Tuesday, June 10, 2008

10% Reduction of Government Entertainment Allowances

Petrol price increase by 43% and diesel 63%, while the govman to reduce entertainment allowance by 10% from July 1. Ten percent, don't make sense.

Govman monthly entertainment allowance is RM18,865 for the premier, RM15,015 for his deputy, RM12,320 for ministers and RM6,000 for their deputies.

Reduce by 10%, ahloooow, these amount are not small...





Lim: Why stop at paltry 10 percent cut?
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/84233

The government’s decision to cut 10 percent of the ministerial entertainment allowances has left veteran DAP legislator Lim Kit Siang wondering: Why can’t it be cut by half?...

1 comment:

joshua said...

Makes sense but doesn't make 'sen'.

Should make every sen count especially the political leaders who are and must be held accountable for how they spend the rakyat's money!