Thursday 31 May 2018

The mantra and how HSR was cancelled

Based on comments I received in this blog, I think most of us will revert  to the mantra "Najib stole the people's money, so that's why things are like this now", whenever we can't articulate ourselves properly on any arising issue.

It's probably the same mantra to be used by the government whenever it wants to do something, such as collecting money from the people to strengthen the economy, or can't do something, such as fulfilling its election promises.

I'm quite sure I'll get some more of that mantra at this post.

Well, this Najib guy however seems quite oblivious to all these.

He is still a free man and issuing statements refuting the new government's claims.

Here is the latest;

Najib: Benefits of HSR exceed

 cost of project


excerpts;

“The projections from the relevant report I have seen indicate an estimated economic benefit of RM650bil in Gross National Income by year 2069.
“There would have been 110,000 job opportunities created, which is estimated to increase to about 442,000 by year 2069,” he said, urging for the report to be shown to the public.
Such infrastructure projects, he added, bring returns in the form of land appreciation, local economic growth, technology transfer, job opportunities, higher income, brain gain from Singapore, and boost in tourism.
Najib also questioned how the government arrived at the conclusion that the project would cost about RM110bil.
He said the costs of the project as of early this year stand at about RM72bil, taking into account payments made to the citizens for land transfer.
“The true cost can only be known when the tenders for the design, construction, financing and maintenance of the rolling stocks and assets of the rail are fully closed on Dec 28 this year,” he said.
He also questioned if the agencies involved in the project have been given a chance to present their case before the cabinet and the Council of Eminent Persons.

Okay, I think those points are quite fair to consider.

And this is the reply given by Dr Mahathir;

RM100 billion HSR for 100000 jobs? Not very efficient

excerpts;
“You want to spend RM60 billion to RM100 billion so that 100,000 people can work. That’s not very efficient,” he said at a buka puasa event here.
Najib had also claimed that the HSR would have garnered RM650 billion for Malaysia by 2069.
Asked to comment on this, Mahathir only said: “We are studying it (the report).”

So, the HSR project was cancelled before being fully studied, is it?

Hmmm....that's not very reassuring.

How about the cancellation of the other projects?

I think the government should thoroughly study things such as the HSR project and the findings be presented to the public before a decision could be made on it.

Otherwise it's not going to be good for the country.

We can't go on forever just repeating the mantra "Najib stole the people's money, so that's why things are like this now", right?

I think we need to be more rationale and mature than that.

Whether Najib really stole the money, let the court decides.

We follow the rules of law, right?

But seriously, I think Najib seems so cool about it.

If I'm the one whom they said had stolen the billions of ringgit, I really don't think I can smile and issue statements like that.

Najib on first day of questioning at MACC headquarters

I would be as quiet as a mouse and try to save my skin more than anything else.

Anyway, the other day, a friend asked for my opinion whether Najib is really going to jail.

I told him that I seriously don't know whether Najib is really guilty at this point but based on what happened in the past few weeks, I think this PH government will make sure he goes to jail, one way or another.

After all, it's their election campaign promise.

And with that, Malaysians probably can keep repeating the mantra for the years to come.

110 comments:

  1. The government is being dictated by a group of the so called "Council of Eminent Persons". The members includes the PM's close buddies who are businessmen.
    I wonder if they have vested interest in every advice they give to the PM.
    One cannot help but wonders whether the HSR and MRT3 projects would be cancelled if Daim's company has a stake in the project.

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    1. Are you serious that TD will be awarded the project back then by DSN
      You are led by your imagination

      Fadzireen

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    2. One thing the Bugis pirate will never do...

      ...mingle with public at bazar ramadan:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCSlwBwNJ74

      Tun does this every year.



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  2. Give me a break. 100 million in his house. 42 million into his bank account and he did not know about it. He really should shut up. All his statements are just irritating and nothing of note. Ex: The current Govt promised fuel prices would drop. Well it may but at least they did not go up.
    With Najib, he used fuel prices as a carrot.

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    1. Yup, that's the mantra. "Najib stole the people's money, so that's why things are like this now". Got it.

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    2. Annie oh annie ..u should use this mantra when najib was in power

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    3. spending rm 60 billion (at least) to create 100,000 jobs and you are still missing the elephant? what is wrong with you?

      Mantra or no mantra, Najib was caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Then he lied about it. Then he spinned the whole story. Then he fired some people. Then he got a bunch of people to lie on his behalf (which accentuate their lack of mental facility. then ...oh well. let me just stop.

      what is wrong with you?

