Minyak turun

Alhamdulillah... Harga minyak petrol turun lagi. Kali ini penurunan sebanyak 15 sen, dari RM2.45 kepada RM2.30. Namun difahamkan, harga minyak dunia adalah jauh lebih rendah mencecah USD78 setong. Jadi, sepatutnya, harga minyak di Malaysia ni boleh diturunkan lagi sekurang-kurangnya 20-30sen.

Walaubagaimanapun, diharapkan agar harga barang runcit akan turut turun seiring dengan penurunan harga minyak. Para peniaga, pemborong & pengusaha nampaknya mengambil kesempatan utk mengekalkan harga lama yg (sangat) mahal untuk mengaut keuntungan lebih. Pihak yg berwajib (KPDNHEP) kenalah turun padang, rajin2la buat tinjauan, laksanakan tugas anda. Jangan hanya sibuk bagi komen je, kerja tak jalan, habuk tarak.

Debate 2008

Tonight, there'll be a debate between Anwar & Sabery Chik. The topic is "Hari ini bentuk Kerajaan, esok turunkan harga minyak". Well, we'll see how it will be going. I personally think that Sabery is not a suitable candidate to represent current government. Perhaps, the Finance Minister or Domestic Trade and Consumer Minister should be the one. I'm afraid of "terpandang rendah" to Sabery. It's hard to say. Just let us watch it tonight.

Increment 100%

Baru-baru ini, berikutan kenaikan harga minyak petrol dan diesel, Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) telah mengumumkan kadar tarif elektrik baru untuk pengguna di mana kadar caj adalah berdasarkan kuota penggunaan. Caj-caj diselaraskan mengikut range pengguna.

Misalnya bagi range (contoh aje):
Penggunaan 0 - 200W, kadarnya ialah RM50
Penggunaan 201 - 400W, kadarnya ialah RM80

Pengguna A menggunakan 100W, jadi bil mereka ialah RM50.
Pengguna B menggunakan 200W, jadi bil mereka ialah RM50.
Pengguna C pula menggunakan 210W dan bil mereka ialah RM80.
Pengguna D pula hanya menggunakan 50W tetapi dia juga dikenakan caj RM50.
Pengguna E guna 400W, bil RM80.

Beza penggunaan Watt oleh pengguna B dan C hanya 10W, tetapi perbezaan bil adalah RM30. Kita lihat pula perbezaan antara pengguna C dan E. Jumlah bil mereka sama iaitu RM80 tetapi beza penggunaan terlalu ketara iaitu 190W.

Pada pandangan saya, penyelarasan bil seperti ini adalah tidak adil kepada pengguna. Pengguna yang menggunakan power yang sedikit, terpaksa membayar caj yang sama dengan pengguna yang menggunakan lebihan power. Kalau begini keadaannya, apa guna pengguna A berjimat cermat. Istilah 'jimatkan penggunaan elektrik' tentulah sama sekali tidak relevan untuk mereka.

Tidak lama selepas pengumuman kenaikan kadar elektrik, pihak Kerajaan pula mengumumkan bahawa gaji CEO TNB akan dinaikkan 100%.

Saya sangat terkejut.

Saya faham jika gaji perlu dinaikkan. Semua rakyat Malaysia mengidamkan salary increment, tetapi kalau increment itu mencapai 100%, saya kira itu tidak wajar sama sekali. Tambahan pula, beberapa minggu sebelum itu, TNB baru saja mengumumkan kenaikan tarif elektrik. Gaji CEO pula bukannya sedikit. Kurang-kurang mencapai RM60,000. Jika dinaikan 100%, ini bermakna gaji baru CEO TNB ialah RM120,000.

Bayangkan berapa ramai pekerja-pekerja yang akan gembira tidak terkata jika RM60,000 itu diagihkan kepada mereka sama rata berbanding jika ianya dibolot oleh satu pihak sahaja?

Adakah kenaikan tarif ini dibuat disebabkan kita perlu menampung kos gaji CEO yang dinaikkan sehingga 100%? Mengapa rakyat pula yg perlu menanggung beban ini? Sudahlah kita diparahkan dengan kenaikan harga minyak dan barang yg menggila dan tidak terkawal. Secara peribadi, saya kesal dengan keputusan ini. Kerajaan tidak sewajarnya memberikan increment kepada seorang CEO sehingga 100% di saat rakyat sedang menangis memikirkan cara untuk berjimat dan 'ubah cara hidup'. Kepada pihak Kerajaan, silalah pertimbangkan semula hasrat anda.

Smart or Dumped

Here is an analogy...

A roti canai which is mixed, rolled, fried and packed in United States, and exported to Malaysia, is being sold to the consumer with the price of RM2.70 per piece.

Another roti canai which is mixed, rolled, fried and packed nicely in United Arab Emirates, and is exported to Malaysia, is being sold to the consumer with the price of RM2.70 per piece.

And... there is a roti canai which is mixed, rolled, fried and packed nicely in Kedai Mamak sebelah rumah, also being sold to the consumer with the price of RM2.70 per piece.

Let's us assume, roti canai = fuel

There are a few queries:
(1) How much kedai mamak earns?
(2) Why kedai mamak can't reduce the price of roti canai if in fact they have saved the cost of transportation/exportation?

Kedai mamak has exported their roti canai to UK and Canada but eventually having problem of shortage of roti canai to be sold to local people. Thus, they have imported a few tonnes of roti canai to overcome the shortage but with higher price compared to the local's.

One more question, does kedai mamak smart, or Malaysian, are we dumped?

Frustration

Yesterday, our hampeh Prime Minister has announced that the petrol price increased 40.625% from RM1.92 to RM2.70 per liter. The subsidy will be given to rakyat annually upon road tax renewal where, the 2000cc & below car's owner will receive RM625 which is equal to RM52.08 per month. Is it sufficient? U tell me...

Last night, we filled up 32.9 liter fuel with the cost of RM63. Starting today, that price is longer valid as it will be RM88.80. U can do the maths...

And... last night in Buletin Utama, our minister of PDNHEP in the interview session mentioned that "Minyak adalah satu penggunaan, bukan keperluan"... Nonsense. He didn't even think before he talked. Didn't he studied Economy, did he? Even the basic economy syllabus describes about the difference between 'need' and 'want'. From his saying, it could be summarised as "Kereta guna minyak, tapi kereta tak perlukan minyak". There is one most suitable sentence = Statement bodoh!

FRUSTRATED!!! Super-duper frustrated...

This increment will definitely give a HUGE impact to the economy, inflation, goods and society. Thus, the level of poverty might increase as well as the crimes. When the statistic of crime shows a rapid rise, then Pak Lah would held a press conference asking PDRM to clarify why the number of crime increases, which suppose should be questioned to himself.

I've read an article saying that "No subsidy, no car tax". I agree on that. No toll should be levied as well! Pak Lah claimed that the economy has growth 7.1% in 1st quarter of 2008. In fact, traders keep complaining about "no sale, no sale..." They are totally in restless situation. Hmm... so how did Pak Lah got the figure of 7.1%? Maybe there's a new formula to calculate it... specially imposed by Pak Lah, kerajaan 3 beranak!