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2. I support MAS/Air Asia cooperation because for years now I have been fed-up with the management of MAS. Government had supported MAS with funds and protection but MAS had never done well.
3. Air Asia is a newcomer but it has managed to sustain itself. Despite giving free seats and cheap fares it is still surviving. And it is apparently making some profits. By right it should close down by now. That it is still around must be because its management knows something that I don’t know.
4. I visited the head office of Air Asia and I flew Air Asia to London and I understand a little how Air Asia operates.
5. Let us take one example. Air Asia Airbus A340 flew into Stanstead, England, with a full load of passengers and I mean full load. The business class was full.
6. I will not mention the VIP treatment that I got. It is not standard and therefore it should not be cited as an example.
7. But what I noticed about the operation is that having flown for 13 hours non stop KL-London, the aircraft flew back to KL one-and-a-half hours later (with a different crew of course).
8. But MAS aircrafts stay on the ground in Heathrow for at least 12 hours. On some routes the air crew would stay in hotels for four days before flying back.
9. When airlines stay on the ground they will not help earn income for the company. Instead they have to pay ground parking charges. Commercial aircrafts should be flying most of the time. Then and then only will they earn money for airlines. And air crews should fly after the statutory rest requirement. Can it be that four days rest is required to certify that crews are fit to fly.
10. This is just one example of not so good management. MAS has a huge staff but Air Asia make-do with a very much smaller staff. They engage in multi-tasking. In fact Air Asia does everything possible to minimise overheads. It would be interesting to compare MAS’ overheads per aircraft against that of Air Asia.
11. Long ago I told a very senior man in MAS to learn from Air Asia its operations and how to cut cost. I don’t know whether he did.
12. When I was told by Azman Mokhtar that MAS was looking into ways of working together with Air Asia, I did not object. In fact I welcome the proposal.
13. How the co-operation is to be carried out was not told to me. That is up to the parties concerned. All I wanted to see is Air Asia’s management playing a role, indirectly or directly in the management of MAS. I believe Air Asia can contribute in this area i.e. unless MAS is not prepared to learn from a “cheap” airline. That would be a tragedy.
14. I hope I have made clear why I support MAS and Air Asia working together.
It has been a few months since this deal been done and it’s very early to judge. These are the few development of this partnership that I can think of:
1) Sponsorship of QPR
2) MH route cut
3) The introduction of regional premium airline “MAS”
4) As of today/yesterday MH to give away Sydney route to AA?
Who benefits more? Hard to tell..
Middleages
Again you are missing the mark. In certain cases, a national carrier’s social obligation outweighs profitability. Your perception in strictly from a Semenanjung’s point of view.You dont see it from a Sarawakian/Sabahan point of view.
God damn people living in jungles need planes to flight them out to the main cities. Sarawak is huge as. It’s not small like Semenanjung. How are you going to tell the people of Limbang or the people of Semporna that MAS will not service their area because it is not profitable.
In a more recent case, the Australian government forced Qantas to operate its flight despite its decision to ground its fleet. Again, social obligations outweigh whatever. Airlines business is simply different from other businesses. It cannot just sideline social obligations for mere profit. It would be irresponsible. The nation as a whole relies on a airline. Businesses rely on airlines. With such huge obligations, an airline will be socially bound most of the time. I guess all of this would make more sense if i substitute social obligation with public interest.
Well im just happy that, despite the idiotic move by the government to approve the share swap arrangement, it is now under scrutiny for insider trading. I hope someone gets a hefty fine..but knowing how whimpy Malaysians are, that will not happen.
This sort of nonsense will never happen in a developed country. Its monopoly 101. A competitor’s CEO at the Board of a competing business. Is this a joke? No one saw that coming? Well certainly not i guess because this country is run by half-witted apes. Its just mindblowing how stupid some people can be or in this case, half of this forum (we can only blame the government of all the crappy B-rated education we all got in Malaysia. If you think our education is good, try studying overseas for 4 years. Do you think our BN politician send their kids to UITM? Kolej MARA? LOL suck blls if you think so. Only kampung people and poor minorities go to local government universities. Seriously think about it. They are taking you for a ride. They empower themselves and their kins to better equip themselves in the future because minorities (not in the racial context) rule over the majority. Especially with a government that is not transparent. There is an iron veil shadowing the government. There are talks of the country going in the red. I think those talks may be true. Im not surprise if the country is running on KWSP moola. Lets hope not. )
Anyway, monopoly is bad. Period. Imagine if Microsoft takes over Apple. How much would an ipad 2 be now? More than a Malaysian’s monthly salary. Sad.
Salam Bro MH,
Just to ask u simple questions?
Could u explain what is meaning MH for ? & AK for ?
Thanks for your cooperation.
Salam Tun Dr Mahathir,
1. While I agree with you for the reasons you are made to
believe in the collaboration of MAS & AirAsia shares , I
personally do not support this.
2. If you remember the Malay phrase ‘ yang tersurat dan yang
tersirat ‘ then you’d probably know by now what was the
real reason behind the shares swap deal.
3. Azman Mokhtar only told you half the truth and he would
not be stupid enough to tell you the whole truth.
4. By the way did he show you AirAsia’s balance sheet for FY
2009&2010 before you gave your nod?
5. If as you said the problem with MAS is poor management,
the only logical thing to do is to get the right people to
manage MAS.Throw away those dead woods and get new
blood in.
6. We were pleased for awhile with FireFly, the latest low cost
carrier from MAS.
7. Now with the collaboration FireFly jets will be taken by MAS
to run the full service to Sabah and Sarawak.
8. Meaning, the only ‘cheap’ flights available to Sabah and
Sarawak now are via AirAsia.
9. FireFly will only settle with smaller planes to fly within the
Peninsular.
10. These routes however are not so highly profitable as those
routes taken up by AirAsia.
11. Please do not talk about a level playing field when the
whole field is given to the opponent to play. If this is not
pure monopoly what would you call it?
12. Logically thinking, if a businessman owns a money-making
company why would he be swapping shares with a
money-loosing company unless he and his partners have
something to gain from it.
13. If the intention was majority control, they could have just
bought the whole company and make it profitable.
14. The government in turn (Khazanah National) will be cash
rich and with one less problem to solve.
15. As I see it , it is the East Malaysians who would be greatly
affected by this decision.
16. They’ve no choice but to fly AirAsia for ‘cheap’ flights
which are not going to be as cheap as before.
17. And I do not know what is the fate of MASWings.
18. The Sarawak Government has twice requested the Federal
Government to speed up the decision to fly MASWings to
Brunei (Brunei has already given the green light) and also
to open up new routes to Kalimantan, Sulawesi where
there are demands.
19. Not forgetting also to have more routes within Sarawak
and Sabah.
20. If you’d remember, these planes were those returned by
Tony Fernandes to MAS after he learnt the routes were
not making money.
21. Such are the people you have running AirAsia which they
did not tell you.
22. I would be surprised if AirAsia is NOT making with all the
backings given by the government on the expense of its
own national carrier.
( When I mentioned AirAsia it also includes AirAsiaX ).
MH must revamp its business model and find a niche for itself. If it wants to be a full fledged carrier, it should be competing with the big boys like Emirates, Qatar, Etihad, SQ.
Fact remains that AK makes money, MH is struggling. As an investor, I will buy AK shares anytime compared to MH. Why be part of a losing business?
Salam Tun,
andrewtay85 wrote :-
” Middleages
You got your concept wrong here. MAS do belong to us Malaysians.”
i don’t think so, i understand what you are saying, and in a way i agree.
but my point is that we do not really have any say at all in airline matters and affairs do we ?
and neither do we have special privileges as malaysian passengers.
I certainly do not own MAS. I have nothing to do with MAS, at all perhaps.
“In summary, cartel bad. MAS has social obligation that outweighs profitability. Government should bail out MAS but only on certain conditions. Airasia is not a national carrier. MAS should learn the footsteps of Airsia in terms of management and marketing (and maybe in other areas, who know)”
i have a different take on this…
that we need an airline that fulfills social obligations, i agree.
but forcing MAS to do so while at the same time expecting MAS to operate as a competitive and viable business entity, i disagree. This is what Tun’s confusion has been all about all these while in many industries.
If we follow western industrial liberalization, with no historical track record or the side effects of such practices, we are taking a huge risk. It is good to take risks, but when the undesirable results show up, we need to react quickly. Alas, Tun retired, leaving an army of followers whose religion is privatization and making money and have totally abandoned the belief in government service. The real needs of the public are rather neglected. The entire social structure is now money driven, there is no room for mercy and passion.
In fact, this is the first time i remember hearing someone say “social obligation”. Most of the time all around us everyday, we hear, “how can we make money” or “how can collect more money”
That be my point.
Let MAS be what they want to be, but separate the social obligation from them, don’t strangle and burden them with “social responsibilities”. We probably need another truly government owned and operated airline for our own domestic social obligations. And i expect it should and will be heavily subsidized by the government of the day. Maybe call it WAU Airlines or something.
Only then can MAS spread its wings properly, leaving social obligations to the government we elected. There are limits to privatization. Some things just cannot be privatized while most others need both government as well as private concerns. As if privatization is a religion or something.
Whatever happened to government service ?
Thank You Tun
Middleages
You got your concept wrong here. MAS do belong to us Malaysians.
Airasia and MAS are on two operating on two different playing fields. MAS is a national carrier. Most countries, rich or poor have their own national carriers. Its what A330driver said, MAS is a symbol and pride of our country. Its also the first experience a traveller has with Malaysia and its people, a first contact if you will of the Malaysian culture.
MAS is distinctly different that Airasia, for instance, kebaya worn by the air stewardess (hot stuff by the way, it encapsulate the silhouette of the air stewardess pretty damn good). Kebaya is somewhat Malaysian unless the Indonesians have something to say about that.
On the other hand, Airasia has no cultural significance or ties with Malaysia. To give you another perspective, kebaya is also used by Singaporean Airlines. Im not going to elaborate here about clothings but what im trying to say is MAS represents a Malaysian identity.
The share swap may cause more detriment to us in the long run. There is no guarantee that prices will drop. In fact, it might be the other way around as deals like these could potentially incept a cartel which is beneficial to no one. They could fix prices or give way to the other on a certain route. So theoretically speaking, more harm than good can only come about with an arrangement like this.
This is non-arguable. Further argument in regards to this only proves that you are a dipstick.
However, I do agree that MAS should set aside its pride and learn from Airasia. Marketing and management are two of Airasia’s strongest traits. If MAS could potentially take up these traits, I see no reason for it not to be successful like Singapore Airlines.
Lastly, should the government bail out MAS? My opinion, only when it deserves to. Don’t ask me to elaborate on the bail out conditions. I’m not an economist nor a policy writer. You see, Singapore Airlines, MAS and Thai Airlines are government related companies and are receiving concessions from their respective governments. Of course bail outs are inevitable because most of the stakes in MAS are own by Malaysian through EPF. If you dont bail out MAS, the people risk an certain loss while bailing out a company and subsequently restructuring it could potentially jump start the company by giving it enough equity to gain profits in the long run.
Funny how just the other day in the news, commentators were suggesting that Qantas should be brought back under the government’s control as its is making hefty losses lately. Of course the Aussie government will bail out Qantas even though the Aussie government has minimum stake in Qantas. Its boils down to national pride. Besides, Australia is a very very rich country. If they can spend RM120 billion solely on fibre optics upgrade to boost their industries and businesses, sure as hell they can bail Qantas.
Further, at the end of the day, Airasia is a private company, driven mainly by profit and it is not obliged to operate in Malaysia (notice that it is a Malaysian-based airlines [emphasis noted]). If one day, the majority of its shareholders voted, although unlikely, to operate mainly from Thailand because the Thai government will provide them with sweet as concessions and an airport, guess who will be jumping the gun.
MAS has a stronger social obligation and ties to the Malaysian public than Airasia and it shall remain so. MAS will most certainly service unprofitable domestic routes because it has social obligation that sometimes outreach mere profits.
In summary, cartel bad. MAS has social obligation that outweighs profitability. Government should bail out MAS but only on certain conditions. Airasia is not a national carrier. MAS should learn the footsteps of Airsia in terms of management and marketing (and maybe in other areas, who know)
salam Tun,
pada peringkat awal sy kurang bersetuju tapi setelah melihat kepada bantuan yang telah diberikan oleh kerajaan, MAS masih mengalami kerugian adalah satu perkara yang tidak wajar. MAS perlu belajar bagaimana untuk mengurus dengan cara yang terbaik. Sy amat kecewa jika melihat kepada harga tambang penerbangan yg ditawarkan oleh MAS jika dibandingkan oleh lain2 syarikat penerbangan khususnya ke luar negara(BUKAN AIRASIA). Perkara paling perit adalah belajar daripada yang baru.
Dear Tun,
I deeply agree with you. Even though i disagreed with some of your ways you led the nation, I agreed with most of ways you led. Ku memang best! I liked your capitalist ideologies. You were neither capitalist nor socialist but somewhere in the middle of the road. MAs and AirAsia should merge for good.
Dear YABhg Tun,
Minta laluan to reply to wathers.
Stelios is the founder of Easyjets and others such as easycar rental, and easycruise.
The unseen founder of AirAsia is Connor McCarthy the irishman who was the COO of Ryan Air, and he has been benefitting from our government generosity as well.
Salam Tun,
What have you done ? Please allow me to talk to an angry A330 Driver here. These are difficult times for the entire crew i guess.
“Perhaps what you say about society wanting what’s best at the lowest price is
akin to the general tendency for buying pirated dvds, pirated software, ciplak Rolexes etc, etc… Do think about what you are saying properly.”
in your state of mind, in emotional turbulence at the monent, you are sensitive to even rationale suggestions.
again, i say, welcome to the corporate world.
in this world they hire and fire like they own the company, because they do own the company.
why do you think we have labour laws ?
“best at the lowest price” means the freedom to choose based on quality/price ratio.
i do not condone piracy. Amongst other things, i also do software development.
if someone tries to pirate and sell my software products i fight back by giving it away free.
in other words, i kill pirates.
so no, i do not subscribe to piracy.
but i maintain that people want “best at the lowest price”
You think ordinary liquor happy passengers like me do not know quality.
That is typically the attitude of GLCs in Malaysia, they think customers are dumb.
They may be highly qualified professionals, but they lack view from the ground.
Most people are aware of quality/price ratio much better than you.
