Prices Too High

Could not blog earlier in the day like I normally do. Was tied up with work. I was with a few friends yesterday and one interesting topic brought up is the spiralling cost of food prices. It's outrageous, said a friend. It was an eye opener for me. The horror stories of the massive increase in food prices is maddening. A plate of char kuey teow, which once sold at RM3.50 now cost RM6 at PJ old town. That's not normal. The government should do something about this immediately. This issue touches the man on the street. The people who day-in, day-out toil to get a few ringgit. They are starting to feel the pinch of the rising cost of living, and trust me it is a hurting pinch! The Barisan Nasional government should think of the political repercussions. As it is we have lost four states, to add to Kelantan. All but one parliamentary seat was won by the BN in Kuala Lumpur. And now this. The government in my view, should put more money in the hands of the people. How? Ways must be devised to ensure this is done. With more money, the retail industry would move forward. The peoples failure to spend will result in a standstill economy. There is no point in saying that we are attracting foreign direct investment and the economy will grow by 5 % if the people do not enjoy the benefits. Give the people more cash, thus we would be pumping more hard cash into the system which would result in the retail industry and the economy as a whole moving. This is my two sense worth.
What do you think? Give me examples of exhorbitant food price increase if possible.

p/s Euro scores: France 1 Holland 4, Italy 1 Romania 1

Too Few Indians In State Civil Service

We, the MIC, are at it again. This time our grouse is that there are too few Indians in state civil service. The party central working committee decided to meet leaders of BN controlled states in an effort to "convince" the powers that be, that more Indians should be absorbed into the state civil service. After 50 years of independence, here we are asking the state governments to employ Indians. Ironic isn't it? Another matter brought up at the meeting yesterday was that only ONE out of the 161 Indian students who obtained the Public Services Department Scholarships was a medical student. What a joke? Out of the tens of Indian students who obtained straight As, only ONE qualifies!
My CWC colleague Murugesan in his blog has pointed out that the Road Transport Department (JPJ) published the list of successful candidates for ‘Jawatan Pembantu Penguatkuasa Gred N17’ in Mingguan Malaysia on June 8.
He found it alarming to note that out of 751 successful candidates, only 15 were non-Bumiputras. It constitutes less then 2% of successful candidates. Out of this, only 10 candidates or 1.3% were Indians.
Grade N17 is for support staff and it is open for applicants with SPM or equivalent qualification. Most applicants for this grade are from lower and lower middle income group families.
"What is the PSD thinking?. Do they want Indians in the country to permanently turn their backs on the BN government? Instead of helping us, Indians, it looks like they are least bothered about us. What do you think?
p/s: Euro scores -- Austria 1 Poland 1, Crotia 2 Germany 1.

Thank You

Don't have much to say today as I am running out of time chasing one appointment after another. Would like to thank everyone who contributed and had taken a time to say their piece on the postings. While I appreciate your postings, would be nice if we don't "attack" each other. Let all the voices be heard, this is blogsphere!
p/s: Euro scores -- Czech 1 Portugal 3, Switzerland 1 Turkey 2.

MIC Politics 3

MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu has declared that he would contest the party top post for a record 11th term at the party's presidential election in March next year.
"I will not stop anyone from contesting the president's post. We are a democratic party. I am elected by popular vote in the past elections as such it is the members who will decide.
"I will continue serving till the members say they don't want me. My term ends on March 8," Samy Vellu said, today.
Samy Vellu, 72, has declared that he would quit active politics in 2012 and this bid would be his last as the party president, a post which he has held since 1981, after serving two years before that as acting president.
The MIC supremo lost the Sungai Siput parliamentary constituency at the March general election, and speculation was rife that that the veteran politician would contest the post for the last time next year before handing over the party to the chosen successor.

MIC Politics 2

Before anyone jumps to any conclusion, I would like to state that the reason I put up Subramaniam's comment is for you, readers, to get an idea on the working of MIC politics. Many have called for the resignation of Samy Vellu without knowing the intricacies of the party politics. It was never my intention to provoke for any comments bashing anyone in particular. The people, even if you are not an MIC member, need to understand the system in which the party operates and how politics is in the party works. We have all talked about the party's shortfall etc but now we must try to learn about it's politics.
p/s Euro scores: Spain 4 Russia 1, Greece 0 Sweden 2.