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    4. Is any of Najibs Kids Billionaire......? I know some1 who's kids are billionaire in single generation you disk heads.....

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    5. "Yup, that's the mantra. "Najib stole the people's money, so that's why things are like this now". Got it."

      So, Annie is OK with Najib stealing the people's money.

      Got it.

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    6. Anybody's kid can be a billionaire,provided that they are business savvy

      Fadzireen

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    7. Anonymous31 May 2018 at 13:14

      I think Riza Aziz did pretty OK, actually.

      USD 100 million stolen from 1MDB to fund "Wolf of Wall Street".

      Plus lot of NY penthouses & more.

      All paid for by us.

      OK lah yop.

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    8. Annue,
      Former AG Apandi said he believe the 2.6b is a donation without asking for a transaction slip. He also cleared Najib of 42m from SRC because He accepted Najib explaination that Najib said he doesnt know who deposited the money. OMG Annie do you think if we an odinary citizen used that kind of simple argument in a court of law in any part of the world do you really think we can get away with it? Do you seriously believe a qualified AG or Judges will said he also believe Najib's story?
      Annie do you? Annie I give you a benefit of doubt that you are smarter then what you have commented. My advice to you pls stop saying you are neutral when it comes to politic. Be brave to say you are pro BN. I will salute and respect if you can do that. I will definately counter your comment with utmost respect.
      Now you are showing the level of all those Cabaret Minister in Najib admin back then. No one knew who MO1 is. For their info anyone knows how to read knew who DOJ meant. So you see Annie please do not behave like them pretending not to understand anything. Every thing is so blurr and confused.
      Najib may not be find guilty by the court. If that happend it will be on technical issue but in a public court he is as guilty as charged.

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  3. jho low stole 1mdb monies, MO1, BN or dumbos are too ashamed to admit this scandal anyway PH will charge all for grand theft 1Msia wakakaka

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  4. You forget to calculate the 284 boxes of handbags and most of them are Birkin. What about the remainder of bags of jewelries? Then how abt accounts in the foreign banks. Without power, cash is no longer king.

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  5. LOL...

    Annie, this is why I say you are a S.U.B. (Shit Umno Blogger), just like your fellow no-hopers ponytail, wall, brick, matsal montel kat manchester, dan dunggu2 yg sewaktu dengannya.

    Because you are all dumber than shit, you think the public are too.

    So you think your unconvincing spin will work.

    Basically, your logic is because your pink-lipped hero “made a statement”, it has credibility?

    Problem:

    He is a serial liar.

    Here’s what your Bugis hero said in March 2015.

    “KUALA LUMPUR: About RM4bil of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)'s investment funds in the Cayman Islands was transferred to a Singaporean Bank to ease the facilitation of transactions, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

    "The remaining US$1.103bil (RM4.08bil) of 1MDB's investment funds managed by the Cayman Monetory Autority has been redeemed in cash and is kept in US currency by the BSI Bank Limited Singapore (BSI Singapore)," said the Finance Minister in a written reply to a question raised by Tony Pua (PKR-Petaling Jaya Utara) in the Dewan Rakyat Wednesday.

    "The decision to use a bank in Singapore is to ease the facilitation of fund withdrawals as Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) regulations state its approval is needed for every transaction exceeding RM50mil," replied Najib, who is also Prime Minister.”

    Impressive, kan?

    1MDB okay, what. Tak payah bising lagi. Hoorey!

    Shame it’s 100% bullshit. And he & Arul both knew it.

    Last week, 1MDB director Datuk Kamal Mohd Ali admitted that these units were a scam and 1MDB was insolvent.

    Want to quote any more Bugis crook wisdom, Annie : )

    Hopeless.

    PS: Your fellow no-hopers ponytail, wall, brick have gotten zero comments on their blogs for weeks. I guess they aren’t too popular, because why read lies? The country has moved on and left you guys behind. I’m only here because I’m jantan gatal and want to date you, see : )


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    1. Bahasa melambangkan bangsa..hehe
      You sound so familiar

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  6. "Whether najib really stole the money, let the court decides"

    And we expect he just stole money from 1 of his pet project.
    The rest he just being honest.
    Annie asking where is current govt due dillingent b4 cancelling the project.
    Wonder Annie has ever read any study report on ECRL and HSR b4 previous govt decided to proceed with the project.
    Did Annie ever think where is the money coming from?

    Yeah najib want his gajah putih as well.
    No money?
    Huh... We borrow them all.
    Let the future think about the debt. The most important thing is najib reputation shall be remembered for thousand years to come.

