On last week, Idris Jala revealed the fact that we are heavily subsidized and that if the country continues to be run that way, it will face bancruptcy by year 2019! (full details in http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/5/27/nation/20100527171008&sec=nation
Yes, we have to be awared that we are given the highest subsidies - 4.6 per cent of GDP even higher than Indonesia (2.7 per cent) & Philippines (0.2 per cent). What Idris failed to adress is the fact that the government operating expenditure has been soaring over the past years and that the deficiencies in the delivery system has caused billions of ringgit losses to the country.
Few recent examples are the PKFZ scandal and the huge overrun of Bakun Dam project. There were certainly misconduct by certain party which Rakyat ended up have to foot the bill.
On the other hand, what had government done in curbing corruption? Millions of Ringgit can be salvaged and channeled to even allowing greater subsidy for the poor if there is politically will to curb corruption. I felt ashamed to claim myself as Malaysian when looking at the deteriorating standing of us in the Corruption Index
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Sunday, May 30, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
You help me, I help you
The phrase "You help me, I help me" has become the most sought after
phrase in Google.
It ranks No 1 out of 2,680,000,000 search result!
Clicking on the link will
bring you to a video of our Prime Minister speaking to public while
campaigning in Rajang Park, Sibu.
He went to Sibu with a purpose, obviously was to hunt for votes so that
BN candidate could win the battle.
He stated his motive very clearly in the beginning of that speech:
"I want to make a deal with you", he said.
"can we have that understanding or not. the understanding is simple: You
help me, I help you."
Haha, sounds familiar? I just know that when most of our Malaysian
friends got stopped by the cop, it was either the cop making the offer or
we making the offer: "Boleh tolong tak, encik?". Then the officer will ask
(pretending he doesn't know): "Macam mana?".
It really made me think of the scene when watching our Top Government
Servant speaks the same tone.
To further ensure the Chinese folks in Sibu understand what he meant, he
made it more specific:"If you deliver me Robert Lau on Sunday, on Monday i will ask the check to be prepared."
And do you know how much was it? 5 million!
The most funny part is he thought that that 5 million is his money.
"Lu mau 5 just, gua mau Robert Lau menang.
Lu tak payah keluar duit, gua kena keluar duit"
Gosh! Do all our BIG people think that they own the country therefore all
the tax payers' money belongs to them? I tend to believe that they do.
I salute Sibu people for making the right choice. Though adding 1 to the
MP count for opposition does not change the overall status but it means
a rejection to vote baiting from someone who think he can fool the people
again and again.
phrase in Google.
It ranks No 1 out of 2,680,000,000 search result!
Clicking on the link will
bring you to a video of our Prime Minister speaking to public while
campaigning in Rajang Park, Sibu.
He went to Sibu with a purpose, obviously was to hunt for votes so that
BN candidate could win the battle.
He stated his motive very clearly in the beginning of that speech:
"I want to make a deal with you", he said.
"can we have that understanding or not. the understanding is simple: You
help me, I help you."
Haha, sounds familiar? I just know that when most of our Malaysian
friends got stopped by the cop, it was either the cop making the offer or
we making the offer: "Boleh tolong tak, encik?". Then the officer will ask
(pretending he doesn't know): "Macam mana?".
It really made me think of the scene when watching our Top Government
Servant speaks the same tone.
To further ensure the Chinese folks in Sibu understand what he meant, he
made it more specific:"If you deliver me Robert Lau on Sunday, on Monday i will ask the check to be prepared."
And do you know how much was it? 5 million!
The most funny part is he thought that that 5 million is his money.
"Lu mau 5 just, gua mau Robert Lau menang.
Lu tak payah keluar duit, gua kena keluar duit"
Gosh! Do all our BIG people think that they own the country therefore all
the tax payers' money belongs to them? I tend to believe that they do.
I salute Sibu people for making the right choice. Though adding 1 to the
MP count for opposition does not change the overall status but it means
a rejection to vote baiting from someone who think he can fool the people
again and again.
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Project with an international "giant"
I have been in my current project for close to 11 months already by now.
Go by our typical project lifecycle of 5-6 months, this project is considered "extremely" long. To be frank, I am very demoralized by the fact that it has been prolonged from March to Apr and then to May.
Well, there are things not within my control, more so for this project. It is part of a huge integrated project with so much of dependencies. My Company plays the role as provider for the portal solution as part of a bigger program managed by a big system integrator. Things did not go the way I would like it to be, particularly there were so much of slippage in other deliverables that had caused the project target to move from one date further to another.
It has not been a good project for me. Not a successfully one by my definition. Stakeholder management, for instance has been way weak with no clear ownership of deliverables. At times, no culprit could be identified for any delays let alone the accountability part of it.
This is a difficult project and difficult experience for me. But come to think about it, if it is not because of this project, how on earth will i realize that the rest of my previous projects were so manageable and successful?
It is a precious lesson.
Go by our typical project lifecycle of 5-6 months, this project is considered "extremely" long. To be frank, I am very demoralized by the fact that it has been prolonged from March to Apr and then to May.
Well, there are things not within my control, more so for this project. It is part of a huge integrated project with so much of dependencies. My Company plays the role as provider for the portal solution as part of a bigger program managed by a big system integrator. Things did not go the way I would like it to be, particularly there were so much of slippage in other deliverables that had caused the project target to move from one date further to another.
It has not been a good project for me. Not a successfully one by my definition. Stakeholder management, for instance has been way weak with no clear ownership of deliverables. At times, no culprit could be identified for any delays let alone the accountability part of it.
This is a difficult project and difficult experience for me. But come to think about it, if it is not because of this project, how on earth will i realize that the rest of my previous projects were so manageable and successful?
It is a precious lesson.
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