All hail to our national product. No matter how reckless, no matter there is a weakness, lack or incompetent or even the price comparison is higher than its quality, lets buy to encourage our country economy growth, to be patriotic, to be a true Malaysian.
Don't forget, our contribution also will help to make our local capitalist industrial owner richer (they say its better than enriching some foreign capitalist). Without us they wont even reach to that level. and that is something to be proud of. Let see, what they give back in return to us? Employment. Yes, which the salary (that didn't even reach 1/200 from what they make in a year) will then we use again to buy our national product, again. I am so patriotic.
With all respect and support for domestic market growth, most Malaysian citizen do support the campaign.
Thanks to the last administration, thousand of Malaysian do get a job and gain from the market bursting economy (a last, they know that they can also do business).How gratefull should we be, so buy Malaysian product.
Of course, hundreds of cronies become richer in just one night (I did try to justify before that this people was not a crony to our leader, but a competitive opportunist that won the tender and prove they can also produce an excellent result. BUT, somehow I learn that, most of them indeed were a crony, a crony to the lower leader who abuses their power - They really know how to play the game). That is not important. As long as our country prosper, the government make more local millionaire, the foreign development investment keep on rolling in and the business keep on paying the taxes.
To tell you truth, not all of our leader nowadays really care to commit to buy Malaysian product themselves. They clearly don't even care in developing the country too(and the citizen as a whole). Its all about the taxes. all the responsibility to fulfill the campaign whats left to our shoulder.
Just look around you. Where are we now? The visions 2020 is just 10 years ahead but are we accomplish as much as we plan before?All of this buy Malaysian product campaign, where is it heads too? Yes, I understand that a lot of initiative had been taken to fasten the pace to be a higher income country. But do all of the government agency involve really understand the initiative objective? Do the initiative really suit the race to develop each of the state inside the country to collectively gain a develop country status?
I have seen a lot of campaign/initiative taken far from it initial objective. For example the green ICT campaign, some government agency was misguided as they started to organize an environment programme though it was far from its existing core business (the initiative was to exercise all effort in reducing unnecessary power usage and conserving power supply by applying the future procurement for ICT asset in line with recommended energy efficient/saver product.
Another classic example was our current public transport, i will explain in a brief easy to case study. Passengers wait for the schedule train given, the train is late, people stranded, situation become over crowd with waiting passenger. And when the train arrive, all of the waiting passengers start pushing each other and look at that, the train can’t meet the capacity. The remaining passenger advises to wait for the next train and the cycle start over. It is so inconvenience in term of safety, time and value for money.
But what surprising me is how the issues was confront when public transport was subject as a serious national issues in the new administration. Their decision is – to buy new coach. Are we blind? Can you compare what the different between our train and our neighbor facility – it’s the engine capacity, strict timing – consistent and trust-able schedule system. Oh wait, there is a few company that in need to make profit from the deal.
Actually I am too naive, inexperienced and young to understand this. If all the problem is solve, what is the use of all the appoint agency out here. If we disband this agency, where are we going to place the experienced and meritorious leader? It will be a lost to the country.
This reflect how our country is run. Dear respectable leader, please realize, the tree you plant will produce a bitter taste of fruit generation later. Some already here standing watching you.
I’ve gone too far from the main topic, let see. How do you really feel when you are buying a Malaysian product? No, let rewind just a step back, when you are thinking to buy a Malaysian Product. Did you ever hear any national anthem play as background music?How does buying a Malaysian product really make you a patriot?
Actually, the country really do needs our contribution to move the economy. They even gave a bonus and subsidy to indirectly initiate us to buy. Lot of campaign held by al sort of agency in promoting our Malaysian product. Thank you to all the patriotic consumer (Crap, some of you just don't rich enough to buy imported stuff, I know deep inside you want it too, don't bluff me).Anyway, you really do the country a favor. We were out from the economy crippled situation just by coming to SOGO and buy lot of stuff so that the business will pay the tax back to the government. There is a lot type of tax you know, make a research. Don’t worry; the GST will be no more near in the future.
But after all we did, after all this time, many have been cheated, the profit made was not good enough. Fraud is happening here and there, lot of scam, people been cheated, consumer right been neglected. Business is even working so hard to learn new "method" to suck people blood. What is important is just how many profit they can increased to fight their rival, to fulfill their bosses at the end of every month. Multi-level Marketing, counterfeit merchandise, internet scam, illegal fund raising, quality fraud. Who care how much the people work to earn their money. They are the one who keep on dreaming to live like the rich and famous. They are the one who don’t know how to measure their pocket and use their head. It’s not a crime to sell lies, it just a marketing strategy. Nothing is personal, just plain business.
Thousands of consumers were openly cheated but no action was taken. Enforcement was loosely taken till all of this thugs getting untouchable even to the authority. Complaint made to agency was taken unserious and some not even bother to open up a cases and scold back at the complainant face. In this country, complaint wasn’t taken serious unless you were somebody or some harmful accident has taken place and the media has cover it. Without doubt, the citizen is well aware of this trend and how the system of our country is run. It is a shame, when nothing can be done by the authority to protect its citizens. It is like a fate determine in those barbaric day where the weak is always there for the stronger to take advantage.
Soon or later, our country will left strangle between the high income and the lower income citizen (a nation economy is shrinking if the income scale decrease it dense in the middle income sector).
Where is the first world mentality in term of businesses? Where is the responsibility of those who doing business. What is the part of our authority in redress this situation. I will take an easy judgment like other; blame it all to our consumer. It is they who do not understand their right and responsible. Is it?
So, let be patriot, keep on buying Malaysian product.