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    1. Lifeofannie

      Of course u hv good explanation why jibbi got 114 millions cash and 284 luxury handbag just lying at home...,.

      That's where our national wealth gone

      Kena songlap😡

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    2. Maybe there're some clauses somewhere which says... the Minister of Finance could stash Rakyat's in his/her house.

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    3. Sdr RD,

      Pls don't forget when Rosmah's PA deposited 2 million in her Affin account, then gelabah biawak when he realised he had been exposed.

      PS: SR now reporting that Rosie's bank accounts may have held up to RM4 billion.

      Cantik la tu.

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  7. confirmed u r a pro umno blogger, tq

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    1. I think that's a bit like accusing Ambiga of being a DAP activist.

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  8. Annie, did he or did he not steal the peoples money? Whether the excuse for the cancellation of HSR is attributed to this mantra is of no significance. If HSR is not cancelled than he did not steal?

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  9. I tell you Najib really did a number with the people's money. Sorry, not the people's money, the donations.

    You know doing cost benefits projections for a project the size and length of the HSR or Ecrl was probably based on a lot of assumptions and forecasting. It's not actually an accurate science. A lot of factors have to be assumed and even then a natural disaster would seriously skewed the results. So all the arguments about how great the projects will be for the country at the moment is just conjecture and posturing. But what is real, are the mountains of debt they will create. So the question is should we burden the next few generations of Malaysians with these mountains of debts in the name of progress that we will not even see in our lifetime?

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  10. Najib's claim that HSR will generate 100,000 jobs is difficult to believe when some multi national oil companies have less than 100k employees worldwide. Unless he counts the tukang sapu sampah, security guards & other low skilled contract jobs.

    I think the truth is najib is counting on hsr to make his trx and bandar 1M work, which is foolish. Trx doesn't make financial sense when there is already an oversupply of office bldgs in the city. Why must we give companies tax break just so that they can locate their offices at trx?

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    1. Bro

      After saudi donor fairytales who wanna believe jibbi

      The donation is from tanore finance a jho low company la

      It's a fact

      Jho told his boss 'wsit for 681 American pies'

      The doj got the full evidence

      Why believe any more najib lies?

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  11. "If I'm the one whom they said had stolen the billions of ringgit, I really don't think I can smile and issue statements like that. I would be as quiet as a mouse and try to save my skin more than anything else."

    That's very naive of you. Keeping quiet implies guilt, but putting on a composed front is the way confidence tricksters,
    smooth talkers etc operates.

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  12. Hi Annie,
    The point is, Najib geng already buy the properties, contract of jobs and goodies given out in anticipation the HSR goes thru. Example, the land route, some of his geng already get discount prices, and once HSR build, the geng will sell the land in inflated prices and make easy profit. Tun M want to prevent this from happening. Also connecting the pipe to Singapore is a double edge sword. It could escalate the brain drain from Malaysia to Singapore, it also enhance Singapore as hub, where international travel will goes to Singapore and has convenient connect to Malaysia via HSR thus enhancing Singapore port. Tun M also evaluate on this point. Look at Pedra Branca case, Malaysia got nothing but rocks and Singapore get an island. Look at China, from simple rocks they build airbase in South China Sea. Malaysia also can do that. For Tun M, he is a nationalist and have certain mindset to protect the interest of Malaysian.

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    1. No wonder, in promoting HSR, Najib once said; 'You can have breakfast in Singapore, lunch in KL and dinner back in Singapore'.

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  13. Patut la pun najib/umno kalah..take a break la annie.. no mattter how you try your level best to spin it for dear najib, it just wont work.

    HHK

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  14. "I think most of us will revert to the mantra "Najib stole the people's money, so that's why things are like this now", whenever we can't articulate ourselves properly on any arising issue."

    At the outset, I've never agreed with the donation drive or Tabung Harapan due to its moral and economic implication.

    I'm of the opinion, its better to sell off... or to make it more palatable, issue bond aka hutang, 50% of Petronas' equity for locals to partly pay off Najib & Jho Low's hutang. Unlike Najib's IPO on Felda where the proceeding disappear into thin air.
    Heck... PH gomen can later, conveniently blame Najib & Jho Low if the Rakyat voiced concern over Petronas' IPO.

    Therefore, the mantra, "Najib stole the people's money, so that's why things are like this now" would be appropriate for a looong time.

    Back to Petronas IPO of sort... oOf-course it should be made on Oil sector only, while the LNG businesses must still be solely owned by Petronas.

