Okay, personally I am all for weaning the rakyat of subsidies of any type, but…
Complain about not enough funds so must cut subsidy, but still got so much ‘excess’ to waste on an administrative capital no one visits?!!
From Malaysia Today:
Putrajaya Landscaping Maintenance Costing RM1.5 Million A Month
KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 (Bernama) – The government spends RM1.5 million a month or RM18 million a year in maintenance cost on Putrajaya landscaping, the Dewan Rakyat was told Wednesday.
Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Zulhasnan Rafique said the maintenance work was carried out by 29 contractors who were registered with the Contractors Service Centre (CCS) for Parks Lanscaping Project according to zones.
The landscaping zones were divided into gardens, protocol roads, Persiaran Perdana, Putrajaya fringes and neighbourhood precincts, he said in a written reply to Liew Chin Tong (DAP-Bukit Bendera).
RM 18 million divided by the rise in petrol price of 78 sen per litre = 23,076,923.077 litres of petrol that could have been subsidized.
Above is Poster #13 from Malaysian Politics Motivational Posters
Why did any of us even vote for them in the past?
And don’t get me started on where the BN government has been wasting all our money these past 20 years…
See also the useful Malaysia Fuel Price Increase & Rebate: Auto Calculator For 2000cc And Below.