9MP : Inject 30Bil, Penang Lost 3.5 Bil Malaysiakini

Malaysiakini reports, Abdullah launches mid-term review of 9MP, Gov't injects extra RM30 bil into 9MP and Economic Planning Unit (EPU) of the Prime Minister's Department today said that the RM2 billion Penang Monorail and RM1.5 billion Penang Outer Ring Road have been shelved.

You can read Malaysiakini report here, here and here.

I am not sure whether Abdullah understand what he is reading on the mid-term review of the 9MP. I am no economist and what I understand is neither is Abdullah who graduated as an islamic or religious scholar.

The text he is reading must be prepared by someone else who may or may not be an economist as well.

I have no taste to go through all these details on the 9MP, moreover I could not understand how the planning goes about.

I would appreciate if some economists who read this post, may highlight or explain what I am writting below is right or wrong.

If I am not wrong, the RM2 billion Penang Monorail and RM1.5 billion Penang Outer Ring Road had already being factored into the 9MP just like the Penang second bridge. With the mid-term review of the 9MP, RM3.5 Billion of Penang development were shelved even though there is an injection of an addition of RM30 billion.

Najib is quick to declare that this is not a punishment due to the State falling into the hand of Pakatan Rakyat.

As Penang CM Lim Guan Eng expressed, why the Federal Government did not discuss with the State first.

Penang badly need an improvement on the public transportations and infrastructures and I see no reason why these two projects have to be shelved. It is not a useless mega projects like the super corridoors launch by Abdullah.

As a Penangnite I would say that the Penang second bridge should be shelved instead of these two projects.

To summarise, I see the Federal Government under BN is really going out to punish those States under Pakatan Rakyat.

Seeing the danger of losing MPs from the Eastern States of Sabah and Sarawak, they are pumping more RM to these two States by shelving important and urgent development projects from States under Pakatan Rakyat rules.

And lastly, why shelved these two projects which cost only RM3.5 billion when and injection of RM30 billion is in placed?

MalaysiaKini Parliament Playing Cat And Mouse

Is our Malaysia Parliament Now (MalaysiaKini) playing cat and mouse? Do we really need to have Parliament sitting? It seems like our Parliament is going to the dog.

A call for a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi by Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) President Datuk Yong Teck Lee has received endorsement by SAPP supreme council.

Feeling the pressure and to be ahead, a motion by the Minister for Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad seeking support for the measures taken by the government over price increases of food, oil and commodities, including reduction of oil subsidies was tabled with the motion going through on a 129 Yes and 78 No.

The motion by Datuk Shahrir should have been tabled before they implement the so call measures over price increases of food, oil and commodities, including reduction of oil subsidies and NOT AFTER.

So does the PM or BN feel better after the motion with the 129 members support?

I think the Parliament has more urgent matters to resolve rather then wasting time to call and show support for any individual or party.

For Barisan National Parliamentarians, please think of the rakyat first before your party. Its no point sticking to the party rule that you have to follow the whip instruction to vote for or against. If your leader is weak, its weak, that, you cannot change even though he may be a nice guy but we do not need a nice guy but a strong and able leader to run our country.

For Pakatan Rakyat Parliamentarians, please do not create unnecessary tension. If you have the majority to take over the Federal Government, just do it. Don't keep prolonging your statement that you have the numbers but waiting for this or that. Do not create political uncertainties which may lead to unnecessary suffering of the rakyat.

To all Parliamentarians, the rakyat is suffering, the economy is bad, we the rakyat need you all to sit in Parliament to work out solutions and resolve the problems and not fight against each other.

To the Prime Minister, do not make any further flip-flop statements. Your last statement calling Yong Teik Lee a greedy man is totally uncalled. Tell me which one of your elected members is not greedy. As of today, what I know is that they are all elected to gain something and not really to serve the rakyat. Just like you, why are you still hanging on, when there are calls for you to step down.

Get down to work and stop playing cat and mouse.