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Post by candy188 on Nov 25, 2013 16:23:44 GMT 7
A backpacker from the United Kingdom has visited countries like Africa and Yemen, but picks Kuala Lumpur as the most dangerous place he has ever been to. Dave Ramsay had related his experience about being stabbed and mugged in the city on travel site Virtual Tourist. The incident took place near Hard Rock Cafe in Jalan Sultan Ismail on Oct 5.  Dave was stabbed in the chest and then slashed across the arm with a knife, before the robber fled with his bag. Dave said there was no regard for his life since he was attacked before being robbed, instead of the other way round. However, his ordeal did not end there. - Not only did it take 30 minutes to reach a hospital - as most taxis did not stop for him after seeing blood, - police were also ineffective and inefficient. According to Dave, security at local venues did nothing. Tourist police also did not ask anything about the robber and only produced a report for an insurance claim, making the victim feel they had no interest in pursuing the criminal. Dave even called the tourist police office a "conveyor belt of victims coming in".
www.relax.com.sg/article/news/backpacker-of-30-years-says-kl-is-most-dangerous-place-he-has-ever-been-to#sthash.gjrTdhr2.dpuf malaysiacrimealert.blogspot.sg/search?updated-min=2012-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2013-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=2
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Post by me200 on Dec 1, 2013 9:08:08 GMT 7
Stretched by huge household debt, M'sian families at the edge of CHAOS - Rafizi warns
The debts that the average Malaysian family has to shoulder are so high that taken collectively, society could be plunged into chaos by even small economic shocks, said a Pakatan Rakyat lawmaker yesterday.
Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli said Malaysia’s total household debt is estimated at RM820 billion, higher than the government’s debt which stands at RM541 billion.
He claimed that Malaysia’s household debt was the second highest in Asia, the first being Sri Lanka.
"Since household debt is tied to the banks which are in turn tied to the government and vice versa, anything that hits one will impact the other.
"Any shock, such as the ringgit losing value, inflation or Malaysia’s exports suddenly becoming unattractive, could have a spiralling effect", Rafizi explained.
He was speaking at a forum titled “What Lies in Our Future” organised by the Centre for Reform. Also present were Parti Buntar MP Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa and Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar.
Rafizi said that the country’s finances are so mismanaged by the Barisan Nasional administration, that should Pakatan Rakyat win the next election, it will still take years for the new coalition government to fix the economic mess.
Likening the country to a person who has to spend almost all his salary to pay off his debts, Rafizi said that as the country’s finances continue to worsen, there will be very few tools that can be used to fix it.
“The Deputy Prime Minister wants us to believe that having high levels of debt is okay. He says that the United States and Japan also have high levels of debts.
“But those are rich nations. The US can print more money (since all currencies are tied to the US dollar). But we cannot.
“It’s the difference between a rich man who is able get loans even though he has debt, and a poor man who has debt but can’t get loans. Malaysia is like the poor man.
"Instead of fixing the country’s finances by trimming operation costs and ending corruption, the BN administration is reducing the amount of aid it gives the people. You see this in how the government wants to reduce subsidies. First with fuel, then with electricity next year,” he said.
Rafizi predicts that 2014 will be known as the year everything goes up as Putrajaya has to raise prices in anticipation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in 2015.
“In the first two years of GST everything will go up as businesses pass on the cost of the tax down to the consumer.
“So Putrajaya has to raise prices before GST because it knows if it is done after GST, it will incur the public’s wrath and they will be overthrown.”
Rafizi claimed if the public does not protest against the rise in prices of goods and tariffs, it will send a signal to the BN administration that they can continue to raise prices year after year with impunity.
“The GST will start at 6% but it will gradually go up to 10%,” said Rafizi. - TMI
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Post by zuolun on Dec 3, 2013 7:53:25 GMT 7
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Post by zuolun on Dec 3, 2013 13:33:17 GMT 7
Viewpoint: Malaysia's crime rate - who is telling the truth — 1 Nov 2013 Iskandar hit or hype? — 15 Aug 2013 “Let’s wait and see how Iskandar develops. This is an economic field of cooperation in which, you must remember, we are putting investments on Malaysian soil… And at the stroke of a pen, they can take it over. They are not likely to because they want more investments… When we go there, we must understand that any real estate or building that you plant on the ground belongs to the owner of the ground.” — Lee Kuan Yew Internal Security Act (Malaysia) — 3 Oct 2013
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Post by candy188 on Dec 3, 2013 23:27:31 GMT 7
Stretched by huge household debt, M'sian families at the edge of CHAOS - Rafizi warns
The debts that the average Malaysian family has to shoulder are so high that taken collectively, society could be plunged into chaos by even small economic shocks, said a Pakatan Rakyat lawmaker yesterday. Likening the country to a person who has to spend almost all his salary to pay off his debts, Rafizi said that as the country’s finances continue to worsen, there will be very few tools that can be used to fix it. “The Deputy Prime Minister wants us to believe that having high levels of debt is okay. He says that the United States and Japan also have high levels of debts.
“But those are rich nations. The US can print more money (since all currencies are tied to the US dollar).
But we cannot.
“It’s the difference between
- a rich man who is able get loans even though he has debt,
- and a poor man who has debt but can’t get loans. Malaysia is like the poor man.
 "Instead of fixing the country’s finances by trimming operation costs and ending corruption, the BN administration is reducing the amount of aid it gives the people. You see this in how the government wants to reduce subsidies. First with fuel, then with electricity next year,” he said. Rafizi predicts that 2014 will be known as the year everything goes up as Putrajaya has to raise prices in anticipation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in 2015. “In the first two years of GST everything will go up as businesses pass on the cost of the tax down to the consumer. Interesting analogy.  |
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Post by om on Dec 21, 2013 18:14:45 GMT 7
Even Taiwanese is investing in malaysia ...
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Post by zuolun on Jan 13, 2014 13:59:47 GMT 7
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Post by zuolun on Jan 15, 2014 15:59:52 GMT 7
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Post by zuolun on Jan 19, 2014 11:36:29 GMT 7
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Post by zuolun on Feb 18, 2014 14:57:41 GMT 7
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Post by zuolun on Feb 18, 2014 17:42:56 GMT 7
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Post by me200 on Feb 19, 2014 7:35:52 GMT 7
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Post by zuolun on Feb 20, 2014 12:02:35 GMT 7
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Post by zuolun on Mar 2, 2014 12:32:51 GMT 7
The Johor Bahru Retirement Plan — 14 Feb 2014
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Post by zuolun on Apr 1, 2014 0:11:14 GMT 7
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