How should we judge a government?

In Malaysia, if you don't watch television or read newspapers, you are uninformed; but if you do, you are misinformed!

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." - Malcolm X

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience - Mark Twain

Why we should be against censorship in a court of law: Publicity is the very soul of justice … it keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial. - Jeremy Bentham

"Our government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no
responsibility at the other. " - Ronald Reagan

Government fed by the people

Government fed by the people

Career options

Career options
I suggest government... because nobody has ever been caught.

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?
Corruption is so prevalent it affects English language?

When there's too much dirt...

When there's too much dirt...
We need better tools... to cover up mega corruptions.

Prevent bullying now!

Prevent bullying now!
If you're not going to speak up, how is the world supposed to know you exist? “Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.” - Ananta Prameodya Toer (Your intellect may soar to the sky but if you do not write, you will be lost from society and to history.)

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Open Letter to SYABAS

'...elakkan pembaziran'

'Don't waste' water according to part of your company slogan is like rubbing salt to our wounds.

Since our last payment on 15/10/09 for an unusually high water bill to 02/10/09 of Rm145.44, the monthly bills have increased progressively to a total of Rm821.45 as at 02/02/2010! This happened when the house was actually vacant for the few months!

How I wish Syabas had cut off the water supply according to your standard operating procedures after the first bill was unpaid within the required time period. The water meter reader should have been alerted by the unusually high 'usage' if the company policy had been truly proactive in avoiding wastage of water.

Now, since water is an essential commodity and Syabas being a monopolistic supplier, I have no choice but to pay under protest if I wish to have continued supply of water. Is there anyway that I can hope for fair consideration for this unpleasant situation? Will Syabas consider giving me some rebate for its part in being negligent in not cutting off supply when the due amount was unpaid much earlier?

I hope to get an early reply to this mail before I decide on the next course of action.

I really hope Syabas can give me a partial rebate to show its good corporate responsibility instead of taking advantage of an absent owner unaware of the likely leakage in the piping system within the house compound. This is the only instance where a strict enforcement of cutting off supply would have the owner's gratitude. Why not make it a good public relations exercise out of this?

From my experience in the late 80's, I discovered from our site clerk that almost every of the 101 houses in the Setapak project had the problem of water leakages over a period of 2-3 years. I used to wonder why pvc pipes were not banned from being used underground, especially where the site was ex-mining and the foundation was of the type which connected all the houses in a row underground.

Just imagine the amount of water wasted underground over the years by each and every residential house. It will start with an unusually high water bill. For those who are vigilant, they would monitor for another month and replaced the underground pipes (without having to check where the leak actually was) with exposed pipes.

We talk about water conservation and tried to educate the public on how to prevent water wastage, yet the water authorities seem to fail in their duties in monitoring obvious leakages and helping consumers from incurring unnecessarily exorbitant water bills.

It is no longer a problem of just 'bills must be paid' but the moral responsibility as a water authority to try ways and means to conserve water for humanity too. A good monitoring system would help.

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