You talk of rolex class. We want casio price and reliability.
We know what is best for our own economy. We vote using our money.
We may not know about air-pockets or fly-by wire technology, but we know very well the size of our own pocket.
I understand the unfairness of the AK/MH deal from your point of view, and as i said before, i pity those who had worked hard in MAS. What i am saying is the corporate world is such. You just have to chew on it man. You cannot change the weather.
“Do remember, we carry the national flag on those awesome machines, showing to the world there is a country ……”
There is too much government intervention in MAS simply because of the very philosophy you yourself mentioned. People in MAS thinks MAS belongs to them. No it does not. It belongs to us, the public. And we want “best at the lowest price”. Deal with it.
And what is so awesome about the aircraft ? As if a passenger cares about all the gadgetry and bells and whistles of an aircraft. It is safety that is of primary concern and price second.
If an airline crew curses at me, but the fare is half the price of others, i will stomach the curses, and pretend to be dumb. All i care about is that there is free liquor. Am i asking too much ?
“Because even though MAS lose, the country gains from more tourist who spend money in Malaysia, churning business while earning much needed foreign exchange.”
this is silly. if there is no MAS, people will still visit Malaysia.
TDC can always use their budget to offer discount holiday packages to another airline,
and bring in perhaps even more tourists. And perhap they ought to do so.
“showing to the world there is a country in this part of the world that is capable of operating state of the art machine”
i maybe impressed if we can make our own space craft and offer the world commercial rides into space.
Back to free capitalism, it is not free capitalism when someone else comes in and rob you of your hardwork.
it isn’t robbery. it’s competition. competition you do not want to face.
you want protection. you want to stay in the cockpit shielded away from the weather.
but you know what, the other airline, they fly naked.
and people flock to book flights with them !
competition is okay with me.
i will object if and when someone comes in and robs me of my freedom of choice.
hard workers are loved by capitalists. and you know now why they love you. i speak from personal experience. the truth is painful, yes. now amin tan will jump at me and say “aha, look at this, surely this is communist propaganda”. no, i do not support that either. so amin tan, go eat your heart out.
“That was Tun’s sentiment when Malaysia was attacked by currency traders and it is my sentiment when I see Air Asia just cut prices to places that we opened, invested in the route and has taken years to make it profitable.”
the currency trader thing was different. that was not business. it was a financial attack.
it is unfair competition, it is using a certain system, based on electronic papers.
it does not built anything, it just shifts numbers back and forth and hey presto, a few billion goes
out of the country.
this AK/MH is real business.
if i were you, i would take this opportunity to jump out and explore the business world.
i am sure they will reward you accordingly for your past hard work, but don’t loose sleep over it.
and oh, never burn bridges.
Thank You Tun
This boils down to how we do things in Malaysia. HARDLY ANY PUBLIC CONSULTATION!
There must be an emphasis on public consultation or even to the minimum, stakeholder consultation. As much as I would like to see a capitalist Malaysia, events like the MAS and Airasia share swap should be thoroughly thought through before the deal was allowed to proceed on the basis that there is a potential monopoly. Monopoly is unhealthy. It does not benefit the masses.
The parliament should consider tabling an anti-competition legislation. Its about time government show that it is mature and responsible to the people.
Salam bahagia Tun.
This topic is and currently a hot topic, what’s more with the union threatening to strike and cry all sorts of fouls and perceived ill treatments that they were accorded since the merger of the airlines.
Tun,
Like it or not, all GLCs are poorly managed, at least to the industry standards. It may look nice and KPI leveled to the Gov., but to the public, GLCs are sink holes. No matter how much monies are poured in, it will never get filled.
MAS is of national interest, of course. Failing or the thoughts of it fading away from this region is unthinkable and shameful to say the least. So, something has to be done. And that is to let it run by the private sector. A business minded folks who measured their salary against the results gain. This, you can hardly see in GLCs.
Malaysia can be a very rich and lucrative country indeed. But it is all retarded with the poor professionalism level of the middle and top management. There are too many loop holes for dubious deals and personal agendas.
And topping this weaknesses, it the national and race pride.
Tun, you have said and mentioned many times over that race does play a role in the success or not of a person. Has this since be diluted with more cross-cultural marriages? But still, our proud and arrogant ways that does not see beyond pride has continue to plot our downwards spiral.
We need to admit from time to time that we are not capable to do it. Thus, help is needed. We need to admit that we needed the tongkat at the moment and subsequently learn a thing or two while we walk on our crutches.
I hope the merger of AA and MAS is not the end but the beginning of more such mergers to take place with the list of GLCs we have in the portfolio.
It is not enough just to muscle in to take over a company, or make dumbfounding purchases of property, just to say we are that much better. It is not of substance and weigh. Nothing to be proud of, but lebih memalukan saja.
Tun, transformasi bermula apabila kita sedari akan ke lemahan kita, dan kesedaran akan perlunya kita berubah untuk terus berkekal. Tanpa akan kesedaran ini, ke angguhan akan tetap bertapak dihati dan ke tidak pengakuan akan kelemahan itu akan membinasakan walau apa jua pun matlamat kita.
Ke semua anggota MAS, kita perlu sedar bahawa kita telah gagal. Kita sekarang perlu perbaikinya dengan mengubah cara kerja kita. Tegakkan keadilan kepada anda sendiri dan kepada MAS, bukan kepada konco-konco pembinasa.
Salam bahagia Tun.
Salam Tun,
I totally agree with andrewtay85 with regards to protectionism widely practised in Malaysia. To protect Proton, the government had to levy heavy taxes on imported vehicles so as to encourage the sale of proton cars. The public would not put proton as their choice of car if the price of vehicles are competitive to proton. This also applies to MAS, a national carrier which has been incurring losses over so many years despite having so-called professionals managing the airline. The entry of AirAsia showed that the MAS management had poor vision in making profit for the airline and to those in the business circle, it is a fact that downtime means no revenue. The next action not taken is the trimming of operational costs not compromising on quality. Hopefully with the presence of the AirAsia Management team, they can educate the MAS Management team on where they are slacking. I also agree with andrew on the inteference of component parties in BN or even the opposition when the PM initiates certain changes. They interfere just to gain popularity from the people. This is unhealthy for the nation to move forward and thus have stagnated our progress. There are so many issues if i were to highlight which have been hampered by these objections.
Pendapat nFx
tidak perlu gabungkan antara MAS & AirAsia…but more better if ada lagi selain dari 2 company nih…sebabkan airasia la everybody can fly..kalau tak MAS dengan bangga & berlagak megah tidak mahu turunkan harga…
tidak perlu manjakan sangat mana-mana company…for them, they only wanna kerajaan tolong because diaorang nk cekik duit kerajaan…when they became a good hunter, semua benda diaorang akan naikkan sesuka hati..yang merana rakyat jelata yang susah…
Perbanyakkan lagi sektor services yang dapat memberi service yang betul2 tiptop….yang memang bertujuan utk membantu rakyat & memajukan negara…bukannya hanya untuk kayakan kompeni diaorang jer…
Peace to ALL
nFx
noframex.blogspot.com
Andrewtay85, there is no anti-monopoly law in Malaysia such as in other nations (e.g. Anti-trust law in US).
Here monopoly is not frown upon especially if benefit certain quarters. Thats why there’s thing like vendor development programme by GLCs notably in Petronas. This program will choose 1 bumiputra vendor preferably 100% Malay to supply a product to them for a pre-determined period of time. During this time no others can supply the said product, bumiputra or otherwise.
So there you go sir, state/company sanctioned monopoly.
The MH/AA deal will create another monopoly in the domestic air travel. For a few brief months East Malaysian sighed relieve when Firefly gave a much needed competition to AA. But alas, Firefly East Malaysia route is being kill as we speak.
Sad indeed.
YABhg Tun,
Its true. MAS, through MOT has been protected through and through… even foreign airlines are afraid to operate in Malaysia. Some even highlighted that for cargos/passengers to be “uplifted” in Malaysia, it has to require the approval of MAS/Transmile (which in turn required the approval by MOT and DCA… which is being ping-ponged everywhere)…
14. By the way, YAB Tun, Proton Saga is similar to Panda Kung Fu.
15. andrew85 is so predictable, and so arrogant.
16. Who eats who?
17. We will see.
Good day, Tun.
Dear middle ages,
Perhaps what you say about society wanting what’s best at the lowest price is akin to the general tendency for buying pirated dvds, pirated software, ciplak Rolexes etc, etc… Do think about what you are saying properly. Before, MAS was a monopoly but we couldn’t set our own ticket prices. It didn’t make sense to operate jets on a 30-45 minute sector at those ticket prices, and yet we couldn’t downgrade to F50s in the peninsula and we couldn’t raise ticket prices. So, for years domestic routes were loss making routes.
And then currency crisis in 1997-98. MAS had to do national service. Most European routes had negative yield. The more we carry passengers, the more we lose. Why? Because even though MAS lose, the country gains from more tourist who spend money in Malaysia, churning business while earning much needed foreign exchange.
Do remember, we carry the national flag on those awesome machines, showing to the world there is a country in this part of the world that is capable of operating state of the art machine, flying to the farthest reaches of the world, carrying with it the good name of Malaysian with it. It is the pride of the nation when we were able to fly to 5 continents, going to places others wouldn’t even want to go ( such as South Africa and Argentina), and today, we are able to fly those routes profitably. It took us years to do it, but we managed…
Back to free capitalism, it is not free capitalism when someone else comes in and rob you of your hardwork. For you who only want cheap fare and free liqour, maybe you shouldn’t be flying. Save the money for the liqour. But what about genuine businesses and leisure seekers? How about choice? What would you say if someone come in and rob your business that has taken you years to build? That was Tun’s sentiment when Malaysia was attacked by currency traders and it is my sentiment when I see Air Asia just cut prices to places that we opened, invested in the route and has taken years to make it profitable.
But you know what? Why bother? Let’s just buy all the ciplak things and to hell with hardwork. Let’s just take the shortcut and don’t care about finer things in life…
Tun,
Just would like to comment on A330 Driver comment if you don’t mind.
A330 Driver – Thank you for your comment paints a clearer picture for me. I saw in a documentary once that a guy named Stelios created the first no frills airline. Did AA copy the business model. Is it similar to Ryan Air. Is It?
Im just saying, everyone can learn something from MAS. Protectionism will never benefit anyone in the long run. Now apply that to the NEP and all the people who inappropriately profiting by doing nothing.
If you guys do not realise how protectionism is simply masking and polishing a huge defect. You cant buy skills, you learn them. The same applies. You cant let non-deserving people into universities. You cant let incompetent developers to take lead in a project. At the end of the day, all this is just counterproductive for the nation. It is tantamount to praising the weak and punishing the deserving.
Take Proton as another example. Everyone prefers to buy a import car than to spend on a overpriced car like Proton. Hell Proton is so cheap in Australia because no one wants to buy it. Even poor Aussies drive a a Japanese import because they are value for money and affordable thus who the hell would want to buy a car which is half-heartedly designed. Seriously, Juara and that 3 door retarded car, Savvy? That is just tasteless.
Coming back to my point, people need to be accountable. They need to know, if they fked up, they will have to pay the consequences. Telling people that nothing bad will happen to them if they ffked up is just wrong.
Maybe in Malaysia and for another 10 years the government can do that because Malaysians are sheltered from all the evil in the world. The government paints a bright and illustrious rainbow in the minds of the people. After all, they are the ones who own all the mainstream media.
I was reading the new back home the other day where the government was squandering to please the masses by removing the “bad” legislations and all the sudden government backbencher are applauding it while a few years back they are against it. I just hate how the government backbencher are acting so hypocritical and restricted from doing their jobs properly for fearing a backslash from whoever is holding their nuts.
From a democratic point of view, I think the opposition is doing a good job at being itself, a democratic party. Everyone just talks shit about each other. It is embarrassing but it is definitely healthy. Its healthy because anyone from DAP could just talk down the other components and PAS could do the same to DAP. I like how they are being clumsy and careless. That good because they are not trying to paint a rainbow in my mind. They are elected by the people to voice out their opinions. So if you are doing your job, why should I be worried?
Politics is just nasty and distasteful and it should be (unless if you are the government where it is all happy days and thumbs up).
Najib knows this, he does. He is trying hard mend the government’s ratings. He has some good ideas in his head that strikes me as brilliant. But he doesn’t have the political will to make those changes. Whenever he tries to do something, some dipstick like Perkasa, or MCA or MIC will just hammer him and he backs down. He needs to make unpopular decisions and make them work in his favour.
As for the opposition, I could say that it has reached a stage of maturity. The opposition is giving the government a run for its money because the government is so predictable. Making the government panicky about its next move. Who benefits out from it? We do!
Therefore, I sincerely hope the 2 party system is here to stay and also a separate MAS/Airasia. Monopoly is bad and this venture between MAS and Airasia is a tell tale signs of a cartel brewing. By the way, do we have anti monopoly laws in Malaysia? If not, its about time we should.
Setuju sangat dengan Tun tentang penggabungan antara Mas / AA.
Dahulu sebelum penggabungan Komersial bank di malaysia , kita dengar banyak yang membantah dan memberontak. kakitangan bank kebanyakan nya tidak bersetuju tentang penggabungan nie. Tapi akhirnya kini semua nya mendapat faedah , walau ada bank membuat pembuangan pekerja, tapi prestasi kakitangan yang tinggal cukup tinggi.
Sama-sama la kita nanti situasi yg baik ini.
kesimpulan nya, apa yang sedang melanda antara MAS/AA mengalami situasi yang sama juga nanti.. Pelbagai bantahan di peringkat awal, namun hasilnya akan kita nikmati kelak, apabila banyak pihak berfikiran positif ke arah ekonomi yang lebih agresif dan membangun.
Salam Y. A. Bhg Tun,
Saya boleh dikatakan biasa travel melalui udara dengan MAS samada urusan persendirian, resmi kerajaan atau urusan syarikat selepas bersara (domestic and international). Disamping itu juga biasa travel dengan syarikat penerbangan asing semasa urusan pelancungan ke luar negara. Dari segi layanan crew MAS memang amat terpuji dan memuaskan jika dibandingkan dengan layanan crew AirAsia (mungkin baru dan kurang pengalaman) dan syarikat penerbangan asing yang lain.
