untuk mengurangkan beban.
Adakan syarat keselamatan seperti menunjukkan ID dan berdaftar terlebih dahulu secara SMS.
Jika rakyat boleh lakukan begini, terbukti mereka bijak dan berdikari.
Kerajaan tidak perlu risau fikirkan rakyat sangat. Biar rakyat fikirkan tentang diri sendiri.
Redhuan D. Oon
padi-malaysia
Apa khabar Tun,
Kenapalah diaorang tak lantik Tun jadi penasihat.Semua penasihat diorang sekarang tak bole pakai, hampeh.Semua nak mengampu jer, untuk kepentingan sendiri.Bila masa kenaikan harga minyak dunia, diaorang naikkan macam takder pertimbangan.Tapi bila turun, tak pernah pulak terpikir nak turunkan harga.Yang jadi mangsa, rakyat..Kalau beginilah cara pemikiran Pak Lah, saya pasti dan konfidennya, lima tahun lagi kita PASTI akan diperintah oleh pembangkang..
Sekitar 1986,terdapat satu Tabung dipanggil Tabung Warisan Petronas. Tujuan tabung ini adalah bagi membantu kerajaan sekiranya kita menjadi pengimport minyak satu hari nanti. Setiap tahun,sebahagian keuntungan Petronas akan dimasukkan ke dalam tabung ini. Soalnya, berapakah jumlah kutipan tabung ini sekarang dan mengapa ianya tidak pernah didedahkan?
Minyak Malaysia antara yang paling berkualiti di dunia. Harga setong minyak Malaysia adalah 1-2 dolar lebih tinggi dr harga pasaran dunia. Contoh, katalah harga minyak dunia sekarang USD100 setong. Tapi harga minyak Malaysia yang dijual ke luar negara adalah USD102 setong. Lebihan 2 dollar setong ini sudah menghasilkan keuntungan USD438j @ RM1. 49billion setahun.
Minyak yang diimport masuk ke Malaysia sebenarnya minyak bermutu rendah. Dengan kata lain,kita ada minyak mahal pegi jual. Lepas tu bagi kat rakyat minyak tak elok. Kitaran penjualan ini menyebabkan peredaran wang USD yang sangat besar. ini menyebabkan jika sedikit masalah berlaku pada matawang US,kita terjejas sama.
Semoleknya,minyak digunakan ke dalam negara dan lebihannya barulah dieksport. Penggunaa n NGV sbg bahan bakar mesti dipertingkatkan bagi mengelakkan tumbuh guna petrol yang terlalu besar dalam negara. Dengan cara itu,minyak kita tidak akan bergantung pada harga ekonomi dunia lagi. Sementelah lagi,PM pernah menyatakan bahawa penggunaan minyak di Malaysia hanyalah 575000 tong sehari,kurang daripada pengeluaran minyak Malaysia sebanyak 650 000 sehari. Taktik ini dipraktikkan di Arab Saudi. Sebab itu,walaupun harga minyak dunia naik,Arab Saudi mampu turunkan harga minyak tempatan. 0. 35 riyal satu liter.
Kalau kita tengok Qatar,Qatar harga minyaknya RM0. 87 seliter @ 80 dirham. Qatar macam kita,pengeksport minyak. Dan kalau kita check Singapura,harga minyaknya RM4. 15. Di Indonesia pada 2006,harga minyaknya berada pada paras 4500 rupiah. Ini bersamaan RM1. 84. Sila ambil perhatian:Indonesia adalah pengimport minyak. Keluaran minyaknya tidak mencukupi utk menampung keperluan dalam negara. Malaysia pengeksport minyak. Keluaran minyaknya melebihi keperluan tempatan.
Di Indonesia Sudahlah harga petrolnya lebih murah,keretanya pula murah. Toyota Avanza di sana harganya RM40 000. Di sini harganya kira2 RM70000.
Sebagai perbandingan, harga LPG di Malaysia adalah RM1. 75 satu kg. Di Thailand RM1. 65 satu kg. (Anda boleh rujuk kenyataan media JPM pada 27 Feb 2006). Untuk rekod,Thailand bukan pengeksport LPG. Kita?LPG belambak kat Sarawak nun.
Penipuan yang kerajaan buat tentang hal kenaikan amat jelas. Kerajaan kata subsidi kena hapus perlahan-lahan sebab nanti tak lama lagi rizab minyak akan habis. Jadi rakyat kena berlatih hidup tanpa subsidi. Tapi berdasarkan jawapan bertulis Perdana Menteri di Dewan Rakyat November 2005,rizab minyak negara adalah 5. 29billion tong yang boleh kekal sehingga 2024. Ini belum termasuk penemuan telaga baru seperti telaga Pisagan 1A dan rizab gas lainnya terutama di laut Sabah. Bohong tak bohong.
Ingat,jangkaan habis petrol pada 2024 ini dibuat mengambil kira rizab pada tahun 2005 sahaja dan pengeluaran sehari secara purata 750 000 tong. Untuk rekod,pengeluaran sekarang adalah 650 000 tong.
Dan jika diikutkan,kenaikan harga minyak mentah dunia sebenarnya memberikan rahmat besar buat Malaysia. Menurut laporan Asian Development Bank,dalam buku laporan tahun 2007 menyatakan bahawa setiap kenaikan sebanyak USD1 bagi pasaran dunia untuk minyak mentah,kerajaan Malaysia mendapat keuntungan tambahan USD 62juta bersamaan RM210. 8 juta. Pada saat minyak kali terakhir dinaikkan RM0. 30 satu liter Awal 2006,harga minyak mentah dunia adalah USD70 setong. Kini harganya kira-kira USD96 setong. Bermakna penambahan keuntungan buat kerajaan Malaysia sebanyak USD 1. 612 bilion.
Sekarang ayuh kita fikirkan pula mengapa subsidi diturunkan dan keuntungan kerajaan meningkat,masalah kewangan tetap berlaku. Dikatakan duit penjimatan RM4. 4billion itu pergi kepada pengangkutan awam. Pergi kpd pengangkutan awam atau pergi pada siapa? Anda kenal Scomi?Scomi Group Berhad adalah milik Kamaluddin bin Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi. Berdasarkan The Star Online Bizweek 18 Mac 2006,Scomi telah memasuki tawaran untuk Syarikat Prasarana Negara (PNSB) sebanyak RM120 juta bagi membina 400 badan bas dan kontrak RM50j utk pembaikan 1500 gerabak dan landasan KTM.
Ini yang keluar suratkhabar. Yang tak keluar?Skandal PKFZ tu macammana?
Sekarang tuan-tuan nampak duit jimat subsidi itu pergi mana?
Pembailoutan syarikat2 individu seperti MISC dan Scomi milik anak PM dengan jumlah mencecah RM4billion selain pembinaan projek2 mega yang tidak menguntungkan adalah antara punca utama kelemahan kewangan kerajaan. Pemberian subsidi bahan api berjumlah RM14billion pula terlalu banyak menguntungkan Penjana Tenaga Bebas(IPP) seprti YTL,Genting Sanyen dan Powertec milik Ananda Krishnan,Lim Goh Tong dan Yeoh Tiong Lai. Syarikat- syarikat IPP ini pula telah menandatangani perjanjian berat sebelah dengan TNB yang menghasilkan kerugian sejumlah RM30b kepada TNB. . . (Tan Sri Ani Arope telah mengesahkan ini. . . . )
Najib kata berjimatlah. Dia duk baiki umah rasmi dia RM5juta. Projek tu dapat kat adik dia tanpa kelulusan JKR. Berjimat apebendanya?
Kata-kata Najib baru-baru ini amat mengelirukan. Negara akan bangkrap jika minyak diturunkan harga. Negara tidak akan bangkrap Najib. Yang bankrap mungkin beliau.
Kesimpulannya, ketelusan, kebijaksanaan menandatangani perjanjian,tadbir urus wang yang baik serta dasar ‘tidak pada bail out’ dan pembatalan projek mega yang bodoh akan membolehkan harga minyak diturunkan. Nah. . . . sekarang rakyat yang terpaksa menanggung semua ketidaktelusan mengurus tabdir wang negara. . . RAKYAT MENJADI MANGSA. . . SEMUA HARGA BARANG NAIKKKKK. . . . . . .
Kesihan kat rakyat yang berpendapatan rendah,terpakse berkorban dalam semua segi... HAih... paklah-paklah kalau nak naik pun sedikit-sedikitlarr..... memang rakyat yang teraniya nih sentiasa berdoa kalau apa yang dibuat ini ada udang sebalik batu....kepada TDM saya merindui zaman pemerintahan Tun yang aman ,damai ,mewah, dan stabil dari semua segi dan kewangan....
Assalamualaikum Tun..
Tun, hari ini merupakan first time saya isi minyak tak bersubsidi. Lihat perbezaannya.
Minyak Subsidi (Sebelum diumumkan) :
26 Litre = RM50.00
Minyak Yang Tidak Bersubsidi (Selepas diumumkan) :
22 Litre = RM60.00
Tun, besarkan perbezaannya..hahaha...saja taip untuk pengetahuan Tun...
Sekian Tun, Wassalam...
saya rasa perlunya bhn bakar alternatif bagi menggantikan petrol yang lambat laun pasti akan habis....
contohnya,biofuel spt ethanol atau pun tenaga nuklear...
walaupun kos membina stesen janakuasa adalah mahal tapi bg jangka masa yg panjang rakyat dpt menikmati harga yg rendah bg pengunaan tenaga elektrik.Tenaga yg dijana drpd uranium sangatlah besar...itulah yg sedang dilakukan oleh Iran
Oleh itu,tak perlulah kita bergantung kpd petrol dan gas utk jana elektrik...maknanya petrol hanya guna untuk kenderaan dan machine shj...takde la permintaannya tlampau tinggi...
itu sajalah pandangan drpd budak yg masih belasan tahun...maaf kalau salah...
Please come back Tun...
YABhg Tun,
Please advise the government to revive the National Economic Action Council (NEAC).
NEAC is still relevant to this country.
"marilah kita beramai ramai pakat isi borang masuk UMNO agar dapat menaikkan harga MINYAK lagi"
"DULU, KINI DAN TAK TAU SAMPAI BILA"
Salam Tun.
Saya sebagai penduduk DUNIA tidak terperanjat dengan kenaikan drastik harga minyak TETAPI sebagai RAKYAT MALAYSIA, saya sungguh terperanjat dengan cara kerajaan MALAYSIA mengengkang kenaikan Harga Minyak dunia.
Bagi saya perkataan "GLOBALISI" adalah sinonim dengan TUN. Harga minyak , kebangkitan kuasa ekonomi baru, China dan India, keamanan serantau, spekulasi mata wang, internet dan sebagainya adalah kesan daripada apa yg TUN katakan GLOBALISASI.
Ini bermaksud kerajaan malaysia sepatutnya sudah MENGJANGKAKAN kenaikan harga minyak dunia. Dan kalau pemimpin kita sekarang "SERIUS" menunaikan tanggungjawab yang telah DIAMANAHKAN oleh rakyat, polar kenaikan yang drastik sepatutnya sudah dikesan 4-5 tahun kebelakangan ini. Tetapi malangnya...
Apakah dengan kenaikan RM0.78 untuk petrol dan menilai harga minyak setiap bulan
adalah cara yang terbaik yang boleh difikirkankan oleh seorang Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Pentadbirannya dan orang2 yg dikatakan bijak pandai keluaran oxford dan
cambridge?....
help us tun!please.
assalamu'alaykom wrt wbt
Dear respected Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad,
The missing ingredient or what current government lacks is sensibility - a common sense that is shared by majority of Malaysian.
They (the strong voices among them and their advisors) miscalculated or purposefully gave the PM wrong advise as to precipitate the down fall thus the power transition can be achieved earlier.
I'd say it is a miscalculation on their part if they think that by rising the oil price so suddenly and so drastically as a way to cut the subsidy being enjoyed by the non-citizen, the Singaporean and Thais at the border. They should be required to pay at market price and the citizen still get to enjoy lower price.
Ultimately, it is Malaysians that suffers the most.
By the way, my favourite walnut muffin cost me RM2.00 at the bakery tonight. The old price of RM1.80 is crossed over by a pen and a new price is written over it.
That's only for starters!
Thank you for this blog as it is a positive avenue that can bring Malaysians to pour out all that bottled up inside :)
wassalam.
ummabdrahmaan
Dearest Tun,
I don't see anyone better than you to be our country's PM. Malaysia i know today is Malaysia done by you. As for me you are the GREATEST. Wish you are back to lead our country as you did.
Hi Tun Dr. M ,
Oil price increase within 9 hour of more than 35%,but wages don't increase in 9 hour with more than 35% as well.
This will cause we malaysia to suffer .Please be considerate .
No every people in this country live in KL that earn an average RM1.5k a month. There is still people that outside of this state that earn as much as RM300.
Oil price increase affect.
Rich people stay rich
Middle range people get poor .
Poor people may get poorer.
I'm sorry if any words hurts anyone as this is just another heartfelt of a malaysian.
Stupid Gov. Dia tipu rakyat lagi!!!. Kata banding dengan Thailand, Singapore, indonesia. kita masih murah. kenapa tak banding dengan Brunei? Arab? negar pengeluar minyak macam Malaysia.
Kerajaan tak mampu? Sekarang ni harga pasaran dunia perol ialah USD 100/b, jangan lupa sebanarnya USD dah susut 20% (Dulu 1 USD = 3.8 RM, sekarang ni 1 USD = 3.2 RM).
Ok, kalau saya guna USD untuk kira-kira, harga pasaran memang meningkat, ini bermakna Malaysia untung lagi banyak kerana kita pure Petrol exporter, tak import langsung. Negara seperti brunei arab, dan negara pengeluar minyak lain dah menurunkan harga minyak tempatan mereka kerana keuntungan export petrol mereka maningkat. Hanya Malaysia saja naik, adakah Pklah tak tahu kiri-kiri? atau dia memang nak buat macam tu supayah Ahli keluarganya untung lagi banyak!!!
Kata, wang pulang hujung tahu sebanyak RM6++, rakayt nak dapatkan duit itu bagaimana? dari mana? dengan siapa? Adakah kerajaan dah plan?
Kalau seseorang tu saja beli bereka buruk berharga RM1000 (Tak kisah kerata tu boleh jalan ke tidak) sebanyak 100 buah dan asal kan dia bayar Road Tax dengan insurance paling minimum. First year dia rugi, tetap second year and onward dia akan RM60000 setahun. Adakan ini dibenarkan oleh kerajaan? Adakah ini dah diteliti oleh kerajaan? Kalau dibenarkan, jom kita beli 1000 buah kerata buruk dan mendapat keuntungan RM600,000 setahun. tak ya kerja. The most stupid Gov in the world!!!!