    After all, with the efficiency and lower cost of extracting shale oil, especially in the US, the future of crude oil business is looming bleak and unprofitable, coupled with environmental enthusiast worldwide clamoring for a cleaner world.
    At the same time, electric engines/driven vehicles are getting more and more efficient and reliable. There were even plans to phase out diesel engines in Europe. Also gaining popularity, the environment friendly, dual hydrogen-electric propel vehicles which could charge the batteries when running on hydrogen.

    Therefore, its just about time that Petronas be sold... or partly privatize, if you like.

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    1. Correct the world of oil is on the downside in the future. It make sense to reduce your stake in the oil industry as alternative energy is getting better in the future. Oil business is dead soon.

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    2. Pls la, oil business may not be as lucrative as before but it will never be dead in the next 50 yrs. Where do u think all the plastic in the world comes from? Water?

      The industry will evolve. Industry has survived over 100 yrs, it will easily survive another 50.

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    3. So... in 50 years time... diesel engine is obselete and electric is a norm... crude oil price per barrel will still be around USD 70 ~ 80?

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    4. We should not hope for fossil fuels to give us revenue for more than 20 years.

      Hope Tun will take lead in making Malaysia "centre of alternative energy excellence".

      Look forward...never back!

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  15. Have you ever asked Najib whether he had commisioned a thorough and comprehensive unbiased economic study of the HSR?

    Now you are asking PH to study the effects of cancelling the HSR.

    You are a load of crap, Annie.

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  16. Lol.. so many of you guys trying to explain to Annie.. don’t think she will understand much of your arguments. Silly as it is there are still people out there still think Najib did not steal from 1MDB. This people really live a sad life within themselves believing Najib is great leader of the Malays. And now you see those bloggers now using race and religion to instigate the Malays to hate the Chinese. How pitiful of these bloggers. And Annie is showing her true bigot colours now. How sad

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    1. Don't be sad. I don't think discussing HSR is being a bigot. Cheers okay.

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    2. Lol.. so many of you guys trying to explain to Annie.. don’t think she will understand much of your arguments.

      Nasib baik Annie nih comel giler.

      Kalo muka dia like AnjingBesar's, I will give up.

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    3. Lol.. aku ingat aku dah malas nak comment dalam sini. Pasal ada comment aku yang Annie tak keluarkan. Nak nak bila sebut pasal captain and brader2 dia ni. Tapi dua comment kau ni win laa Lol..kita satu fikir bro.

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    4. Anonymous31 May 2018 at 16:23,

      Si Annie nih mmg "sensitive" if you mention R****Bru by name.

      She deletes my comments also, if I whack him too hard.

      Kena guna "code word" lah bro.

      Baru lepas.


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  17. Ted Bundy, the serial killer, also smiled a lot.

    Psychopaths feel no remorse for crimes they commit.

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  18. Mahathir in 2018 is very much similar with Mahathir in 1981 when he became the PM.
    I can claim that I am an observer of Tun M since I am probably among the oldest commentator in this blog.In fact I still have a group photo of me and Mahathir when he came to visit us Malaysian students in Chicago in the mid '80s.
    Mahathir strategy is to find a boogey man as common enemy and he will keep in repeating the mantra that the rakyat have to stand together behind him so that they can be saved from the boogey man.In the '80s the boogey man were the chinese.So almost all Malays stood behind him under umno banner.
    Fast forward 2018,mahathir can no longer rely on the racist card as he realize he won the election on the strong support of the chinese.He has to find the new boogey man.And obviously the new boogey man is Najib.
    Prof kangkung

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    1. correction it shud be najib + DUMBOS...

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    2. Yes Mahathir still plays the same old game , bogeyman , delay cabinet appointment , divide and conquer , why has he to do all this , it doesn't look positive at all....

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    3. Prof Kangkong;

      1981 u kate Tun M boogeyman is the Chinese? Apa yang dia buat in 1981? 1.Dawn raid to recover hundred of thousand acres of land from MNC 2.Hasten the time by 1/2 hour 3.Introduce punch card n name tag 4.Sent more qualified Malays overseas 5.Create more sekolah asrama penoh

      Anything against the Chinese?

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    4. Prostitute Kangkang,

      "In fact I still have a group photo of me and Mahathir when he came to visit us Malaysian students in Chicago in the mid '80s."

      Judging by your constant lack of proper grammar and spelling, I think you mean "Cicak-Go".



