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Monday, December 22, 2008

IJN privatisation is BS

I saw the trend that our current government is selling every piece of properties that they could sell either through JV, privatization through shady deals,etc.

The latest deal? Privatization of IJN.

First of all, IJN is a world-class, state-owned institution that caters the public. It's a world-class, that's a fact.

The only reason why they want to privatize IJN is that, as usual, someone somewhere in the government will benefit from it.

Once privatized, IJN can be sold to any business entity, and I know who they can sell to: Singaporeans.

Then charge the public ridiculous amount of money and earn huge profits. They don't care about the welfare of the poor. OK, that's unfair. Maybe they do. But company is not a welfare organization!. Shouldn't that the job of the government?

You can argue that the poor should be competitive and go high up social ladder but the fact is, not everyone is lucky, regardless of races.

The Bumis (Malays and aborigins) are relatively luckier due to their special rights, but that doesn't mean that many of them are rich. Many of them are poor, have a lot of kids to feed, lack of education and earning just enough to survive.

If the government does privatized IJN, the impact will be a pain to the poor. I wouldn't want to say only poor - even middle class can't afford thousands of ringgit of heart operations. They go to IJN.

Not all of us are Lim Goh Tong who can go to Mayo Clinic for medical check-up.

So enough ranting -

NO to PRIVATIZATION OF IJN!

If the deals goes through, get yourself an insurance and cover yourself up.
And you know who to vote next election.

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