To Peter (June 6, 5:38PM),
Tun never dreamed of "Malaysians spending their money in Singapore". What good is that to our local economy? Instead, we want Singaporeans (or any foreigners for that matter) to bring their money in.
To "businessmandulu" (June 6, 5:49PM)
Jangan sekali-kali perkecilkan Pak Lah. Dia pun banyak dapat "awards". Antaranya:
2008 PM Malaysia paling singkat
2008 Pemimpin paling banyak kena "sabotaj"
2008 PM paling banyak hilang negeri
2008 Pemimpin yang paling tak tahu menahu bagaimana nak memimpin
2008-2003 PM yang paling banyak tidur
2008 PM yang paling banyak Menteri/Tim Menteri resign
2008 PM yang paling banyak MP cabut lari
2008-2004 PM yang berjaya meleyapkan duit ehsan Terengganu
2008-selama2nya: PM yang paling sayangkan menantunya
...dan bermacam2 lagi...
Dear Tun,
I think the people who decides to increase the petrol are people with money. Why can't they include the people with lesser money then I suppose the increase of Rm0.78 wouldn't come into the picture.
What's the use of having so much money and the govt is doing so little. Current national reserve of RM400 billion.
This Dollah I tell u ha, he's dreaming or what..
Kung Fu Panda.
Roughly Malaysia produces 650,000 barrels of crude per day. We consume 400,000 barrels leaving 250,000 barrels to be exported."
Errmm...kenapa ler bodoh beli minyak sendiri dengan harga dunia nih??!!!
hai tun,
saya rasa pak lah punye inisiatif untuk menstabilkan ekonomi negara ini adalah betul...tp caranya sahaja yg tidak betul dan tiada pemikiran masa depan...tidak berkarisma dan tindakan secara 'ad hoc'...hanya tun sahaja yg mampu melakukannya seperti yg berlaku sebelum ini...
I wonder why you stepped down at the first place. That's the biggest mistake you've ever done, Tun. I really miss listening to your speeches on TV. I never (up till now) listen to any of Pak Lah's.
Anyways, where the hell all the billions gone to? Govt should do like what you said. We could still get pure profit even if we use our own oil, no need to import all! It's too much. I don't use (still a student) a car (yet) but still, the increase in fuel's price still affects me (others without cars) indirectly.
We produce oil for god's sake! use it!
Tun
Can you see that, you are the saviour! People are calling you back.
Pls do something. We want to see you on kaca TV again!
mana logiknya , kita menanam sayur dibelakang rumah, tetapi membeli sayur di pasaraya dengan harga pasaran?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
saya percaya pada pilihanraya yang datang, BN akan musnah kerana perbuatan PAK LAH dan KONCO KONCOnya!!!!!!!
Dear Tun,
The Government need to cut down the fuel subsidy and increase the price as they may need more money to subsidize the bunch of ministers in the Cabinet to buy calculators and Economics books to study on how to manage the country's economy in a proper way. As said by the Prime Minister, our fuel prices are the cheapest in Asia (after Brunei.) However, he never thought that our salary and wages are also one of the cheapest in Asia. There are many things that we can compare if the Government wants to; firstly, the car prices (Malaysia vs other countries), the effectiveness of public transportation and etc....
Why can't they think on the aspect of purchasing power, inflation and the burden to be borne by the rakyats due to the chain effects to the increase price of food, transport services and consumer goods due to the increase price of fuel? How about cost vs quality of living, ability of companies to survive in this country due to increasing operational costs whereby failure which may cause closure of companies, lose of jobs, lesser career opportunities, brain drain to other countries, increasing of crime rate resulting from trimming of jobs opportunities.
Pak Lah should be sitting in his office and counting his days. He has definitely make Barisan Nasional irrelevant to this country. An extremely bad decision made (for the 40% fuel hike) assessing from the political, economic and social perspective.
We need to thank you Tun for your wise decision in carrying out the LRT system project or else we will be dropped dead with the current public trasportation system, TOLL PRICES and the FUEL PRICES! We anticipated the LRT system to be expanded to ease the congestion in the city however, instead of carrying out the expansion, our "beloved" Prime Minister spent millions of ringgits to create a single angkasawan and pretending making the country proud of such gimmick-ed achievement. The millions of ringgits could have benefited millions of Malaysians but ended up benefiting only a single man called the Angkasawan. The Government thinks that the rakyats are infants in politics and economy thus easy to be cheated, but the March 8 general election results has clearly shown that the rakyats are not stupid.
As mentioned in my posting to your earlier article, we need you to comeback to the politics. You need not your son to vacate his seat for you as there are many others would vountarily vacate their seats for you. We need excellent economic-thinkers like you to save our rice bowls and wallets. You could have read some of the postings from fellow bloggers on how hard their lives were hit by bad decision making by the Government thus you have to seriously consider to comeback to help out of charity and sympathy towards all Malaysians.
inilah akibatnye apabila masalah diselesaikan tanpa mencari puncanye tetapi melepaskan masalah tersebut kepada orang lain.. Kita selalu marah apabila orang mengatakan kita malas tetapi itulah hakikatnya.. malas berfikir.. renung2kanlah
Salam Tun,
Penggunaan kenderaan hanya tertumpu kepada golongan tertentu agar perhubungan ekonomi berjalan lancar.
Sekiranya cukai jalan di selarikan maka rakyat boleh merombak semula bajet harian mereka.
Sudah sampai masanya untuk hidup sihat dengan pemakanan terkawal.
Salam Tun.
Ni laah mentaliti orang Malaysia...buku teks free...sekolah free...hospital free...petrol nak murah...gaji nak tinggi ...cuti nak banyak...kerja nak senang...
Petrol naik ...banyak komplen tapi tak nak ubah gaya hidup. Cakap tak mampu tapi handphone boleh tukar setiap bulan...Astro boleh langgan...DVD boleh beli...
Kalau dah tahu petrol mahal...jangan laa pakai aircond waktu memandu malam...berjalan lah sikit ...ni tak...nak pergi ke kedai berhampiran rumah pun nak memandu kereta...membazir betul...
Assalamualaikum Tun,
Harga rokok naik, rakyat marah sekejap.. lepas itu sokong..
Harga tol naik, rakyat marah sekejap.. lepas itu sokong lagi..
Harga barang runcit naik, rakyat marah sekejap.. lepas itu sokong juga..
Harga minyak naik, rakyat marah sekejap.. nanti sokong juga..
Tayar motor depan Mat Rempit naik, rakyat marah sekejap je.. lepas itu sokong juga..
Tidak hairanLAH kalau PRU 13, rakyat tetap sokong juga….. kerana kesimpulan mudah……
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melayu mudah lupa..
i know little about economy. However, looking from the sudden increase of fuel, the people who will be hit hard by this event are the poor ones. Currently, the rebate propose by the government may not seemed to be adequate to cover the losses from buying expensive fuel. Also, the length of time taken to send these rebate back to the rakyat may not in time to help the needy ones
Salam Tun,
Kalau nak cakap pasal minyak, tak boleh tak kena cakap pasal PETRONAS. Saya seorang jurutera Melayu bekerja di syarikat minyak gergasi di timur tengah. Ini pasal jurutera tempatan di diskriminasi di PETRONAS. Jurutera expatriate dari Indonesia, India, Egypt,Iran menerima gaji 3 ke 8 kali lipat dari jurutera tempatan. Apa dah jadi, orang Malaysia yg dulu bertungkus lumus membangun Petronas di pandah rendah di negara sendiri tapi mereka lebih di sanjung di luar negara. Gaji jutrtera Malaysia di Saudi Arabia setarap dengan Mat Salleh. Apa dah jadi Pak HASSAN MERICAN. Tak fikir ke. Kamu tu akauntan, duduk kira duit aje, orang sendiri tak jaga ke. Ashek jaga expatriate. Bagi gaji tinggi2, berebut-rebut le nak datang Malaysia. Tapi kalau jurutera Melayu minta gaji lebih sikit tak boleh pulak. KENAPA MENDISKRIMINASI JURUTERA MELAYU!!!! Tun jawab untuk pihak kami di timur tengah. Pak HASSAN MERICAN DAH PENDEK AKAL KE!!!!!!!
Posted on Monday, April 14, 2008, 12:00AM
Survival of the richest
by Rober Kiyosaki
Most of us are aware of the sacrificial slaughter of Bear Sterns. Some people call it a bailout, but I call it a handout -- a government handout to some of the richest people on Earth, paid for by American taxpayers.
It's the survival of the richest, and the poorest be damned. There's something dismal about a society that operates by those values.
The Economy on Life Support
I understand why the Federal Reserve did what it did with Bear Stearns. The Fed was doing its job -- acting as the lender of last resort, pumping money into a dying system. It wanted to prevent a run on the bank and economic chaos. It was a very creative financing move, using the Fed's magic checkbook to pump more liquidity into a thirsty market -- sort of like a physician administering life-saving measures to a critically wounded patient.
My problem with the move is that the Fed saved this patient because it's a wealthy one. Saving the biggest investment banks in America is welfare for the rich. Would the Fed do that for you or me if we screwed up our investment portfolio? Is the Fed going to bail out the millions of people facing foreclosure because the value of their homes is less than their mortgages? If I'm a small-business owner and fall behind on my taxes, is the Fed going to pay my taxes for me? If I can't pay off my college loan, will the fed pay it for me?
Aren't these investment bankers supposed to be the smartest guys in the world? Aren't they the people we entrust with our investment and retirement money? Aren't they supposed to be financially fit? Some blame subprime borrowers as the culprits in this mess, but the supposedly brilliant investment bankers bought their mortgages. Was that smart?
A Handout for the Rich
This bailout was a signal to Wall Street that the Fed stands behind them -- that they're on the same team. It was a thumbs-up to the super-rich: "Do what you want. If you screw up, we'll cover your blunders."
Ralph Nader's father purportedly once said that "Capitalism will never fail because Socialism will always bail it out." My concern, especially in this election year, is that socialists will seek revenge. Already I can hear the war cry "tax the rich!" The problem with taxing the truly rich is that the rich simply move their money to countries that treat them and their money with undue respect. And when the rich move their money, the poor and middle class end up paying more taxes.
Not only will taxes go up, but the prices of food and fuel will increase, because the purchasing power of the dollar will continue to decline. This rise in cost of living, plus higher taxes and stagnant wages, could lead to unrest -- protests, riots, and possibly chaos. In other words, what the Federal Reserve was attempting to prevent may happen anyway.
When Capitalism Stumbles
Bailing out the rich means over $800 billion from the Fed's magic checkbook entered the market. Immediately, the stock market rebounded and the price of gold and silver declined. The U.S. dollar strengthened against the euro. While this looks like a good sign, I'm afraid the problem isn't solved. The inevitable may only have been delayed.
Our problem is a toxic U.S. dollar. Printing funny money steals from the poor and middle class, savers, and the elderly. It may be legal, but it isn't moral or ethical. As long as the Fed is allowed to wield its power at will, the prices for food and fuel will only go up.
So will the price of gold and silver. Some are calling for gold and silver to go over $2,500 and $200 an ounce, respectively. Some even believe gold will go as high as $5,000 an ounce. I hope not. While I get excited about seeing the gold I purchased for less than $300 an ounce flirt with $1,000 an ounce, I also begin to worry.
The rise in the price of gold is a sign that capitalism has stumbled. And when capitalism stumbles, workers' wages buy less and savings are wiped out. Even gains from the stock market are diminished because our dollar gains are worth less.
Troubles Past and Present
Throughout history, when capitalism stumbles chaos erupts and sometimes despots take over. For example:
• In 1897, the Russian ruble was pegged to gold and a period of relative economic growth followed. Russia went off the gold standard to finance World War I. The government fell to the Bolsheviks in 1917, and the Russian mafia took control of the economy.
• After World War I, the German middle class was wiped out and Adolf Hitler was voted into power in 1933.
• In the 1930s, China was the only country on the silver standard. In 1935, the nationalist Chinese government started issuing paper money. In 1937, in order to fight the Japanese, the government began printing funny money. The value of their currency went from four yuan per dollar in 1936 to a trillion yuan per dollar in 1949. In May of 1949, the Chinese government fell to Mao Tse-Tung and the Communists.
• In 1984, Yugoslavia hosted the Winter Olympics just as their currency, the dinar, began to devalue. In 1989, the IMF recommended more devaluation and the freezing of workers' wages. Rioting broke out, and in 1989 Communist party leader Slobodan Milsoevic was elected into power. Yugoslavia broke apart as war and ethnic cleansing began.
As capitalism falters, the rich move their money out of the country, violence increases, and politicians promising prosperity are elected. It's happened before, and I fear it's happening again. Trouble brews when we steal from the poor and give to the rich
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Embrace capitalism democracy and work as wage-slave for US$dollar.
salam hormat tun,
saya yang bernama poobalan ingin menjelaskan kepada tun bahawa tun tidak perlu risau tentang keputusan kerajaan atau pentadbiran pak lah kerana kebanyakan rakyat malaysia adalah berpelajaran tinggi.sudah tentu mereka akan menyoal tentang kepersisian data ekonomi atau peri inti masalah yang timbul.tentang kenaikan harga minyak di malaysia,tun tidak perlu risau kerana dengan adanya lulusan graduan ekonomi yang begitu ramai untuk menasihati kerajaan.tun teruslah memberi komen yang memberi spark kepada permulaan masalah agar ia dapat diselesaikan.
saya memang menyanjung tinggi pengorbanan tun dan terus meneliti hujah tun ke arah yang keterbukaan minda.
nanri vanakam.
Salam Tun,
I have been working in corporate world long enough to know whether a person leading an organization is capable or not, gauging by his decision making patterns/styles. The same thing with leading the country, more so in a competitive world nowadays. Tun, I beg you, please take back the country leadership by whatever means (except violent, of course). You still have the physical health, experience, irrelevant word even to mention it. I did not totally agree with all your decisions back then, but when it comes for crunching key decisions, I trust you more than anybody else.
Regards
Mat Deris
Tun I like your blog.
Well even with the Gas increase, consider yourself lucky at RM2.70. I do not live in Malaysia and comparing the US and Canada where they allow fuel prices to fluctuate and Gas taxes, we are paying much more then in Malaysia. What we need is alternative to gasoline. People should change the concept of driving cars. Change habits to us LTR, monorail ... etc that was built during tun's era.
Salam Tun,
Pada pendapat saya Pak Lah tengah cuba nak jadi hero setelah meghadiahkan rakyat Malaysia dengan kenaikan harga minyak sebab kononnya minggu depan Pak Lah n kabinetnya dah setuju mengumumkan plan untuk menanganni masalah kenaikan kos sara hidup berikutan kenaikan harga minyak ini.