Yang menjadi persoalan dan tanda-tanya kenapa MAS selalu rugi? Jika diambil kira jumlah penumpang MAS selalunya penuh, jadi susah nak terima MAS selalu rugi dalam perniagaannya. Dimana silapnya, adakah berpunca dari salah urus atau lain-lain punca yang belum dapat dipulihkan sepenuhnya. AirAsia beroperasi dengan tambang murah, tetapi boleh buat untung. Jadi bila MAS dan AirAsia bergabung mereka bolehlah berkongsi pengalaman masing-masing dan menjana keuntungan khususnya bagi MAS. MAS anak syarikat kerajaan Malaysia, sepatutnya dah lama wujud dan beroperasi tak wajarlah selalu mengalami kerugian daripada memperoleh keuntungan. Kita rakyat Malaysia amat berbangga dengan MAS yang telah berjaya mempamerkan imejnya tersendiri dan diantara syarikat penerbangan yang terbaik di dunia atau peringkat antarabangsa.
Saya menyokong penuh penggabungan AirAsia dan MAS, kerana dilihat boleh memberikan banyak kebaikan kepada dua-dua syarikat, diantaranya meningkatkan lagi imej Malaysia dimata dunia, businees boleh meningkat dengan berkongsi kepakaran masing-masing.
Sekian, selamat maju jaya kepada MAS dan AirAsia.
Dear Dr Mahathir Mohamad
Salaams
These questions are in my mind
Where is Tony going with MAS?
Where are the news the corporate objectives and specific targets?
I read this
The Malaysian Airlines System Employees Union (MASEU) today expressed dissatisfaction over the explanation given by the airline’s management on the company’s collaboration with budget carrier AirAsia Bhd.
Its president, Alias Aziz, said the explanation by MAS managing director Ahmad Jauhari Yahya yesterday on the share swap between MAS and AirAsia was not satisfactory.
“As such, we have decided to write to the prime minister. We want to meet Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to convey our views and opposition to the MAS-AirAsia deal,” he told a news conference at the MASEU office in Subang Jaya.
Alias requested MAS to buy back its shares sold to AirAsia and return the AirAsia shares it had bought. — Bernama
Read more: Union still opposes MAS-AirAsia deal http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/20111001212446/Article/index_html#ixzz1Zgv7j0bt
And Dr Mahathir, more to the day’s notice is
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newspolitic.php?id=617145
Umno Members Must Return To Original Struggle To Win General Election – Tun M
One, however, does get the impression that Tun Mahathir is practicing Sun Tze. Wonderful and Alhamdulillah.
Salam Takzim
1.. mas is a failure as i said b4. however it never fail to fulfill it social obligation such as terbang ke kawasan pendalaman where for sure it will loss tons of money. and airasia only fly to the kawasan pendalaman which confirmed making a lot of profit.
2. should we blame mas for that? if you blame mas for this u are just a stupid malaysian.
3. there are so many others social obligations that mas has provided but you guys just blind or pura pura blind and never say thank you to mas. in malaysia a lot of company making tons of money from this tanah tumpahnya darahku. example the banks.
4. we need to give credits to maybank and cimb bank because they have spent a lot to fulfill their social obligations. yes they gave some money back to poorer malaysian. i.e sedekah/charity. because of this definitely they are not no. 1 bank in malaysia. because less profit recorded for the shareholders. i.e corporate governance is not that good.
5.cimb n maybank sponsored a lot of things to make we the people dapat merasakan some of the shareholder profit. same macam mas jugak lah.
6. we are very unfortunate because no.1 bank in malaysia for a few years – public bank – kedekut. so far i never see any major event sponsor by this bank. i do not see any social obligations or charity provided to the public by this bank. but they used public name. even Along is very much better by giving some money to the community for building pondok pengawal at some housing area.
7. for me this bank is just like parasite. suck your blood till you die. macam cacing pita or tape worm. are we malaysian welcome the company like tbis?
8. i do not know how the employees of this bank feel. not ashame or kiasu attitude may be. well lets here from them.
9. this is hard. are we want a company like mas or like this parasite bank?
10.arghh. definitely neither one for sure.
Salam Tun,
Kes MAS-AK berkerjasama adalah satu-satu langkah yang mungkin bijak, walaupun ada pihak2 tidak puas hati. Beri mereka masa dan peluang untuk membukti ianya akan berjaya. Kalau masih tidak membuahkan hasil spt mana diharapkan kita pecat mereka yang membuat idea2 MAS-AK berkerjasama ini.
Kita tidak mahu lagi spt apa yang berlaku dalam era 90 an, dimana Bank Bumiputra dimakan oleh bank kecil Bank Of Commerce (kini bernama CIMB), MBO-kan UDA – apa dah jadi sekarang? Kini UDA go private siapa yg untung, hanya segelintir org2 diatas. Begitu juga Pernas Bhd kini dah jadi Tradewind (aka Niaga Angin). Badan2 kerjaan tersebu diatas di tubuhkan untuk mempertingkatkan ekonomi negara sambil menolong bumiputra dalam dunia perniagaan sejak dulu. Jadi, kita berharap kerjasama MAS-AK akan memberi manfaat kepada org2 MAS yg masih ada mindset -”orang gomen” celek sikit dan sedar dari tidur. Keluar dari “comfort zone” jgn selalu tidur ketika bekerja. Walaupun kita tahu cara AK buat niaga dgn mempunyai aggressive business plan, tidak semestinya business plan mereka tak boleh gunapakai.Belajarlah cara-cara nak corner sini dan sana, jgn asyik sok sendiri hasilnya tak ada.Harap2lah kerjasama ini berhasil. Kalau tidak DS Najib akan malu dan musuh2 dia akan dapat peluru untuk hentam dia. Org yg rekomen kerjasama MAS-AK betul2 dah teliti masak2 akan risiko dan kesan nya pada kerjaan “of the today” jika ianya gagal. Selamat berjaya….Thanks Tun.
Salam
Tuan Guru Dr Mahathir yg diRahmati ALLAH,
Terima kasih di atas pendedahan yang menyedarkan banyak pihak, yang sakit akan menepis dan tegakkan benang basah, yang insaf akan perbaiki tetapi yang Gedebe tu………. baik macam mana pun MESTI BURUKKAN.
Bagi kami ini lah “Transformasi Berjaya, Rakyak Sejahtera”
Good mornig YAB Tun,
1. What MCA Youth is supporting right now is good for BN and 1 Malaysia.
2. This is to prevent brain drain into private sector only.
3. However, on points that the MCA Youth in supporting the government’s decision to repeal the Internal Security Act and amend the Printing Presses and Publications Act, and also the hope that the government would also abolish Section 15 of the Universities and University Colleges Act, will not be materialized for national and international security.
4. If Perdana Menteri dan Kerajaan Negara agree to that to fish political votes, then PM and KN will become like what Middle-age commented, Malaysians will become more and more politically motivated, then PM is no different from Bush, Blair, Obama or Osama.
5. Tok Nik Aziz “has been” too long in controlling PAS and Kelantan state, and he starts to act like Gadaffi jor.
6. TNA became obsessed and begin to believe that he is” Allah”, “Allah” is him.
7. Lim Guan Eng became obsessed and believe that he is “Lee Kuan Yew”, “Lee Kuan Yew jor” is him.
Good day, Tun.
Salam Tun dan Malaysia
Saya setuju MAS harus dipulihkan dgn cara apa sj yg boleh menyakinkan, walau dgn Bantuan AirAsia yg pernah jd pesaing. Nsmun FireFly yg prestasinya amat baik dan sudah diterima baik rakyat kenapa tak diberi peluang teruskan dgn caranya yg telah terbukti…Hanya dua syarikat tambg murah berbandingkan negara jiran yg byk sekali syarikat tambg murah. Singapore yg penduduk kecil pun ada lebih dari satu. Utk pengetahuan Tun setiap penerbgn FireFly dr Johor ke Johor utk tempoh sebulan yg lalu, setiap penerbgn dr Surabaya penuh….Tun, FireFly sebenarnya contoh yg terbaik waktu ini…
Salam,
Everything since your time as PM has been based purely on vested interest and never nationalism.
Assalamualaikum,
Yg. Berbahagia Tun dan Para Blogger,
Walaupun tidak arif dengan selok belok industri penerbangan ini, saya terkejut dengan gabungan MH/AK ini.
Saya sangat tak setuju.
Sebagai pengguna MAS, saya sangat bangga dengan quality layanan MAS selama ini. Di samping itu, saya pernah mengguna Air Asia 2 kali dan mendapati layanan kurang memuaskan, terutama bila penerbangan dibatalkan.
Saya amat gusar dengan gabungan ini.
Wassalam.
Dearest YAB & diKasihi Tun,
1. I totally agree with Tun. MAS needs to learn from Air Asia on how to do REAL business.
2. Personally, I prefer to fly via Air Asia because I do not care much about most of the facilities/conveniences offered by MAS, and I believe I’m not supposed to pay for things that I do not need. I don’t even like the food being served, and in the past during my flights with MAS, I ate very little just to survive (especially when the flight took more than 10 hours). With Air Asia, we can choose what we want to eat/drink, and pay accordingly. In addition, I normally sleep during a flight (jet lag).
But for routes not covered by Air Asia, I prefer MAS over other airlines.
Tapi Air Asia janganlah terlalu berkira sehinggakan “hand luggage” pun perlu ditimbang…beberapa kali “hand luggage” saya ditimbang oleh petugas Air Asia; nasib baik tidak melebihi had…
Thanks Tun.
*** May Allah SWT bless Tun and family ***
Dear Tun
If AK/MH now join forces, does the government have already considered abt “monopoly” issue..since if both are under the same umbrella, we Malaysians may possibly be at a disadvantage from getting the good bargains due to the abolishment of the said competition? Generally speaking, the developed nation usually consider this issue an extremely important issue, to ensure the competitiveness of the industry serving the public.
In another issue, it seems now our government is going to “dismantle” the way TNB is going to issue the electricity bill. In the (current) unified bill, any tariff increase is “very obvious” and subject to protest to many. So, the government now say,
“splitting” the bill would be more “transparent”. But actually it is LESS transparent, as there will be more bills and more likely the price hike is now easily “hidden”.
If ISA and EO can be repealed, is the education policy is cast in stone that the minister can even propose a review?
Salam Tun,
Off topic sikit…. coz yours is the only blog that listens, where we can pour our soul out to a leader even if you are no longer the PM.
Why would the government deserve our vote, when it does not bother to listen that the people support PPSMI? Politicians are chosen by the people, it does not give them carte blanche to do what pleases them or cater exclusively to a narrow support group.
Do they still deserve our vote dear Tun?
Selamatkan tanah tumpah darahku….
Assalamu’alaikum Tun berdua dan pembaca budiman semua,
1. Walau lama tak bersua, tidak bermakna saya dah lupa.
2. Blog Tun tetap dilawati cuma tak diturunan sebarang komen.
3. Hari ni, terasa nak kata sesuatu.
4. Di akhir penelitian, penggabungan MAS dan AA adalah satu langkah perniagaan. Walau pahit untuk ditelan, fakta untung rugi jadi pemutus.
5. Malaysia adalah sebuah negara yang sedang membangun. Kita wajib faham apa maksud keadaan itu.
6. Kita cuba untuk lakukan berbagai-bagai perkara. Kadang-kadang kita berjaya, kadang-kadang kita gagal.
7. Janganlah terlalu menghentam kalau ada antara syarikat kita yang gagal.
8. Namun, sangat Wajar kita hentam kalau gagal kerana tamak haloba dan sikap tidak jujur dalam diri orang-orang yang diberi tanggung jawab.
9. Tetapi alam perniagaan sekarang begitu kompleks. Terdapat pelbaga faktor yang boleh menyumbangkan kepada kegagalan perniagaan kita.
10. Oleh itu, berpada-padalah dalam kita mengkritik. Jangan hentam semua kiri kanan depan belakang.
11. Sebab belum tentu kalau KITA yang dipertanggungjawabkan untuk lakukan sesuatu, adakah KITA akan boleh buat yang lebih baik?
12. Marilah kita masing-masing ikhlas dan bersungguh-sungguh membuat kerja KITA di sudut KITA masing-masing.
13. Semoga dengan keikhlasan kita, kita akan mendapat bantuan daripada ALLAH SWT yang sebenarnya mentadbir alam ini.
Wallahua’lam.
Jaga diri, jaga solat, Tun berdua dan kita semua.
sikenit.
Dear Prime Minister Najib,
Sir, recently Mara has decided to implement the British curriculum at all their 45 mrsm, because of the merit of these curriculum I pressume.
So, I am writing as a concern citizen on our education policies, particularly the teaching of science and mathematics in english having to revert to be taught in Bahasa Malaysia. Those who are pro ppsmi believe that science and mathematics are best taught in english because english is the lingua franca of technology. I will not wish to repeat the many advantages and why the need for these subjects in taught in english as it has already been clearly mention by PAGE already. My request is to allow this as an option to be made available for those who wants it.
Sir, I do not have the actual statistics, but I believe that those who are pro ppsmi are a huge segment of our society. I also believe these segment also consists of the silence majority who do not resolve to the street demonstration in their quest for ppsmi. These segment consists of the people are from a very diverse background; malay, chinese, indian and other minorities. According to Tun Dr. Mahathir’s blog polls more than of 70% wants ppsmi.
I also believe that those who are against ppsmi as an option are also those who are more extreme in their view.
Hence, it is not wise to marginalise those who are moderate, those who occupy the middle ground in favour or to appease those at the margin. Sir, you spoke of moderation at Oxford University recently, and you said:
So it is for people who cherish moderation, dignity and justice everywhere to stand firm, and stand proud, to dissipate the pull of terror and to deny those at the margins a foothold in the middle ground – ensuring that frustrations, wherever they are felt, are heeded and that voices, wherever they speak out, are heard
Sir, can you hear us, the voices of that cherish moderation, we are the voices of those who occupy the middle ground. Please do not turn us away (from BN).
Thank You.
Parent
sorry tun this out of topic.
Salam Tun,
1. i am far from knowing the airline industy, thus refrained from commenting. i am however attracted to the comment by A330 Driver who asked …“is the free capitalism really free? “
2. from a distant, i can see that the AK injection into MAS is a form of punishment for MAS’s own failure to perform, measured by the standard of an almost free carrier i.e a very severe punishment indeed. But i wish to speak of the standard or benchmark used to measure MAS.
