tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post6291775120831849544..comments2024-03-14T19:25:05.015+08:00Comments on SAKMONGKOL AK47: Lessons from an economic storyAriff Sabrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04134536173557859031noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-64946703095661579732009-05-08T08:27:00.000+08:002009-05-08T08:27:00.000+08:00Sigh ...
why do we equate success with money??
d...Sigh ...<br /><br />why do we equate success with money??<br /><br />don't throw the baby out with the bath water<br /><br />in trying to allow "unhappy voices" the chance for expression<br /><br />let's not get into another racial stereotyping<br /><br />Malaysia is a great countryUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058653104014681765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-61002347482450163792009-05-08T07:50:00.000+08:002009-05-08T07:50:00.000+08:00Sakmongkol
I'm one of the two Anons whose comment...Sakmongkol<br /><br />I'm one of the two Anons whose comments disappeared.<br /><br />I don't mind at all my comment disappearing so long as the offensive earlier Anon's comment also disappeared. I felt a need for unjustified comments and offensive remarks to be replied to and wrong impressions corrected for the record, believing that what are said in your blog can be regarded as some kind of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-4409636760323550232009-05-07T16:23:00.000+08:002009-05-07T16:23:00.000+08:00Am I lazy? wake up 4.00am masak nasi lemak, lucky ...Am I lazy? wake up 4.00am masak nasi lemak, lucky the sambal can be cooked night before.6.30am already at my site near the kilang. But why can't i get any other things from the kilang beside regular nasi lemar eaters, such as labour supply, be a rubish collector or lorry supplier or maybe material supplier.<br /><br />nasi lemak sellerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-60610113624712372102009-05-07T00:26:00.000+08:002009-05-07T00:26:00.000+08:00if all cars,buses,motorbikes etc are banned from u...if all cars,buses,motorbikes etc are banned from using the roads in kuantan except for ur taxi driver friend,then i believe he can earn much better money..and similarly,if he is the only licensed goat slaughterer in kuantan.<br /><br />but his competitive advantage as such will not last forever..cos the market will innovate to escape from his stranglehold.<br /><br />There will be innovative kuldeephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04860432336909833363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-81761414420728121442009-05-06T23:26:00.000+08:002009-05-06T23:26:00.000+08:00I love this piece. I relate to the taxi driver's...I love this piece. I relate to the taxi driver's predicament.<br /><br />But I don't agree with the notion that G'ment's policy meant to enrich the few.<br /><br />I believe there's a mismatch to enable the taxi driver (and myself) to optimise his (and mine) skills to realise the economic advantage.<br /><br />I happened to hop in a taxi recently in KL where the driver was an ex-army, have a fazilogichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541514961393533357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-65939086332077951162009-05-06T22:43:00.000+08:002009-05-06T22:43:00.000+08:00I like to use this words when talking about life@e...I like to use this words when talking about life@economy; " pi la korek celah perdu mana-mana pokok kalau boleh jumpa seringgit".<br /><br />The words sounds a stiff principle of me that nothing is free and how hard to make a living.<br /><br />But then sad to still listening a workers (labour in fact) still bullied by a capitalist via various unfair policy, act, enactment and law.HeroHuruHarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01221001774551242008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-23713378854762061912009-05-06T21:33:00.000+08:002009-05-06T21:33:00.000+08:00Dear Dt sak
i dont really understand your point o...Dear Dt sak<br /><br />i dont really understand your point of writing..<br /><br />poor taxi driver and rich government servant.<br /><br />i dont think you are comparing apple to apple.<br /><br />we should live according to our income earning.the amount of money we have is enough if we know how to live according to our means.for the less affordable, there are many shops offering goods for them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-74054738713193806422009-05-06T19:30:00.000+08:002009-05-06T19:30:00.000+08:00are you gona go my way,