Persoalannya bolehkah kita percaya dengan plan tersebut setiap golongan masyarakat boleh menyerap kenaikan kos sara hidup ini, terutamanya golongan berpendapatan rendah dan golongan petani, nelayan dan pekebun tradisional yang sememangnya sentiasa berjimat untuk berbelanja?
Kedua bolehkah kita percaya pada kenyataan tersebut setelah beberapa kenyataan seperti kenyataan Pak Lah bahawa harga minyak akan naik pada bulan ogos 08, tapi dinaikan pula pada bulan ini. Kenyataan Dt. Shahril kandungan petrol akan dikaji semula untuk menurunkan harga petrol di pasaran, tapi apa dah jadi? Dan yang terbaru minyak tak boleh dijual kepada kenderaan asing di sempadan, tapi tiba tiba di tarik balik.
Saya sokong tulisan 'sokong kerajaan'.
"Selamatkan Lah Kami Tun "
Many here seems to forget why you stepped down in the first place. Well, let me remind them then. The reason is... hmm.. i forgot!
Tun,
You are not God nor the angel nor the devil. You re just a human being that got to become Malaysia's 4th PM.
We do not expect you to lead us to win the fight against world hegemony or neo-colonialism. It is a collective effort, which now we manage whatever we can through such blogs here.
Meanwhile looking at what else you can do, many here believe that there is one. You are the Advisor to Petronas. You would have the respect up there. You will have to do something better than just give us the raw data and your still able astute analysis. Perhaps there is some suggestion or brilliant plan you can brainstorm with Petronas. Umno just had theirs. Of course their agenda is broad and they won't tell us what is it they figured out for the rakyat.
But now you have less positions and an important one in Petronas. It is the most crucial for the rakyat here. Perhaps there is something you can figure out up there. Perhaps you can organise an open tour of Petronas and we youtube it to let people appreaciate what powers determine the pricings. We won't know what. We aren't up there.
Nevertheless, we thank you for putting out important basic analysis from Petronas here.
Redhuan D. Oon
red1.org
Buat apa nak sedih pangkah lagi UMNNO ini lah jadinya
Dear Tun,
Thank you for your great analysis pertaining to the above crucial issue.I wonder what will happen to our people Malaysian, in years to come when such resources has dried out and the country is not properly managed in the good hand of the elected Government.Surely the people that will suffer....ayeharis
>I wonder what will happen to our people Malaysian, in years to come when such resources has dried out
i afraid we all will become like Indonesian workers, going out to make a living in other countries as slaves or maids.
How did our housewives mistreat the foreign maids? Our next generation will be treated in the same way
Salam Tun,
Sebagai orang kebanyakan, yang bekerja dengan kerajaan, mempunyai pendapatan yang biasa sahaja, saya amat merasai kesan kenaikan harga minyak mendadak ini.
Tun,
Mohon penjelasan Tun berkenaan isu minyak dan Petronas.Saya mempunyai kawan kawan yang bekerja di Petronas dan saya mendapati, imbuhan yang diberikan kepada mereka sangat tinggi,(6 bulan)sedangkan wang petronas adalah wang rakyat.saya ulangi wang rakyat, Kalau kami penjawat awam terpaksa berkorban tanpa mendapat apa apa imbuhan bonus tahunan, kenapa pada satu penghujung yang lain,duit rakyat itu dibelanjakan sewenang wenangnya?. Negara kita semakin menjadi seperti India dan Indonesia Tun,yang miskin makin papa, yang kaya semakin kaya. Saya malas nak tulis lagi pasal AP atau apa apa jenayah yang dilakukakan leh ahli politik negara ini, sebab kalau saya tulis, banyak lagi yang tak betul yang rakyat dan orang kebanyakan nampak.
Bottom line, saya rasa duit petronas adalah duit rakyat, dan cara penyelenggaraan nya mesti betul .
Mohon komen Tun
-Nor Dalilah binti Abdul Rashid
(770107-09-5136-)
Bagi kami pekerja swasta amat terasa bahang kenaikan harga petrol itu tidak termasuk barangan lain yang bakal naik lagi.
Seperti carpetrol saya juga bekerja seorang nak menampung makan keluarga,loan lagi dan lain-lain.
Jadi fikir-fikirkanlah masalah kami..jangan ingat semua orang mampu tanggung beban sedimikian.
Salam Tun,
Sebagai orang kebanyakan, yang bekerja dengan kerajaan, mempunyai pendapatan yang biasa sahaja, saya amat merasai kesan kenaikan harga minyak mendadak ini.
Tun,
Mohon penjelasan Tun berkenaan isu minyak dan Petronas.Saya mempunyai kawan kawan yang bekerja di Petronas dan saya mendapati, imbuhan yang diberikan kepada mereka sangat tinggi,(6 bulan)sedangkan wang petronas adalah wang rakyat.saya ulangi wang rakyat, Kalau kami penjawat awam terpaksa berkorban tanpa mendapat apa apa imbuhan bonus tahunan, kenapa pada satu penghujung yang lain,duit rakyat itu dibelanjakan sewenang wenangnya?. Negara kita semakin menjadi seperti India dan Indonesia Tun,yang miskin makin papa, yang kaya semakin kaya. Saya malas nak tulis lagi pasal AP atau apa apa jenayah yang dilakukakan leh ahli politik negara ini, sebab kalau saya tulis, banyak lagi yang tak betul yang rakyat dan orang kebanyakan nampak.
Bottom line, saya rasa duit petronas adalah duit rakyat, dan cara penyelenggaraan nya mesti betul .
Mohon komen Tun
-Nor Dalilah binti Abdul Rashid
(770107-09-5136-)
Assalamualaikum Tun,
Sepanjang pemerintahan Tun selama 22 tahun tak pernah pun minyak naik sebegini tinggi. Tun sentiasa mencari formula untuk mengatasi masaalah dan bukan seperti PakLah yang lari dari masaaalah. Dia suka dengar cerita yang baik sahaja dan pengampu2 akan cerita yang baik2 sahaja walaupun sebenarnya ianya tak betul.
Teringat saya pada cerita EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES yang mana pengampu memuji2 kecantikan pakaian raja yang cantik tapi tak dapat dilihat oleh mata kasar. Akhirnya raja diarak tanpa pakai baju. Sehinggalah seorang kanak2 yang berani berkata benar bahawa raja tidak pakai baju.
Setelah hilang 5 negeri campur 1 barulah terjaga tetapi masih tak mahu sedar.
Bila agaknya PakLah hendak insaf?
Adakah setelah semuanya telah hilang?
Inilah kesimpulan yang saya dapat buat hasil daripada berpuluh2 analisis..
Anggaran ..
Fakta :
1. Untung PETRONAS tahun 2008 =RM 130 Billion
2. Jumlah Subsidi Petronas (sebelum minyak dinaikkan)=RM 20 billion (RM 65 billion satu putar belit shj..menteri kewangan ke-2 telah menidakkannya !!)
3. Kerajaan tak boleh ambil untung Petronas untuk subsidi minyak dan baiki sistem pengangkutan (seperti yg diminta oleh Guan Eng untuk jambatan PPinang)adalah pembohongan kerana berbillion RmM duit Petronas digunakan untuk membina SIC,menyelamat Bank Bumi, KLCC dan lain2
4. 600 Billion duit Petronas selama ini tak pernah diaudit !
5. Kenaikan harga sawit memberi keuntungan amat besar kpd syarikat2 milik kerajaan (Sime Darby, guthrie dll) dan juga dalam bentuk cukai
6. Tun M sendiri berkata Negara mempunyai lambakan wang yg amat banyak dan selalu digunakan untuk 'flushed' (maksudnya buat projek2 mega untuk kroni)
Jadi saya percaya apabila kabinet meeting, formula pengagihan wang negara(rakyat ini adalah) :
Total jumlah wang negara (Petronas, sawit dll)=X
Total jumlah projek besar (yg menteri ada kaitan) yg mesti dilaksanakan=Y
Baki subsidi minyak dan bahan2 keperluan utama =Z
Formula ekonomi BN:
Z = X - Y
Jika Y ini banyak (kerana kroni ramai !!)
Maka Z (untuk kawal harga barang dan perkhidmatan)
Jadi kita dah faham sekarang dan terima hakikat pemerintahan BN..lagipun kita semua dah undi dia memerintahkan? !!!
This is a repeat posting. What was submitted on 6/6/08 has 'disappeared'
///Obviously our increase in petrol price is far less than in the United Kingdom or the United States. But our per capita income is about one-third of theirs. In purchasing power terms our increase is more than in the UK or the US.///--- TDM
The price of petrol in UK is around RM 7, US, RM 5, and Malaysia now RM 2.70. Since their per capital is 3 times ours, to the average person there, the price works out to be worth RM 2.33 in UK, 1.66 in US and RM 2.70 here. Transport services are expensive in Malaysia all the time. But when we consider the cost of private transport services, we should count not only the price of oil but the price of the vehicle itself.
Cars imported into UK or US do not attract import duties, or payment to overcome non-tariff barrier such as the APs in Malaysia. The APs were said to be worth 20,000 ringgit a piece, and cars running in the country are over-priced at least by that amount. Running at 1,000 km a month, and if the life span of cars average 200,000 kms, consuming petrol at 15 km per litre, a car should burn 13,333 litres during its lifetime. The 20,000 ringgit paid for the overpriced car is equivalent to making advance over-payment of 1.5 ringgit per litre of petrol since the APs scheme started in the country in the 1970s right through 2003 when the market price of petrol were less than 30 Dollar per barrel, or around 1.00 ringgit a litre.
Malaysians do not need subsidies of petrol, if they do not have to pay for their over-priced cars. Remove AP and allow the people to freely import cars, including used cars which Japanese dispose off after three years at 20% of its original value.
The APs system was said to be in place for the implementation of NEP. AP scheme was later used to support Proton. Proton as a national car maker created a class of car part manufacturers with captured purchaser at inflated prices without a need to compete on the quality of its product, or efficiency of production. Twenty years into producing the national car, Proton has earned a place as idol to be kept for worship, at the expense of the citizens slaving to pay more for their transport vehicles.
It is because of the desire to enable Proton to sell more cars that public transportation was neglected. Citizens were trapped into owning cheap quality local made cars and made to rely on it for work or play. The vicious circle resulted in the public transportations becoming even more unreliable, and petrol fuel cost becomes a significant part of family budget.
The over-reliance of private vehicles for living is the end result of the policy direction of TDM to satisfy his ego as the founder of the national car industry. Economists warned in 1980s about the potential fiasco of national car, and the prescience is now confirmed.
Our per capita income is about one third of UK and USA, and it is also about one-third of Singapore. Singapore is able to achieve three times our per capita income when she has no natural resources at all. They did it because they have non-corrupt government. If Malaysia had been able to attain that income level, oil subsidy is non-issue.
Malaysia could have achieved the same level of economic development if Tunku was allowed to continue as PM, without Harun Idris and his ilk making demand like TDM is doing it to PM AAB today, and if Jafar Albar, had not been encouraged to organize procession on the streets of Singapore in 1964, and later caused the split of Singapore from Malaysia.
Had Tunku been allowed to continue, and Singapore willing to rejoin us, and the country administered based on meritocracy, rule of law, and zero tolerance to corruption and hence non-existence of cronyism and nepotism, Malaysians would have been able to triple its per capital income, and be more than capable of paying market price for oil. Of course the history of Malaysia will have no place for TDM.
///In the first place the Government should not have floated the Ringgit. A floating rate creates uncertainties and we cannot gain anything from the strengthened Ringgit. Certainly the people have not experienced any increase in their purchasing power because of the appreciation in the exchange rate between the US Dollar and the Ringgit.///--TDM
That is a matter of perception whether the people have experienced any increase in their purchasing power with the Ringgit moving upwards against US Dollar. In Malaysia imported goods should cost the dealers less, but whether the dealers decide to mark up the profit margin is not a decision for the consumers. But going overseas, when the exchange rates for Ringgit goes up, Malaysians have more foreign currencies in their pockets, which should be thought that the same quantum of Ringgit has in fact an increase in the purchasing power.
///Actually the Ringgit has increased by about 80 sen (from RM3.80 to RM3.08 to 1 US Dollar) per US Dollar, i.e. by more than 20 per cent. Had the Government retained the fixed rate system and increased the value of the Ringgit, say 10 per cent at a time, the cost of imports, in Ringgit terms can be monitored and reduced by 10 per cent. At 20 per cent appreciation the cost of imports should decrease by 20 per cent. But we know the prices of imported goods or services have not decreased at all. This means we are paying 20 per cent higher for our imports including the raw material and components for our industries.///--TDM
The observation is not valid for persons who made purchase directly overseas. The payments have to be based on currency exchange rates, whether or not Ringgit has a fixed exchange rate with US.
///Since oil prices are fixed in US Dollar, the increase in US Dollar prices of oil should also be mitigated by 20 per cent in Malaysian Ringgit./// --TDM
We have an excess of production over export, as net exporter of oil. The oil price in the country should not be affected by world market price at all.
It has been said that we have a higher qualify oil for export than for import, and so we should have extra earnings even if imports equal exports. We could even export only those excess, and consume our one crude oil. The world market price of oil is only for the sake of argument. Thus, whether Ringgit is has a fixed rate with Dollar is not relevant.
///But the Government wants to please the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank and decided to float the Ringgit. As a result the strengthening of the Ringgit merely increased our cost of exports without giving our people the benefit of lower cost of imports.///---TDM
Economists talk about fiscal and monetary policy in the management of one’s economy. When the Ringgit has a fixed rate with US Dollar, we reap the consequence of monetary policies decided by the United States. So we are not independent in monetary policies. US Dollars float with other currencies in the world. When Ringgit has a fixed exchange rate with US Dollar rate, it floats with Dollar against other currencies. So Ringgit cannot have a fixed value, even if it is linked to gold whose price changes on the minutes.
This is not wisdom after the event. I had actually told a Government Minister not to float the Ringgit three years ago. But of course I am not an expert, certainly I know little about the international financial regimes.///--TDM
The monetary policies are determined technically by the Central bank, and Bank Negara has competent professionals who make informed decision. The suggestion by TDM was not wisdom, even after the event.
///Actually our wages are high compared to some of our neighbours. The investors who come here are attracted not by cheap labour but by other factors, among which is the attitude of the Government towards the business community and the investors in particular.///--- TDM
Foreign investors were interested in Malaysia when they could make a fast buck, and those who were willing to take a chance with the judiciary system in the country were foot loose. The many restrictions imposed on investors including employment and equity issues prevented many who could have come in here to promote knowledge based economy. The poor quality of local graduates and the departure of our trained manpower to higher paying countries, caused partly by the university admission system, have been another factor which prevented the development of knowledge-based industries from taking shape.