3. MAS simply can never win against AK. Low Cost Flying is AK’s religion, and they do it very well. And so i feel it a little unfair that MAS is measured by this yardstick. But… A330 Driver missed to see it from the perpective of us, ordinary dumb folks who can only afford to fly sometimes and hope to get free liquor in the air.
4. from a passengers perspective, i don’t care much what internal problems an airline carrier has. And no, unlike some who claim MAS belongs to us Malaysians, i never felt so. Mana ada ? we ordinary people actually own nothing. well, okay, maybe we have voting rights, but that’s about it. So if you work in MAS and think MAS belongs to you, i am real sorry for you. Welcome to the corporate world.
5. so the answer to A330 Driver is that free capitalism is being used to drive home the point that society wants whats best and at the cheapest possible price. if our so called national carrier cannot provide that, then i would seek another airline. it is called freedom of choice.
6. That said, it does not mean i agree to this merger. To me, Tony is smart, he will use this opportunity to charge more for what was traditionally low cost routes, using MAS and a host of other excuses to hike the fares. And so we the rakyat are the ones, the real victims again, who has to bail out MAS. And so Tony stands to make a lot of money, the lucky devil.
7. When the mix of MAS/AK reaches its breaking point, Tony will just reorganise MAS to become AK, and his original business restored, albeit much bigger now. There will be many casualities. Free market forces has a way to shave workers bald right down to our toes.
8. Honestly, it is very painful. I feel pity for the good honest MAS workers, but such is life in the modern world, it is not fair. If i were you guys i would take Bill Gates advise…” Life is not fair, get used to it. ”
9. But for the people of Malaysia i believe this is good news, we can fly cheaper and better. Even if Tony hikes the prices, he has the ritual of keeping costs low in his religion, and so we are assured somewhat of a good bargain. If not, we can of course always fly another airline.
10. And so even if i disagree, it is only in methodology. I actually look forward to a new MAS.
Thank You Tun
Dear Tun,
I agree with SamuraiMelayu about comment by Mubarakchan. It is truly a great write up by Mubarakchan. It is a genuine complement to our greatest Prime Minister ever.
I too share the same sentiment as expressed by Cherry posted on 29 Sept. Give back the same dose of medicine he gives to Najib.
I find many comments by MAS staffs andMASSEUtheUNION legitimate and enlightening. The comments by Tuntuah 29 Sept, Shah0109 and A330Driver should be taken seriously and aggressively investigated by the government. It is the greedy abuse by the cronies as claimed by people working in MAS that MAS has lost so much money. Tajudin Ramli should never be paid rm 8 for MAS shares when it was traded in Bursa Saham for only rm2.40 just like the same trick(penipuan) is being played on Sime Darby paying E n O shares for rm2.30 when at the material time the shares were traded only at rm1.40. Why must Sime Darby be so stupid to buy shares from a company in Penang whose properties include part of the sea. Sime Darby is supposed to inject another rm 1.8 billions to reclaim the sea apart from rm 766 millions paid for the shares.
These are all highway robbery in broad day light for all and sundry to read, comprehend, digest, talk about and do absolutely nothing. Tun Dr Mahathir, we need you to put right all the public cheating that is going on. It is a huge crime inflicted on the citizens of Malaysia when MAS and Sime Darby are being cheated so openly and blatantly. Tun may be the only person to have the strength and ability to deal with such manipulative heartless crooks. I do understand that the stature and poison possessed by these enemies of the people can even inflict mortal injury on Tun himself as seen by the venom and vicious counter attack by Tun’s former deputy who was summarily sacked by Tun. Inilah Dunya.
amin tan
samuraimelayu@gmail.com
You are great ! You understood ! Let me do the wake-up call to all Malaysians about the ‘m’ words which have been brain-washed into our minds e.g. ‘meritocracy’ and ‘marginalization’ for years. Now and then, when the great ship ‘Malaysia’ was sailing smoothly in fair weather, outsiders would throw one of these words at us Malaysians who would go into all sorts of frenzy – not any longer. These words have lost their intended meaning in 2011 as it had been clearly shown in all the media! And these words should now be debunked forthwith !
Firstly, ‘meritocracy’ if this word was taken to mean the smartest person would sit on top of a pyramid, is no longer true. Countries which have the smartest human beings, have proven to be downright ordinary by losing billions and billions of US dollars of trust money belonging to their citizens in 2008. (Since the 1980s, the smartest people chose to work in the great financial centres of the world). Sometimes, the loss was equal to the total foreign exchange reserves held by Bank Negara Malaysia ! Iceland which lost US$ 2.5 Billions is a good example amongst a few others which were jam-packed with clever people who were too busy making the big bucks and did not notice the unsustainable gigantic financial edifice ! Meritocracy alone will not be the cure all for human fables and foibles. That is why God is great ! We are all born equal ! Generally, do not be taken up by an Oxbridge or an Ivy League education. If the undergraduate is brilliant, he or she will not return. If they do, because of this elitist fervour inculcated in their young brains, sometimes they do not fit into the Malaysian society. I am not talking about the mature scholarship graduates who gained entry into these universities to broaden their outlook. Britain’s greatest scientists and traitors came from the University of Cambridge ! Yes ! Meritocracy is only a general guide. A couple of parchment papers is not the guaranteed magic wand to success.
Malaysia is one of the very few countries in the world who has succeeded in avoiding the status of a failed state since Merdeka. We should hold our heads high and our chins up. Thanks to the political leadership since 1957 and all the Prime Ministers who helmed this country since then – a beautiful country populated in peace and harmony by diverse ancient people for centuries. Do not shoot ourselves in the foot and give credence to the naysayers ! In our country, humanity is a more important word than meritocracy !
Secondly, those who think the non-Malays have been marginalized, do not know our country, Malaysia, well !
During the NEP period, I dare say all Malaysians benefitted. The quantum of benefit for each individual is not my concern. This duty and responsibility were vested with the political parties which were elected to rule us via the Government of the day to make sure that we, the constituents had a fair share as prescribed under the precepts of the NEP. All of us supported the NEP wholeheartedly as from 1971.
However, at the end of the NEP, there were 7 billionaires (Trojan horses) who were non-Malay foreigners and some of them would have been marginalized if they had stayed at home ! And to boot, all of them came to Malaysia with empty pockets ! I know there are no such Malaysian billionaires in some foreign countries. Where were the non-Malay political parties to safeguard the interests of their constituents ?
And some non-Malay politicians retired as billionaires. Where was the marginalization of the Malaysian Chinese ? Why the non-Malay political parties did not rebut such mischievous remarks ? How is it that the non-Malays who desired to emigrate were able to make good before doing so ?
The real fact is that Malaysia is unique in its way of life. We are a daily experiment in successful multi-culturalism which is now plaguing the West. They are now at a loss on how to handle this problem of ‘multi-culturalism’ which came fast and swift with the sudden appearance of Arab Spring. The answer is ‘ HUMANITY ‘. Naysayers want to be trouble-makers to destabilise Malaysia. But if the country veers back to the norm, who can break us ?
Look at yourself in the mirror, look at your loved ones, your wife and children or parents, look at the TV news in colour, look at your neighbours and the restaurants or other public places ! Our country has gone very far in the development of the multi-culturism of ancient civilizations as led by our Prime Ministers and Governments since 1957. Like all human beings, we still have a very long way to go. But eventually, we will reach our destination like other top nations of the world in time ! Marginalization does not hold water in Malaysia otherwise there will not be a single ex-foreign billionaire who came with empty pockets from overseas !
All Malaysians should hold their heads high and chins up ! There is nothing deficient about ourselves from the facts mentioned above.
Who says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is not a great statesman ?
Salaam Tun.Sebagai bekas pekerja MAS,saya (sebenarnya kami suami-isteri adalah bekas pekerja MAS) dapat merasai sentimen MAS sebagai National Carrier yang terpaksa bergabung dengan syarikat pesaing.Saya faham ego yang terpaksa ditelan.Walaubagaimanapun selama manakah kerajaan terpaksa memberi bantuan kepada MAS yang menjadi satu libiliti secara ekonomi serta politik?Saya punya nilai nostalgia yang tinggi kepada MAS tetapi di masa yang sama waktu telah berubah,syarikat penerbangan legasi di seluruh dunia sedang menghadapi cabaran yang cukup kuat di era LCC,tak kurang yang dah tutup kedai.Sekarang saya sudah berkecimpung selama 22 tahun di dalam industri ini,separuh darinya adalah di dalam MAS,saya sokong pengabunggan ini kerana ia mampu memberi impak tinggi dengan mengabungkan kekuatan kedua2 syarikat.Sebagai contoh,berapa billion kah setahun mengalir keluar ke Singapura kerana AK perlu menghantar pesawat2 nya untuk baikpulih (C-Check)?Kalau di lakukan di Hangar MAS,berapa ramai rakyat akan mendapat limpahannya?Saya juga dapati struktur MAS tidak dinamik,kakitangannya tidak dilatih untuk multitasking,yang dapat menjimatkan banyak wang serta lebihan kakitangan di jabatan2 tertentu,Karenah birokrasi yang masih tinggi serta pembaziran/ketirisan yang masih berleluasa.Sekian
W’salam
Assalamualaikum Tun ;
Izinkan saya luahkan pendapat saya..
Bagi saya..Tun sudah silap informasi..Saya sudah bersama Penerbangan Malaysia (MAS) hampir 17 tahun..tak pernah pula saya dengar Kapal Terbang harus di ‘ground’ di Airport selama at least 12jam.Paling lama pun yg saya tahu ialah 4-6jam setelah ketibaan untuk diambil alih oleh Set Crew yg lain.
Cuba Tun habaq mai..macam mana MAS ni nk buat untung kalau yg dilantik menjadi Pengurusan oleh Kerajaan sibuk nk memenuhkan poket sendiri.
Pernah ke Kerajaan membuat audit..contohnya harga makanan/minuman yg di bekalkan Syarikat LSG kepada MAS..??
Kenapa Nasi Lemak harganya RM60-RM90..??Kenapa Mineral Water RM8..??Harga Telur sebijik RM1.80..??
Itu tak termasuk caj2 mengarut lain terhadap MAS..
Bagaimana MAS nk buat untung kalau kebanyakkan Syarikat Pembekal ni bersangkut2 paut dgn Ahli2 Politik kita..
Memang benar AK membuat keuntungan..tapi benar kah AK tu benar2 UNTUNG..??atau sekadar atas kertas sahaja..??Jika benar untung..kenapa liat sangat nk membayar hutang pendaratan yg mencecah beratus juta kepada MAB..??
AK dh boleh berkira2 untuk membuat keuntungan berlipat ganda mulai sekarang..apa tak nye..Kejuruteraan/Maintanence Kapal2 AK dh boleh di hantar ke MAS Engineering..Pembekalan Catering dh boleh di caj ke MAS..CARGO dh boleh diurus MASCARGO..
Penggabungan MAS-AK memang mengguris hati staff MAS..terutama KAMI-ANAK2 KAPAL MAS.
Bagaimana syarikat kecil boleh menelan syarikat yg sedia ada..WELL KNOWN ENTIRE WORLD..!!!
Adakah ‘jiran’ yg selama ini ber ‘iri hati’ dgn kita..tiba2 dtg kerumah kita dan menawarkan bantuan..ADAKAH ‘JIRAN’ ITU BENAR2 IKHLAS..??..atau ada sesuatu maksud yg tersirat..??
Memang Pengurusan MAS tak cekap..TAPI BUKANKAH PERLANTIKKAN PENGURUSAN ITU DIBUAT OLEH KERAJAAN..??..apakah Pihak Kerajaan TAK CEKAP MEMILIH..??
Kami di MAS tak nampak dimana UNTUNGNYA penggabungan ini.
YANG KAMI NAMPAK..HANYA PIHAK AIR ASIA DAN PIHAK2 TERTENTU YG GHAIB DIBELAKANGNYA SAHAJA AKAN MEMBUAT KEUNTUNGAN KELAK.
Sekarang ni..penerbangan Firefly dh banyak kensel di Sabah/Sarawak..untuk memberi laluan kepada AK..dan kami dengar..tak lama lagi..OPERASI TAMBANG MURAH FIREFLY AKAN DIBATALKAN DAN DISERAP MENJADI FULL SERVICE AIRLINE.ini telah diSAHkan dengan surat Pekeliling by our New MD..Ahmad Jauhari. Ini mungkin untuk memberi LALUAN KEPADA AIR ASIA..
JIKA INI MENJADI KENYATAAN..CUBA TUN HABAQ..MACAM MANA MAS NK BUAT UNTUNG..??MAKIN RUGI ADA LA..
With MAS, Tajuddin wasn’t a person with vision nor experience. He was picked even though I am sure there are more qualified persons out there.
I agree that there are many failed airlines at the moment. With ingenuity, I am sure MAS can succeed. Don’t look at Japan Airlines, but look at Singapore Airlines. Why can they succeed & excel when Singapore, as a population, do not have anything? Malaysia has got more population, more resources and etc. We shld be better than them but time & time again, we are always “bullied” to be behind Singaporeans. Its time we need Quality, not Quantity. And competition is good to bring out the best in a person, not smothering. Too much complacency retards progress in oneself.
As Salam Tun,
I’m veering off topic not out of habit but merely out of necessity. I believe that you are a statin user due to your heart conditions and the bypass procedure (CABG) that you have undertaken twice in the past. Its quite well-known that statins have multiple side effects which include memory loss, muscle pains and even serious liver problems. But your keen memory and mental sharpness based on current performance seem to belie this observed phenomena. I would appreciate it if you can comment on this and other issues relevant to this subject. I was a statin user myself but gave it up due to discomfort of muscle pains which would not desist even after switching to different makes eg. from lipitor to crestor, from crestor to vytorin and then from vytorin to something the name of which escapes me – memory loss? Your wise words on this may help us somewhat in facing up to the dilemma of “spit father dies, swallow mother rots”.
To enlighten those not so familiar with this quandary, I paste an article from Mail Online:
“Statins ‘may cause loss of memory and depression’
By Sophie Borland
Last updated at 7:46 AM on 19th January 2011
Cholesterol-lowering pills taken by millions of Britons may cause memory loss and depression, researchers warn.
They say not enough is known about the level of harm posed by statins, prescribed to prevent heart disease and strokes.
Leading doctors say that the drugs should only be taken by patients for whom the benefits of the drug outweigh any potential risks.
