Malaysia and Fuel Hike ...... What a Sham & Confused Government!

Had Malaysia not gone with the removal of subsidy and drastic fuel price hike on June 4, 2008, the following could have been avoided;

(a) tempers flare and long queue traffic jams to pump petrol before the price hike here,
(b) credit cards not accepted in petrol stations,
(c) rumours of petrol stations shutting down for 3 days as in Sabah here,
(d) Pos Malaysia inundated with Malaysians seeking road-tax rebates (who controls Pos
Malaysia Bhd and benefitted from such is untold?) which caused long waits and despite an
initial 3 minutes effort said here,
(e) hotels suffer from Government having pulling out from having events or seminars in hotels -
what have Tourism Malaysia manage to do to overcome this?,
(f) subsequent price hikes in daily household goods and others including paper/stationery,
packaging and etc. as reported here,
(g) fare increase for public transport while public transportation still requires much
improvement despite the allocation made for 9th MP,
(h) transportation costs increased and many more implications which would have a great impact
on Malaysians at large while the lawmakers from the ruling Goverment still able to enjoy.

The ruling coalition MPs are being paid by the taxes collected from Malaysians and yet, they had gone ahead to endorse the fuel price hike in Parliament! Aren't the elected leaders listening to the people whom had elected them into that position??

What have flip-flop Malaysian Government done to overcome this;

(a) PM asking Malaysians in general to change their lifestyle with the lower income group
suffering the most,
(b) 10% cut of their monthly entertainment allowance and traveling is laughable. While the PM
has an entertainment allowance of RM18K and his deputy RM15K, majority Malaysians
never had experience such luxury,

AND the Agung speaks here.

What had not increased in Malaysia generally is the income per capita and with such drastic actions from the Malaysian Government, it relief the situation but they had not think of long term implications or plans to alleviate!