How do you know who will win a next 13th ubiquitous election? Simple if PM Najib Razak name Ng Yen Yen as a single of a "winnable" candidates, afterwards a stream BN (Barisan Nasional) complement of administration department department department will collapse as good as vice-versa. Well, that's a joke upon a street. But after a Minister of Tourism's screw-up in a RM1.8 million Facebook liaison as good as a recent Chinese New Year's "Gangnam Style" fiasco whereby a prime apportion was humiliated by Psy's warding off to appear in a "Loh-Sang" together, interjection to Ng Yen Yen's boot-licking attempt, it appears this woman should be disposed of during a really initial sight. If that's not enough, Yen Yen's idealisation humiliation by Malacca's throng during Jonker Street during Chap Goh Meh in nonetheless an additional "Yes-No" disaster should be a clear confirmation.
Now which antithesis PR (Pakatan Rakyat) have begun a choosing fight by pitter-patter something good to eat as good as freebies around a 13th Election Manifesto unveiled 2 days ago, a ball is in Najib administration department department department justice to counter-attack. Of march a declaration is not a guarantee though merely a declaration of intentions as a result a evident criticisms which a declaration is nonetheless an additional empty promises which need not be delivered. But so does a prophesy (read: Vision 2020 by Mahathir) matter which spells your desire to grasp or get ahead something. Whether it's declaration or vision, a design is to grasp a beautiful goal as a result a feel good cause accompanies it. In short, there's no guarantee whether you can grasp your declaration or vision.
On a surface, a promises in a PR's manifesto's leaflet looks extremely good, so most so which farming voters could get multiple-orgasms just by reading it. Judging from a fierce bombardment from a statute coalition, a declaration appears to be a idealisation cookbook in swinging both farming as good as immature voters. If which is not sufficient to send shivers down Najib administration's spine, a declaration additionally comes in six languages [BM] [English] [] [] [Iban] [Kadazan] if usually a antithesis can imitation sufficient copies to be distributed to each of farming people. Now, let's demeanour during what have been a offerings upon a table.
[ 1 ] Lowering electricity, water, fuel prices
Scream as you identical to though a actuality stays which Petronas have been subsidizing Tenaga Nasional Berhad (KLSE: TENAGA, stock-code 5347) as good as IPPs (Independent Power Producers) to a balance of RM37.3 billion as good as RM49.3 billion respectively in accumulative gas funding from 1997 2010. In short, both TNB as good as IPPs enjoyed a combine RM86.6 billion or 74.4% of sum gas funding since 1997, as good as counting. Considering lopsided IPP contracts which upon trial as most as 20% profit, you do not need tertiary preparation to know which by expelling monopolies to a few cronies, you can essentially revoke prices referred to in a manifesto.
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Pakatan's devise is to transfer gains from IPPs subsidies restructuring to subsidizing fuel price reduction brilliant. The same goes to private water management concessions which were betrothed forever water tariff hikes.
[ 2 ] Lowering automobile prices
We were essentially utterly warn which Najib administration department department department didn't bother to counter-offer when Pakatan Rakyat due automobile dig duties rebate not most moons ago. This is may be a greatest attraction in pulling immature voters since automobile monthly payment can easily eat up to one-third of one's take-home salary. It's violent an American with monthly income of US$ 3,000 could own a Toyota Camry with his 1-year salary whilst a Malaysian requires about 5-year salary to own a same car, dollar-to-dollar speaking. With CBU as good as CKD cars paying 75% to 105% in dig duties respectively, it is still probable for people to own a better peculiarity cars during a revoke prices by lowering a excessive duties.
While a declaration didn't state a quantum of dig duties to be lowered in precision, it did says a duties would be marked down in stages as good as subsequently abolished in 5-years period. That's roughly 15% to 20% in each year dig duties reduction a good step in creation automobile tenure affordable. Of course, a (new) supervision can still enjoys in in between 20% (CKD) to 40% (CBU) in cars import duty as good as sales taxation even after a dig duties abolishment. Strangely, a declaration did not discuss about APs (approve permits), a income creation judgment which gave bieing born to AP King Nazimuddin as good as AP Queen Rafidah Aziz.