i let yr comments thru- b...are you gona go my way,<br /><br />i let yr comments thru- but somehow it didnt appear. pls resend because i think yr rebuttal to someone's argument here deserves to be heard.<br />there are two more comments from anons which i also allowed thru, but did not appear on this page. sorry for that.Ariff Sabrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04134536173557859031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-27058431147080491472009-05-06T18:56:00.000+08:002009-05-06T18:56:00.000+08:00Would a social-welfare system as commonly found am...Would a social-welfare system as commonly found among Scandinavian countries the answer to bridging the gap between the rich and the poor?<br /><br />I know Lee Kuan Yew has said that such a system is too expensive to maintain. What say you? Could Malaysia pull it off? After all, with all the bailouts and nationalisation process going on in many countries today, isn't the world now embracing (Abu Luqmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-26745908816927219242009-05-06T18:49:00.000+08:002009-05-06T18:49:00.000+08:00If there is one regret i had was that i should hav...If there is one regret i had was that i should have been a politician in bolehland,i would have retired by 45 and enjoy the habuans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-82189617053084953172009-05-06T18:25:00.000+08:002009-05-06T18:25:00.000+08:00Hi Datok Sak,
Let me share with you a true story ...Hi Datok Sak,<br /><br />Let me share with you a true story that happened recently.<br /><br />The story is about this driver in my office. A Malay guy in his late 40s. A trustworthy and reliable man. He was one of those unlucky ones to be retrenched because of the current difficult economic times. <br /><br />I asked him how he will survive without a job. Maybe I could help him out what I can. Reenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-42875084259645014692009-05-06T17:35:00.000+08:002009-05-06T17:35:00.000+08:00"Taking the taxi-driver example, it is not educati..."Taking the taxi-driver example, it is not education and not productivity. So what is it?" (icarius-outright).<br /><br /><br />It IS education and productivity. But not of the taxi-driver alone. Also of the people who make the policies and create the environment in which taxi drivers, etc. have to operate within like slaves in some roman empire.<br /><br /><br />If in the case of taxi drivers, wallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580252352785040456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-85507420546756142702009-05-06T17:11:00.000+08:002009-05-06T17:11:00.000+08:00Dearest Datuk,
Excellent write up and you really ...Dearest Datuk,<br /><br />Excellent write up and you really hit it well.<br /><br />Keep em coming and let me think of possible questions to seek clarifications.<br /><br />Be blessed,<br /><br />Muhammad Firdaus ChristopherMuhammad Firdaus Christophernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-40049639608764781412009-05-06T15:56:00.000+08:002009-05-06T15:56:00.000+08:00Bukan begitu anon 11:09
Saya menyuruh anda berfik...Bukan begitu anon 11:09<br /><br />Saya menyuruh anda berfikir..Allah tak larang org menjadi kaya..Seorang taxi driver boleh juga jadi kaya. Bagaimanakah anda mengukur kaya?<br /><br />Untuk org yg salarynya suami isteri dalam 5K - 10k setiap seorang akan dianggap kaya oleh suami isteri yg bergaji dalam 2K setiap seorang.<br /><br />Tetapi bagi seseorang entrepreneur mungkin punya syarikat bas Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-84603486567531821892009-05-06T15:53:00.000+08:002009-05-06T15:53:00.000+08:00My observations are very much along your lines, al...My observations are very much along your lines, although not with such good story-telling skills.<br /><br />So what should we, as a country, strive for?<br />a. To increase opportunities for the taxi driver to take on other income-generating activities at the same time? (e.g. sell soap on MLM while driving a taxi? ala Bad spellers of the world untie)<br /><br />b. To encourage migration or Icariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17007465587471139186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-14238832570874516342009-05-06T14:25:00.000+08:002009-05-06T14:25:00.000+08:00so melayu aje yg malas?
all chinese are rajin..
