Press Statement – 5th
October 2012
The PR budget is Disappointing
1. PR budget 2013 as claimed by the PR is the best budget
and definitely a budget tailor made for the rakyat. Is that really so?
2. Firstly, Pakatan Rakyat has always said that if they come to power, they will reduce the petrol
price and the rakyat will get to enjoy affordable petrol price. However, such
an important announcement is not even is not recorded in their latest 2013
Budget. If that were so, how would
they be able to reduce the petrol price? Where’s the calculation?
3. Not only that, they have also promised to abolish the
Toll should PR comes into power. But again, it is not stated in their budget.
In the PR 2013 Budget, it is mentioned that the Budget will review toll price, but there was nothing in the Budget that
promised toll abolishment.
4. Nevertheless, the PR claimed that they have something
good in store for the rakyat in their budget where they promised to increase
the minimum wage from the current RM900 to RM1, 100. PR shouted that this is
the best move for the working group. This is not the truth. This move will
further add to the country’s debt burden and will definitely burden the rakyat
in long run.
5. The calculation is very simple. At the moment, we have 3
million foreign workers in Malaysia. Imagine if we give each foreign worker an
additional RM200 a month, in one month, RM600 million will be generated and in
one year, RM7.2 billion will be spent on these foreign workers.
6. Now, if the RM7.2 billion is used to generate more income
for Malaysia, that will be fantastic. However that is not the case here. The RM7.2 billion will be an outflow, as
the money will be transferred out from the country to the respective countries
of where the foreign workers reside.
7. If we implement the minimum wage of RM1, 100, we will
lose RM7.2 billion every year. The question here is WHO will the bear the
cost of this RM7.2 billion? The answer is the Rakyat! The business owners will
definitely pass all the incurred cost from the increase of minimum wage to the
Rakyat and Rakyat will be the one to suffer from it. The so-called facilitation
fund from PR is only sufficient to last for less than two months. After that,
Rakyat will have to bear all the sufferings.
8. Not only that, the amount RM7.2 billion is even
equivalent to twice of the current government’s BRIM program, including the
BRIM for the single youth aged between 21 and 30! Is this what the PR call
benefits for the rakyat? Who does it benefit? It is just a political
shout-out and there's no practicality in it.
9. PR budget 2013 is calling for Ubah, but it is an Ubah
that will never benefit the rakyat, an Ubah that will move the country backward
and an Ubah that will bankrupt the nation in no time!
//END
By Datuk Chua Tee Yong
MCA Young Professionals Bureau Chairman
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based
Industry
Member of Parliament for Labis
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