The announcement made by the Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Ministry of Malaysia on the increase in petrol prices of RON95 and diesel by 20 sen per litre effective 2nd October 2014 drives me to get up and qwerty my thoughts .
I was just discussing with friends and family about how much I spent on a simple meal at a mamak restaurant. A mamak restaurant is a well known food establishment amongst Malaysians, which serves muslim indian food. They are considered affordable food with an unpretentious, casual and open dining atmosphere by setting up tables on a patio, the shoplot's walkway, or even on the street. I ordered one bowl of Laksa Noodle, a set of two half boiled eggs, one glass of warm water and two glasses of teh tarik. These cost me RM19.00. Cheap you say? Well it all depends who pays for it.
I recall during my trips to overseas, their denomination of 50 note brings me further than a mere meal of laksa and half boiled eggs. A note of £50 to TESCO in UK can buy you 50 loaves of 800 gms white bread at £1.00 each, 33 packs of 6 Gala Apples (670 gms) at £1.50 each, 6 tubs of 900gm SMA Baby Powder Milk at at £7.50 each, 10 bottles of 1 litre Fillipo Olive Oil at £5.00 each and 25 bottles of 2 litre fresh milk at £1.99 each, 13 trays of 30 eggs cost £3.75 each tray. 3 Large packs of Pampers of 64 pieces cost £14.00 each.
and if you take that £50 to Chiltern Firehouse (No.1 London Restaurant by Timeout), will buy you two (2) main courses, two (2) glasses of fresh orange or grapefruit juice and one (1) side order to share.
This would be almost similar if you take A$50 in Australia and US$50 in United States of America. Your 50 note has its worth.
What about RM50? What can you eat in Malaysia for RM50 when a simple poor man's meal costs me a shocking RM19.00! Now..how far does a RM50 takes you at TESCO in Malaysia?
Guess what? One (1).. i repeat... one(1) tub of the cheapest 900 gm baby milk powder is RM63.00. One can't even afford baby milk for a month with 50 domination in Malaysia. Let us forget about other things.. because it will just be wasting my time highlighting the obvious.
So Mr Prime Minister.... tell me what have your grey haired wisdom have done for your people and its citizens of Malaysia? Enough said. You think for yourself if you want to keep running the office. The inflation effect will take long to recover... similarly with the current incumbent government's reputation and vote. Not until the people can take off the pressure from the increasing cost of living and make its citizens' hard earned money worth more than just 62 packets of coconut powder.. Mr Prime Minister, you don't deserve our regard.
It's 7 o'clock, pass your bedtime. Time to go to bed Prime Minister.
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