From: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (Othman Ahmad)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.asean
Subject: Re: MA: Fare Price Increase
Date: 4 Oct 92 13:33:30 GMT
Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
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ustai@memstvx1.memst.edu writes:
: anyone taken the 270 all the way to the end?  That Subang Village has some of
: the best seafood around.  And you get to watch airplanes a'la Wayne's
: World..... :) :)
My friend used to stay at a village there but I drove my car to his place.
I'm most interested in going to this Subang Village seafood. Where actually
it is?

: 
: 	I think we can safely say that there was less people.  Again, let me
: iterate.  They are making **EXCESSIVE** amounts of money.  If they don't see
: the need to improve their service, I don't see the need to pay anymore that
: necessary.  Which is not the new price.  Regarding the SJ company anyway.

The same thing happen to my town Sandakan, and I believe Johor with their
old buses.
	There is a new regulation coming that requires that buses be 5 years
old only, again to copy Singapore.
: 
: 	I am not sure what you mean, but I do recognise the fact that the man
: has done a lot for our country.  Other people may be able to do better, but not
: much more.  Look at our economy for one.  Then there is the increased

Our economy had been destroyed by him. There is no increase in purchasing
power of the ordinary people, even with the oil revenues which he has at his
disposal. The so called development are nothing more than normal growth due
to increase in population.
	I'll come to that but I need to make sure people know what development
is really is. If Singapore leaders are having problems convincing their 
citizens what it is, let alone I?
	I have never liked Dr. Mahathir the moment I attended the talk which
we had with him, and look at the disasters that he had caused?

: international recognition of the "little country stuck between Thailand and

I do not like his style even in international affairs. He is like a begger,
but the developing countires like him for being so blatant about it. My 
opinion is that if he and the other developing countries keep on begging, they
will never be developed.

: Singapore."  What reasons do you give for not supporting Mahathir?  Who else is
: there in Malaysia that can do a better job than him?  I don't think you will

	I never believe that anyone can ever be good for ever. Even if he were
good, we should have a change of atmosphere. I believe 10 years is sufficient.

: support MCA and I certainly think PAS and DAP has some problems which if they
: don't overcome, they will have big problems trying to win the elections.

Despite trying to be a good muslim, I do not support PAS even when it has the
support of ABIM and other young muslim groups because they do not understand
what economics really is. Razaleigh is a better person being an excellent 
accountant, better than the other guy(forgot his name).
	My favourite is Anwar Ibrahim, not only is he a good muslim, he
is a true intellectual. He may not be in the same calibre as  LKY but he
is  the best we can ever have especially among the Malays. He was reputed
to have got first class honours while in prison from UM. The best judge is to
actually talk to him, or judge the results which was happening when he was
the recent finance minister.

I have to post to you personally because what I'm saying is a bit sensitive,
especially when people are not ready yet. I'm not afraid to voice my dislike
of Dr.Mahathir, but I want people to understand the reasons.
	I have a strange feeling that we are the only ones reading this post.
--
Othman bin Ahmad, School of EEE,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2263.
Internet Email: eoahmad@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.asean