...so melayu aje yg malas?<br /><br />all chinese are rajin..<br /><br />get najib to get that taxi driver to be the ceo of some company. then only ppl be happy.<br /><br />bottom line, specialisation is a must in this age's economic set up.<br /><br />we are not living in the age before the Great Industrial Revolution of the 1800's.<br /><br />BN must identify with the persona that it is helping Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-68968411710322531362009-05-06T14:12:00.000+08:002009-05-06T14:12:00.000+08:00the generalisation that govt officers are lazy and...the generalisation that govt officers are lazy and getting fat paychecks and perks for doing nothing is not true and definitely goes against the factsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-39290869692301505172009-05-06T12:17:00.000+08:002009-05-06T12:17:00.000+08:00Dear Sir,
Please write more on stuff like this. I...Dear Sir,<br /><br />Please write more on stuff like this. I am reading and benefiting from your last two postings.<br /><br />I will come up with stupid questions, later.Neneznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-17481130971877221182009-05-06T11:42:00.000+08:002009-05-06T11:42:00.000+08:00Another excellent piece Dato'!
Using your example...Another excellent piece Dato'!<br /><br />Using your example of taxi drivers. We have a situation where a well-connected company receives thousands of taxi permits, who then charge the drivers RM40 per day (or RM1200 per month) for the right to drive the taxi. But all fuel, maintenance, upgrade and repair costs are borne by the driver. <br /><br />Essentially, this means that it's the cabbie's Eyes Wide Openhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05367590620303779137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-6108538112177190962009-05-06T11:10:00.000+08:002009-05-06T11:10:00.000+08:00People work hard and get paid for the work they do...People work hard and get paid for the work they do. Would you pay a brain surgeon the same amount for 3 hour operation as you would a taxi driver for a 3 hour trip to Johor?<br /><br />I know of a taxi driving gentlemen who is quite a wealthy man. He would wake up in the wee hours of the morning, drive his taxi all day and go home very late at night, perhaps not even in time to put his children Bad Spellers of the World Untie!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14717147640050839284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-21187965188865503882009-05-06T11:09:00.000+08:002009-05-06T11:09:00.000+08:00Anon 10:11
Itulah antara sebab utama kenapa org m...Anon 10:11<br /><br />Itulah antara sebab utama kenapa org melayu tidak maju dalam perniagaan, tidak kaya, tak naik pangkat. Saya ada kawan, pandai, rajin, Mechanical Engineer. Dapat offer kerja kat Russia, mak tak bagi. Takut tak da makanan halal - pass. Ada adik kawan, pakai tudung labuh, best student kat semua tempat dia belajar - Pre U, SPM, Degree Dean's List, PWC & ArthurAnderson Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-72202629974185425712009-05-06T10:11:00.000+08:002009-05-06T10:11:00.000+08:00Kerja-kerja kasar seperti cleaner alam flora, taxi...Kerja-kerja kasar seperti cleaner alam flora, taxi driver tidak menerbitkan gaji bulan yg tinggi sepertimana pekerja2 lulusan degree atau master...<br /><br />Walau bagaimana kuat kerjanya, tidak akan menyamai hasil kerja seorang sarjana..<br /><br />Saya tak pasti bagaimana distribution of wealth yg disebut, sebab pada saya kalau kerja taxi driver boleh mendapat hasil yg sama dengan lulusan Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-11317872278069715262009-05-06T09:24:00.000+08:002009-05-06T09:24:00.000+08:00Sak,
A very realistic and frank article from a Ma...Sak,<br /><br />A very realistic and frank article from a Malay's perpective. It is only a small part of what is wrong with the country.<br /><br />Can you imagine what a non Malay would faces? <br /><br />We know why the best brains are working for other countries. What fools we are. We trained these bright sparks for 11 years or even up to U levels and all the other countries need to do is to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-27177270536678584162009-05-06T08:59:00.000+08:002009-05-06T08:59:00.000+08:00Sak,
Excellent piece!Sak,<br /><br />Excellent piece!etheoristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03412913576145631384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1604477176521753208.post-32129174860614216062009-05-06T08:42:00.000+08:002009-05-06T08:42:00.000+08:00Dear Datuk Sak
My heart goes out to them, who spe...Dear Datuk Sak<br /><br />My heart goes out to them, who spend their waking hour making money just to put food on the table and give proper education to their children - arent that human's basic necessities Sir? No, i heard too many time how people wanted to be in the fovt service simply because they want less work yet more allowance and perks. It saddened me because today's world 'rewards' the Fi-shahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15251784513929015242noreply@blogger.com