Oh yeah, Pakatan skeleton to sell APs, a commercial op! eration hopefully can off-set a loss of RM7 billion from dig duties. Wait a minute !! idealisation news today says a Ministry of International Trade as good as Industry will announce a cut in automobile duties from Japan as good as Australia tomorrow. The apportion serve pronounced a rebate would be over 3 years for automobile models originating from a two countries. This is absolutely hilarious didn't Najib administration department department department contend this cannot be finished as it will broke a nation as good as would have tens of thousands of Proton employees jobless? Well, may be PM Najib has intention to announce a tiny rebate in dig duties during a eleventh hour prior to polling date after all. But you supposed it's as good late right divided for him to locate a worm.
[ 3 ] Abolishing AES, Revoking AES summonses
This is may be a easiest to govern 90% of people together with from both sides of antithesis as good as statute supervision have been unhappy with AES. Every Tom, Dick as good as his pet knows AES (Automated Enforcement System) is an additional project to enrich stream regime's cronies generally MCA. It's been ages since MCA secured a mega cash-cow, a final being multi-billion dollar PKFZ (scandal) project. Actually, some-more than 50% of existent drivers do not consequence to be upon a roads since their licenses were secured underneath a table. No wonder JPJ was amongst Auntie Rosy's tip target ever since she became FLOM. Considering each sub-department inside of JPJ needs to be fed, no wonder they have been seething with annoy since Auntie Rosy wants RM700-cut in each full "pao" package from brand brand new Malaysian F-1 drivers wannabe.
In reduction than 3-month, a whopping 300,000 trade summonses were available in 14 locations alone. This generates RM90 million in income as good as by a time all 831 cameras have been deployed, a amount of income ringing two BN cronies' income registry is really deafening (*grin*). Since Najib administration department department department does not have a domestic will to devaluate a summonses issued notwithstanding Attorney-General's Chambers sequence to hindrance all justice proceedings related to authorised issues, may be PR should be since a event to right a wrong.
[ 4 ] Abolishing Monopolies
The due Anti-Monopoly Commission to stop unfair commercial operation practices is something identical to United States' antitrust law where it give businesses an next to event to contest for marketplace share. Maybe a referred to elect should magnify a coverage to embody four sections together with agreements in in between competitors, contracts in in between buyers as good as sellers, mergers as good as monopolies. As of now, a detail report from a declaration is limited. It's true which a lack of foe causes price of products to climb as as good as when a corner tycoon wishes to.
A classical example Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, an UMNO associate who is additionally a richest Bumiputra in a country, who owns Malakoff Corporation, Gas Malaysia, Port of Tanjong Pelepas, J! ohor Por t, Senai Airport Terminal Services, SMART Tunnel, Edaran Otomobil Nasional (Proton), Modenas, Honda Malaysia, Bank Muamalat, Puspakom, Alam Flora, POS Malaysia, Defence Technologies, Tradewinds (M) Bhd, Bernas, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Mutiara Kuala Lumpur Hotel, Hilton Hotel (Kuching as good as Petaling Jaya), Hotel Istana, Malaysian Sugar Manufacturing Bhd as good as a list goes on.
[ 5 ] Abolishing PTPTN, Free Education
Besides revoke automobile price, PTPTN (National Higher Education Fund Corporation) is may be a most renouned though argumentative tender by PR. Armed with actuality which preparation is a people's right as good as a supervision responsibility, PR hopes to swing fence sitters in to their camp. PR introduce which fees for aloft preparation in all open institutions to be borne by a supervision whilst private institutions to be subsidized upon par with open institution's rate. Students will additionally be provided with living price stipend for food, lodging, books as good as transportation. PR de-facto personality Anwar Ibrahim regularly discuss it a people during each domestic discuss which if Turkey, a nation without oil revenue, can give divided giveaway preparation to a people, there's no reason why an oil-producing Malaysia cannot do so.
Turkey, with race of over 75 million, has 166 universities as good as spends around US$ 13 billion to provide giveaway preparation to a people. However, a categorical subject is not about giving giveaway preparation though rsther than providing peculiarity education i! n sequen ce for a students to be employable. Whether it's PTPTN or giveaway education, it defeats a role if a outrageous series of graduates cannot find a pursuit simply since they're unemployable. It has to be based upon consequence as good as to honourable students only. Abolishing PTPTN can be finished though require comprehensive study to forestall other abuses such as students spending taxpayers income upon Formula-1 Perodua Kancils wheezing around a streets. As for a money, it can be sourced by plugging leakages as good as shortening fee charges, of which RM5 billion is right divided channeled in to a pocket of concessionaires annually, which in spin owned by UMNO.