Dangerous: Researchers warn that unless a patient is at high risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke, statins may cause more harm than good
More than seven million people in Britain now take statins – as many as one in three adults over the age of 40.
They are extremely effective in lowering levels of cholesterol, the fatty substance in the blood that clogs up arteries leading to heart attacks and strokes.
Many people over the age of 45 are routinely prescribed statins by their GPs if they have slightly high blood pressure or cholesterol.
In addition low-dose pills are increasingly bought over the counter without a prescription. Although they have been proven to be extremely effective – saving up to 10,000 lives a year – researchers warn that not enough is known about their risks.
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Ask the doctor: Will statins help control my high blood pressure?
They warn statins should only be prescribed to those with heart disease, or who have suffered the condition in the past. Researchers warn that unless a patient is at high risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke, statins may cause more harm than good.
The study, published in the Cochrane Library, which reviews drug trials, also points out that the vast majority of trials have been carried out by drugs companies who may play-down any possible risks. Some patients taking statins have suffered from short-term memory loss, depression and mood swings.
Previous studies have also linked the medication to a greater risk of liver dysfunction, acute kidney failure, cataracts and muscle damage known as myopathy.
The researchers examined data from 14 drugs trials involving 34,000 patients.
They found that although the drugs did prevent heart attacks and strokes, there was not enough evidence to prescribe them to patients with no previous history of heart disease.
Professor Shah Ebrahim, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine said: ‘When you put the evidence together you certainly find it supports the use of statins. But we found that evidence of potential harm is not being taken seriously.
‘The adverse effects are not included in the trials.’
Lead researcher Dr Fiona Taylor, added: ‘The decision to prescribe statins in this group [who have no history of heart disease] should not be taken lightly.’
Amy Thompson, senior cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation, said: ‘This systematic review echoes what we already know – that statins have huge benefits for people with heart and circulatory disease, or those who are high risk – they help to reduce the risk of heart disease including heart attacks.
‘It is still unclear whether statins provide any real benefits for people without heart and circulatory disease and who are at low risk.’”
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1348435/Statins-cause-loss-memory-depression.html#ixzz1ZPEOo0vh
Dear Tun,
Thanks for willing to sharing your thought on MH/AK. I am sure it could silence the critics which their head was preoccupied with the believes of malpractice and favoritism torwards Air Asia. This preoccupation of mindset has prevented the truth from being exposed. Your points was clearly has credibility, spoken by someone whos know something deeply rather than being someone who knows nothing but pretended knows everything. This is the normal practice by someone who doesnt like something but dont have the facts to prove it.
Salam Tun,
1. MAS terbang pakai ‘Right Wing’. Air Asia terbang pakai ‘both wings’ (Right Wing itu kerajaan – untung rugi cerita kemudian)
2. Dulu MAS tak percaya tambang murah, sebab nak jadi eksklusif dapat ‘anugerah’ macam anugerah baru ini. Air Asia tak kira, balun saja janji tambang murah dan terbang. Dapat jadi ‘anugerah besar’ juga. Jalan betul dan benar.
3.MAS 1st Class. Makan biasa saja tapi harga mesti ikut kelas. Di sini yang haram biasa saja. Air Asia sampai tiada kelas, nak makan bayar,ikut suka. Tidak pula sampai hidang yang haram.
5.Orang No. 1 atas, segak stail,protokol mesti ada. Belanja promosi gila-gila. Manakala yang satu ini, ‘cap’ warna merah ada lambang, promosi murah tapi berjaya, pelanggan tengok merah mata. Berniaga gaya naga.
6.Benar Tun. Itu sudah banyak di amalkan. Sekarang kalau nak jimat kos, kita mesti mengamalkan “multi tasking”. Staf-staf begini memang aset syarikat bernilai tinggi. Pengurusan masa yang cekap, mendarat dan terbang mengekang, meminima risiko yang untuk meraih pulangan tidak ternilai.
7.Perjalanan terancang dan himpunan tempahan awal penerbangan. Baru boleh di nilai keupayaan dan operasi syarikat dalam jangka waktu sasaran. Untung atau rugi bergantung penuh kepada operasi perancangan perniagaan mengikut perkembangan masa dan visi syarikat masa hadapan.
8. Lemah nya kita, selalu tamak dan salah guna. Tidak ingin akur, ikut perintah, berkerjasama. Hendak menguasai sepenuh nya apabila terbuka sahaja peluang depan mata. Tidak mahu lagi lebihkan usaha. Dapat cara halal atau haram sama saja.
Dear Tun,
What do you expect MAS to make money when the previous Board & management of MAS is more interested to have a collection of expensive paintings hanging on the wall of MAS office?
They were supposed to be high powered professionals and yet they did not use common sense. Real haprak!
Dear Tun,
I should say 95% of Malaysia’s current development is under your watch. I went to Phnom Penh, Cambodia last week. It was like Malaysia of Pre Mahathir era.
Some Malaysians are not grateful and condemned Tun bitterly. They should visit countries like Cambodia, then they will realise the huge contribution of Tun Dr Mahathir to our prosperity and affluent society.
It was Tun Dr Mahathir who allowed Tony Fernandiz to translate his considerable talent and ability and make Air Asia a success story. Tony is not a Malay and Tun Dr Mahathir help him and thus help the nation and I don’t agree some people say Tun Dr Mahathir is a racist. In the beginning of Air Asia business, MAS was losing money even though it was a monopoly. Very fast Air Asia became successful and made MAS so shameful.
I salute Tun Dr Mahathir for being such a good Prime Minister of Malaysia and make Malaysia to become a successful country.
amin tan
Salam Tun and All
This article reminded me about how important leadership is to business community and society.
I think the success of Celcom may be attributed by the CEO performance. Before Dato’ Sri Shazalli Ramly, Celcom was not in good condition. Had we gave Celcom to the wrong hands, it may have died buried in the ground right now.
That’s why we can see Fortune 500 company sacked 20% of their CEO on yearly basis due to non-performance.
Dato’ Tony Fernandez never run an airline company before but he manage to built one very successfully. It is embarrassing for MAS to be in the industry for donkey years but was swallowed by inexperienced ex-CFO of Virgin Records in split second. We can just replace existing MAS’s Management with experienced one from outside the country if there is none within. But this is rather non-patriotic I guess.
I have no objection on this matter. What I want to say is that where is all the talent that we wanted?. Are we just going to talk about political polemic and bicker all the time without any tangible achievement?
In Malaysia today people only talk crap, no academic value and started to move backwards. Like FAM long years ago when internal politics was intense. When politics is eradicated, there we can see some improvement….
This is exacerbated by the fact that there are rising number of people who like to oppose but never have any clue how to contribute….We need to do away with this losers mentality…
We have to start recruiting talents and reduce politicking…
Air Aisa + MAS = brighter future if U=I=Malay=Chinese=Iban=Indian=everyone
Besides MAS there are others as well that I hv not heard of being very profitable such as Proton and Perwaja. Correct me if im wrong.
Are they funded and protected by government and fed up with as well?
How many government protected company profitable? I guess Petronas wld be one. Correct me if im wrong. What or how does Petronas benefit the people of Msia?
No point accuse any one but I wld like to know so when I throw my vote i wld hv done in my best of knowledge.
Salam Tun dan Malaysia
Memang sedih MAS kehilangan gah nya…namun sampai bila rakyat harus menunggu..Siapa lg yg lebih berkebolehan pd waktu ini dlm bidang ini selain Tan Sri Tony Fernandez…jgn kita persiakan bakat besar rakyat kita sendiri…..
Asmkm YBhg Tun
Seronok membaca keluhan YBhg Tun tentang MAS. Mungkin YBhg Tun juga masih mahu memperkatakan tentang seseorang dari Celcom yang masok MAS kemudian MAS makin jadi susah.
Saya perhatikan satu faktor penyebab syarikat MAS jadi susah adalah kerana sikap staff sykt2 swasta yang memberi servis kepada MAS. Biasa saya dengar ‘ Ah…sykt kerajaan, tak perlu la nak buat elok2, kerajaan ada duit nak baiki semula nanti’. Hal ini termasuk lah servis makanan, pakaian, transport, baikpulih dll. Satu lagi faktor penyebab adalah kerana dalam MAS wujud sindiket2 pelbagai jenis antara pekerja2 MAS sendiri yang mempunyai sikap macam sykt swasta tadi atau pun pekerja2 mensabotaj arahan2 kerja yang diberikan. Kebanyakan pekerja tak peduli hubungan produktiviti dan kos saving. Pekerja sepatutnya menunjukkan minat menyokong nilai kerja murni ke arah kos saving, bukan menyokong sindiket2 yang diketuai oleh ’bos-bos kecl’ dalam MAS yang tak peduli hal survival MAS.
Yang ketara, middle-top managment MAS memang hancur. Dah banyak kali keluar akhbar akan nama inidividu2 yang menyusahkan MAS.
Hee….he…Proton pun macam tu juga. Cuba pergi ke plant Tanjung Malim dan buat kira2 apa yang sepatutnya kos saving dan apa yang sepatutnya opportunity lost untuk additional revenue.
Cuba tengok kat Putrajaya residential housing projek, dibuat oleh kontraktor utama. Macam MAS, faktor kontraktor swasta dan sikap staff dari jabatan2 kerajaan yang menerima standard siap kerja tak ikut industry standard. ’Ah… rumah gomen…tak perlu baik2’. May be , atap genting nipis sikit, may be paip tak ikut laluan menasabah, may be pokok besar tak patut tanam betul2 tepi dinding rumah, may be saiz jalanraya hanya sesuai untuk kancil aja…….dll. Nampak macam staff gomen duduk rumah yang serba-serbi tak sempurna………..kesian la…….
Untuk MAS, untuk Proton, untuk Putrajaya, untuk untuk…. cuba gunakan kepakaran professional auditor sebagai 3rd party, mulakan preventive action as alternative to breakdown action.
Btw, 4 tahun lepas ada saya naik AAsia ke seberang, memang tak selesa, apa bole buat, u pay for what u get. Kita pula yang kena dapatkan additional servis sedangkan kita pun tak tahu apakah perlu servis2 ini. Sebagai provider untuk industri ini, AAsia sepatutnya sediakan apa yang minimum for heath and safety requirement of passengers. Elok la juga lantik 3rd party untuk kaji dan propose apa yang minimum untuk diberikan kepada passenger atau menjalankan operasi terbang2. Bukan, biarkan sesiapa saja berniaga bukan2. Rasanya dengan ini, MAS bole ada pilihan, lagipun kebanyakan org MAS, gaknya bukan dari golongan pandai-pandai.
Alahai…selalu kena tolong-tolong ………. tak pa la………….
Elok jangan buang hak kita atas alasan anak buah kita tak ada pelajaran, benchmark la elok2.
Dear Tun M
Airasia success story is an example our malaysian transport industry can emulate . Take for example, MISC our national shipping company which still make losses even with government assistance . We should have competition and encourage malaysian based shipping company to participate to improve. Why not have a budget or cheap carrier. Likewise KTM ,our national train operator also struggling with bad financial results.
SalamTun dan Malaysia
Antara faktor yg merosak MAS selama ini adalah persatuan engineer MSAEU dan pilot MAPA MAS yg keterlaluan utk keprntingn sendiri. Satu contoh dan bukti yg nyata…MAPA mengutamakan cadet pilot dan saudara mara sendiri masih boleh diterima…tetapi double standard bekas TUDM adalah keterlaluan… pilot negara luar diambil masuk dgn mudah…bekas pilot TUDM termasuk yg pernah menerbgkn Tun lebih 10 tahun terpaksa melakukan segala ujian permulaan spt kadet dan bermula dgn second officer…dahulunya Captain pesawar yg telsh menerbgkn Tun lebih dr 10 tahun adalah satu penghinaan..mereka tak dinaikkan ke captain pesawat satelah lama di MAS…akhirnya masuk AirAsia terus captain pesawat…ada yg Capt A330/340…. cerita ini adalah sebhgian dr sifat pengurusan MAS spt yg Tun gambarkn
Tumpang lalu Tun M dan semua,
Why don’t we play the game like Anwar Ibrahim? When he insisted on Najib and Rosmah to be present in court for what ever reasons he said he has, then the other party should bring in Anwar Ibrahim’s son and daughters for what ever reasons you can think of. Play the game well, play the game well, guys.
Barulah Anwar ada akai (akal) nanti……
You buat kat orang, orang pun boleh buat kat you la Anwar…
bagi saya hanya mengungtungkan tony sahaja kerana aisasia mempunyai banyak hutang skrg aisasia boleh byk menggunakan semua kemudahan MAS.
tidak lama lagi semua GLC company akan tergadai,yang kaya semakin kaya,yang miskin bertambah miskin…
http://www.myinsurans.com/
1. hahahahahahaha
2. hahahahahahaha
3. small company eating big company. Cool stuff. this also happenned during stupid PM no 5 tenure. ACM Libra gate???
4. MAS is a big time failure. so what idris jala is doing while he is the ceo of MAS?
5. just playing with the figure. to make it black. and a lot of bad things he just hide under the carpet. by doing this he got huge sum bank in to his account.
6. And where is idris jala now?
7. Kakitangan awam. he is palying with the figures to cut down the subsidies.
8. like KJ said: he only knows power point, graph and chart.
9. so what will happen to us?
10. as usual; short of money due to figures manipulation by idris jala.
11. less subsidies, expensive low quality goods. even the plain water oso need to be paid at 0.50 cents at some restaurant. (where is the social obligations of this restaurant.)
12. Tony Fernandes. Does he really good? LOL
13. he is damn good. good at to get the tax payer monies. he has tried so many times. to name a few; hope Petronas to taja his Lotus F1. Next, he will sell to the goverment to fund QPR in the text of “national footballer development”.
14. Are malaysian stupid?
15. Not all but majority.
16. to name a few: Jambatan bengkok : because of business dealing failure: the jambatan jadi mangsa. and the best “org johor” happy with it.
17. Pulau Batu putih – another classic example. and orang johor happy as usual.
18. the latest, “you will be kidnapped in johor – Lim Guan Eng”. and orang johor happy again.
19. is there something wrong with orang johor?
20. muhyidin is orang johor isn’t it?