///From what I hear business friendliness is wanting in the present Government – so much so that even Malaysians are investing in other countries. There are rumblings about political affiliations influencing decisions. Generally Government politicians are said to be arrogant.///---TDM
NEP and the requirement of BUMI equity in companies was a push factors for local companies investing in other countries. Tun Daim is said to have invested billions of hard currencies overseas. His investment overseas and that of other wealthy Bumis makes the 30% NEP target forever unattainable. Yet the government is still insistent in fulfilling Tun Razak’s dead-bed wishes but at the same time working hard to ensure that official statistics fall short of the target! The government and UMNO leaders even got angry with ASLI for reporting that the 30% objective has long been surpassed; they should have been happy for finally achieving success. We know of course that the 30% was a moving target as an excuse for continuing with NEP which TDM admitted was discriminatory to non-Malays.
///Malaysia is short of manpower. The labour intensive industries are not benefiting Malaysians. Foreign workers are remitting huge sums of money home.///--- TDM
Foreign workers also contributed to social problems in the country. There are at least a million illegal workers. If they can go against the law to stay in, would they be afraid of breaking other laws to make their earning easier? Is our PDRM well manned to take care of the million illegal foreign workers if they choose to take the laws in their own hand, after having broken the immigration regulations in the first place?
News reports on snatch are not on the headlines but they are certainly happening on a daily basis. How much are attributable to the illegal workers, and foreigners masqueraded as students?
///The industrial policy must change so that high tech is promoted in order to give Malaysians higher wages to cope with rising costs of living.///---TDM
The regulations for admission to universities and the scholarship awards in the name of NEP have a direct impact on the lack of high tech companies in the country. Changing industrial policy to promote high tech industries may be necessary but for that to work, NEP programmes on education, employment, equities pertaining to racial qualification should all be removed.
///The world is facing economic turmoil due to the depreciation of the US Dollar, the sub-prime loan crisis, rising oil and raw material prices, food shortages and the continued activities of the greedy hedge funds. The possibility of a US recession is real. In a way the US is already in recession. The world economy will be dragged down by it.
Malaysia will be affected by all these problems. I wonder whether the Government is prepared for this./// ---TDM
The government leaders are able and ready to take up residency in foreign countries which are based only on the financial status. The people have been told by the PM and the DPM to change their lifestyle. When oil price is high, don’t drive. When there is no public transport to go to work, don’t go. When price of rice go up, eat less. Eating less in fact improves health condition. Rising food prices brings collateral benefits, and rising oil price and reducing disposable inform helps improve health. It is healthy to change lifestyle.
Salam Tun,
You have always been an inspiration to me and everyone around me.After reading your articles and commens that you made,it is trully heart felt that you are trully a leader for the rakyat.The truth of the matter is, the fuel price hike is bringing a depression upon the people,people like me.After the hike,all my plans for my future is crushed.You see, I was going to persue my studies to have a brighther future but now it has to either halt temporarily or halt forever for no one knows what will the economy will bring in the near future.
But I want to trully thank you for your neverending support for the people.
salam semua...
memang harga minyak dunia naik.. tapi ada cara untuk kasi kesan kenaikan tidak ketara kepada rakyat..
saya ada juga bertengkar dengan kawan saya dulu berkenaan apungan ringgit oleh abdullah n kenaikan harga barang yang terus menerus.. n konsep imbangan pendapatan yang tak setara n kejatuhan kuasa beli lanjutan tindakan pak lah ni.. tapi lepa kurang faham konsep ekonomi..
so come out with this thought.. kenapa negara asia lain kena kesan kemiskinan sehingga kini sebab spekulasi wang tapi malaysia tidak??
sebab Tun bertindak dengan bersungguh2 untuk kestabilan eko malaysia dulu.. supaya rakyat tak menderita.. bermakna setiapa masalah,, besar mana masalah pun.. ada cara penyelesaian.. tapi kena la mintak bantuan orang.. tanya pendapat orang.. baca artikel2 yang sesuai, dan bukanya buat keputusan terus je..
n paklah..?? memang dia jenis buat keputusan terus tanpa fikir pasal rakyat.. yang dia fikir, cara kasi nama dia naik.. n buat konsep baru yang pelik2 kepada rakyat.. bukan nak contohi konsep yang sedia ada di mana dah terbukti berkesan..
saya sangat pelik la.. apa yang paklah nak buat sebenarnya waktu pekenalkan islam hadari n habiskan berjuta-juta ringit.. lebih baik dia buat kempen naikkan kualiti industri barangan malaysia n disiplin kerja yang tinggi secara besar-besaran..
even harga naik.. kualiti bertambah.. rakyat tidak la rasa sangat.. sebab barangan kita kualitinya tinggi.. buruh kita kualitinya baik..
hm.. Melayu mudah lupa..bila dah senang habis yang dulu.. yang susah.. yang bawah.. dilupakan..
"...Perjuangan kita belum selesai
Kerana hanya yang cekal dan tabah
Dapat membina mercu tanda
Bangsanya yang berjaya..."
P/S ; semogo Tun dirahmati allah dan dipanjangkan usia.. amin
penuntut ijazah pengajian perniagaan (kewangan).. tahun 2
Tun,
Saya antara org yg less effected by fuel increased..
Subsidi.. persoalannya siapa yg majoritinya benefit dr subsidi yg melampau dr Kerajaan.
Biar saya kupas sikit.
80% drpd kendaraan di malaysia ni kbykannya digunakan oleh org bandaq2 besar.. mcm KL, penang, alor setar dll.
70% dr org bandaq adalah org yg berpendapatan tinggi & sederhana..
70% dr org yg berpendapatan tinggi & sederhana adalah rakyat malaysia yg kebanyakannya kaya raya & pendapatan tinggi compare dgn org kampung.
70% dr yg kaya raya & berpendapatan tinggi adalah yg memakai adalah kereta mewah yg fuel consumptionnya tinggi. jadi siapa yg isi paling byk?
Jadi persoalannya sekarang.. siapa yg paling byk makan subsidi kerajaan (duit rakyat) ? sampai bila nak bagi kat mereka? adakah org2 miskin layak atau org2 bandar yg kaya raya patut diberi subsidi..
jadi kalaula congak cara saya yg kurang cerdik.. kalau cthlah 56billion subsidi sebelum ni..
maksudnya sebenarnya 70% dr 56billion dpt kat org yg tak layak dapat..
ada baiknya subsidi itu dichanel kepada org2 kg & miskin dgn cara yg lain bukan dr segi subsidi minyak..
mmg ada benarnya kenaikan harga minyak ini mengejutkan semua pihak. tapi saya rasakan ia perlu bagi mengelakkan subsidi jatuh ke tangan org yg tak selayaknya.. sampai bila nak harap subsidi.. Dato' Hassan merican pun dah berbunyi dgn nada yg tak sedap sbb rakyat menghentam Petronas (mungkin kwn2 petronas bole bg komen lebih lanjut kot)..
Tetapi perlunya kerajaan sedar duit potongan itu "mesti" dichannelkan subsidi kepada rakyat miskin dr segi :-
1- subsidi makanan (semua rakyat dapat)
2- subsidi baja dll..(org miskin / petani dpt kbykan org melayu)
3- pembangunan luar bandar.. (tak payah utk pembangunan dlm bandar lagi)
4- concentrate kat sabah sarawak dr segi bantuan.. (kbykan org bumiputera miskin)
Kepada semua bloggers .. jgnla politikkan semua isu.. Kalau betul kerajaan PR prihatin kepada rakyat bglah rebat kepada rakyat negeri sendiri demi mengurangkan beban kenaikan harga minyak.. cth rebat mcm hapuskan cukai pintu ka bg free tambang feri, air free ka (selangor mcmana? dpt ke) dll yg bole kerajaan negeri tolong utk ringankan beban rakyat.. (kalau dah prihatin sgtla)..
Kata2 sinis sblm menutup isu:-
Org malaysia.. dah tau pendapatan tak seberapa beli kereta mewah (naikla moto ka, komuter ka)
Org malaysia.. dah tau duit tak seberapa tapi makan semua tempat hebat2 belaka. (belajaq2 la memasak, kurangkan makan luaq tak elok jugak utk kesihatan)
Org malaysia.. biaq papa asalkn bergaya.. (samalah dgn aku)
Org malaysia.. suka salahkan org lain tanpa menyalahkan diri sendiri (kena la belajaq cara menguruskan wang lepaih ni)
Org malaysia.. hutang keliling pinggang (credit card)
Org malaysia.. suka complain tapi takdak cadangan membina..
Wallaqwaqlam. .
p/s: cuba fikirkan.. masih teringat kata2 DSAI anwar nak tolong rakyat miskin.. saya fikir ini salah satu caranya.. DR Perspektif Lain..
http://other-perspektif.blogspot.com/
Dear Tun,
Since Tun has no party please set up a Dinar Dirham party to promote and fight against the fallacy of paper money and capitalism.
Umar
Dearest TUN
Cara mereka memikir dan membuat keputusan menunjukkan bahawa nasihat daripada negeri asing diberi kepentingan yang luar biasa. Mengapa tidak mohon buah fikiran TUN sendiri sebagai bekas Perdana Menteri yang terbukti telah berjasa pada negara. Kami pasti TUN masih boleh memberi nasihat yang bernas dan tepat.
Mungkin PENASIHAT ini ada "udang disebalik pulau". Ia sedar bahawa TUN tidak boleh dijual beli, tidak makan puji, tidak terbabit dengan rasuah. MAKAnya TUN harus disingkir supaya agenda mereka dapat tercapai melalui boneka2 didalam UMNO.
Mungkin juga mereka sudah hilang kesabaran and juga hilang harapan pada Anwar.
Berhati-hatilah rakyat Malaysia, jangan mudah disogok wang, harta dan kuasa kerana bumi Malaysia amat berharga sekali.
Salam dan Sejahtera untuk Tun DM dan orang-orang Malaysia,
Kalau dulu minyak setong US 30 dollar, namun rakayat=rakyat menikmati projek-projek mega seperti lebuhraya utara-selatan, timur barat, jalan keretapi (KTM) berkembar, komuter, LRT Putra/Star, Petronas Twin Towers,Putrajaya, UIAM, Menara KL, KLIA, Dataran Merdeka, jemabatan Kedua Johor Singapura, Jambatan Bengkok menggantikan causeway (dibatalkan), jambatan Pulau Pinang, yang kedua(macam dah tak jadi), KLCC, Proton SAga, Perodua, KL Sentral, Litar Sepang F1, LIMA dan pembangunan Langkawi (orang Langkawi perlu berterimakasih dengan Tun DM), dan sebagainya. Semua ini adakah untuk Tun DM atau rakyat? Adakah negara berhutang untuk projek2 mega tersebut - tidak adakan! Itu pun Tun DM dikutuk termasuk saya juga, maklumlah manalah saya tahu kerajaan banyak duit. Sebab itu Tun DM dapat menangani gawat kewangan 1997 tanpa bantuan IMF. Tun DM dan orang-orang Tun DM memang smart. Saya minta maaf pada Tun DM dalam hal ini kerana tidak tahu, dan juga pra sangka buruk saya terhadap Tun DM dalam `Tun Salleh Saga' sebab saya baca buku Tun Salleh "May Day For Justice". Sekarang saya dah faham (lihat komen saya pada 6 jun -jam 1.30 pm dalam Tun Salleh Saga")
Kenaikkan minyak mendadak dan tinggi ini membebankan sedangkan kerajaan dilimpahi dengan wang.
Prof Madya Dr Abdul Rani Bin Kamarudin
Fakulti Undang2 IIUM
assalamualaikum Tun..
emm..Tun x ble jd PM skali lg?teruk la PM skrg ni.plg meluat tgk dia pny son in law
Salaam Tun,
Whilst Malaysians are aghasted at the current pump price, most are still not aware that its just the beginning.
I'm told that the pump price will be RM5 by December...and if that's true, my, my...
My poor vision could only envision the closure of the national car industries...along with many others.
Yang menyedihkan lagi, Timb. Menteri KPDN, YB Jelaing Mersat, senyap dan tidak bersuara. Rumah panjang dia sendiri pun pakai minyak diesel utk generator!
Geram betul! Buat apa nak undi BN lagi. Pak Lah nak cakap aper tu.. biar dia cakap..
Orang Sarawak, kita tukar undi pada pilihanraya negeri yang akan datang.
Agi Idup Agi Ngelaban!
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salam tun.
kami sbg rakyat m'sia memang menyanjung tinggi dan menghormati Tun sbg negarawan ulung negara MALAYSIA..(ikhlas dr hati sy dan rakan di sarawak)
erm bgtau nak bg subsidi ni lah tulah... naper tak bagi subsidi minyak jer...kan minyak tu adalah salah satu dr asas kesemua brg keperluan...naper nak kerja sampai 2 3 kali..kerja satu kali da cukuplah..bg subsidi minyak.. thats enough for us as a malaysian..
assalamualaikum tun,
pemikiran yang tungang- langgang ini betul-betul menyesakkan nafas kami, bagaimana pemikiran paklah yang sentiasa mengikut telunjuk orang lain dalam menetapkan sebarang keputusan?
betapa sensaranya rakyat kini dengan keputusan kenaikan minyak sebanyak 40%, dengan perancangan yang tunggang-langang maka esoknya diistiharkan minyak naik, kami terpaksa berhadapan kesesakan yang teruk, kerana pengumuman yang tidak teratur. sepatutnya paklah belajar dari sejarah kenaikan dulu, biarlah pengumuman itu awal sikit dari hari kenaikan..
apa boleh buat, kerana kita mempunyai perdana menteri yanglebih utamakan orang lain dari rakyat. paklah patut berundur demi rakyat. rakyat dah muak,dan jelak dengan tingkah laku paklah kian hari.. paklah sepatutnya layak menjadi menteri kementerian kebudayan dan warisan, bukan sebagai perdana menteri.jiwa paklah bukan sebagai pemimpin rakyat malaysia.
Yang Berbahagia Tun,dan pembaca
Dalam peningkatan harga minyak ini, kita bakal melihat banyak perkara yang negatif bakal berlaku di negara. Peningkatan harga sebanyak 400 peratus isejak kebelakangan ini di lihat sebagai pencetus di dalam kemerosotan kepercayaan dan juga peningkatan kebencian rakyat terhadap kerajaan BN dan juga UMNO terutamanya.
Keputusan2 yang di buat mencerminkan kerajaan sekarang lebih di labelkan sebagai "lembu di cucuk hidung" yang mana hanya tahu mengikut arus ekonomi. Di USA kemelesetan ekonomi semain di rasai dan jejak ini bakal akan di ikuti oleh malaysia. Sikap Pak Lah yang hanya bergantung kepada penasihat "tingkat 4" dan juga penasihat "MTEN" yang tidak berkaliber menyebabkan kepentingan rakyat gagal di jaga dengan baik.