[ 6 ] 1 Million New Job, RM1,100 Minimum Wage, RM4,000 Income
MTUC believes unfamiliar labours have up a staggering 30% of Malaysia's workforce. A regressive sum uncover there have been about 3.1 million documented bootleg as good as authorised immigrants in a country. The unofficial figures, of course, is most aloft as good as it runs in to millions. In sequence to remain competitive, Mahathir's routine was to create an artificial bad labour as a result a opening floodgates of unfamiliar workers generally from Indonesia. Instead of promoting highly learned workers, Mahathirism pulled handbrakes as good as chose to remain backwards, encouraging brain drain. Over a time, Malaysians have been no longer operative in plantations as good as construction industries simply since a locals cannot contest with unfamiliar worker's bad cost, even if they wanted to.
On pap! er, it's wishful thinking to govern RM1,100 smallest salary for each worker, let alone RM4,000 monthly income in 5-year. The operational price will enlarge for those (mostly SME) who now employs unfamiliar workers. As a result unemployment as good as acceleration will skyrocket, during least which was a argument. However, a single can easily argues which notwithstanding a stream bad labour employment, a price of products as good as dishes continue to expand as a result large bad workers does not necessary keep price low. As there have been about 33% workers in a private zone earning reduction than RM700 a month, it was hope a smallest salary beginning will enlarge capability as good as reinstate unfamiliar workers with locals, not to discuss shortening risk cause due to over dependence upon unfamiliar workers. But a subject stays are locals ready to fill up vacancies after 1 million foreigners have been sent back?
[ 7 ] 5 Technical Universities, 25 Vocational Schools, Retrain School Leavers
Education remodel is a extract from jobless school leavers who do not aspire to aloft preparation to graduates who have been unemployable. The whole preparation complement needs vital overhaul with emphasis upon peculiarity instead of quantity. Producing human collateral with a right skillsets which fulfils a prophesy as good as final of a national economy is a answer. More than twenty years ago, local graduates vital in Biotechnology had to cranky over to Singapore since there's no direct for such qualification. Today, Biotechnology is still during a infancy. In annoy of billions spent upon infrastructure, Biotechnology stays in uncertainties ever since Mahathir launched a much-hype BioValley in 2003.
Lesson from Mahathir's BioValley's disaster world class infrastructure will not furnish knowledge economy without a correct human capital. Probably Mahathir thought he could speak up Indonesians who swam Strait of Malacca illegally in to a nation to BioValley. Education reform's range contingency residence a root complaint producing peculiarity as good as associating educators. If you occupy monkeys as teachers, most expected you'll shake out little monkeys during a finish of a prolongation line (*grin*). Nevertheless, an preparation remodel is a long-term routine which take years to furnish fruits.
[ 8 ] 150,000 Affordable as good as Comfortable Housing
Affordable housing is an additional emanate being addressed annually during a budget. With sharpening price of living as good as housing prices, a gap in in between a rich as good as bad is worsening. PR declaration introduce to set up 150,000 of low-cost (below RM75,000) as good as medium-cost (RM150,000 RM250,000) inside of initial tenure of administration. It doesn't provide some-more info as to a specification of such "comfortable" housing as good as a referred to housing prices is a good challenge due to high price of tender materials. It's nearby impossible to grasp this if a devise is to depend heavily upon private zone as there's no income to be made performing such charity task.
In fact, PR realizes this as a result a proposal to setup a National Housing Corporation (PPN) an group to build, umpire as good as develop a so-called comfortable housing. The (new) supervision has to do this task itself due to a price factor. And they devise to siphon in RM5 billion in a initial year as good as RM2 billion for a subsequent year. Can this be done? Before you foam during mouth yelling about how foolish such idea is, think of Singapore. Using Singapore's Housing as good as Development Board successful indication in elucidate a housing shortages, patently opposition's proposal consequence a little attentions. Now, who pronounced PR is stupid?
[ 9 ] Shutting Lynas, Review RAPID
Pakatan Rakyat will hindrance operations of Lynas singular earth plant in Gebeng, Pahang. As with other mega projects, income changes palm as a result a insistence by a statute supervision which a radioactive balderdash as good as poisonous excess have been as protected as Lady's Choice Mayonnaise. Heck, they're willing to spread a poisonous excess over a toast as good as eat it to prove which it's not damaging during all (*tongue-in-cheek*). But didn't former PM Mahathir contend Bukit Merah's hot balderdash was equally protected which he was deliberation showering (*grin*) in it 20-years ago? If you do not know how fantastic this hot balderdash is, Bukit Merah operator, Mitsubishi Chemicals, is still running a large RM300 million clean-up operation in a area.