21. Damn. No wonder Air Asia can eat MAS. This is national so orang johor dont even care, they just happy, happy, happy.
Salam Tun
When faced with competition, MAS lowered its fares in the name of defending/capturing market share and thus tried to be another “low cost” airline but with premium services. This is of course a huge benefit for the passengers. Selling cheap tickets means lower revenue but did it do anything to cut cost to really become low cost? It just can’t because it is a premium service airline. The cost base is premium but as Tun rightly pointed out, there are areas for cost improvements eg turnaround time, crew nightstops etc.
I may be working for the AirAsia group but I love MAS as much as my other fellow Malaysians.
Dr.M, you’re the man! Even after retirement but you’re still cares of this country. Truly a great leader. To Tony & Co., let show us what you got. And all the best …..!
Isu penggabungan syarikat penerbangan Airasia dengan Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad (MAS) semakin hangat diperkata sehingga menimbulkan bantahan dari pelbagai pihak termasuk Kesatuan Pekerja-Pekerja MAS Semenanjung Malaysia (MASEU).
Dalam satu temubual bersama Setiausaha Agung Maseu, Ab Malek Arif di pejabatnya hari ini, beliau menjelaskan MAS mempunyai banyak aset, kenapa perlu penggabungan dengan syarikat yang kecil seperti Airasia yang hanya baru bertapak.
“MASEU memang tidak setuju dengan penggabungan tersebut kenapa MAS yang mempunyai banyak aset perlu bergabung, ini menjadi satu kemusykilan dan persoalan.
“Secara jelas saya katakan dalam penggabungan ini, kita hanya nampak Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Kumpulan Airasia, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes hanya di hadapan sedangkan yang memainkan peranan di belakang masih ada lagi tangan-tangah ghaib.
“Kita tahu Tony tidak akan dapat berbuat apa-apa jika tiada mereka yang mempunyai pengaruh di belakang. Tony datang di bawah arahan pihak tertentu dan ini diketahui oleh kakitangan MAS,” katanya.
Sebenarnya, kata beliau tangan ghaib ini telah wujud sekian lama semenjak zaman Tan Sri Tajuddin Ramli menjadi Pengerusi MAS apabila Perdana Menteri pada waktu itu, Tun Mahathir Mohamed melantik Tajuddin menggantikan Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman walaupun pada waktu itu MAS sentiasa mendapat keuntungan setiap tahun.
Katanya, manakala semenjak pengerusi ditukar MAS bukan sahaja tidak untung malah terus rugi setiap tahun.
Tambah Malik lagi sehingga sekarang kakitangan MAS masih memarahi dan tidak maaf apa yang telah dilakukan oleh Mahathir itu.
“Secara jelas kakitangan MAS tidak maafkan Mahathir sehingga sekarang persoalan timbul kenapa individu yang boleh membawa keuntungan kepada MAS ditukar dan membawa masuk mereka yang telah menyebabkan MAS rugi teruk.
“Tidakkah ini menunjukkan ada individu yang berpengaruhi di dalam politik mahupun kerajaan?” soalnya.
Justeru, beliau ingin menyatakan sejak Januari hingga Mac tahun 2011, MAS mengalami kerugian RM270 juta manakala dari April hingga Jun kerugian bertambah dan hampir RM500 juta.
Keadaan ini, ujarnya menyebabkan kakitangan MAS tidak boleh terima, jelas ada sesuatu yang berlaku di sebaliknya.
“Kenapa kerugian ini terus berlaku dan persoalan kenapa kerajaan tidak memanggil Abdul Aziz kembali jika selama ini dibawah beliau kita tahu MAS sentiasa untung,” ujarnya lagi.
Setiausaha Agung MASEU itu memberitahu mereka bersetuju jika ia adalah kerjasama biasa tetapi penggabungan yang membolehkan Tony masuk ke dalam MAS tidak boleh diterima.
“Kerjasama biasa kami boleh terima tetapi jika selain dari itu kami tidak boleh terima kerana kita tahu Tony bukan sahaja masuk untuk dirinya sendiri tetapi bersama-sama tangan ghaib yang ada di belakangnya, apa akan jadi. Tony tidak boleh buat macam AirAsia.
Katanya, kedatangan Tony dengan tangan ghaib itu bukan sahaja ingin mengambil MAS tetapi akan turut mengambil MASKargo dan juga Maintenance Repair Overhaul (MRO).
“Kita tidak mahu ini terjadi.
“MAS adalah hak rakyat dan kerajaan adalah pemegang amanah, kalau ada mana-mana orang dalam kerajaan mahu memberi MAS kepada individu sepatutnya ia dibentang di Parlimen bukannya dibuat mengikut kuasa yang dimiliki oleh mereka,” sambung beliau lagi.
Malik menegaskan sekali lagi perancangan awal pengabungan ini akan dilakukan sebelum bermulanya Sidang Dewan Rakyat tetapi apabila perkara ini telah hangat perkara tersebut dilengahkan.
Yes sir!exactly what I thought how this should be. MAS been fooling around for far too long. When I flew back and forth from KL to Melbourne, I couldn’t help but notice that Air Asia better than MAS in many ways and I paid my fair cheaper.
Ayahanda Tun Mahathir,
It is with much respect that I am writing this piece to respectfully disagree with some of your comments with regards to why Malaysia Airlines has not been able to be as successful as Air Asia and why Air Asia management is perhaps limited in their ability to turn around this company.
I am not an accountant; therefore I can’t provide you with figures. However, I’ve been with Malaysia Airlines for almost 20 years, therefore I can relate to you my experience what has transpired, what is transpiring, what is the way forward and why the way forward can’t be implemented. In this piece, it will be as if everyone is wrong and every single thing that has been done is wrong and there is as if no way to right these wrongs.
I will start from the time of Tajuddin Ramli. If you ask any of the seniors in MAS they will point to that man that has single-handedly destroyed this company that until today, MAS has not been able to lift itself out of it’s troubles. That guy plundered and pillaged his way, reducing MAS to being what it is today; an asset light company with no strength to correct it. The question in everybody’s mind in MAS is why is this guy still out there, seemingly impervious to prosecution? He whacked MAS good and proper, enriched himself and his cronies and when the time came, he went on to make threats to sell the airline to foreigners. I think you know this better than most of us do…
After he was acrimoniously ousted from MAS, the present Chairman was put in his place as MD of the company. Overnight I could see improvements. Many of the aircrafts were in such sorry state before he cam in it was just a matter of time before something serious could have happened. Further, Tan Sri Md Nor reversed some of the things that was put in place during TR’s time and immediately morale improved. Any organization depends on it’s workforce to be successful and when Tan Sri Md Nor showed that he was interested in the plight of the workforce, things immediately improved.
Alas, his time was not long. He was transferred out and in came someone from MAS. And the shenanigan continues. All kinds of wasteful expenditure came into the picture. The process of service improvement was put in place. However, it was done in such a way that cost was not controlled. During this time, the old Jumbos were retrofitted with second class Inflight Entertainment System, cutleries were changed, and inflight service was changed, all without looking at the bottom line. Fast forward now. Most of the changes done back then had to be unchanged due to in practice those changes were impractical and costly changes, without adding any improvement to the bottom line. Come a few quarters, MAS suffered huge losses and had to be rescued again. And in was parachuted a guy from Shell to helm the airline, a turnaround specialist.
And what a specialist was he. This guy was such a different “animal”, by the time he left, the legacy was such that cost became the be all and end all of all things. Everything had to be anchored to PnL (profit and loss) and new buzzwords came flying into the MAS vocabulary (bottom line, KPI, PMS, MSS). When he left, he left an MAS which was at war with itself. It was such a pain to see the management trying to show good they are by cutting whatever cost that was not within it’s own purview. It’s KPI gone mad. MAS was being pulled in all direction by it’s own people instead of getting its act together by playing as a team. In turn, morale sank even lower and after a few quarters at the helm, the Dato Tengku Azmil was presented with a big fat red figure that ensured his promotion to Khazanah.
Dearest Ayahanda Tun,
The particular example you give on why should the aircraft stay on the ground for 12 hours and why crew should stay at the night stop station more than the minimum hours may stem from the fact that you’ve not been keeping tabs on the goings on in MAS for some time. Or perhaps you were not advised by the right people on what’s happening in this outfit. Currently, most night stops are for the crew are approximately 24 hours. There are off course some night stop stations where crew stay for more than 24 hours but that is due to frequency of flight. That means, if the frequency to a station is less than once a day, crew has to stay for a day or two longer to wait for the next aircraft to arrive to operate back. London now has more than 1 flight a day, so the Jumbos don’t stay on the tarmac for too long. They are operated as soon as is practicable, taking into account connection flights at the arrival station. For the B737 crew, very rarely do they get 24 hour rests. Most of the time it’s only 15 to 18 hours. Perhaps there are other examples that was more appropriate for you to highlight, but certainly not this one.
I want to take this opportunity to ask you this question: Where does Air Asia operate that requires them to open up the market in the first place, do advertising, invest in the route and then hope for the profits to come after a few years of operation? The only one that I can think of was Abu Dhabi, which they duly cancelled after 3 months of operation. Atlanta? Still no go. The rest, Beijing, Shanghai, Delhi, Incheon, Melbourne, Kunming, all was opened up by MAS, using perhaps public money as investment and took us years to make them into profitable routes. Suddenly came Air Asia, operate the same routes, with very little investment, using slash and burn tactics and robbed MAS of our passengers. Is this really free competition? Not to put words into your mouth, but is the free capitalism really free? Is this the unlevel playing field that you have repeatedly shouted at the top of your lungs to the world so they can hear? Personally I believe that if Air Asia wants to really prove that they are world class, they should do what other real airlines do: invest in routes. Then we see whether they can truly afford to give free seats.
The real problem with MAS is everytime there is a new management, they will defer orders for new aircrafts. In order to succeed in this new world is to keep innovating. We need the new A330s ten years ago, the new A380 3 years ago and the B777 replacements 5 years ago. Today these old aircrafts are such problems to run (they break down very often), so expensive to operate (fuel guzzlers and needs a lot of maintenance work), such a humiliation to the crew (passengers complain about the interior and inferior inflight entertainment), and such problems to sell because of their age. We need new planes, pure and simple. And we need good people to spec out the aircraft properly to cater to modern tastes. Today, we are so behind the curve when it comes to new aircraft orders, I doubt we can ever catch up. And our passengers? They have flocked to other airlines, in search of better product.
If I am not mistaken, it was Tajuddin Ramli himself that quipped this during a get together years ago: How to be a millionaire? And he answered: Start of a billionaire, buy an airline, end up a millionaire.
I have no problem with you putting your weight behind this deal, but I hope if there is any influence left in your name, please ensure that the right people gets to be at the top, running things. I fear that these corporate raiders are in this deal only to kill Firefly and rob MAS of it’s lucrative routes, just to ensure the survival of Air Asia and Air Asia X, at the expense of MAS.
Dear Tun,
I am an admirer of your administration. I made it to what I am today because of your policies but your support for this deal is something I cannot agree. Forgive me for calling a spade , a spade and I mean no disrespect.
MAS NEVER and I repeat NEVER had a free hand on how to manage the airline effectively. Your selection of so called leader for MAS was the cause of the airline’s failure. Worst still, he got away with your blessing. Route’s were dictated by specific group of people and hence even at a loss MAS loyally operate these routes.
AA operated RAS but failed . Guess who took over ? MAS. I would rather you appreciate the people who accepted it because they were loyal.
Passenger paid airport tax to MAB . AA demanded a discount and got it. The money remained with the company . MAS cannot do that.
MAS cannot do a lot of things and for that we are inefficient.
Please Sir ….. Level the playing field and MAS can show you how it’s done.
MAS can do it better . Just STOP messing around and let MAS do what they want. Then and ONLY then, you will have the right to be annoyed if MAS fails again.
Don’t worry, MAS will not be controlled by Air Asia because MAS still in government link company. Government will put their eyes in what Air Asia will do to the MAS. Even if situation gone bad, government will control the situation. Remember our government were still lead by us. So our lovable GLC’s company. If they gone rebel, so do us. Think positive for a minute’s of your life. Peace.
Assalamualaikum Tun,
Bagi saya tak de masalah Air Asia share partner dengan MAS. Cuma ada sesetengah manusia yg berkepentingan saja tak suka perkara ini. Takut kedudukan tergugat dan hilang illegal benefit dalam syarikat. Think positive, mungkin board Air Asia boleh share plan untuk menguntungkan MAS. MAS kena sacrifice something to get something. Jangan asyik memberi alasan basi seperti kami bukan low cost carrier spt Air Asia, itu sebab kami tidak boleh dapat untung seperti Air Asia, padahal yang sebenarnya, semua nak makan lebih, tak mau simpan, tunggu kena suap, mana nak dapat keuntungannya. Faham faham la ayat saya. Sekian Tun, wassalam.
Pekerja GLC
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Salam Tun,
This is to reply your comment concerning item 7 & 8 – MAS air crew operating pattern is governed by the Civil Aviation Authority Procedures that prevents the onset of fatigue. Hence, MAS air crew shall be provided a minimum rest after a long haul flight before returning back to home base. The issue of FATIGUE is seriously addressed by the Civil Aviation Authority where FATIGUE kills. As such, it is of paramount important to protect the health of MAS air crew when determining the statutory minimum rest.
For your correction, it is not true that MAS aircraft stays on ground for at least 12 hours at LHR. For your information, it is the safety requirement where all aircrafts after operated a long haul sector shall be grounded for at least fours hours to cool down the engine before proceeding for the next flight.
This is both for health and safety measure as in compliance with our country Safety And Health Act 1994. MAS air crew are human beings.
MASEUtheUNION
Malaysian AIrlines pay peanut so they get Tony
Assalammualaikum Tun,
Atas kertas tujuan dan matlamat adalah baik, tetapi cara ia dilaksanakan membawa lebih keburukan kepada MAS dan menyelamatkan Airasia dan Tony…
Tony telah mematikan persaingan dengan MAS, Firefly akan dimatikan, penerbangan ke distinasi yg menguntungkan MAS tamatkan perkhimatan dan Airasia monopoly…contoh Bandung…MAS diarahkan tamatkan perkhidmatan, Serawak, firefly diarahkan tamat perkhidmatan..apa salahnya dibenarkan diteruskan persaingan sihat demi rakyat.