      Prof Sawi



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    5. KangKong, you said Tun visited you in Chicago...that meant because of him, you got scholarship to study in the US of A...and later, your 'professorship'. Has it ever cross your mind...if not for Tun, I don't know where I will be today..most likely growing kangkong in my village and become a vegetable seller. Biting the hand that feed you ?

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    6. JJ31 May 2018 at 19:17

      No leader in the history of Malaysia ever did more to uplift the Malays than Tun.

      FACT.

      No dispute.

      100% true and beyond argument.

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  19. annie i just made a donation to Tabung Harapan M'sia to selamatkan negara thank you :)

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    1. Braggart.

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    2. Eh...started collecting money already ka?

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    3. anon 14:09
      i shud not brag, i shud be like jho low (aka tanore) who kept quiet after making 2.6b donation to MO1 & let those saudis brag wakakaka

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  20. Pleaselah Annie, just because he can smile, he is not guilty.Tengok senyum dia betul betul..Pahit Tu..Inside must be boiling like hell.

    Duit 2.6B dalam akaun dia, kemudian diagihkan kepada banyak pihak. Ini merompak ni.

    I have no sympathy on criminal.They should be tried for their crime.Tak kisahlah samada dia ni bekas PM atau tidak.

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    1. Please read carefully. This is what I wrote;
      Whether Najib really stole the money, let the court decides.
      We follow the rules of law, right?

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    2. Agree with u on this on to follow rules of law thing.So Najib not guilty or Najib perompak until the court say so, right.So not right to rampas RM114Mil n unaccounted amount of jewelry, watches n expensive bags as Najib is not yet found guilty, right.

      But the fact 1MDB is already muflis and rakyat kena tanggung hutang more than 42B and the fact according to DOJ document,money flow into Najib account but Najib said it was donation from from Arab prince.and the fact 42M from SRC flow into Najib account but he claimed not aware of it.Ingat kami ni bodoh.Pleaselah.

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    3. Really...macammna awak tau yea..wow
      Belum masuk court dah ada verdict..hmmm

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    4. Sadar; go and read DOJ report and deduce from there.We are given brain to think.

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  21. Annie,

    Actually I very much look forward to the completion of the double track to JB in a few years time.

    It cut down travel time to 3 hours but it is affordable , and comfortable.

    For what I gather, the HSR will be too expensive for the average person.

    I am sorry I do not believe the justification from najib as the Rakyat have to pay so much for 1MDB, not millions I think but billion.

    I want to donate to the hope fund so the government can spend money for Rakyat like scholarship or education rather than paying for 1mdb mistake.

    Anybody here know when the hope fund already started and the details.?

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  22. Annie ,

    What is your mantra ,that HSR should be continue ?.

    It's not a good mantra to say that because you like it , that's remind you of your Japan trip's .

    Expecting you to reason out ,well the government of the days has stated their reason for cancelling .

    Najib reason was to shortened the travelling time ,of those who can afford it ,for those who cant just wait for the train to pass by .

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    1. If you want, you can say this one I wrote in the post is my mantra for this issue;
      "I think the government should thoroughly study things such as the HSR project and the findings be presented to the public before a decision could be made on it."

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    2. was the study been presented to the public, its justification, cost benfit, etc before the BN govt decided to go ahead with this HSR project?

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    3. spot on common sense..

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    4. "was the study been presented to the public, its justification, cost benfit, etc before the BN govt decided to go ahead with this HSR project?"

      Ha ha, good retort.

      Same with ECRL = 100% scam to cover 1MDB.

      Treuk lah...

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  23. Give me a break. 100 million in his house. 42 million into his bank account and he did not know about it. He really should shut up. All his statements are just irritating and nothing of note. Ex: The current Govt promised fuel prices would drop. Well it may but at least they did not go up.
    With Najib, he used fuel prices as a carrot.

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    1. Aiyooo...you put this here already la at 09:57
      You have been pasting this mantra all over the place right?
      That's not good work la.
      Your boss tak marah ka?

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    2. Ron97 to follow market price

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    3. Ron 97... minyak orang kaya atau mereka yang baru beli kereta/motor baru. Jadi lebih sayang kereta/motor dari duit.

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  24. Baru dpt berita yg peminjam PTPTN yg berpendapatan kurang dari RM4k masih lagi perlu membayar pinjaman PTPTN mereka (another broken promise).
    Actually Mahathir script is not too hard to read.He would inflate the figures on the nation debt.Then he would say the nation would not be able to fulfil all the promises because of the huge debt.
    Tgk lah siapa script writers Mahathir.Daim,kadir Jassin,zam dan org yg sewaktu dgnnya.
    Prof kangkung

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    1. Like Annie said... "Najib stole the people's money, so that's why things are like this now".