[ 10 ] Improving Public Transportation
Klang Valley trade overload complaint is still a same 10 or twenty years ago. Much can be finished to confederate MRT as good as busses for a some-more efficient network access, identical to Singapore's transportation model. Actually, Singapore's MRT complement started behind in 1987 as good as to date, it's so successful which it's ridership is about 71% of a train network. So a single wonders why Malaysia, underneath Mahathir's 22-year-rule, never try to copy such model to compromise a trade overload problem. To be fair, PM Najib's MRT project voiced in 2010 should be applauded as it was prolonged overdue, nonetheless a 150km project price could exceed RM50 billion or even some-more due to kickbacks.
Pakatan skeleton to allocate RM2 billion in a initial year to stand in a series of buses as good as train routes in a Klang Valley. Obviously this is a short-term plan. It additionally clever not to guarantee a sun, moon as good as stars when ! it aims to revoke overload by 50% inside of "10-year" only. However a declaration does not residence a transportation infrastructure complaint in Sabah as good as Sarawak. Pakatan may just be means to compromise a complaint in Klang Valley by truely confederate all a opposite transportation entities which embody KTM Komuter, LRT, monorail as good as buses. Of course, Pakatan can regularly consult Singapore upon how to urge a stream trade havoc.
[ 11 ] Abolishing Tolls
Consistent with Orange Book (Buku Jingga), Pakatan Rakyat will take over a highways with a intention of progressively abolishing tolls. Built upon a RM6 billion budget, PLUS had picked up a whopping RM24.3 billion in fee collections since 1988. Due to domestic pressure, PLUS Expressways have waived their right to RM6.5 billion in compensation in sell for fee pick up extension, creatively in 2015, to 2038. In a nutshell, UMNO around a nominees in PLUS has been sucking billions of dollars in tolls pick up from a people. While abolishing tolls could have you orgasm, a actuality stays which expressways need income for maintenance, nonetheless a amount could be a tiny fragment of a billions collected.
If a intention of abolishing tolls is to revoke a price of goods, afterwards Pakatan may be over optimistic. Essentially, Pakatan needs to tackle an additional brand brand new area formulating as good as enforcing price rebate supposedly from a tolls abolishment. How can this be finished is an additional challenge to Pakatan. When price goes up, it's really tough to come down d! ue to gr eediness unless fierce foe is introduced.
[ twelve ] Recognise a UEC (Unified Examination Certificate)
Seriously, you bet a little monies which PM Najib would announce something good to eat upon this decades prolonged emanate approval of UEC during a eleventh hour after he dissolved a parliament simply to fish for Chinese votes, if he is desperate enough. Actually this is a no brainer topic. Heck, it's a non-issue during all if usually a stream complement of administration department department department does not mix preparation with politics. Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) isn't famous till currently notwithstanding a actuality it is famous as a gift for entrance in to universities in a United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan as good as others.
Do you know which UEC is recognized by a National University of Singapore (NUS) as good as students with a UEC have been taken in as initial year students even without a STPM? That speaks volume about a peculiarity of which piece of UEC as compared to STPM. Whoever can hold up a approval of UEC wins a sizeable of Chinese votes. And deliberation most Malays as good as Indians have been additionally enrolling their children in to Chinese schools, their votes have been in your bag as well. If Najib has indeed a intention of personification this card, he's late again.
[ 13 ] Stopping Healthcare Tax
Just identical to education, basic! health entrance is a people's right, so goes a manifesto. The argumentative healthcare taxation 1Care personally planned by Najib administration department department department was referred to as a single of a rejections. It serve suggest giveaway ward use to all adult in all supervision hospitals. The enchanting partial is where a monopolies upon curative supplies, hospital construction as good as healing infrastructure would be abolish. Actually a price of medicines in Malaysia should be really most revoke than it is now, interjection to monopoly.
For example, in Dubai you can purchase a wide range of antibiotics for kids during any pharmacies though not often you contingency get it during sure clinics in Malaysia. While it's utterly bad purchasing it over a opposite in Dubai, a same antibiotic would price you a bomb underneath doctor's prescription in Malaysia. This is since a price of kickbacks to secure corner has to be recouped from consumers.
