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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

The one and only prezent from the Malaysian government

The recent toll hike in Malaysia from 20% to 60% is totally ridiculous and I believe the all the Malaysian agree with it. The LDP (Lebuhraya Damansara-Puchong), Shah Alam Highway, Cheras-Kajang Highway, Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway and Guthrie Corridor Expressway - will rise between 20 to 60 percent effective Jan 1 2007.
What is the reason behind it for this ridiculous act? According to Ex-Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, He (Samy) still said it was important to increase (the toll charges), and I told him that he should resign (from cabinet) and go work for the company (instead),” said Anwar. Following this, a ‘Tan Sri’ from the company sought an appointment with Anwar to appeal against the refusal to allow the toll hike. Anwar said he calculated the cost of running the highway with the ‘Tan Sri’ and realised that its operating cost included paying inducements to certain individuals. “This ‘Tan Sri’ said he had to pay! Pay leaders and their families from Perlis to Johor,” he said. “(So I said to the ‘Tan Sri’) you pay these rotten crooks and bandits, you give them million of ringgit. And you expect me [minister of finance] to sign (the documents), so that the poor workers, teachers, farmers fork out the money for you to pay those crooks?” (MalaysiaKini)
We as the citizen of Malaysia, who should we believe? The toll price agreement between the government and highway operators has never been reveal to public and the agreement was treated as private and confidential by the government. This have shown that something was terribly wrong with the agreement and the government afraid to reveal it to the public. If the government is honest about it, there is no need to be afraid to reveal the truth. Seems we all live in misery due to the fuel, electric and toll hike. The worst is we never see any improvement in our country and we all damn worry about our future living in this country. Do you all think that we can achieve vision 2020?

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