Apakah UMNO ini sekarang sudah kembali kepada persepsi asal iaitu mengagungkan kembali orang asing dalam memberian keputusan negara.KITA BAKAL DI JAJAH SEMULA OLEH BANGSA ASING SEKIRANYA PAK LAH TERUS MEMERINTAH>>
MOHON PARA PEMBACA PIKIRKAN DENGAN SECARA MENDALAM>>>
Azman-jurgen
Dear Toyota58,
Saya merujuk kepada komen Toyota58pada jam 3.31 am June 7, 2008, terutamanya sikap orang2 Malaysia berkehendak semuanya free. Saya maklumkam toyota, Di UK, sekolah dan perubatan (termsasuk rawatan pergigian) adalah percuma. Di UK gaji mereka tinggi, di UK cuti mereka banyak. Berkehendakkan kerja senang itu lumrah dan sifat semula jadi. Elok Toyota cubalah kayuh basikal ke kerja atau naik bas hari-hari. Orang UK dan mana-mana negara maju ada handphone - itu kemudaha perlu. Toyota sendiri saya tidak fikir, mahupun ahli keluarganya berjalan kaki kekedai / sekolah setiap masa – jika ia, sertakan bukti. Bolehkah jiran Toyota sahkan apa yang Toyota dakwa itu betul? Toyoto perlu ingat bahawa rakyat-rakyat membayar cukai – untuk apa cukai itu? Mungkin Toyota tak bayar cukai. Toyota sendiri merungut rakyat Malaysia nak kesenangan namun Toyota sendiri tak mahu pakai Proton tapi gunakan Toyota. Jika benar apa yang Toyota dakwakan, guna becalah/ basikal. Malaysia negara membangun yang Maju – apa yang Toyota katakan itu adalah keterangan (evidence) bahawa negara Malaysia semakin cemerlang dan terbilang. Apa guna negara dilimpahi wang jika wang itu tidak dikembalikan pada rakyat-rakyat. Rakyat-rakyat sebenarnya berkerja keras untuk menikmati kesenangan, tiba-tiba Toyota suruh mereka jalan kaki (berpeluh)dan jangan pakai handphone, astro, jangan ada aircon dirumah (Kipas tangan sudahlah) dan seumpamanya. Mungkin Toyota sekarang sudah menjadi orang senang dan jika Toyota dulu berkerja keras dan sudah menjadi senang, jangan pula menghalang orang lain menikmati kesenangan. Tambahan pula, orang yang senang seperti Toyota tidaklah begitu ramai, ramai lagi orang-orang yang susah, makan pun belum tentu cukup – rumah pun belum ada dan sebagainya. Jangan andaikan bahawa dia ada handphone maka dia kaya atau wang dia cukup, atau sudah ada rumah sendiri.
Prof Madya Dr Abdul Rani Kamarudin
Fakulti Undang2 IIUM
Pada pendapat saya, kerajaan seharusnya mempertimbangkan kenaikan harga minyak khususnya pada kenderaan perdagangan dan pengangkutan awam.
Langkah sedemikian sekurangnya-2 dapat mengelakkan kenaikan harga barangan harian dan tambang kenderaan awam.
Pak lah senang cakap suruh rakyat berjimat-cermat, bagi rakyat yg berpendapatan rendah yg memang dah sediakala berjimat-cermat nak jimat apa lagi? makan rumput ke?
Tun,
Good day, I am very concerned with the current government. What are they thinking? What are their strategies? 1 day, they ban the sales of fuel to foreigners the next day, they lifted it!!! Is this their strategies or they just come out this measure from the sky!!!!!!!!! We really need someone that is far sighted enough to govern or manage the country. I strongly believe that knowledge will make a better person. I strongly hope that the government will only be managed by professional or someone who is far sighted enough. Why MNC or some companies need MBA or at least a degree holder to be their CEO or senior management, I humbly believe this is due to the reasoning that are given by them are much more rational and afterthought. Do you think that our current government really up to mark. I think most of us think otherwise. I am not anti government; I supported BN since I am able to vote. I love BN because they gave me education and also a peaceful life. However I am against those measures or strategies that are so short sighted. I really hope the current government will really think before they say anything!!!!!!!!!
Rgds,
AlexanderTheGreat
Assalamualaikum Yg. Mulia Tun Dr Mahathir
Pada pendapat saya kerajaan seharusnya mengecualikan kenaikan harga minyak atau memberikan subsidi minyak pada kenderaan perdagangan dan pengangkutan awam. Saya rasa ini dapat membantu mengurangkan kenaikan harga barang dan mengurang bebanan tambang dan sekaligus mengalakkan orang ramai mengunakan pengangkutan awam.
Sekian Terima Kasih.
Apa sudah jadi dengan Pak Lah. Sekarang kita tukar slogan UNMO kepada "DULU, KINI DAN TAK MAU LAGI" Sebagai protes kita ramai-ramai keluar UMNO. Biar Pak Lah seorang dalam UMNO sudahlah...
Salam Tun,
This year marks broad inflation in almost all goods.
Reducing exchange rate from RM3.20/USD to RM 2.50/USD translate to saving of RM 0.70.
Taking from the base lower value of RM 2.50 ( The same as the base lower value of oil price), this saving is translated into a reduction of 28% of increase of petrol price. This result to a net increase of only 13% from RM 1.92/liter.
If I am Finance Minister 2, I think the petrol will increase at most to RM 2.17/liter
Before the government increase the petrol price, Finance Minister 2, Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yackop has iterated in his televised interview in RTM1 that he does not want to use currence exchange rate mechanism .
So true as what Rasulullah s.a.w. has said in his hadith
" Hikmah adalah pusaka yang hilang dari orang Islam. Dimana kamu perolehinya maka raihkahlah ia."
The lost treasure of a muslim in Malaysia is the lost of pragmatism.
By being very "jumud" into own thinking without exercising flexibility will lead UMNO to lose it's original fight, that is the jihad for the well-being of the people.
In the past UMNO is strong ; not because the Ministers become the member of UMNO. UMNO is strong only because the people,- rakyat supported UMNO. This can only be continued only if it is seen that UMNO is fighting for the cause of the mass and not the well-being of certain people, especially those who are rich with high income and contracts.
In doing so, I do see that if the currency exchange rate mechanism still not enough to reduce the impact of inflation, the Ministers must first cut down their salary and "transportation allowances" before putting the burden on the shoulder of the rakyat.
In addition tax on high income group of people exceeding RM 20,000 should be increased. According to FM2, currently there are 38,000 citizen earning more than 20,000.
The richest should be the owner of Genting who . according to a magazine a few years ago earns RM 500,000 a month. I believe , if the tax is increase by 5% , this will lead to a saving of RM 1 billion per year. RM 1 billion is equavalent to about 20% of the saving (that is a from a total of 4 billion). If this is done, then the government is doing an economic justice that is ensuring equitable distribution of growth of economy to the rakyat.
Leading through example will not only projected good image to the people but also reaffirmed the perception of the rakyat - that the government (UMNO) is making the jihad for the well-being of the people. Unless this is done, then it is true as in hadith rasulullah , "Hikmah adalah pusaka yang hilang dari orang mukmin".
Salam Tun,
Saya merupakan seorang bekas pelajar dasar pandang ke timur. Terima kasih kepada kerajaan, rakyat Malaysia dan Tun sendiri sebagai pemberi ilham kepada idea dasarpandang ketimur.
Sebelum saya ke Jepun(zaman pemerintahan Tun), saya sangat pro kerajaan, tetapi setelah pulang dr Jepun, 4 tahun kemudian (zaman pemerintahan Pak Lah), saya berasa sangat kecewa dgn keadaan Malaysia sekarang.
4 tahun berada di perantauan, cuma ada satu pembaharuan di Malaysia iaitu EYE ON WORLD yg saya rasa tidak begitu memberi pulangan kepada Malaysia dari segi ekonomi. Harga minyak terus naik 40% dan kini melebihi 100% berbanding 5 tahun yang lalu. Untuk negara pengeluar minyak bermutu tinggi dan bahan2 mentah seperti Malaysia, perkara ini tak seharusnya berlaku. Lainlah seperti Jepun dan negara2 maju yg lain. Lagipun kenaikan taraf hidup mereka seiring dengan kenaikan pendapatan. Tapi di Malaysia kini, rakyat masih membayar pelbagai jenis cukai kepada kerajaan disamping kenaikan harga2 barang. Apa yang dapat dilihat disini ialah, rakyat yang membantu kerajaan dan bukannya kerajaan membantu rakyat. Semuanya diletakkan di bahu rakyat. Sudahlah kena menampung keluarga, kerajaan pon rakyat yang kena tanggung. Yang paling tidak relevan, gaji permulaan masih pada takuk yg lama iaitu sama dengan gaji permulaan pekerja senior yang masuk 10-11 tahun yang lalu. Adakah perkara ini adil untuk generasi muda pada zaman ini sedangkan kos sara hidup semakin tinggi? Untuk graduan seperti saya mungkin cukup2 makan (itupun terpaksa buat byk part time job), bagaimana pula untuk golongan berpendapatan rendah?Tidak hairanlah jenayah semakin meningkat disebabkan oleh desakan dan tekanan hidup.
Kerajaan memberi alasan kenaikan harga minyak supaya tidak menyekat pelancong dr negara jiran dan peruntukan subsidi yang diberikan kepada rakyat lebih baik digunakan untuk pembangunan negara. Adakah kerajaan pasti dapat menggunakan sepenuhnya duit itu utk pembangunan negara atau utk kepentingan diri sendiri melancong ke luar negara mahupun angkasa?
Bukankah sepatutnya mencegah lebih baik dari merawat. Sepatutnya kerajaan telah memikirkan alternatif untuk kemudahan rakyatnya sebelum mebuat keputusan drastik seperti tempoh hari. Kemudahan jalan raya dan pengangkutan awam patut dinaik tarafkan sebelum nak menaikkan harga minyak. Sekurang-kurangnya rakyat mempunyai alternatif lain sebagai langkah penyelesaian. Kerajaan nak mengajar rakyat berjimat, tetapi layakkah? Duit dibazirkan berjuta-juta untuk menghasilkan seorang Doktor untuk menjadi angkasawan, tetapi ramai rakyat yg tertindas.Hasilnya, tak nampak apa pun...
Dear Tun,
Please Save us... Please..
Dear Tun Dr Mahathir,
First of all I'd like to say that 'Melayu cepat lupa'. Their attitudes towards you changed drastically the few moments you left office. For some of us, your farsightedness, your guts, courage and exceptional capability on the homefront and international levels will forever be casted in our hearts and minds, with much respect and gratitude. We are proud to have you served and steered us to the correct path with firmed resolves. You are up there in the league of the exceptional few the like of Lee KY, Mao TT & Thatcher.
Unfortunately the batton had to be passed on to the ordinaire or perhaps in retrospect, to the less than the ordinaire, which has resulted in our trangression into shaky grounds and trouble waters at the moment.
As the net exporter of oil, by not taking action on the domestic petrol and diesel prices would not result in the government losing money, as when dealing with the government, PETRONAS does not mark the domestic oil price to the world oil price (it is not that transparent, but I believe this is the case).
What happened was the Government would lose an opportunity to make a big chunk of additional money if the domestic oil price was not adjusted to the world oil price.
By increasing the domestic petrol and diesel prices to such a high level, the government cashed in on high world oil prices or to a certain extent took advantage of high world oil price environment to make additional income at the expense of the people. The final outcome is the government's account changes to big positive and the people's accounts change to big negative.
This decision to have additional income at the expense of the people should not have even crossed the government's mind considering that they "lost badly" in the recent general election. The people will not forget this in years to come, not even for the next 4 years when we'll have the next general election. How could they miss this perspective, so soon after their "defeat".
As the net exporter of oil, the only real factor which influences domestic oil prices is the PETRONAS exploration and production costs. Eventhough the exploration and production costs have doubled in the last 10 years, these costs do not translate into the same percentage increase for domestic retail prices of petrol and diesel, as there are other costs involved, and not all these costs should be passed on to consumers; some should be absorbed by oil companies which should result in reduced profits. But what we know PETRONAS profit has been breaking record after record for the past few years.
To sum it up, it was right to increase the petrol and diesel retail prices but to an extent to cover the increase in exploration and production costs but not to make extra money out of it; and not so when the people (who 50% of them voted against the government - popular vote) have to pay more for it.
Sebagai rakyat Malaysia, saya merasa sungguh mengaibkan kerana negara kini dibawah pemerintah Perdana Menteri lembek (Abdullah Badawi). Lembik dalam semua hal ehwal negara, bercakap tak guna akal (cakap lepas)dan langsung tidak ada wawasan.
Bilakah Perdana Menteri Malaysia yg berakal cetek dan bertarafkan penghulu kampung ini mahu meletakkan jawatan? Saya rasa sungguh malu bila mendengar beliau berucap.. sungguh mengaibkan... sungguh daif sungguh tak bertamadun... Tidak memberikan sebarang makna langsung....
Jutaan Terima Kasih Tun Dr. Mahathir atas segala jasa dan bakti kepada Negara.
* Malaysia ke arah kemunduran dibawah pemerintah Abdullah Badawi yg tak mengenang budi dan berfikiran sempit.
MINYAK NAIK,
nak pi menjaja,
petrol naik,tepung dah naik ,harga kuih muih naik,macam lah masak guna petrol.
nak pi kerja,
petrol naik,tambang bas naik tapi perkhidmatan tak pernah tambah baik.
nak pi marketing barang dapur,
petrol naik semua pun nak naik,beras,susu,sampaikan selipar jepun pun nak naik harga.
SEKARANG,
petrol naik,semua darah naik pi kepala,ada yang dah naik angin.naik menyampah,semua dah naik.
petrol naik,gaji tak naik-naik juga,katanya penyeragaman,penyusunan semula.
katakan sajalah ingin menaikkan kesusahan rakyat,menaikkan semangat penentangan.padan muka.
AKAN DATANG
petrol naik,jangan sampai rakyat serbu naik tingkat 4.
petrol naik jangan sampai kucing pun naik angin makanan dia pun turut naik.
petrol naik,jangan sampai kaki,tangan,kepala semua naik pi baling sepak pemimpin.
HARAP-HARAPLAH MASUK TANDAS HARGA TAK NAIK JUGA.
Salam Tun,
I really happy with ur action towards current government.How are u,Dr.Tun?I pray to god,u live another 100 years in this world with healthy.
I also very angry with Pak Lah's government by hike the oil prices...we ,in Malaysia produce the oils...we should have enough oil for our people consumes for cars,lorries and buses..