[ 14 ] Respecting Sabah as good as Sarawak Rights
Customary land rights, improving infrastructure development, restoring autonomy of Sabah as good as Sarawak as good as of course, raising inorganic substance kingship payments from existent 5% to 20% have been a little of a something good to eat in a manifesto. However, most of farming Sabahans as good as Sarawakians have been deliberately left in a misery zone by a stream complement of administration department department department that they're as good bad as good as ignoramus to assimilate a mumbo-jumbo of such goodies. In Sabah, you have miserly Jeffrey Kitingan, greedy Yong! Teck Le e, hypocrite Pairin Kitingan as good as other Sabah champions who prefer to outlay some-more time fighting for seats rsther than than educating voters.
In Sarawak, you have a undisputed heavyweight "Peh-Moh" Chief Minister who will peep a little benefaction noodles as good as rice to bad farming voters for upon trial votes. Heck, you can even give divided 100% inorganic substance kingship nonetheless a undeveloped farming Sabahans as good as Sarawakians will still cranky for BN when choosing comes.
[ 15 ] Reform Judiciary, AG Chambers, MACC as good as PDRM
Money talks so Pakatan skeleton to enlarge military personnels' income by 15%, each year RM50 million to set up military posts, each year RM200 million grant to enlarge PDRM's capabilities. Everybody knows 90% of a military force have been corrupts nonetheless there's no discuss of IPCMC to residence military brutality, for obvious reason. Pakatan cannot means to annoy a strong 100,000 military force as good as was anticipating for their votes to take over Putrajaya. Already there're voices inside of a military force bearing a supervision change. It would be enchanting to see if Anwar, around his connection, can swing a little military votes to a opposition.
Freei ng up institutions such as Judiciary, Attorney General's chambers, Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission from domestic carry out is good to have though of not evident significance to often average-Joes upon a street. You do not talk about such eminent design if you can't even move dishes to a table, can you? Furthermore, becoming different tainted as good as depraved institutions cannot be finished overnight.
[ sixteen ] Others
- Each comparison adult aged 60 as good as above to get reward amounting RM1,000 each year to palliate financial burden. But certainly millionaire doesn't need such taxpayers money, right?
- Reserving 141,000 hectares of Orang Asli land together with purify water as good as electricity to all 852 Orang Asli settlements, plus 5,000 tutorial scholarships
- Tax adjustment 26% taxation rate for taxable income exceeding RM400,000 instead of stream RM200,000
- RM500 million grant to Military Veteran's Small Entrepreneur Fund
- Abolishing existent cab permits complement permits to be since without delay to cab drivers.
- Boosting R&D investment to 5% of GDP
- Restructure all tenure in Felda Global Ventures (FGV) aiming to lapse operation as good as tenure of FELDA land to settlers as good as staff.
- Implementing 8 final of BERSIH as electoral reform
- Abolish all legislation restricting media freedom such as Printing Presses as good as Publication Act.
The big subject is Pakatan Rakyat's declaration populist or reformist? Of march it contains populist element, silly. All domestic declaration contains renouned as good as good to have promises. Even PM Najib himself is spending hundreds of millions of dollars enchanting APCO to re-image himself in sequence to get popular. Both statute as good as antithesis parties have been in a popularity competition. At a same time, a declaration additiona! lly cont ains reformation measures, which can be finished by Najib administration department department department as good if there's a domestic will. As usual, a critics' normal subject how does Pakatan skeleton to get a outrageous funding?
One contingency not dont think about which there's already a outrageous complaint in a benefaction supervision output as good as procurement process. Auditor-General's 2008 report settled which crime had price a nation RM28 billion. Transparency-International pronounced which RM40 billion can be saved from open tender. And do you have to start articulate about PMO's (Prime Minister Office) mind-boggling losses costing a cold RM14 billion annually? Pakatan claims it usually needs RM45.8 billion for it's mercantile agenda. Hence, a targeted RM49.5 billion in savings annually by Pakatan, which is 24% of country's RM206.4 billion annual output looks doable.
Sure, scream again which a declaration will broke a country. Wait, didn't a statute supervision swear upon their mother's grave which antithesis will broke any states which they administer prior to this? The final you listened Penang as good as Selangor prosper underneath Pakatan administration. Now, it's Najib administration department department department spin to balderdash a antithesis declaration by carrying a national live debate, once as good as for all. Will a renouned prime apportion dares to throw a challenge? Running divided from discuss as good as stealing behind pitiable forgive which discuss is not partial of Malaysian enlighten! ment is not starting to assistance Najib administration department department department dip some-more youngsters' votes. Alternatively, if Auntie Rosy still disagree, PM Najib can nominate a newly allocated "Election War Room" executive Mahathir to a debate. That would be overwhelming Transformation vs Reformation.
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