Condo beef the only one in Malaysia

When we first achieved Merdeka, for every RM5 spent, RM1 was for administration and RM4 for development. Today, its the other way around. According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development standards, Malaysia is known to have one of the most bloated civil service in the world! Malays call this 'mahal tali dari lembu' (the rope is more expensive than the cow). But at least we can still see a cow. Better than when some allegedly spend a quarter billion ringgit with no cows to show at all! According to this site, "the Malaysian Public service has staff strength of 1.2 million employees covering 28 schemes of service including the Federal Public Service, the State Public Services, the Joint Public Services, the Education Service, the Judiciary, the Legal Service, the Police and Armed Forces." The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) says that 5.5 million people in the country are eligible to pay taxes but only 1.7 million are active taxpayers. As the Malaysian population stands at 28.3 million, it means only six per cent are paying taxes, which explains why the government debt is increasing while wealth disparity and income gap are worsening. So we have 1.7 million Malaysians paying the salaries of 1.2 million employees in the civil service which means that approximately 1.5 tax-paying Malaysians is paying the salary of ONE civil servant. And why is this so? Since the 1990's, the civil service has been expanding rapidly with accelerated growth since 2007. To give you a clearer picture, take a look at the following figures: 1990: 773,997 government employees 2000: 894,788 staff members 2010: @ 1.2 million government employees 2011: 1.3 million government employees (Source: FMT) What about salaries? In 2005, RM25.6Billion was spent on salaries but by 2008, this figure increased to RM41.0Billion (in other words, each tax payer forked out RM22,800) The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shows Malaysia having the highest ratio of civil servants to the population in the Asia-Pacific region at 4.68% with Indonesia having 1.79%, Philippines 1.81%, South Korea 1.85% and Thailand 2.06%. Obviously, such an over-bloated civil service is an unnecessary financial burden in Malaysia! Some argue that such a bloated civil service exists to provide jobs for local graduates who have difficulty in finding jobs but at what cost? Is it justified to use and to deplete public funds to pay for poor quality workforce? Consider the opportunity costs of such a decision. What social and public goods could have been provided for the betterment of the nation? Will over-staffing increase efficiency and productivity in any way? Issues such as poor accountability in public expenditure, corruption and inefficiency could actually influence some to avoid tax simply because one may not get value for tax paid!. Ever so often, we come across reports on how BILLIONS (note: no longer millions) of ringgit are being squandered or the high expenditure of scandals when some of the richest states in Malaysia are also the poorest state? Many would think, where on earth did all our taxes go to? Is it any wonder that taxpayers feel outraged and question why the necessity of paying tax if and when such payment is going to waste and not to fund social services such as roads, schools, hospitals and security? Last year, I blogged on A President, A Queen and Two PMs where I summarized the following: A. Staff size of the PMD Year: 1981 PM: TDM Staff size: 4,414 staff in the PMD TWENTY YEARS LATER Year: 2001 PM: TDM Staff size: 9,673 ( this is an increase of 119.14% after TWENTY YEARS) Year: 2003 PM: Badawi Staff size: 21,045 in 2003 (this is an increase of 117.564% in TWO YEARS) Year : 2009 PM: PM Najib Razak Satff Size: 25,332 (this is an increase of 20.37% over 6 years) Year 2010 PM: PM Najib Staff size: 43,544 people (this is an increase of 71.893% in ONE YEAR!!!!) After that mathematical exercise, I decided to compare the budgets of our PM with that of the US President , Singapore PM and the Queen of England. Note that in the Prime Minister’s Department, besides the personal officers of the prime minister and his deputy, there are five full ministers, five deputy ministers, ministerial advisers and 45 other agencies.CLICK HERE FOR MORE.
CLICK HERE for Statistik Perjawatan Dan Pengisian Mengikut Kumpulan Perkhidmatan Bloomberg reported Malaysia will increase civil servants’ salaries by as much as 13 percent and boost pensions as the government overhauls the civil-service system. More money flowing out to an over-bloated civil service! Bernama also reported: Under the 2011 budget, the operating expenditure is projected to increase by 7.0 per cent toRM162.8 billion in line with new commitments under the 10MP and transformation initiatives of the government.


A total of RM1.2 billion and RM525 million would be provided for 'shovelready' projects under the NKRAs and NKEAs, respectively.


Meanwhile, a total of RM45.6 billion would be allocated for emoluments, RM18.5 billion for debt service charges, RM12.3 billion for pensions and gratuities as well as RM18.7 billion for grants and transfers to state governments and statutory bodies, of which all of these allocation accounting for 58.4 per cent of total operating expenditure. In June last year, Cuepacs President Omar Osman said in Temerloh that a total of 418,200 or 41 per cent of the 1.2 million civil servants in the country were suspected to be involved in corruption last year. So we have a bloated civil service and a recent announcement that the government may spend about 232.8 billion ringgit ($74 billion) in 2012,1.4 percent more than this year’s outlay. The budget deficit is forecast to narrow to 4.7 percent of GDP from 5.4 percent. Personally, I strongly feel that government spending should be reduced. In other words, statistics show that there has to be a severe reduction in civil service personnel. Is the increase in the number of government servants justified?Is it merely a move to win more votes at grass root levels? It is obvious as to where and how should the government cut spending and to increase efficiency. The many excesses are enough to make our blood boil. Are they willing to be prudent or are they in a pre-election splurge mode after which will there be more subsidy cuts where the rakyat will have to fork out more $$$ and get back less?

masterwordsmith

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Gemas Beef otherwise known as Condo beef has been acknowledge by the world as one of the top 3 most expensive beef in the world.

The beef is so exclusive that only those with bulging pockets can have a taste of it. In a country like ours where cattle literally dies before they can breed. It is good that the Federal Government is kind enough to pour the rakyat's money into such no-return and no-benefit project into Shahrizat's family who deserve to be taken care of by UMNO for her sucking and licking service. Maybe the guiness book of record will consider such classy beef to be added to their 2011/12 edition.

In the meantime we have many ambitious speakers who come in support of Condo beef that Malaysia is indeed lucky to have equal standing with Wagyu and Kobe Beef. Malaysians are so used to the word "Malaysia Boleh" that they put aside their dignity and shame with pride to say Condo Beef is the best.

Today Shahrizat and her family are smiling that they belong to a class of untouchable, thanks to PDRM, MACC and AG who themselves are busy forking the opposition.