      Masa Maslee umumkan dulu, dia ingat Hutang Negara dibawah 55% KDNK... seperti yang Najib selalu cakap.

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  25. 2069?!!! 51 years away?? Utter crap kind of forecast. Try and remember what it was like in 1967.....
    By 2069, the high speed railway will be like a trishaw. transportation would have improved by leaps and bounds. we might be flying about like the jetsons.
    Najib has done QUITE enough to ruin the country. But since it's a new Malaysia, let him say what he wants and let those who want to believe him do so. All can crawl under the tempering and joget to their heart's content. Let the rest of us who voted for PH clear up the mess left behind by Jibby and his crooked cohorts.

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    1. tempurung....damned autocorrect

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  26. PUTRAJAYA: National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) borrowers earning less than RM4,000 a month will have to continue paying their loans for now.

    Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik said the Pakatan Harapan Government has to postpone its promise as the country is saddled with more debt than what was revealed by the previous administration.


    Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/05/31/pakatans-ptptn-pledge-put-on-hold-for-now-says-education-minister/#5VGBdivd5h56Jxvg.99

    FUCK YOU PAKATAN!!!

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    1. Haha.dah basah kena kencing.
      Prof kangkung

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    2. Bulat bulat swallowed hook, line and sinker. 1 trillion debt indeed! I am sure it can be proven that all the so called newly discovered debt were already in public domain. Malaysia is not the kind of country you can hide RM500 billion of debt from everyone for so many years.

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    3. This is what I called being responsible..bite the bullet and not be afraid to tell the truth and if need be, to reverse/postpone on the candy promised. But at the same time, this will only reinforce to the public how severe the financial rot we are now saddled with. Took only a few days to pull off the carpet and found all the rotting stuff Najib had swept under it and now even these students' loans electorial promise can't be fulfilled. Not the fault of the new admin la...the fault all goes right back to Najib...every one is very clear about this. Hopefully, no more skeleton to be discovered, else even the promise to end all toll charges have to be deferred too. See the kind of humongous greed by that infamous pair has wrought such calamity to us all. Worse than Ferd and Imelda Marcos.

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    4. anon 19:00
      PH - the real nothing to hide
      BN - always something to hide

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    5. Anonymous31 May 2018 at 19:00

      "Malaysia is not the kind of country you can hide RM500 billion of debt from everyone for so many years."

      Ye ke?

      How did Najib hide his RM20 billion 1MDB theft from you?

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    6. Pakatan so clever they can find a RM20 billion theft but they cannot find a RM500 billion hole in the national balance sheet for so long - unlikely. The fact is that the Pakatan manifesto is unrealistic (Moody’s. allied it credit negative) and that caused the market to drop, made worst by those so called revelations. Yesterday they rolled back some of those fiscally irresponsible manifesto promises eg PTPTN, fuel subsidy and the market rebounded more than one percent. If you are not stupid, what does that tell you.

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    7. it tells me that you are stupid...

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  27. Annie,

    You did not watch TV Ka?

    Tun M said, they made their study already before scraping the HSR.

    However, if you talk about "future planning" for year 2069, of course they have to study later.

    Anthony Like said the priority is to clean up the mess leave behind by the previous administration first.

    Once economy is ok. Anything is possible.

    The double track to JB current design for speed 150km/h.

    They maybe able to increase the voltage so that the train can exceed 200km/h like in UK.

    That can be done also.

    Elon Musk also design the hyperloop which is faster than HSR. So on year 2069, the HSR maybe obsolete already. That is why for future planning, there must be different study.

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  28. Third time trying to post sorry if it’s repeated !

    Telokwanjah

    Fair enough. As a Malaysian working in Singapore I regret the cancellation of the HSR even more. But frankly it may very well be the right thing to do. For now.

    Our country has many other, pressing issues that needs attention. We have to stabilise and fix our fiscal deficit - if we do that, then we will always have access to all the funding we need to future plans.

    I have family who work in government Hospitals and they all say that the state of the Hospitals and funding is abysmal. Medicines are being denied and rationed, critical servicing of equipment and upkeep of premises is not carried out - all due to the lack of funding. Heck, the nurses even pool together their OWN money to buy BP sets, toner and paper for the copiers and printers. That’s how bad our baseline is currently.

    Before you buy auto gate and install more air cons in your house, it would be good first to make sure you can service your car loan, pay your electricity bills and fix that leaky roof....