But the pak lah's government increase the oil price until the rakyat suffer for daily living cost..Pak Lah and his ministers all get high salary...RM 20,000/- to RM 80,000/-.Their living standard like king..have bodyguards,maids and luxury houses and luxury cars with drivers..they live happily with lot of money..in their pockets...For them,don't know..rakyat biasa..how suffer..daily in Malaysia?
I get salary RM 1,000 per month in sales..End of the month,not enough money to fill petrol for my kancil car..But the government ministers all enjoying their allowances and bonus and extra...If this still going on like this,I believe,next election,Pak Lah government totally lose to opposition party and the opposition party will take over Malaysia and They control Malaysia.That time,current Pak Lah government don't angry with rakyats of Malaysia!!
I hoped,Dr.Tun understand our feelings as rakyat miskin.TQ.
Salam, Tun yang diingati
Tak tau nak kata Tun, ,minyak naik walapun golongan macam saya ni tak begitu terasa tetapi apabila mengenangkan nasib golongan berpendapatan rendah, TERMENUNG MALAM saya dibuatnya, dulu ayah saya orang susah, sekarang rakan, saudar, kenalan, orang-orang kampung ramai yang menderita. bukan sebab harga minyak naik sahaja tetapi rentetan dari kenaikan tu menyebabkan segalanya naik!! Kenapa Pak lah jadi macam tu? mesti ada yang tak kena. ini hukuman Allah harap sedarlah, kepimpinan UMNO dan teruk, kembalilah Tun ideamu masih diperlukan
Salam, Tun yang diingati
Tak tau nak kata Tun, ,minyak naik walapun golongan macam saya ni tak begitu terasa tetapi apabila mengenangkan nasib golongan berpendapatan rendah, TERMENUNG MALAM saya dibuatnya, dulu ayah saya orang susah, sekarang rakan, saudar, kenalan, orang-orang kampung ramai yang menderita. bukan sebab harga minyak naik sahaja tetapi rentetan dari kenaikan tu menyebabkan segalanya naik!! Kenapa Pak lah jadi macam tu? mesti ada yang tak kena. ini hukuman Allah harap sedarlah, kepimpinan UMNO dan teruk, kembalilah Tun ideamu masih diperlukan
Salam, Tun yang diingati
Tak tau nak kata Tun, ,minyak naik walapun golongan macam saya ni tak begitu terasa tetapi apabila mengenangkan nasib golongan berpendapatan rendah, TERMENUNG MALAM saya dibuatnya, dulu ayah saya orang susah, sekarang rakan, saudar, kenalan, orang-orang kampung ramai yang menderita. bukan sebab harga minyak naik sahaja tetapi rentetan dari kenaikan tu menyebabkan segalanya naik!! Kenapa Pak lah jadi macam tu? mesti ada yang tak kena. ini hukuman Allah harap sedarlah, kepimpinan UMNO dan teruk, kembalilah Tun ideamu masih diperlukan
Salam buat Tun.
Saya amat bersetuju dgn Tun bila kerajaan sekarang amat gemar bermentalitikan 'flip-flop' dalam kebanyakan keputusan yang mereka ambil. Contohnya, projek rel berkembar. Kemudian kes rasuah profil tinggi, dakwat pilihanraya, dan yang terbaru seperti yang Tun jelaskan. Dan saya tidak akan terkejut jika tidak lama lagi mereka akan beria-ia pula untuk membina semula jambatan bengkok Tun yang famous satu masa dulu. Dalam konsep 'bekerja bersama saya' oleh kerajaan sekarang, tidakkah dapat pendapat rakyat yang 22 juta orang ini didengari oleh kerajaan sekarang, atau perlukah kami menyatakan dengan lebih jelas lagi dalam PRU13 nnt? Tidak dapat dibayangkan jika DS Anwar memanipulasikan situasi sekarang, mungkin hajat beliau untuk jadi PM pada selewat-lewatnya Sept ini jadi kenyataan.
Bantulah kami Tun.
salam buat tun,
saya baca dan fikir apa yg tun ulas ttng harga minyak..
tidak kah ada satu makhluk yg cuba menganiaya pm agar berbuat demikian? mungkin utk merosakkan imej pm sendiri agar dpt mengambil alih tampuk pimpinan negara? saya amat kecewa dgn apa yg berlaku walaupun saya kurang teliti dgn gerakan ekonomi negara khasnya..mungkin utk rakyat brpendapatan rm3k keatas,mereka masih lg selesa sedikit brbanding kami yg brpendapatan rm1k kebawah dan mempunyai komitmen keluarga..
Dear Tun,
I am a financial analyst with a major investment house and substantially cover the oil and gas industry,locally as well as regionally for the benefit of our global investors.
Allow me to rectify some facts in your otherwise flawless analysis of the oil situation.
Malaysiakini, on Thursday, ran an excellent article on where the oil revenue went and what it takes to keep the nation's oil company afloat in midst of extreme competition globally and geopolitics instability.
I think many people are confused between PETRONAS, the government and the subsidy issue.
i. PETRONAS, like Shell,BP and Exxonmobile is a commercial entity. What revenue it makes, it pays a substantial amount of taxes, royalty, dividends to the government.
ii. Much of PETRONAS' revenue is generated through its investments abroad, not in Malaysia.Its reserves in Malaysia is very limited. That is why they have to always invest abroad, to compete with other oil companies for new sources of oil. Or else money for Malaysia will run dry when the oil in Malaysia runs dry. Investing abroad is very, very expensive.
iii. Malaysia's domestic oil production is very small. It cannot be compared with Saudi Arabia, Qatar or Kuwait, with largest production as well as reserves in the world.
iv. To say that cost of operations have not changed is grossly inaccurate. Cost of operations and logistics have increased tremendously - about 300 percent world wide - when oil is expensive, everybody wants to monetise, so it has to compete with other oil producers.Not to mention the staff being lured away by overseas companies offering much higher salaries.
THE CRUNCH - With the taxes paid by all companies in the country to the government,it then decides what to do with the money.
Subsidies are a GOVERNMENT decision, whether they want to subsidise rice, or fertiliser or petrol, or not subsidise anything at all and let everything be sold at market rate - its up to them.
Petroleum prices is at present a controlled item. Its price is set by the government. If they decide to continue to subsidise petroleum but not as much as before - and set the price at RM2.70, all companies i.e. Shell, PETRONAS, BHP, Esso have to sell at that price.
Given that the oil issue is a worldwide phenomenon and Malaysians are not the only ones feeling the pain, the question is what is the government doing to MAKE LIFE MORE BEARABLE for the common people?
The more accurate question would be given the amount of money that has been paid into the government coffers, WHAT has been done with it? WHERE has it gone to?
At the end of the day Malaysians must ask the right questions, make the right people accountable.Or else life is going to be worse for everybody and unscrupulous politicians on both sides of the fence will further their own causes and thrive on the people's ignorance.
Pray and pray and pray that this country does not go to the dogs. We love it too much.
Dear Tun,
Kita dah kehilangan keyakinan kpd kerajaan...'Selalu cakap tak serupa bikin'.
Saya berharap dan berdoa agar perubahan akan berlaku supaya Tun akan dapat membimbing atau menjadi penasihat kpd pemimpin baru kelak! Supaya kita akan kembali kearah Maju dan Makmur.
Hidup Malaysia!
Wish u best of Heatlh!
Tun,
Semakin lama Tun menulis di Blog semakin ramai yang memberi komen dan membaca blog Tun. Hakikatnya Tun dah bantu kerajaan PAL LAH dari kritikan dan tomahan penulis blog yang lain termasuk RPK dalam Malaysia today. Sebabnya, Tun keluarkan segala fakta dan bukti.
Maka rakyat sekarang sudah semakin tahu..
dan kerajaan kena tahu sekarang bukan tohmahan, tetapi pendedahakan dan pembuktian yang membuktikan bahwa KERAJAAN HARI INI ADA KEKURANGAN.
saya memang sangat tak setuju yang kerajaan menaikkan harga minyak sebanyak 40%... kenape kerajaan sekarang nie melakukan kenaikan secara berperingkat-peringkat serperti yang saran oleh tun...adakah kerajaan sekarang nie dalam keadaan terdesak untuk membayar hutang projek-projek yang telah dibatalkan dengan cara menaikkkan minyak kerajaan dapat tambah pendapatan untuk membayar hutang yang kerajaan sendiri yang tak dapt membayarnya sendiri...hutang itu bukan dari rakyat itu berpunca dari kegagalan danjuga kebodohan kerajaan yang di terjui paklah....akibat kebodohan kerajaan sekarangnie rakyat yang menaggung beban dan orng yang susah akan menjadi lebih susah...kadang kala saya terfikir ape akan jadi generasi yang akan datang adakah kehidupan generasi akan datang hidup mereka tidak akan terjamin lagi...yang hidup mereka akan lebih melarat lagi..sekarang pun kita dapat rasakan kesusahan hidup di Malaysia nie...
i am extremely disappointed with the increase in fuel prices. the decision is too sudden and the increase is way too much than one would expect.
i dun see why the government must cut down almost all the subsidies when petronas has a lot of cash upon the government's disposal.
from how i see it, most of petronas's profits are used to cater for some mega projects which will, in the end, become white elephants, proven with time.
i am very frustrated with the attitude of our current politicians who seem to be stuck in the political paradigm although its almost 3 months since the general election.
they should contribute to the people, cos that's how they rise to the top. not just be arrogant and ignore people's needs.
lets ask the ministers to change their lifestyles to counter the increase in petrol prices. why dont they change their official cars to Kancil. saving petrol and the rakyat's money.
why no such action?
YO TUN,
Once upon a time i was a very big fan of you.(until you hand over to a.a.badawi).
But now, for me you had already done a very big mistake in your life which is now killing us softly and hardly.
Even though you was a great leader before, but now for me u already failed. You failed to give all malaysians a good replacement.
You must responsible for this.
now... i understand
the effect of increasing oil price..
Askm Tun Dr. Mahathir,
Ada beberapa perkara yang saya perhatikan kebodohan kerajaan menangani isu minyak ini. Menunjukkan kerajaan sekarang tidak membuat kajian terperinci sebelum membuat keputusan. Apa yang saya utarakan adalah tambahan daripada perkara yang telah dihantar menerusi blog ini.
1. Kerajaan kata hendak tolong yang miskin dan meminta yang kaya membayar lebih. Ini diasaskan kepada kuasa kereta (cc). Saya fikir cara ini adalah untuk memudahkan kerajaan Pak Lah buat pukul rata aje.
Cuba kita lihat, banyak kereta mewah di atas RM 100,000 dimiliki orang kaya adalah rendah ccnya seperti mercedes C180, E200, BMW, Volkswagen dll.
Di samping itu, kereta yang memiliki cc yang lebih tinggi tidak semestinya orang berada. Ramai yang masih memandu kereta volvo lama, mercedes second hand dll. Mereka ini tidak dapat menjual kereta mereka kerana tak ada pembeli! Jadi terpaksalah memandunya, nak jual rugi. Simpan pun dah rugi sekarang. Terperangkap atas sikap ambil mudah kerajaan Pak Lah, atau lebih spesifik, Sharir Samad!
Kalau nak buat, kan boleh berpandu nilai kereta... Susah sangat ke, check dengan insurans?
2. Pak Lah sekarang telah melemahkan UMNO! Betul la seperti Tun katakan, Pak Lah adalah pemusnah parti. Saya gerenti, kalau bulan depan ada pilihanraya, 10 negeri akan hilang. BN akan hilang kuasa politik. Tak percaya? Cubalah.
3. Kerajaan kata masih ada subsidi RM 625. Tapi bila nak dapat? Setahun lagi? Sementara itu, ikat perut... Pandai2 lah kau rakyat... kata Pak Lah.
Tun,
Saya tak nampak apa perancangan Pak Lah.Harga Minyak naik tanpa mengambil kira perasaan rakyat sedangkan kita masih untung dari segi kedapatan eksport minyak.Sekiranya minyak di subsidikan kerajaan masih lagi untung.Di sini saya melihat adalah agenda Pak lah untuk melupuskan UMNO dan meranapkan parti UMNO.Pak Lah dengan sengaja berbuat demikian supaya UMNO terus lenyap supaya kawannya Anwar Ibrahim dapat memerintah.
Assalamualaikum Tun...
Tun, i agree with some bloggers said that we need an alternative power to spare the use of petroleum in our country.
Why don't we build a solar vehicle with a built in petrol system so that in the day, a car will use a solar power as it's primary power and a petrol as a backup if the weather condition are rainy or cloudy. By the night, the car will use a fully petrol as it's secondary power because the sun never rises at night.
And then, about the alternative way to generate electricity by petroleum gas. How about we use the biofuel energy sources or nuclear energy sources as an alternative way to spare the use of petroleum gas that will be finished day by day if it's keep digged in the future.
I know the nuclear energy sound ridiculous idea because of the high cost production and need a lot of intelligent to build it. Furthermore,the U.S goverment will interfere with our country if that happen. But to think about a long terms of the petroleum uses and the cost of it, why don't we just try to built one. This is for the good sake of our country in the future.
I think somehow and someday this petroleum as i called it as "BLACK GOLD" will be finished. Soon, we will be forced by the nature itself to make an alternative way to spare the use of this black gold after it were finished digging by us, human for the sake of humanity.
Sekian Tun, Wassalam...
assalamualaikum Tun.
sebelum mula nak mintak maaf dulu kalu ape yg dititipkan ni agak kurang sopan. Dulu mase Tun memimpin byk terdengar org mengutuk akan kepimpinan Tun, nak nak mase Tun naik kan minyak yg pertama, ade yg asik doakan Tun berhenti, cepat mati n macam2 lagi, tapi la ni yg mana mengutuk dulu jadi memuji pulak Tun ni lebih baik dari Pak lah. Org2 kampung yg mana menyokong BN dari era Tun dulu naik serba salah, ramai jugak yg dah tukar parti. Dan sekarang ni ramai la yg duk kutuk2 si Paklah tu pulak, selagi dia berkuasa selagi tu la kite semua duk adap ape yg dtg nnti. kalau jangka masenye memimpin same lama dengan Tun adoiii... tak tahu la ape yg akan jadi.. Doa doakan la kite semua selamat dan hidup aman damai dan senang lenang ye Tun..
for me better naikkan harga minyak same dgn jiran... so derang takyah nk dtg sini abis kan minyak kite... tapi tulung la tgk balik tentang harga kete(duti import), harga local car takkan nk mahal gak... i know la bisnes buat nk untung, tapi dalam negara berpatutan la dgn gaji. another one, pasal gaji, revised balik gaji kat malaysia nih... kalau seme barang nk naik, gaji jek tak naik, ape citer.. tak logik langsung. skang kalau duduk kl gaji 2k susah la nk hidup. boleh tapi susah.
