Mydin Mohamed Holdings Bhd (MMHB) managing director Datuk Ameer Ali Mydin looks at increasing prices differently.
“Undoubtedly, prices for almost everything are going up, but is anything wrong with that?”
He believes that if prices globally are increasing, there has to be a pass-through mechanism implemented by the Government.
“We cannot live in an isolated world. In this globalised economy, we cannot have a protected economy.
“We can live with it temporarily to obtain a balance, but currently we can see the Malaysian economy becoming increasingly distorted because of the millions of ringgit going into subsidies of petroleum, flour or rice, for example.”
He said the country did not have deep-enough pockets to maintain this indefinitely.
He said the wages of Malaysians had also been artificially kept low.
Citing the example of his starting salary 26 years ago at RM1,400, Ameer Ali said: “Now, I am employing graduates at the same salary. There is something wrong here. In every other developed country, the minimum wage has increased by at least 100%.”...... ( The Star )
OK, I read "The Star" today and above excerpt really disturbing me. The fact, it is indeed true. 26 years back with 1400 they could buy a lot of things. They could drive in a nice imported car, and living contentedly in a decent terrace house. What do you expect much from fresh graduate earning 1400 nowadays? Those need to send money back to help their needy parents, in Kampung, they have to have tight budget living in KL. They have desire to buy new car too. Proton must be their dream car, (although Kancil only suit them) and could you imagine how much they left in their pocket?
Ok fine, our PM asking us to think out of box, and try to do something else. Back to reality, do you expect everybody to do business or at least be part of MLM system? On paper Malaysia has prosper a lot, but I bet a lot of people in KL having a hectic life and tight budget every month. We are suffering and being capitalized because our government has not done enough. The gas and toll price keeps on increasing and the car price never been cheap. Satu lagi harga tepung pun naik lagi :P
Public transport and public road not properly planned. The LRT inter-change looks funny. For instance, KL Monorail. Yea, they told us the end station is KL Sentral. But the truth it is 200m away from KL Sentral. As of last year, if we want to change "Star" to "Putra", we have to buy different ticket, that means at the transit station, you have to queue again, unless you have monthly pass :P
Even the India High Commission in Malaysia set their maid price at 1400. Pinoy maid cost around 800 - 1000 and Indonesian could cost up to 450. When you live in KL, and you are married and start having kids, you started to think to hire maid. For young parents, they will opt for Indonesian maid, but how much you could save after paying them and spending on groceries etc.
OK, my father used to say this to me. Last time I earned 400 and while your mom still tapping of rubber trees, our household income was around 550, and we could raise 7 children. But 26-30 years back, with 600 you could buy a lot of things. If we dig the price fact, we would know how cheap was the gas, chicken etc. Compared to this day, those things hiking significantly, and it is unbelievable the fresh grad price remains the same!!!
It is so sad to think about this. I know some of you are lucky enough, if your first job is with MNC like Motorola. They could pay you 2400 and 2700 if you have first class degree. Telekom still competitive in this sense.
It is annoyed to see those having a degree being paid below 2000 and it is more saddened to see those guys not having any job. When people have no choice, they will do whatever they could, and don't expect them to be loyal to you if you couldn't pay them enough.
I’m thinking too much on Fresh Grad. I will be paranoid, if I think about “Tukang Kebung”, org kerja kilang, Supermarket promoter etc.
Then, let's look at our "Wakil Rakyat". To be precise, look at our BN wakil rakyat. I bet they are having a good life. Do they present us well? Do they really fight for you? Look at you, your family, and people around you. If for the past 3 decades you have been casting your vote for them, and you might try their opponent this time??
4 comments:
luahan engineer yg tak duduk kat mesia . Kalu tak puas hati ,mari dtg pakistan lah gee, tgh darurat nih lagi syiok!!
bagus gee meneruskan perjuangan menerangkan apa yg rasa2nya macam x kena dengan malaysia ni.
masalah yang patut kita cuba atasi ialah ramai je yang buat tak tau.
any idea?
gee, very insightful...
patutlah byk kali CUEPACS perjuangkan gaji minima...
rasanya, harga barang kena porportional dgn gaji dulu dan skrg..
masa kat US dulu, aku beli beras berharga $1.19 sekilo. kat sini, di negara pengeluar beras dan makanan ruji adalah beras, harga beras $2.50.
harga kereta tersangat mahal. harga minyak sgt mahal.
not to mention while some people are struggling to feed 7 schooling children with RM750 per month, somebody is throwing tantrum on tv because the Custom Department won't give him the Mercedes Benz he wanted.
Adun, ini luahan utk semua rakyat malaysia. So, ko sekarang agak bertuah slps pindah kerja. Tetapi bila dah agak senang, jgn riak, dan ingat waktu waktu dulu.
Bai, ntah lah. aku takde power nak ubah mentaliti org melayu, sbb TDM pun gagal dia cakap. Sekarang ni ada KJ yang mulut cam gampang. Suka hati nak panggil org beruk. belajar jer tinggi2 tapi takde manners langsung. Peliknya belajar dari kecik sampai besar kat oversea, tapi sanggup panggil orang beruk. Waktu dia nak bagi memo kat RICE dulu, dia tak sedar dia jadi cam beruk. Tapi dia kata dia ada permit. mmg lah hang dapat permit, sbb hang tu UMNO, BN dan menantu PM. Pak Lah patut pelempang muka menantu dia panggil org beruk. Kata melayu ada adat.
Zahra, sepatutnya, apa yang ceupacs fight tu mmg betul. sbb harga barang makin naik. Contohnya bila petrol naik, otomatik harga lain naik, walaunpun kerajaan kata, kami akan mengawal harga barang. Nak buat mcm mana barang barang tu siapa yang control kat malaysia.
Setuju dgn ko, kalau harga barang naik gaji tu kena lah berkadar langsung naik jugak. Macam tak logik lah kalau 26 tahun yang lalu fresh grad gaji 1400 sekarang pun ada yang bayar byk tu. Pastu bak kata ko, bila dah jadi MP, duit dah banyak pastu nak beli merc murah pulak. Cuba la pi tolong rakyat dia kawasan tu.
Wakil Rakyat, kalau tak faham agama, belajar lah moral at least. Sbb depa senang, rakyat yang undi. Depa dapat gaji, dapat projek, sbb rakyat yang undi. Rakyat undi sbb mengharapkan depa ni dapat bela rakyat kat situ. Kalau depa dapat bela rakyat kat situ, tak kesah la BN ke PAS ke.
Aku tak duduk Johor tapi aku rasa org UMNO mcm Syahir Samad tu boleh pakai. Tapi takat mana Syahir Samad Boleh buat pun, kalau yang lain2 tu dok pk duit saja.
Zaman sekarang ni dah susah nak jumpa org jadi Calon sbb nak bela rakyat.
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