    A lot of what our previous PM says and does sound like proposals from naive blue eyed MBA grads - the PowerPoints always look great but their ideas need tempering with reality.

    Hopefully once we take care of essentials, we can then build the HSR, MRT 3,4 and connect Seremban to KL etc etc.

    Meantime I’m just hoping that the new gamen can fix these insane queues at the causeway and Tuas....

    Telokwanjah

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    1. "Medicines are being denied and rationed, critical servicing of equipment and upkeep of premises is not carried out - all due to the lack of funding."

      The Umno blogs like LOA have a very short memory.

      As it is, there was a shortage of medicines in govt hospitals last year.

      But of course these guys cannot see any wrong in 1MDB so as Umno would say "screw the rakyat".


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    2. Yes. PH gomen must stop the monopoly of medicine import. If not mistaken, Pharmaniaga is the main AP holder.
      Not sure whether they got the AP for medical equipment also.
      If more AP are given to other company, sure can reduce the cost of medicine... a lot.

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    3. On medicine the government need to find ways to reduce the cost.My friend told me to try to source expensive medicine online and was surprised to find the cost can be 90% cheaper from local pharmacy cost.

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  29. Blackmoon,

    //I wonder if they have vested interest in every advice they give to the PM.//

    That is where we hope people like you will alert the rakyat.

    We know what to do :)

    Gladiator

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  30. Annie,

    I think for year 2069, hyperloop technology better.

    HSR will be too old already.

    They are building one in Dubai.

    The train can travel 1,200km/h.

    So from JB to KL, 15 minutes only. No joke one.

    I think by then the technology becomes a lot cheaper.

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    1. Most probably, Najib had forgotten about his TN50. After May 9th. 2018, never heard Zahid Haimidi, Hishamuddin & KJ talk about it either.

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  31. Extract from M'kini:
    //Kerajaan mungkin menangguhkan pelaksanaan beberapa manifesto 100 hari Pakatan Harapan kerana hutang negara yang semakin meningkat, yang kini dianggarkan bernilai RM1 trilion.

    Menteri Kewangan Lim Guan Eng berkata janji-janji itu hanya akan dilaksanakan apabila keadaan kewangan bertambah baik.//

    Alamak!!! Teringat pulak kat lagu hit Aishah "Janji Manis Mu".

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    1. Obviously, PH come-up with the manifesto before GE14, not knowing the actual state of our finances.
      After all, Najib as PM & Finance Minister at the same time, use to say that the fundamental of our economy is strong. Debt is below 55% of GDP.

      Therefore, Annie's mantra... "Najib stole the people's money, so that's why things are like this now"... is apt.

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    2. RD, that's PH people's mantra, not mine, ok.

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    3. But... it seems you're the one who shove that mantra in the mouth of 'PH people'.

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  32. when divisions no money to operate, dumbo will die!!! Can some dumbos (perhaps annie) to conduct dumbofunding or tabung selamatkan dumbo wakakaka

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  33. ....dear Annie

    PH no good
    BN no good
    UMNO no good
    PPBM no good
    DAP no good
    MCA no good
    Amanah no good
    PAS no good

    Mahathir no good
    Najib no good
    Daim no good
    Anwar no good
    Rafizi no good
    LGE no good

    Nothing is good......wow...Malaysia is damned......

    ......






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  34. "whenever it wants to do something, such as collecting money from the people to strengthen the economy, or can't do something, such as fulfilling its election promises.""So, the HSR project was cancelled before being fully studied, is it?

    Hmmm....that's not very reassuring.

    How about the cancellation of the other projects?"But seriously, I think Najib seems so cool about it.

    If I'm the one whom they said had stolen the billions of ringgit, I really don't think I can smile and issue statements like that.""I told him that I seriously don't know whether Najib is really guilty at this point but based on what happened in the past few weeks, I think this PH government will make sure he goes to jail, one way or another." Annie thats whats you sounds like in your blog. You may not realise but thats you. A trojan horse fully paid by UMNO . Who the heck has so many paid holidays in a year and on top of that travelling around the country plus visiting cousin across the bridge. A normal employee has such an amount of annual leave but you seems to have so much of paid holidays . What do you do or who do you work for actually.To have such a compassionate and benevolent boss got any vacancy or not for us. Just during the election period can spend so much of your annual leave what else its still the end of May. Not forgetting January till April of your so call holidays. Wah so much of annual leave one ah wei.Why dont you say it out loud that you are the biggest fan of the flying hippo and the bugis warrior masquerading as the most neutral democratically melayu campur china story teller.



