本帖最后由 myrealbox 于 19-6-2010 05:22 PM 编辑
The Ambitious MyKad Petrol Refuelling Plan
[size=100%]The month of May this year[size=100%], with the government’s new, ambitious yet unpractical petrol refueling scheme deemed to be implemented that unfortunate month,[size=100%] is the least anticipated month to come. It is apparently drawn and to be adopted to prevent petrol smuggling to neighbouring countries as buying petrol locally is much cheaper with the government’s high fuel subsidy to the rakyat compared to other countries such as Thailand and Singapore.
[size=100%]This scheme involves the application of biometrics for identification using the MyKad. Even a few months before its implementation today, besides the government, everyone is seeing it as a hassle and a problematic implementation without much thought over the problems that may arise. That’s typical of a Malaysian so-called ‘unique’ policy, which every other country else isn’t adopting, and of which the government is feeling proud.
[size=100%]Even the least bright would understand that such a scheme isn’t going to benefit the rakyat. With the process of identification before refueling, it’s undoubtedly going to slow the whole original smooth process of refueling and may even cause congestion at smaller petrol stations. It may seem to be a trivial issue but at a larger scale, it’s slowing the development of the nation with accumulated bits of time wasted on refueling instead of progressing. |