I think a lot of the lower paid staff in my company is going to "suffer" soon due to the expected. hell even the stall owners in our office building are telling us that they are going to increase the food price from next week onwards!!Yeah ppl with lower pay might have to alter their spending pattern, it can be done but at what expense...LIFE IS TOO SHORT..if we can enjoy the fruits of our hard labour now, then when! Year 97/98,i was earning gross RM1.8K per month and my god i was suffering....use to have dinner consisting of Nasi Paprik, Sayur Campur & telur dadar and it costs RM10.00 only (Nearly EVERYDAY). Occasionally or once a week eat Pizza!! Now i dont think we can get that anymore. I even sold my beloved "letchumi", ie. proton wira at below market price, No handphone (blacklisted actually), no new clothes for so many years, Credit Card max-up, had to do cash advance to give monthly "allowance" to my parents..end up can't pay the min coz DSAI so SMART increased this & that, including the min repayment to 10 or 15%. Crazy old C**t that guy, increased interest, increased this & that. How can you expect ppl or he rakyat to alter their lifestyle immediately!!!! Ppl do have previous expenses right?? Well it took me until 2003 to really managed to stabilised my financial situation. Now Y2008 earning >RM10K p/ mth & i am NOW watching my belt again...do not want to face the same difficult situation anymore.My two cents "life" story. Be brave Malaysians....do expect the worst to come running to us soon....
Sakit wooo...dulu tuang 30hengget,skrg kene tuang 42hengget..PakLah n the gang ckp mmg la mudah,diorang kesana kesini sume bole claim..kita2 nie yg golongan bawahan amat terasa keperitannya...Harap2 Tun boleh 'basuh' diorang smpai diorang sedar sket..
Keep it up Tun, U have my full support..
minyak naik,barang pun naik....satu ja yg boleh diturunkan skrg ni....paklah,turunlahhhhh
salam tun ")
im one of the younger generation here.
i love malaysia and im proud of what it has become.
but as the newcomer i can see..things that the government cant see.
the rakyat is separating.which just makes us more confuse.
y arent we the malays.work 2gete.
y arent the government stop being stubborn and cocky.instead hear us.us.the next leaders have in mind.train us teach us.
i love umno.the history.amazing.
the commitment and spirit is extraordinar.but i cannot see it now.no more.i do not know what to fight for.i want malaysia to be when u are there tun ").
people need to change.malays need to learn.we all need to learn respect and nobility ")
pak lah.stop it.and hear what we have to say.
I have to change m lifestyle
- make less travelling
- will choose lower price items
- will not buy from kedai runcit, I have to buy bundles from Carrefour or Giants ( sorry I have no choice )
- I'm in IT field so I'll try make less travelling since it can be done from home.
- I will not buy any printed newspapers
- Thinking of trading my 1.8 Altis to 1.3 Myvi but Wife still disagree
- I have websites that registered 2 millions pageviews everymonth, will try to make money from advertising
- I will not makan nasi, and will choice bread instead of that
- I'll try to use notebooks all the time since the lower power consumption over desktop PC
- I'll drive at 3K RPM maximum to maximise fuel effiencency
- I don't have any credit cards, but wife does. So both of us will get rid of that as first priority.
- my Global Oil Price indicator at my blog already showing current oil price is at staggering USD138 per barrel ( http://protonmania.com )
I'm typical person who don't even care about local politics since my work nature requires me to put total concentration on learning new things in ICT. Well now I have to open a window and see what's happening in our local politics scene.
Pak Lah tu tak pernah sedar walaupun BN tumbang teruk dalam pilihanraya yang lepas. Dia tak pernah sedar, tak pernah memahami kesukaran rakyat, tak pernah memikirkan rakyat.
I believe many of us can't wait for another election to vote Pak Lah out. What has he done to help the people? Naik harga minyak saja yang pandai.
Ulasan Ayahnda Tun memang ada asas. Malaysia amat bertuah memiliki Ayahnda Tun yang berfikiran analitikal lagi berasas. Kesimpulannya PakLah adalah PM paling pemalas dan Sombong serta mudah ditipu oleh orang asing
Assalamua'laikum YABhg Tun
Saya sebenarnya amat gusar berkenaan isu kenaikan harga bahan api yang kini nyata membebankan rakyat. Saya sendiri terlibat dalam urusan consultancy melibatkan industri minyak di peringkat antarabangsa.
Saya merasakan sebenarnya rakyat Malaysia 'is being shortchanged' oleh Petronas dan juga Kerajaan Malaysia.
Case in point being:
Apakah harga pasaran dunia sebagaimana diwar-warkan oleh kerajaan harga kos sebenar yang ditanggung oleh Petronas?
Yang saya maklum, sebagai contoh adalah harga kos minyak diesel di pasaran dunia berbanding harga di dalam negara.
Bagi 1 metrik tan diesel gred D2 (sulphur content <0.02%), harga yang disiarkan adalah dalam lingkungan USD1,200 hingga 1,300 pmt pada bulan Mei.
Perbezaan harga wujud berdasarkan kedudukan loji penapisan, gred kualiti dan juga pengeluarnya.
D2 daripada Petronas sebagaimana yang disiarkan di carta Platts adalah MOPS +USD5 premium. MOPS adalah cara perkiraan harga yang dianggap paling tinggi berbanding Dubai Platts, ataupun Venezuelean Basket. In bermakna, jika diambil secara konservatif, harga 1 metrik ton D2 Petronas adalah sekitar USD1,205(pada anggapan harga paling murah).
Walaubagaimanapun, saya sendiri melalui usuran transaksi yang saya kendalikan, saya dapati bahanbakar diesel gred D2 daripada Russia, hanya didagangkan sekitar USD750 pmt pada bulan lepas bagi penghantaran minimum 1juta ton metrik sebulan.
Bermakna, sekiranya Petronas mengimpot dan menjual semula bahanbakar ini, keuntungan atas angin sahaja sudahpun bernilai USD445 pmt. Dan sudah tentu jumlah yang dikendalikan oleh Petronas bukanlah hanya 1 metrik ton sebulan!
Berbalik kepada pengkiraan subsidi:
Adakah Petronas membuat perkiraan kos berdasarkan kos sebenar yang mungkin hanya USD750 pmt ataupun berdasarkan harga spekulasinya iaitu USD1205?
Jika ianya yang kemudian, maka bukan sahaja Petronas membohongi rakyat dan kerajaan, malah membuat keuntungan berkali lipat.
Wajarnya konsep economics of scale digunapakai, iaitu apabila lebih banyak jualan di buat, maka lebih banyak pengurangan kosnya juga.
Mohon YABhg Tun dapat berkongsi pendapat, memandangkan YABhg Tun adalah juga Penasihat (yang tidak pernah diminta untuk menasihat) kepada Petronas
Terima kasih & Wassalam
Assalamualaikum Tun
Terima kasih atas penjelasan yang diberikan kepada kami rakyat Malaysia. Memang betul apa yang dikatakan berkenaan isu minyak ini, sepatutnya memang patut harga masih lagi dikekalkan kerana kita adalah pengeluar minyak juga. Jangan la nak dibandingkan dengan negara lain yang tidak keluarkan minyak. Kepada Pak Lah and the geng, jangan perbodohkan rakyat..rakyat dah banyak yang pandai kaji benda-benda camni...
Cuba kita lihat pada Thailand, setahu saya walaupun harga minyak di sana rm4.00 tetapi saya diberitahu di sana tiada tol macam di malaysia ni.....So apa Pak Lah nak jawab...
Dah la tahun lepas tak dapat bonus, janji nak kasi Saguhati lepas tu, sama jugak..yang Cuepact kata bagus la Pak Lah dapat 5 dari 6 tuntutan, yang penjawat awam nak dengar bukan yang 5 , yang 1 tak dapat tu...apa la cuepact pun tak reti bahasa...last-last dapat saguhati minyak naik...betul la kata kawan kita.. Pak Lah diberi jolokan Bapa Kenaikan Harga...
Lagi satu, suruh rakyat ubah cara hidup, diaorang la dulu ubah...macam satu email kat tv3, memang patut pun potong semua elaun Paklah and the geng, diaorang leh la kata , diaorang naik kereta kerajaan..cuba la duduk umah sendiri dan bayar sendiri...bukan Yang Berhormat sepatutnya Yang Berkhidmat...ni semua diaorang sapu geng diaorang ja... Mana aci..kami rakyat terbeban dan terseksa...
Apa la Paklah and teh geng termasuk la Sharir samad..dulu duduk dalam PAC , macam- macam komplen, la ni dia sendiri pulak yang bangang..
Hai..apa la nak jadi...xada ka cara yang Tun leh bantu kitaorang rakyat ni..ari tu bagi kenaikan gaji...bagi kerajaan la naik dari 15% ke 40% kalau tak silap...abis dah minyak naik 40%, macam tak ada la bezanya..dulu Paklah kata dah naik gaji tak yah la kerja sambilan lagi,...ni minyak dah naik..kami kena la kerja sambilan balik..jangan la duduk sekat-sekat pulak...yang diaorang ada bisnes xapa, tapi bila kakitangan awam.. tak boleh pulak...
itu cerita pasal kakitangan awam, cuba tgk pulak kalau orang keje sendiri, lagi masalah...diaorang takde pendapatan tetap ...mana nak cari duit tambahan
Tu la pangkah sangat PakLAh...nak salah sape...sendiri mau ingat la...
Assalamualaikum Tun,
Saya sedih dan terkilan dengan tindakan kerajaan sekarang lebih-lebih lagi berhubung dengan isu kenaikan harga bahanapi. Banyak isu yang pada pendapat saya tidak "masuk-dek-akal".
Yang pertama, kerajaan mulanya menwar-warkan untuk menaikkan harga bahanapi pada bulan September,tapi secara tiba-tiba harga dinaikkan pada bulan ini. Apa rasionalnya?
Yang kedua soal subsidi. Sekiranya betul kerajaan memperjuangkan nasib golongan berpendapatan rendah, kenapa kapasiti injin 2000cc dijadikan asasnya sedangkan saiz kapasiti injin yang sama digunakan oleh pengeluar kenderaan mewah seperti Mercedes Benz, BMW, Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, Proton Perdana dsbnya, yang harga barunya mencecah ratusan ribu . Sejak bila pulak golongan berpendapatan rendah menggunakan kenderaan sebegini?
Kalau masih belum 'celik' ingin saya mengambil kesempatan ini untuk menyatakan bahawa kami golongan 'terpingkir' ini rata-ratanya hanya menggunakan motorsikal atau kenderaan terpakai yang kurang dari 2000cc untuk penggangkutan. Justeru kerajaan haruslah memperincikan kaedah penyaluran subsidi ini supaya ia dapat dimanafaatkan oleh golongan sasaran dan bukannya kepada para menteri dan ahli politik yang rata-ratanya menggunakan kenderaan mewah sekadar untuk ke 'pasar' dan kemudiannya menwar-warkan bahawa mereka menperjuangkan nasib rakyat.
Saya juga ingin mengambil kesempatan ini untuk mengucapkan tahniah kepada penyokong Pak Lah. Kalau dahulunya mantan Menteri Besar Selangor mengucapkan tahniah kepada rakyat Selangor kerana mendapat Ladang Ternakan Babi Moden sempena kemenangan parti pembangkang, kini tahniah kepada seluruh penyokong Pak Lah kerana kenaikan harga bahanapi keterlaluan setelah BN membentuk kerajaan. Tahniah. Malaysia Boleh!!!
Plse Tun, make a comeback & take over the helm again to save our
Country. Pak Lah is proven to be inefficient as was obvious in the recent election. He is only very good in one thing - Barang Naik!! Pantas Lah!!!
Chet Det, Tun
Posto! Posto!
(tip all given)
i. The Fed's twin mandate puts Bernanke in a tough spot
By Michael Mackenzie in New York Fri Jun 6, 4:55 PM ET
When it comes to talking about the dollar, silence is usually golden at the Federal Reserve. But this week Ben Bernanke waded into waters usually charted by the US Treasury in order to bolster the Fed's inflation-fighting credentials.
The Fed has a twin mandate of keeping both unemployment and inflation low. By linking higher import prices and consumer price inflation with a weaker dollar, Mr Bernanke highlighted how the central bank is caught between the nasty forces of slow growth and rising consumer prices...
Elevated oil prices also hurt global growth. Stronger growth outside the US has boosted the appeal of buying dollar-denominated exports in recent months. While the weaker dollar has fanned higher import prices, the boost in exports has helped stem the US economy's descent into a full-blown recession for now.
So it seems reasonable on the part of the Fed to try to stem the dollar's slide and, in turn, place a cap on oil. This would halt some of the pain at the pump for consumers - but would probably not push the US currency so high that it would start to harm the humming export sector. Together with easy monetary policy, the dollar helps to cushion the blow from the credit squeeze and the still-unfolding pain in the consumer sector.
Complicating matters now is the stance of the ECB. A rate rise this summer will only weigh further on a dollar backed by a 2 per cent Fed funds rate versus the ECB's current overnight rate of 4 per cent. With growth slowing in the eurozone and motorists protesting against high petrol prices, a rate hike seems questionable.
But there is little doubt the ECB's tough inflation stance will pressure the dollar lower. And, in turn, that will boost oil and fan inflation worries, confirming the likelihood of rate rises in Europe, so setting in chain a vicious cycle of further weakness in the dollar.
This leaves the Fed in the difficult position of watching import prices rising further and intensifying pain for consumers. All of which fosters the debate about inflation and possible Fed rate increases this year...
ii. Credit crisis still not behind Wall Street
By JOE BEL BRUNO, AP Business Writer 1 hour, 43 minutes ago
NEW YORK - The chief executives at the world's biggest financial institutions might have been a bit too optimistic by declaring we may be nearing the end of the global credit crisis.
Morgan Stanley's John Mack said in April it had reached its eighth inning or "maybe top of the ninth" of a baseball game. Goldman Sachs' Lloyd Blankfein compared it to football's "third or fourth quarter." Richard Fuld at Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch's John Thain were also more upbeat about the future.
Just as Wall Street started to look safer for investors, another wave of anxiety about the financial industry, inflation and the economy dragged down stocks this past week.
Investors continue to worry that the pain might not be over for financial companies — and that the market as a whole will suffer until investment banks release quarterly results later this month...
iii. Asian powers, US warn oil shock to hit global economy
by Miwa Suzuki
1 hour, 56 minutes ago
AOMORI, Japan (AFP) - The United States and Asia's four largest powers voiced concern on Saturday after a record spike in oil price as worries grew that energy costs may derail the global economy.
