On 15th.May 2007 the good for nothing Minister ( Sabah borned )of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs announced an increase of 15 sens per kilogram in the price of flour .No valid reasons were given except that he claimed it was due to the declining production of wheat in Australia due to bad weather plus due to the increase in the price of transportation . As far as I know this Minister is only good at announcing of price increases of commodities like petrol ,sugar cooking oil and the most recent one is flour . He is also supposed to be Minister in charge of looking after the affairs of consumers , but he failed us . Infact fact his 'blooming ' face has been a phobia to most Malaysians each time his ' beautiful ' face appear on TV .We would ask ourselves what other price increases he would announced .He talks too much but does nothing . Each time he announces a price increase of a certain commodity he would warned traders ,coffee shop owners, kueh sellers and stall owners not to increase the price of products that uses that commodity . Just issue stern warnings without actions, what good that is for ?
Flour is such an important commodity used by many . Any price increase of flour would snowballed into other price increases like the roti canai , mee , kueh , cakes etc . A curry puff which now costs 40 sens per piece would go up to 50 sens .Who is going to monitor that there would be no price increases of curry puffs ? Moreover curry puffs , mee and kuehs are not control items . That so called warnings are nothing but just an eye-wash .The Minister is not sensitive to the predicaments of the rakyat because unlike most of us he earns a fat salary .Surprisingly he comes from Sabah where a substantial number of the population are still poor and living in pathetic conditions . I wonder whether he ever goes back to his constituency to see how his electorates are doing ? Does he not care for the not so fortunate people ?
