do you know how much the menteri besar earns?

ok don’t know if many of you had seen this already. i received this via forwarded email. no links, no source. don’t know from where it originate.  ya i know this is my 2nd time within 3 days posting forwarded mails, so you can say i lack ideas if you must but at least i do made some comments before showing you the CnP post.

whoa! look! the MB’s one month allowance (over RM28K) can equal to getting one very low cost flat, don’t you think so? and why do they have free water, free electricity, free phone call and so on? to be one with the rakyat, they should be made to pay for all those utilities. after all, they earn so much already! well life’s not fair (it had always been not fair) – the rich who can afford to pay, don’t have to pay while the poor who can’t afford to pay, have to pay!

take a look at the annual holiday allowance – hotel stay cost no limit? wow! this means they can check in the most expensive hotel in the country they visited? not forgetting with their families too.

phew! talk about changing your lifestyle to the rakyat? the MB and the MP should be the one to change their lifestyles!

(note: was suppose to post this wee early morn – my usual blogging time of midnight to 2.00am but can’t access my blog that time so am posting it now. oh, i’m on leave as i’ll be off to KL this afternoon for the module 2 media skill workshop. back on sunday.)

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Do you know how much the Menteri Besar earns monthly?

I called a press conference in Seremban this afternoon to call on the Negeri Sembilan state government to cut down on allowances for the Menteri Besar and EXCO members as a sign of sharing the burden with the people after the huge increase in fuel prices. The PM and Cabinet Ministers had cut 10% of the their entertainment allowances and cap their yearly holiday to ASEAN destinations. This of course not sufficient given the lavish spending by those in power all this while. However, i want to focus on NS state government in this statement.

I call on the MB to cut at least 50% of his and other EXCO’s entertainment allowance and freeze all overseas paid holidays immediately. Do you know how much the MB of Negeri Sembilan earns every month and other perks given to him? Let me just give you a breakdown of his perks:

MB’s allowance: RM14,175.15
ADUN’s allowance: RM 4112.80
Entertainment : RM5,500
Chairman of EXCO: RM4,400

Fixed allowance every month : RM28,187.95

Other perks:

Appointment allowance: RM10,000 $B!J(Bone-off)
Official residence
Furniture allowance: RM5,000 (yearly)
Household staff: real expenses or RM3000 monthly
Free water and electricity
Free telephone services in official residence 2 official car
Driver’s expenses all paid for

On top of that, the MB can enjoy a yearly paid holiday:

2 first class air ticket (no limitation to which destination)
(a first class ticket using MAS for KL-LONDON-KL cost RM30,400)
Economy class ticket for 1 officer and 3 children
Living allowance while overseas RM500 daily
Meal allowance RM300 daily or real expenses
Hotel (no limit, according to receipt)
Winter clothing RM3000 (once every 3 years)

For an EXCO, the monthly fixed allowance are around RM15,222. The exco member also enjoy a free holiday once in a term. The maximum is equal to 2 first class ticket for KL-LONDON-KL or RM30,000 cash.

Do you agree that the MB and the EXCO member should at least slash some the allowances by half to demonstrate ‘leadership by example’? If even the Ministers have to limit their holidays in ASEAN, why can’t the MB? Isn’t the slogan ‘ Cuti-cuti Malaysia ‘ sounds familiar to you?