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    1. There, I published your comment. If people want to believe you that I'm paid by Umno, then that's okay with me. Happy or not?

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  35. On one end asking rakyat for money (7 millions raised)and on another spent 40 millions to purchase broadcast of football matches.....what the heck is this....? The 7 millions raised is not even enough to pay for the broadcast...lge want the rakyat to pay for his World Cup...?!!....omg

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    1. LGE and world cup???... Doesn't click. LGE only play with marbles lah. :))

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    2. LGE want to watch World Cup but he doesn’t want to pay ananda 106/=ringgits...and the less are history...

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  36. Everybody, Jamal Yunos has escape to Indonesia island, escape to Indonesia island. Sirul escape to Australia, Musa Aman escape to London. Why our PDRM so useless, what is Muhyiddin doing? Change interior minister to PKR or DAP minister. Muhyiddin not effective and not doing the job properly. Must call press conference to answer all these questions please.

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    1. Kaduk dah naik ke junjung..

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    2. Anon 21:16.

      PH gomen, Muhyiddin or any Ministers for whatever purposes, inherited a work-force that have been used to, or dependent on dedak.
      Slightly a fortnight after losing Ge14, its highly likely that majority of PDRM personnel are still beholden to UMNO-Najib. Heck... even Jamal Yunos is still a hero to some of them. Someone or a bunch of them could just close one eye on Jamal.

      Sirul escape after he and his immediate boss, Sadri or something, was both acquitted... therefore a free man when Sirul fled to Australia, though illegally. There's also this sense of camaraderie amongst those in uniform and since Sirul and Sadri could have been obeying orders, comrades might show pity and assisted him fleeing.

      Therefore opting for a PKR or DAP Interior Ministers, won't change anything for the time being.

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  37. Anonymous @ 31 May 2018 at 19:53,

    //Who the heck has so many paid holidays in a year and on top of that travelling around the country plus visiting cousin across the bridge.//

    Eeerrr.. someone with a very good boss?

    Or maybe someone who is her own boss?

    Look, go thru Annie's archives and you will work it out yourself, OK?

    Gladiator

    Gladiator

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  38. I can bet with you that this LGE will be a laughing stock very soon if he don’t belajar kuat kuat....the whole world 🌍 is watching, 150 billions was wipe off from our stocks value....hsr cancel and you know what...it is not going to cancel but this product will eventually drop into the pockets of Tun...so 150b is not a concern one trillion is also not a big deal...so brothers and sisters pray hard and keep your nerves...

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    1. LOL....this ah beng ^^^^^^^ konpom MCA or Gelakan "cybertlooper"...go and do burial rites lah dey...no more Umno balls to suck, how you all gonna live?

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    2. If this mountain of hidden debt can be found just by walking into the MOF then it is not very well hidden is it? Was it sitting in a spreadsheet in Jibby’s computer and named “Hidden Debt - Nothing To See Here”. LOL.

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    3. 2239. That’s rich coming from you, someone who writes like a Jinjang Joe.

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    4. "If this mountain of hidden debt can be found just by walking into the MOF then it is not very well hidden is it?"

      My dear Watson, the reason this mountain of debt is easily found is because Pirate and Gang didn't in their wildest dream thought they would lose the election...remember how they boasted that they will rule for another 1000 years ? By their conniving calculation, the win is already in the bag...their partners in crime like EC sudah drawn the new delineation lines, ROS sudah kow tim Bersatu, all pictures of Tun cut out from the posters, overseas voters received their ballot papers late thus unable to vote, voting day on mid week to ensure more difficulty for voters to come back or travel to vote,pack with PAS to be penjuru tiga etc etc...and of course Pirate kan ada tons of cash to bribe the voters, even that Jamal Jamban handing out obscene amount of cash to each voter ( all caught on videos ). So these criminals are so dead sure of winning...no need to hide anything la..thinking they will win and just breezed back to office on Monday after declaring public holidays. Tiba tiba...the other side won and they are locked out of the offices..no time to even shred the documents or carry off sensitive secret papers.

      That my dear Watson, is the pathetic story of criminals caught totally unaware and flat footed. Got it ?

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  39. Annie, I don't trust a finance minister/prime minister who insists that the money found in his account was a donation.
    Najib was also the imbecile FM who till today insists that 1mdb today is insolvent because "the TRX land is worth more than it's liabilities". Have you ever managed finances before? Do you believe in accountability? Maybe you could switch to non political blogging

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