ian unspoken

Prime Minister Abdullah’s claim that Malaysia is currently ranked 8th in the world in terms of competitiveness is deliberately misleading. He just can’t stop misleading everyone. The lie about the dissolution of the Parliament is still very fresh.

Do not compare Singapore’s economy with that of Malaysia’s.

It is like comparing “first-class grapes (Singapore) with first-class apples (Malaysia),” Prime Minster Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said when addressing the Chinese community at the Penang Chinese Town Hall (PCTH) dialogue session yesterday.

“We are a population of over 20 million and we rank eighth in the world in terms of our competitiveness.

“This is not the Government’s figure and I am not telling you lies. This statistic is from an international survey.

“If I quote statistics from our own surveys, you will not believe us. Everywhere I go, the business community tells me that Malaysia is doing very well. These people are smart. You cannot fool them because they are well-read,” he said, adding that the Government had no reason to lie.

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Yes, it is true. The Malaysian Parliament has been dissolved. Elections are on!

Yesterday’s dissolution of the Parliament also portrayed Mr Bugger-wi as a cunning liar. Come on, even a ten-year-old would know that you are telling a blatant lie. Can’t he just wait another week for the Chinese New Year celebrations to end? Mr. PM, Malaysia is plural FYI!

We know that it is impossible for BN to not win this round, but it’s a possibility that they might lose their two-thirds majority in the Parliament. Penang is getting a new Chief Minister. I hope Jeff Ooi, Lim Guang Eng and his father, Lim Kit Siang will run for Penang seats. Hopefully one of them would even be the new Penang CM!
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Yep. I’ll be flying tomorrow… and this will be my last with Malaysia Airlines. Back home to friends and family in Penang. Ah. I can’t wait!

5 Reasons NOT to fly Malaysia Airlines
1. When calling their “hotline”, they put you on hold for ever! Last month, I tried calling them every day for a week and I did not get an answer. I could even memorise their call hold message.
2. Bad service. This did not happen just once. One notable incident was during my trip to Istanbul, Turkey earlier this year. Ask me about it.
3. More expensive. Go check the prices for yourself.
4. To get back to Penang from Sydney, you will have to transit TWICE… Yep. SYD-BNE-KUL-PEN. Arghhh…
5. MAS = Mana Ada System?

:D See you guys very soon!

Yes. I will be temporarily leaving New South Wales to go back to the Prince of Wales’ Island.

My summer courses has started. I’m doing my second first year math and physics courses. Technically, I’ll be done with my freshie year in February. Doing your freshman year in 7 months is not a bed of roses. It’s so… Arghhh… Never mind,

Anyway, I just started to miss Penang food this week.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) raised interest rates on Wednesday, causing the Australian dollar to reach a fresh 23-year high. The domestic currency hit 93.74 US cents at 1330 AEDT - its strongest level since April 4, 1984 when it closed at 93.93 US cents.

The RBA lifted official interest rates on Wednesday morning by a quarter of a percentage point to 6.75 percent. This has brought rates to their highest level since November 1996. Prime Minister John Howard has apologised to borrowers for the consequences of today’s rise, but Treasurer Peter Costello insisted that rates have only gone up because Australians have never had it so good.

This is the first time that the rates have changed during a campaign election. However, Mr Howard said Australians should remember the ballooning inflation under the previous Labor government.
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