Oil prices, which have soared five-fold since 2003, posted their highest ever one-day gain of 10.75 dollars to close at a new record of 138.54 dollars in New York after hawkish remarks by an Israeli official on oil producer Iran.
US Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said that the record oil prices were "a shock" and warned oil producers that it would do them no good if the US economy took a hit....Soaring oil prices have been blamed on a variety of factors including turbulence in the Middle East and rising consumption by emerging economies such as China and India.
Analysts said the sharp spike overnight was a reaction to reported remarks by Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz on Iran, a major oil producer.
Mofaz, a former defence chief, warned that the Jewish state would attack Iran if it continued its alleged nuclear weapons drive, although he stressed such an operation could only be conducted with US support.
Despite the spike, Bodman said he did not see oil prices as a "crisis" and denied the need for tighter regulations of oil markets...
iv. Stagflation round the corner Dawn
By M. Ziauddin
The Bank of England in its Inflation Report last week warned that the British economy is heading towards a recession. However, other indepdenent economists see a serious bout of stagflation round the corner as production is slowing down visibly at a time when inflation rate is threatening to hit four per cent against the annual target of two per cent...
Nota:
Okay, that put the crude oil to a possible USD150@barrel this summer - just to test the market and it depends on the winter this year and the weather outlook: the major crops producing areas.
What do you think, Tun?
Abdullah says the ringgit is going to appreciate...do you remember the late 70s - the stagflation times? it was different for us then, wasn't it?
I would not want to ask Tan Sri Zeti - she is way, way smarter than me - she has two minds. I don't want to disturb MoF-II.
ok - one copy goes to that old gentleman scribe.
Talking about weird decisions by the Government, they just announced today that details of 4 "swift measures" to ease the burden of the increased petrol price will be made next week. The mind boggles:
1. If they already have the 4 measures in policy, why wait until next week to reveal all?
2. Why didn't they just announce these measures concurrently with the announcement about the oil price increase? They could have then put more emphasis on these easing measures to downplay the impact of the sudden, whopping price increase.
This Government needs a professional PR agency really badly, I must say. And a better understanding of the meaning of "swift" to go along with it.
atlaxSalam Tun,
Kenaikan harga minyak yang mendadak ini sememangnya memberi impak sangat negatif kepada rakyat. Seperti Tun kata sebelum ini, kita bukan sahaja marah dengan harga kenaikan bahan api tersebut, tetapi cara perlaksanaannya dibuat. Perlaksanaan ini seperti “Ad Hoc” dan “terdesak”. Kredibiliti pelaksana sama sekali menjunam ke lantai.
Malaysia ditadbir oleh banyak menteri yang kita anggarkan mandat itu dibuat kerana rekod kecemerlangan mereka dalam mentadbir Negara. Tetapi kini ternyata, kemenangan mereka hanya sekadar politik dan bukan kerana bijak atau cekap dalam mentadbir. Keadaan ini perlu kita tangani kerana kemenangan calon berdasarkan hanya pada kuasa politik dan wang hanya akan merugikan Negara.
Kerajaan Dato’ Seri Abdullah seumpama “Kerajaan Puting Beliung” di mana segala masalah dunia yang di tujukan kepada mereka akan lebih diporak perandakan. Mereka gagal menilai sesuatu masalah dengan baik walaupun banyak menteri yang ada di dalam kabinet dilabelkan sebagai “bijak pandai”. Dunia Melayu kita kini ketandusan pakar, ketandusan pemikir dan ketandusan idea. Inilah dinamakan “Melayu Benak”. Maaafkan saya kalau kasar bunyinya. Untuk berjuang membela bangsa sesuatu harus dilakukan.
Banyak perkara perlu dinilai semula. Penstrukturan atau percaturan baru dalam membina Melayu Moden harus dilakukan. “Melayu tidak mudah lupa”, Tun. Mereka ingat semuanya. Mereka mampu untuk menjadi yang terbaik kerana kuasa melayu ada pada keberaniaan dan ketekunan. Kita ada Islam. Sepatutnya kita yang terbaik dan menjadi contoh kepada yang lain. Keadaan ini berlaku kerana virus malas untuk majukan diri kerana budaya subsidi sudah lama diperkenalkan. Sepatutnya budaya subsidi mampu meletakkan kita lebih baik dari kaum-kaun lain kerana banyak kemudahan diberi untuk membantu kita dalam menempuh kejayaan tetapi sebaliknya mereka gagal bersaing dengan bangsa-bangsa lain kerana takut ataupun beranggapan diri mereka lebih mulia dari bangsa lain. Seumpama agama yahudi berasakan mereka lebih mulia dari agama yang lain. Lama kelamaan satu persatu kaum mula bangun dan pintas kita. Persaingan ini persaingan sihat, cuma kita selalu tewas dan tidak pernah menang. Malu? Tepuk dada tanya selera. Tambahan, kerajaan yang dibina untuk membantu rakyat pun gagal dalam menerajui rakyat. Ini menyebabkan kegagalan kemuncak sedang berlaku. Tun, janganlah putus asa dalam membantu menyumbangkan idea. Chedet.com janganlah dijadikan hanya tempat untuk berita tempatan seperti dalam TV3 dan Utusan, saya mengharapkan Tun terus memberi dan menyumbangkan idea Tun dalam memodenkan lagi bangsa kita.
Kekalutan ini sudah sememangnya kita tahu akan berlaku kalau bukan sekarang tapi tetap satu hari nanti pasti akan berlaku tambahan pula bentuk pemerintahan yang dijalankan sentiasa bertukar memandangkan tidak semua perdana menteri mampu berfikir seperti Tun. Bukan sahaja tidak tahu mentadbir malah merosakkan kerajaan terbaik yang Tun tinggalkan. Malaysia dulu dan Malaysia sekarang sangat-sangat berbeza. Bangunan sama, Bendera sama tetapi udaranya tidak lagi sama. Satu persatu virus telah dilepaskan kerajaan Abdullah untuk membunuh rakyatnya sendiri. Sedar tidak sedar itulah yang sedang mereka lakukan. Ego tak bertempat mengundang musibah.
Keadaan ini akan lebih teruk apabila harga barangan pula naik ekoran kenaikan harga minyak di Malaysia. Golongan miskin dan sederhana akan mula bangun dan protes terhadap kerajaan. Bila keadaan ini berlaku Tun, peluang kerajaan Barisan Nasional untuk menang kembali kerusi amatlah tipis dan hampir mustahil. Pihak pembangkang mula menabur gula dan garam untuk menyedapkan lagi menifesto mereka. Ketika ini peluang mereka untuk meraih sokongan sememangnya tinggi. Dato’ Seri Anuar Ibrahim merupakan individu bijak seperti Tun. Dato’ Seri Abdullah bukan lawannya, sebab itulah Abdullah dibonekakan oleh mereka.
Oleh itu, saya sarankan supaya kita sama-sama buka mata, pasang telinga dan buka mulut. Bersama-sama kita cuba majukan diri. Jangan terlalu pandang pada satu pekerjaan, jangan terlalu bergantung pada subsidi, ayuh kita bangun dan perkayakan diri dengan wang, ilmu dan sebagainya supaya ekonomi melayu boleh diperbaiki. Selepas ini harga minyak mungkin akan naik lagi, kalau kita tidak peduli dengan masalah ini, kita akan terus menanggung beban dan terseksa. Kita yang tentukan siapa kita, kita yang tentukan kita mahu terus hidup dalam kemiskinan atau ubah menjadi orang yang selesa. BERSAMA-SAMA KITA MAJUKAN DIRI DAN PERTAHANKAN ISLAM, MALAYSIA DAN MELAYU.
Dear Tun
If one had watched "An Inconvenient Truth" and "The 11th Hour", one would appreciate the dire need to conserve fuel and energy, to recycle and preserve the environment. With due respect Tun, we fully support the Government's move to reduce fuel subsidies because Malaysians have become complacent and unappreciative f living in the most-subsidized society on Earth. Malaysiaans must realize that our natural resources are not infinite and that we must conserve, preserve and protect for our future generations, rather than be cursed for depriving them their rightful heritage.
Sincerely
A T MUTALIB, Hj
"The Camelot"
Precinct 9
62250 WP Putrajaya
aduh.....mano la Pak Lah nak bawak kito, nak bawak negaro kito ni. Den tak nampak arah tujuan kapal yang bernamo malaysia nie... tun, do something.... pleaseeee
tun,
apa kata tun buat press confrence untuk bgtau pendapat tun tentang tambat currency kita.jangan biarkan org jahil ekonomi buat keputusan.sebagai pelajar ekonomi saya anggap tun sebagai salah seorang tokoh ekonomi islam yg bijak
Tun, tiba-tiba saya rasa saya sebenarnya belum mampu untuk memiliki sebuah kereta. Tetapi saya sudah terlanjur memilikinya.
Silap saya juga. Tetapi Abdullah Badawi tidak memberitahu saya awal-awal tentang perkara ini. Saya sangat sedih dan kecewa dengan kerajaan pimpinannya.
dear tun
a very good day to u.
going by your logic, the goverment should not increase the petrol price since we are nett exporter.
but how is the logic apply to countries like Arab then?
Salam Tun,
tolong lah selamatkan ekonomi di Malaysia.. kami semua perlu kan org2 yang seperti Tun yg boleh menguruskan hal ehwal Malaysia..
Good day Tun,
Wish you best of health always.
I don't usually surf and read blog but one thing for sure is that the majority Malaysians sharing the same view as you.
I have been to UK and Germany for business trip and what been noticing is that their public transportation is so well connected and they can survive without car.
As such, the fuel price issue is secondary even though it is much higher than Malaysia.
On the other hand, as a Malaysian, in the near future and times to come, we really do not know how are we going to cope up with the inflation rate and rising living expenses.
Perhaps, the government should consider or in fact MUST reduce the toll charges and better still remove the toll gates in Kuala Lumpur.
I personally think that, the current government is not taking enough drastic measures to counter the upcoming problems!!
Whether the opposition is going to form a next federal government or not isn't important. The important here is the economic stability of our beloved country.
Really, really hope that Malaysia will be what it is, just like Malaysia under Tun administration.
We are frustrated but can only keep to ourself.
The politician nowadays is different, should it be BN or any other opposition. Masing masing ada agenda sendiri!
Again, we will always support you!!!
Salam Tun,
On the rebate of Rm625 some condemn
car would just be "life up". Someone would just pay a few hundred ringgit for a Ready for Condemn car, renew roadtax and pocket the rebate.Pemerintah yg tak ada otak langsung.
jamie said
Salam hormat Tun
i'd love to hear comments or writing from Tun regarding Indonesia quit from OPAC
Shahrir announced that there will be no more cuts in oil subsidies in the future. I'll believe that if oil starts to grow on trees.
He should at least not make it so painfully obvious that he lied.
if anything bad happens to malaysia,we should find all these politician bastards and "sembelih" them all.menyusahkan rakyat sahaja kerja mereka ni.never thought of others except their own pocket.until now im still thinking of hw am i gonna bear the fuel price if it reaches rm4 per litre...maybe all the rakyat should take leave for aweek n see if the government revise the price..
Dear Tun,
What is actually happening to our country? we are a rich nation, bestow with abundance of highly commercialize and industrialize commodities But we are yet lagging behind like a poor nation.
Salam Tun,
As for me, Pak Lah seems don’t know how to manage the nation cash flow.
By right, they should review their budget that they channelled to their so-called corridor projects, and outerspace mission. They should review them and divert the budget into NGV industry.
It will ease the lower income grioup. It is an long term investment for the government to maintain their reputation as these people are the source of their future “VOTE” if not this coming 2012 , Malaysia will experience the new revolution politicallly, economically and socially just like the French Revolution in the fall of 18th century.
Pertama sekali saya ingin mengucapkan tahniah diatas segala usaha Tun dan saya mendoakan Tun sentiasa didalam keadaan sihat. Kenaikan minyak dari RM 1.92 ke RM 2.70 sememangnya membebankan saya kerana hanya saya seorang yang menyara keluarga saya. Saya masih mempunyai ibu dan bapa tetapi kedua-duanya tidak mempunyai pendapatan oleh kerana ibu saya menghidap penyakit lelah manakala bapa saya diserang stroke. Saya masih mempunyai adik perempuan yang kini masih menuntut. Gaji bulanan saya hanya cukup untuk menyara mereka bertiga dan perbelanjaan saya sendiri. saya hanya boleh menyimpan RM 300 sebulan sebelum kenaikan harga minyak. Selepas saya membuat pengiraan, belanja rumah untuk ibu dan bapa saya meningkat dari RM 420 ke RM 560. Manakala minyak motor untuk keluarga saya meningkat dari RM 100 ke RM 150.Minyak Kereta saya untuk berulang alik ke tempat kerja meningkat dari RM 280 ke RM 400. Ini tidak termasuk hal hal yang lain seperti rumah sewa dan lain-lain. Apa yang merunsingkan fikiran saya selepas membuat pergiraan balik selepas kenaikan minyak, gaji saya tidak mampu untuk menaggung segala perbelanjaan malah saya terpaksa mencari sumber pendapatan lain bagi memastikan gaji saya cukup untuk menampung perbelanjaan selepas kenaikan harga minyak ini. Tetapi sampai bila saya harus menghadapi situasi ini. Dengan tiada lagi wang simpanan, bagaimana saya nak melalui hidup. Saya masih lagi membujang dan harapan saya semakin tipis untuk mendirikan rumah tangga kerana kos saraan hidup semai
kin tinggi. Fikiran saya buntu bila diumumkan kenaikan harga minyak ini oleh paklah. Terima kasih paklah, Beliau banyak membantu saya untuk mengurangkan bebanan hidup saya dengan menaikan harga minyak.
Pada pendapat saya, bukan saya seorang yang mengalami semua ini. Ramai lagi yang senasib dengan saya. Saya akan terus menyokong segala usaha Tun dan saya amat berbangga menjadi rakyat dibawah pimpinan Tun dan sekarang saya berasa kecewa dibawah pimpinan Paklah.
Terima kasih Tun kerana masih mempertahankan rakyat-rakyat malaysia.
Terima kasih Malaysia sekarang dibawah pimpinan Paklah kerana banyak bantu saya untuk lari dari bebanan. Terima Kasih banyak-banyak.
Frustrated
azam mechanicals
Askm Tun,
Apa ke logiknya diesel dinaikkan RM 1 iaitu 63%? Sedangkan cukai jalan jauh lagi mahal dari petrol? Memang Pak Lah tak pandai pikiaq!
Salam Tun,
Before U r living us,
Hopefully U produce to us books on
HOW TO BE A PM OF MALAYSIA.
So the future kids may refer them.
Our neighbor has already far ahead of us on this.
PEACE
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