Today’s news on 30% increase in bus fare does not surprise me at all, having in the past seen a series of events that the government simply succumbs to the insatiable greed of the capitalists, without even giving a slightest glimpse to the impact on the citizen.

This is a typical zero sum quid pro quo game by the gov, and sadly for more often than not, people will always fall on the losing end of this game.

Previously, during the fuel price hike brouhaha, the ex-PM has guaranteed that the savings of the government subsidies will be used for the improvement of public transportation, of which the deliverables from that sweet talk is yet to be seen, apart from the well publicised series of events of him and his successor taking an LRT ride.

Now that we have moved to another chapter of fuel episode, after 1.5 year of hiatus. The oligarch now has decided to replace ron97 with the lower ron of 95. Yes, both are unleaded, but as ASDA put it, the cheap might comes with reasons.

When vehicles in the Europe does not produce any single black particle from the exhause due to the use of EURO4 diesel and better quality petrol, we in Malaysia is looking for a leeway to downgrade the quality of petrol, as long as it is unleaded. This creative pandang belakang response might be appealing for some, but not for me though.

I must admit, mechanically, that it is a perfect burning of fuel that determines the amount of the combustion waste. But having crap national car all over the place with sub-standard engine, I bet the emission will definitely be worse with RON95. I might be wrong, but this is what my humble reasoning dictates.

Btw, the car has got its new squeaking noise: Literally at the steering whenever I maneuver the car and vibrating side mirror whenever the car is at high speed.

Thanks Proton and de-bladey-gubermen.

p/s: Passing English Language will be made compulsory. MCA and MIC strive for their vernacular school to preserve their own ethnic language. What relevance that the juak-juak has then, apart from letting their nose to be pulled by the capitalist, distributing wealth to the oligarch that be, and putting salt over peoples’ financial wound?

Let’s oust this corrupted capitalist!