Selapas itu Tony guna pengaruh untuk MAS yg rugi sponsor pelaburan peribadi beliau pasukan bolasepak…guna duit rakyat untuk kepentingan dan keuntungan beliau…walauapa pun alasan kononnya untuk promosi..tetapi kenapa pasukan tony…tidak MU… Serta perkara yg berikut:
1) Kenapa Nilai pertukaran saham berdasarkan nilai spekulasi bukan berdasarkan nilai aset dan hutang kedua-dua syarikat…cuba perhatikan pergerakan saham…semasa perbincangan sedang dijalankan saham Airasia meningkat naik dan dan saham Mas meningkat turun…ini bermakna bahawa ketika penentuan harga saham, saham airasia tinggi dan Mas rendah dan ini menjadi faktor utama kenapa Tune Air mendapat 20.5 peratus dalam MAS dan MAS cuma mendapat 10% dalam Airasia…dan selepas perjanjian itu saham Airasia turun (nilai pegangan khazanah turut turun)
2) Air Asia X mengalami persoalan tentang ketentuan dalam operasi masa depan mereka dan menjadi halangan dalam usaha mereka untuk menyenaraikan Air Asia X dan bagi mendapat harga yang baik, Perjanjian ini telah membantu Air Asia X memecahkan kebuntuan ini dan memberi isyarat kepada pelabur luar bahawa Airasia X mempunyai masa depan yang cerah terutama berjaya mematikan persaingan dari MAS, serta harapan cerah untuk mendapat hak pendaratan.
3) Agak aneh apabila 2 pegawai Eksekutif Airasia , dilantik menduduki jawatankuasa Exco MAS. Adakah khazanah percaya dan yakin bahawa kedua-dua mereka akan membuat keputusan yang lebih menguntungkan MAS dari Airasia apabila perlu membuat sesuatu keputusan kritikal yang melibatkan kedua-dua pihak pernerbangan.Dimana dalam pihak perngurusan dan eksekutif tertinggi Airasia tiada ada seorang pun wakil MAS yang mempunyai kuasa untuk memastikan bahawa keputusan dalam Airasia tidak merugikan atau bersaing dengan MAS.
4) Segala rekod kewangan dan rahsia Malaysian Airlines dibogel seluas-luasnya kepada pihak pesaing, iaitu wakil Airasia didalam Exco Pengurusan Malaysian Airlines, dimana Tony dan Kamurddin mempunyai konflik kepentingan didalam AirAsia. Segala maklumat pemasaran adalah hasil usaha Malaysian Airlines dan atas kos yang ditanggung oleh Malaysian Airlines, tetapi Airasia melalui Tony adakan mendapat faedah secara percuma dan menggunakan ia untuk kepentingan AIrasia.
4) Dari segi apakah yang MAS dapat manafaat dari AIRASIA, secara umum hampir semua bidang kolibrasi dengan nyata MAS mempunyai kelebihan berbandingan dengan Airasia.
5) Adakah ini bermakna bahawa firefly tidak akan menjadi penerbangan komuniti tambang murah? Maka Airasia berjaya melenyapkan persaing mereka, dengan cara mengubah konsep syarikat penerbangan firefly dengan menggunakan cadangan datang dari khazanah atau Exco pengurusan MAS. Apa salah firefly?adakah firefly rugi? Atau kerana FireFly yang menjadi penghalang kepada kerakusan Airasia?
6) Apakah perjanjian ini betul betul memberi manafaat kepada MAS atau lebih kepada menjadi tunggangan Tune Air untuk mencapai impian besar mereka.
7) Sekiranya sekarang ini saya masih boleh berpeluang untuk terbang dengan menggunakan MAS pada harga yang lebih rendah dari Airasia dan mendapat layanan 5 bintang, adakah dengan perjanjian ini maka MAS hanya untuk mereka yang membayar harga premiuem sahaja? Adakah ini bermakna rakyat biasa sukar menaiki syarikat penerbangan negara melainkan membayar harga premium?
8) Adakah firefly masih dibenarkan menawarkan harga tiket rendah seperti sekarang yang nyata lebih baik dari AIRASIA dan masih memberi khidmat dan layanan yang lebih baik dari AIRASIA.(Snack,minuman,check-in barangan,ketepatan waktu)
10) Adakah Wakil Airasia didalam pengurusan MAS boleh berlaku jujur dan ikhlas untuk menguntungkan MAS dengan mengorbankan keuntungan peribadi, Kerana wakil Airasia akan mendapat lebih untung jika keputusan yang dibuat memenangkan AIRASIA, apalah dengan pegangan 20.5% dalam MAS jika dibandingkan dengan pegangan meraka dalam airasia, Ini jelas pertentangan kepentingan.
11)Wakil Airasia didalam Exco Pengurusan Malaysian AIrlines tidak akan bersetuju untuk membenarkan firefly meneruskan konsep yg sedia ada, ini adalah demi kebaikan Airasia bukan untuk kebaikan firefly. Adakah airasia sanggup melepaskan route Singapore kerana MAS dan Firefly sudah melakukan pernerbangan diroute tersebut? Sekarang sudah terdapat bibit-bibit dimana firefly akan menamatkan route yang menguntungkan dan syarikat mana yang akan mendapat untung dari penamatan ini?
MAS terlalu mantap dari segi jaringan dan fasiliti terutama kejuruteraan dan pelayanan,cuma MAS tak cekap melobi. Bahkan ramai tenaga pekerja yang cekap dalam Airasia datangnya dari Malaysian Airlines, Ini bermakna Malaysian Airlines mempunyai tenaga kerja yang cekap dan berkelibar.
Malaysian Airlines memerlukan pengurusan yang baru dan semangat yang jitu untuk memastikan keuntungan, tetapi kita perlu sedar bahawa Malaysian Airlines adalah syarikat penerbangan Negara dan bukannya syarikat swasta yang bertunjangkan keuntungan semata-mata.
Tanggungjawab social adalah besar, imej yang perlu dijaga kerana Malaysia Airlines adalah Syarikat Penerbangan Negara dan bukannya milik individu atau sekelompok kumpulan sahaja, tetapi janganlah dijadikan Malaysian Airlines sebagai batu loncatan oleh mana-mana pihak bagi mencapai matlamat perniagaan mereka.
Assalam Tun
MAS was in the “wrong hands”, it was run the “government way” where productivity is measured based on “connection” or whom-u-know, practicing out-of-fashioned management or out-dated operation/business model (i.e. agency vs internet ticketing), or simply a victim of our own device – MONOPOLY. Injustice is committed when there is unfair monopolistic trade practice. Prolonged monopoly or any form of regime for that matter can result in market inefficiencies. These inefficiencies will eventually become harmful not only to the monopoly itself but the whole population. When the US was reaping the real benefits from its long standing anti-trust laws for quiet sometimes, Malaysians are just learning to appreciate what is like to have our own anti-competition law passed in 2010. Monopoly can come in many forms. One of which is the licensed gambling business which really enjoys the profitability as ensured by the rights given to only a few players. This is unfair monopolistic practice. If the government wants to allow gambling, then allow all and let competition settle it down or don’t allow at all which is more Islamic and hopefully can emerge as acceptable universal value in Malaysia. One the other hand, total market settlement sometimes fails to bring equitable benefits especially when it comes to welfare. So the government should always take smart market intervention initiatives to ensure justice for all.
Salam Tun, semoga sihat selalu Insya’allah.
Am surprised only now the Govt realizes how AA operates. Every tom, dick, & harry who had flown AA knows where and how they make their money. This is the best merger for a GLC.
This cannot be said for TNB, How conveniently the CEO now puts the blame on Petronas for not supplying enough Gas. Whatever happened to the balance sheets before the fuel crisis, it was still declaring losses.
Is the 40% excess electricity still being vaporized? They should look into developing a exclusive industrial zone where this free 40% power can be channeled to create pioneer status industries. or on the other hand, consumers should be given back the 40% as rebate for failing to utilize maximum output.
The Govt must monitor the GLCs closely as the CEOs are not doing enough having the monopoly in place.
Dear Tun,
The problem with us now Tun is you’ve set a damn high standard of being a good PM and made the rest looks like pariah. Your main ingredients are a little bit of business minded and of course a little bit of rocks and rolls…..
p/s less or almost none intervention from Tun Siti Hasmah of course…
SALAM KASIH DAN SAYANG
AYAHANDA RAKYAT TUN
Izinkan,
Thank you mubarakchan. Your comments on September 27, 2011 is very much appreciated and YES, Tun Dr. Mahathir is THE Statesman!
… and you dear brother is a great human being.
MAY ALLAH BLESS ALL THE RAKYAT OF THIS BEAUTIFUL NATION WITH PROSPERITY, PEACE, LOVE AND HARMONY
Take good care dear Bro..
ALFATIHAH, AMIN
Ps.. Jauh perjalanan, luas pandangan
Tun,
From your book we sensed your disappointment with those previous managements in MAS and rightfully so. I have also limited knowledge in this industry to comment. But from a layman’s observation I see that the market and business model of both company are different even if they are in the same industry. After the success of many other budget airlines around the world we could see that cost is reduced to a very low point, hence “no frills”. I think that the airline industry must also cope with fuel prices and flight route management. It was better when MAS concentrated on international flights and AA concentrated local flights, but I think the play changed a bit with AAX that received profitable flight routes, while MAS had to manage both profitable and not so profitable routes. And AA, AAX and Tune financial structure and how they relate is a bit confusing for me. Also how are they to manage all the planes that they have ordered. I’m not so sure.
I understand that some individuals are good at creating brands and images but a business is not only about consumer perception, actual service and product is still the most important factor.
What I am trying to say if I am saying anything at all is that we need to know more about the machination of this deal and how it effects both company.
Assalamualaikum Tun.
Saya tak pikir MAS akan beroperasi macam Air Asia.Berkemungkinan besar Air Asia yang akan mengikut cara MAS.
Sudah tentu Air Asia membuat untung.Tetapi dari segi menjadikan ia sebagai jenama yang kukuh,ia mesti mengikut MAS.Atau sampai bila-bila layanan VIP tak mencapai standard.
Pada pandangan saya,kerjasama ini tidak akan berjaya.Air Asia tetap boleh berdiri sendiri dan untung.Tetapi MAS akan sentiasa rugi sekiranya tidak sanggup tunduk kepala sikit yang mana selalu mendongak membelah angkasaraya.
FREE seats bermaksud orang yang ‘berbelanja’ lebih dari orang lain.Atau dengan kata lain,anda tidak akan dapat free seats kalau anda tiada dalam fikiran untuk berbelanja lebih.
Terima kasih Tun.
Good morning YA Berbahagia Tun,
1. MH board of directors is the “has been” of enjoying monopoly power in this industry due to huge capital investment subsidized by Government and its Ministry, whether they make revenue, or the other way, since Merdeka.
2. Are they willing to learn from “cheap” airline, we should let MH board of directors to decide their portfolio direction.
3. Will this co-operation make revenue before corporate tax, the board of directors decide as Government subsidy programme will be 100% minimized by 2019.
4. The board of directors will make official press statements when they have finalized what they required to do to re-enforce and transform their tapped markets and untapped future markets.
5. This is not the job of political parties, contohnya, Parti Keadilan Rakyat.
6. Why?
7. Because both DS Anwar Ibrahim, MP Melawati, Wee Choo Keong and their Parti Keadilan Rakyat members are political party which do not have privilege in this airline industry.
8. If you wanna fly with these airlines due to feel good and money for value tickets, then, fly with them, it’s your absolute right as consumers.
9. When we as tourists visit foreign sovereign power’s owned grounds, we will require to pay airport tax per head whether we are 1 Malaysia or Malaysian 1st.
10. The major obstacle that Malaysia industry players are facing right now is talent base.
11. Give them 5 years, and we will see the result.
12. If the appointed management team still cannot perform, then the board of directors will be forced to rationalize their revenue by appointing good CEO, COO, CFO so on and so on.
13. If you pay peanuts, you will get monkeys.
14. If you do not reward and appreciate this skilled and professional talent base, other airlines will take them and make them their skilled talent base.
Good day, Tun.
Being there, I do not see any diffrent would it be. Perhaps I do not have much choice anyway, for some reason’s I believe the inter-state travelling cost are still expensive despite with the promotion and so on. I do not know how these intercooperation will beneficial both airliners neither the passenger. “seems like MAS was supported with rakyat monies” funded through Goverment elected by raykat, MAS should consider rakyat in first place like Air Asia “Everyone can fly”, instead of making profit they given free seat as well, anyhow or what ever it is I am not worry at all, and I do not care if it so. Why you are worried ? You have made the yours choice, just hope it will last to years 2020..another 9 more years No worries , I will see what the 2020 plan would it be.
Dearest Tun
A very humbling explanation indeed.Let a real business guy like Tony Fernandez ‘fly’our aviation industry.We should thank God almighty for this ‘ gift’ and blessings to Malaysia.It doesn’t matter if the cat is black or white as long as it catches mice.
Just convince the Rakyat that it has all been done for the sake of the beloved country only and not actually to benefit the privilege cronies who would reap tons of easy money in the dealings then everything should be alright .I think.
Thanks Tun
Dear Tun,
Would you still be supportive of MH/AK if Air Asia X was injected into MAS at an unfavourable valuation sometime in the future?
YTM Tun,
I am quite surprised that you have decided to publicly back this deal. Many people such as the blogger Big Dog has tried to spin that you were opposed to this deal, and when you mentioned it was a good idea, you were merely being sarcastic.
Ref: http://bigdogdotcom.wordpress.com/2011/08/09/mas-airasia-merger-remake-of-hijacking-of-avenue-capital-2006/
So by coming out in the open and making it clear that you indeed to support this deal, you make them out to be what they really are – a bunch of liars.
From your observation, Air Asia is profitable because of their short turn around times. That too has been the success behind other lowcost airlines like South West Airlines and Ryan Air. And of course, in the domestic route, when they enter a market for example KL-Denpasar, they grow the total market and at the same time keep on driving down lower prices.
As for MAS , it is quite rightly a national disgrace. I’ve heard a lot of stories about expenses and stuff like that, but in the end thats the result. The firm can have more than RM 10 billion in revenue but still not earn a profit.
A shame it seems. Just like those who try to spin your words to support their lame point because they lack any credibility.
