Snippets from the news report;
"not much we can do for the price pressures" ... such a lame excuse, if the rakyat can't rely on the present Government then who else???
Food items on the list now were only general-purpose flour, cooking oil, white bread and rice. ....They labelled rice and cooking oil as controlled items but we still have shortage previously .... WHY?
If you don't like this, then analyse the real situation and take actions to avoid another "disaster" now that Malaysia are in turbulence politically and economy. The elected Ministers (not forgetting the PM) are equally confused and lost. We can't expect better from the UMNO grassroots as they are equally confused as to what is really happening and to deflect such confusing situation, they had to start other confusion to confuse the nation with;
(a) Anwar sodomy saga,
(b) PAS-UMNO talks (these talks are not on Malay unity or Islam but mere politics to achieve
economic gains .... PERIOD),
(c) Raja Petra sedition charges,
(d) claims of re-gaining control over Perak state,
(e) calling opposition state Government "copy-cats" is childish but
(f) the biggest black mark of the day belongs to this act of injustice!
The BN leaders had many times failed to understand that they should start to champion national interest instead of indulging on their "Ketuanan Melayu" and "Islam" sentiments to stay in power. The new generation of Malay population are truly fed-up and tired of such rhetorics. They prefer to see progress and development of the nation without politicising the rakyat at large.
And this dumb statement "Shafie: When Malays unite, non-Malays also benefit." After 50 years the Government can't unite the Malays? Then something is terribly wrong with the ruling Government! Better to take a better look at UMNO internally rather then talking out loud foolishly.
50years of independence, national coalition is sinking real fast and the BN hardcore (non pronographic) refused to accept that opposition will rule the States thay had seized power for sometime should they prove themselves.My trip to Penang and talking to the man on the streets only indicates that they had welcomed DAP, especially the "baby-face" Guan Eng, with open arms. Everytime his name is brought up, you could see the smile of relief on Penangnites that they had escaped from the clutches of UMNO puppet called Gerakan. Will the puppet do a turn around to "sodomize" the UMNO puppeteer?
For 50 years BN were given the mandate to rule Malaysia, with the worst being the last4 years, it is not sinful to allow the Opposition coalition, Pakatan Rakyat, an opportunity to deliver their promises (though 5 years may not be sufficient) but everything has to start from somewhere. Malaysia deserved to be on par with Korea, Japan, Taiwan etc. by now but what is happening is otherwise.
The time is now!
-------------- Source : The Star Thursday July 24, 2008 ---------------------
CPI for June surges to 7.7%
By V.P. SUJATA
PUTRAJAYA: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for June spiked to a 27-year high of 7.7%.
This figure is slightly more than double the May CPI of 3.8%. The 7.7% is also the highest since April 1981 when the CPI was recorded at 10.8%.
The substantial rise in the price of petrol and diesel announced by the Government beginning June 5 is the main reason for the surge, said Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad.
He said the inflation would probably remain at 7.7% for July because it would see the impact of increase in the electricity tariff.
Reading a report by the Statistics Department, he said the CPI for January to June this year had also increased by 3.7% compared with the same period last year, which was from 105.1 to 109.
Index for food and non-alcoholic beverages for June compared to the same month last year showed high percentage change of 10.0% while the index for non-food increased by 6.7%.
From January to June, index for food and non-alcoholic beverages increased by 6.1% and non-food 2.6%, while among the groups with high weights were transport (+4%), and housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (+ 1.4%).
The 6.1% increase in the index for food and non-alcoholic beverages was the result of increases in the index for items such as milk, cheese, eggs, rice, bread, cereals, meat, vegetables, seafood, fruits, sugar, jam, honey, chocolate, confectionary and fats.
Among the food items that recorded notable increase in the June index were tomatoes, chicken eggs, rice, glutinous rice, imported beef, beehoon, dried noodles, watermelon, carrots, chicken and wheat flour.
Speaking to reporters at his office here yesterday, Shahrir said his proposal to have a dedicated agency to help efficiently distribute subsidised goods to rural folks would be submitted to the Cabinet in two to three weeks.
“There is not much we can do for the price pressures but more fine-tuning of a distribution system to ensure subsidised goods reach the target group is vital,” he said.
He said he was looking to increasing the number of food items on the price-control list to help the lower income group.
Food items on the list now were only general-purpose flour, cooking oil, white bread and rice.
The basket of goods for calculating the CPI is done twice in five years with the last one in 2005, he said, adding that it has to be expedited to be more reflective of the market conditions.
Shahrir said an average of 10 billion litres of diesel was being used annually with about 50% being subsidised by the Government.
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