Entourage of our tax paying money...

I was having dinner on the 12th of August 2008 some time around 7.20pm at a kopitiam along Jalan Song Thian Cheok. It was the usual quiet, peaceful nothing happening evening in Kuching. My friends and I were having some light chatter while waiting for our food to come until we were rudely interrupted by flashing blue lights, sirens blaring and an even bloody rude sounding voice saying "Ke tepi, ke tepi" screaming over the bull horn.

Then came more flashing lights on motorbikes and the riders trying the damnest to look as cool as those actors in 'Chips' followed by a couple of Proton Perdanas. Right behind them following closely was a feast for us commoner's eyes, a fleet of very new gleaming showroom shine Mercedes and BMWs. Bringing up the rear was an ambulance, a few more motorbikes and coming in last was another proton Perdana. What a parade!!!

Occassion...well, we were honoured by a visit from DSAAB and DSNTR. Guess they needed a break from working so hard at making the life, a bitch for us Rakyats. And what better place to come to then a very pro-BN state of Sarawak. They are safe here than any other states in Malaysia now. With next year's budget coming up it's no wonder why they came. Best place to weather the storm and bombardment of criticism and questions that they just wanna avoid having to answer. Attending a dinner was also a big plus...

Anyway, the issue here isn't about those two goons but our state government. The motor parade wasn't bad at all. Saw a few new Mercedes and BMW models. So dear 'Pek Mo', how much did our hard earned tax paying money was wasted purchasing fuel and new vehicle just to ferry those sorry excuse for a minister up and down town?? What's gonna happen to those vehicle used just for this visit?? Is the state government gonna keep it as their fleet and maintain it with more of our state's funds or just lelong it off cheaply to interested ministers or their family members so they can add on to their garage collection?? If so then where does all the money from the sales go??

Funny thing is most of us during our lifetime might not even have the opportunity to own one of those luxury cars but we are the ones buying and paying for it so the fat asses of the very people we believed in and voted for to put them in office, then have them stab us in the back and lied to us on their pre-election promises, can have a comfortable superstar worthy ride to their functions.

This brings me back to my previous writting about Terengganu and their Exco members acquiring new fleet of Mercedes to use. They were prohibited and only allowed to use Proton Perdanas as their official cars. The acquirred Mercedes cars are to be kept and only used for foreign dignitaries. It was a directive issued by the federal government. So it should be the same for Sarawak too isn't it?!! So what does this prove, double standard, Sarawak has better privilleges or DSAAB and DSNTR are foreign dignitaries. How we Sarawakians wish for all three to be true...

Speaking at their function dinner, DSAAB thanked Sarawak and its people for voting for BN in the recent general election. He also express his gratitude that for all the little things BN has done for us we still voted for them. By george, for once I have to say he is RIGHT!!!

He is damn right that the government or BN coalition has done LITTLE for Sarawak and he should be grateful that it is the Sarawak polls that kept them as the ruling party but he still forgot to thank us about one thing...the joy ride in the nice new luxurious vehicles that we paid for...Bugger!!!