A Great Statesman
I lived through interesting times and had the opportunity to know the good and the great on both sides of the Causeway. As I always kept my mouth shut, I observed and listened with intent the snippets and nuggets of information which came my way since I was wearing short-pants in 1951. Since then, it was my privilege to meet and befriend the very people who became the elite in these countries. I could get monthly briefings on the political situation and its personalities from my relative, the most senior advisor on insurgency to the Federal Government. My college friends with their nationalistic ambitions kept me in touch on the other side of the divide through the 1960s and onwards. In later years, through managing the biggest bankrupt textile factory in the 1970s, I began to fathom the thinking of the Mandarin speaking Malaysian Chinese. I grew up in India speaking Urdu and Hindi. This did not change me into an Indian ! In fact, I rather like India. I lived in interesting times. Believe it or not ! I have observed extreme right wing non-Malay political parties veered to the extreme left without informing their members.
Armed with the information which I gathered through the years, I can categorically say that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is a great statesman. He has indeed admitted making some mistakes through his 22 years of Administration. This is to his credit and strength of character ! But as far as I can discern, he possibly only made one ‘mistake’. The other mistakes were non-delivery by his closest associates and the ever friendly and smiling tycoons. When projects could not be done, these aides should have alerted Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad well in advance and no scandal would have occurred. And I can say this from experience.
For example, if during the NEP from 1971 onwards, the non-Malay political parties had kept daily statistics and set-up NEP Monitoring Units, Malaysia would have been a better place today. It was the imbalance of politics and personal interest which created the void because these parties did not stick their necks out. Who is to blame ? Of course, the non-Malays themselves !
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had the attributes of clear-thinking and logic in the national interest and self-esteem. Hence, his support of the MAS/AK merger. This is why some people dislike him. His foreign policy on sovereignty was steadfast – none of the abang-adek nonsense which always turned to Malaysia’s disadvantage ! A spade is a spade ! Black is black and white is white ! In other words, there was no fudging of issues when it came to foreign policy and Malaysia’s national interest and self-esteem. We had peace and harmony during the 22 years of his Administration.
Through the Government, he was the referee between the different communities and this must be so. He did not line his own pocket or lead an extravagant life-style. After all, how many of us can be a Prime Minister with all the power and money ? It was very important that he set a fine example during the 22 years of his Administration ! We always look-up to the Prime Minister to guide us.
I once told a rich friend that 50 percent of the population was jealous of him and if he joined politics, the other 50 percent would hate him.
Of course, outsiders were envious of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s 22 years of Administration. Malaysia was not on the radar screen of much of the world until the last decade or so with the exception of countries with an especial interest in the fables and foibles of its prominent personalities.
The outsiders found to their amazement that a country like Malaysia was able to live in peace for so many centuries given her diverse population. This is the uniqueness of Malaysia – with the adaptation of ancient historical beliefs and culture to modern times. Each country has its uniqueness. Britain would no longer be unique if the Pakistanis living there demanded to have the Prime Minister from one of their own. Where is the Magna Carta ?
It is time for some of us to open our minds to re-examine the deeds of our previous Prime Ministers and you will find each and everyone of them had their greatness. There is no necessity to descend down to the use of foul language to denigrate any one of them. We are Malaysians, standing tall and proud. We do not use the ‘f’ word on our Prime Ministers.
Without the awareness of national interest and self-esteem, in 2008 some countries have lost billions of US dollars trust money belonging to their citizens like Singapore, US $108 Billions (offical) and Iceland US $2.5 Billions. In the case of Malaysia, a book was specially published in 2010 to denigrate Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s 22 years of Administration. It claimed RM 100 Billion ( US$ 25 Billions ) were lost through inefficiencies which was slightly more than US$ 1 Billion a year. He was a Prime Minister and was democratically elected to develop Malaysia. He was not a Trustee. He had to depend on aides to move projects. As it had been explained previously, a large proportion of Malaysia’s losses would have been avoided if the aides were more alert.
Malaysia is easy to govern if you know how like Tun Dr Mahathir, some previous Prime Ministers and the British. But the country becomes difficult when there is a lack of leadership and vision.
Who can deny that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is indeed a great statesman who never used money as an instrument of foreign policy to kill, maim and harm the innocents ? Malaysia minded her own business. This is to his fame and legacy.
With the current international financial turmoil, it is time for all political parties to sit down and join hands to review how best Malaysia can become great given the political will and national interest for the general welfare of the people.
Long live Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
Salam Tun,
Government Credits for Air Asia to absorbs highly trained MAS workers, expanding Air Asia businesses. Restructuring MAS, with the help of Air Asia to improve their business.
hope this would be a good lesson for other GLCs… that have not getting sustainably profit making title…
Salam Tun,
I hold BN government responsible for failing to provide education that fulfill the aspiration of the majority. I call on all who are pro ppsmi to vote BN out of office.
Sorry this is out of topic.
Angry parent.
Salam Tun,
Once again, I am impressed with your writing. From the beginning, I always support this co-operation. I believe that this co-operation will benefits both airline. The MAS has excellent MRO support while the AirAsia has excellent management team. But, as a high-end airline, MAS should be more cautious when it come to safety. The reason why people fly MAS because they confident with the safety record of the MAS and warm hospitality of the crews. On the other hand, AirAsia practise of maximizing its fleets potential seems worrying when it comes to safety aspect. Thus, I believe that MAS should do more research on AirAsia system before implementing it.
Assalamualaikum Tun,
1. I have been looking at the cooperation from different angle.
2. From my point of view and i do think it is similar from many others too, the cooperation will lead to anti-competitive business environment where a company/conglomerate dominates the market. In this case MH/AK.
3. Fed up with ASTRO services and charges might be the reason that leads me to my anti-competitive conclusion.
4. It is great to have a competitive market where a healthy competition amongst companies leads to the benefits of consumers/customers. By losing that sight in this cooperation, Air Asia and Firefly might no longer have to be that competitive. Thus might lead to uncontrolled increase of flight fares.
5. Taking the economy class, I do prefer flying Air Asia than MAS to London. I have nothing against MAS as I do love the free in flight ice cream, good foods and services. I prefer Air Asia for the clean leather-like seat compare to clothed seat and of course for the benefit of cheaper fare. I’m just afraid this cooperation might mess up the latter reason.
6. But somehow your points outweigh mine in the term of survival of MAS as a national airline. Let us see how this cooperation will go about. Hopefully it would not scarify the passengers.
Thanks Tun
Assalamualaikum YABhg Tun,
While I absolutely agree that Air Asia did a great job growing into a profitable low cost airline, its ability to “transform” a legacy full service airline perhaps is another challenge altogether. Very often we associate success in one area, with the ability to be successful in all areas. Transforming a GLC, with the need to retain employees and avoid a major cutbacks in staff, along with the Union in the corners biting away at every step of the way, and the short-term measures applied, this may be an insurmountable task. I admire Ahmad Jauhari for taking the challenge, and believe that perhaps Tony Fernandez is answering the call to support his nation, however I would have believed that Air Asia would have been a greater company without the heavy weights of a legacy airline behind it.
Well, this would just be an opinion. As always time will tell. But we have the tendency to nationalize our successful entrepreneurs. This in turn leads to a complacent ecosystem for the employees. Most of the successful ventures that remained majority owned privately have proven that it could thrive like Wesport, The Bukhari Group, and YTL to name a few. However, the nationalized companies often end up in the GLC pinball game with scapegoats sent to the slaughter house every so often.
I am thankful YABhg Tun for your blog as it opens up a forum. While some of the comments I believe are extremely rude, you’ve allowed it anyway. This is truly an open forum.
May Allah bless your health, and may your wisdom helps those in need. Ameen.
Dear Tun,
I for one feel that many government owned or government linked companies can learn from others who have proven to be doing well in whatever venture that they are in.
Do you know Tun how many goverment owned companies under the MoF Inc. division of the MoF is profitable? Of the few that are profitable ( largely due to captive revenue provided by the government, meaning no much effort on the part of these companies ) most are managed ‘poorly’ to say the least.
Why is this so?
As in the case of MAS, management of these companies are not largely by individuals who are suited or motivated to move the companies forward.
For example the board members normally consists of MoF reps, a few senior government officials and independent individuals who are politically linked.
With all due respect to all senior government officials, I think its about time civil servants are not allowed to manage corporations.
Government officials can never make decisions based on simple business logic. Thats a fact that is so obvious.
The other factor is the political linked individuals who are selected for various board positions and a few companies despite it is clear they are incapable for whatever reason it may be.
Therefore, if we are really serious in seeing progress in all the corporations that the government have interest , let us not just stop with MAS. Revamp the whole MoF Inc. outlook and mandate and start making changes.
Assalamualaikum Tun.
Dah agak Tun punya kerja.
I heard from somebody hehehe. Most may agree if they know the reason behind the merger.
Yang Berbahagia Tun,
Kali ini saya tidak bersependapat dengan Tun.
Walaupun MAS mempunyai kelemahan, saya kira tidaklah sampai patut MAS “dibunuh”. Kerajaan sepatutnya lebih memainkan peranan bermakna dan serius dalam mengatasi isu kelemahan MAS ini.
1. MAS adalah full-fledge airline carrier sedangkan AirAsia berkonsepkan “Low cost – No frills”.
2. MAS adalah identiti negara, milik MALAYSIA sedangkan AirAsia lebih bersifat swasta. Operasi “long haul” AirAsia adalah sebenarnya oleh AirAsia X, sebuah syarikat milik asing. Bukannya milik negara kita.
3. MAS nampaknya telah “dianak-tirikan”.
(i) Kisah khidmat penerbangan pendalaman
(ii) Al-Wafee Air
(iii) Kos MAB
(iv) Penajaan Pasukan Bolasepak Liga Inggeris
(v) dll*
* dll – sekiranya berminat sila berkunjung ke laman L I S T E D !!! dan buatlah carian post-post yang tajuknya bermula dengan “MAS AirAsia Story – “, dan juga tag word “MAS”.
Ataupun membacanya sepintas lalu di VOICES AROUND – Mereka belum puas menyodom… “, di mana terdapat beberapa link artikel-artikel dari para bloggers mengenai isu share-swap MAS AirAsia ini.
Bagi saya, nampaknya kerajaan semakin gagal untuk menangani isu-isu yang berkepentingan negara, bukan saja isu MAS AirAsia ini alone. Kerajaan kini lebih bersikap berdiam diri dalam banyak isu-isu panas.
Terima kasih. Mohon maaf.
Salam Tun,
I totally agree with you here. I once flew MH to Middle East and I did not like my experience. The air craft looks old and the interior is not well maintained and I just did not have the confidence. The air crew were also not friendly to me, a fellow Malaysian. I flew other airlines ever since.
But for flying domestically, I prefer MH over AK only because LCCT is always packed and I don’t mind paying slightly more for a less-hassle experience.
Assalammua’laikum wrt… Tun yang dihormati,
“Kita” merujuk kepada diri penulis, berbahagia Tun dan pembaca mesej ini.
1. Syukur kehadrat Allah SWT kerana masih memberi kita rezeki yang melimpah ruah, keamanan, kemakmuran, dan yang paling utama memberi kita nikmat Islam. Janganlah sampai kita lupa bahawa kenikmatan tersebut hanyalah sementara di alam dunia ini dan Allah boleh menariknya pada bila-bila masa. Mungkin selepas dari membaca mesej ini, Allah mencabut nikmat nyawa kita kerana yang hidup pasti mati. Selagi nyawa dikandung badan, selagi itu tanggungjawab yang di amanahkan oleh Allah SWT wajib dilaksanakan dan diamalkan.
2. Semoga Allah SWT terus mengurniakan Tun kesihatan mental dan fizikal, dipanjangkan umur, diberi taufik hidayah dan dirahmati Allah SWT selalu. Amin.
3. Maha KayaNya Allah SWT menciptakan besi yang pada sifatnya berat. Pada pandangan akal, besi mana boleh terbang macam kapal terbang MAS/Air Asia. Sebagai contoh, jarum kalau kita letak dalam air ia akan tenggelam. Tetapi, kapal laut yang beratnya boleh mencapai beribu-ribu tan tidak tenggelam pulak semasa belayar. Kecuali, kapal Titanic sbb Allah SWT hendak kapal tersebut tenggelam putus dua sebabnya berlanggar dengan ABC. Kalau dibuat bandingan, mana lebih berat jarum atau kapal?
4. Itu adalah hakikat Allah SWT Maha Berkuasa, ada benda kita tidak dapat berfikir guna logik akal (rasional) semata-mata. Itu sebab Allah SWT ajar kita supaya beriman dengan benda yang ghaib (tidak nampak oleh mata kita) seperti beriman kepada Allah, Nabi, Malaikat, Kitab Allah, Syurga, Neraka dan qada’ & qadar.
5. Nasihat saya mungkin boleh dianggap cucu kepada yang berbahagia Tun; selagi Allah SWT memberi kita nyawa untuk hidup di alam dunia ini. Selagi itu, Allah SWT masih memberi peluang kepada kita untuk memperbaiki amalan seharian kita supaya selaras dengan Al-Quran dan Sunnah Rasulullah Muhammad SAW. Semoga kita mendapat kebahagian hidup di dunia dan juga di akhirat kelak. Amin. InsyaAllah, sama-samalah kita mulakan dengan amalan nabi, solat fardu 5 waktu berjemaah di rumah Allah (Masjid) untuk menyembah Tuhan yang satu. Dari-Nya kita datang dan kepada-Nya kita akan kembali, Tuhan yang mentadbir sekalian alam.
rgds
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Dear Che Det
What is your opinion about the Early Childhood Education in Malaysia?
Salam Tun,
How about the debt own by AA to MAB?
Dearest Tun,
I somewhat agree with you. Airasia’s real ability will only be tested when they deal with aging aircraft. That is not yet the case for them. Lets see.
Btw, well done. A posting not politically inclined.
Wether MH crew like it or not….it is a fact. I flew with MH sometimes, most of the trip is an official goverment trip. If we flew with business class, they will treat u quite well….(Even the treats is a bit less friendly compare to the foreigner). But when we flew with economy sit, especially if u are local…they will treat u just when they free…(try to ask call them many times and ask them more than 2 question, they will start to ‘make face with u and try to avoid u)….
What they concern is their hair, their make up, their style and the way they walk….they concern less about us as their customer…they forget that we pay their salary…
Hopefully they change…coz their service is getting down…from top to bottom~
memang setuju sangat apa yg tun cakap. selama ni MAS seperti tiada perancangan untuk buat ape yang perlu untuk generate income.