Monday, June 23, 2008

Oil


I am not actually trying to compare apple - to - apple here, this is so worthy to read. Most countries listed below have a very long reserve life (the amount of years they have till the oil is finished), and they have a low population compared to their oil reserve. Hence, they can cater to their own needs without any bother to the supply. Actually, doing some research can do wonders instead of blaming others.



UAE

Population : 4,380,000

Oil Reserve : 97 billion barrels

Production rate : 2.5 million barrels per day

Reserve life : 107 years



KUWAIT

Population : 2,851,000

Oil Reserve : 99 billion barrels

Production rate : 2.5 million barrels per day

Reserve life : 108 years



SAUDI ARABIA

Population : 24,735,000

Oil Reserve : 260 billion barrels

Production rate : 8.8 million barrels per day

Reserve life : 81 years



IRAN

Population : 71,208,000

Oil Reserve : 136 billion barrels

Production rate : 3.9 million barrels per day

Reserve life : 74 years



NIGERIA

Population : 148,093,000

Oil Reserve : 36.2 billion barrels

Production rate : 2.3 million barrels per day

Reserve life : 43 years



VENEZUELA

Population : 27,877,000

Oil Reserve : 80 billion barrels

Production rate : 2.4 million barrels per day

Reserve life : 91 years



MALAYSIA

Population : 27,452,091

Oil Reserve : 4.8 billion barrels

Production rate : 550,000 barrels per day

Reserve life : 33 years

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Minyak

Bermula 5 hb Jun, harga minyak petrol akan naik sehingga RM 2.70 naik RM 0.78. Aku sendiri pun tidak sedar akan hal ini sehinggalah aku mendengar sendiri pengumumanya di berita tv jam 8 malam. Padanlah aku tengok berduyun-duyun kereta menunggu di setiap stesen minyak yang aku lalui sepanjang perjalanan ke rumah. Aku fikirkan ada promosi tetapi rupa-rupanya kerana harga minyak naik.
Akibat daripada itu, faham-faham sajalah. Sesak jalan utama dibuatnya. Kadang-kadang manusia ini pelik juga. Agaknya kalau tuang minyak pada 4 hb Jun boleh tahan sampai berapa lama ya? jimat ke kalau sementara hendak menunggu itu pun dah habiskan minyak yang sedia ada di dalam tangki?

Ingat lagi aku masa waktu kerajaan menaikkan harga minyak yang sebelum ini. Berduyun-duyun rakyat turun membantah kerana menggangap kerajaan zalim kerana menaikkan harga minyak sesuka hati tanpa memikirkan beban rakyat. Marah betul mereka, terutamanya penyokong parti pembangkang dan para pelajar IPT yang katanya bijak dan berwibawa membela rakyat. Agaknya kalau harga minyak dah naik ini, ada tak kemungkinan peristiwa itu akan berulang kembali?...
Tapi, bila difikirkan semula, tidak ada pula yang turun membangkang apabila kerajaan menaikkan gaji, bonus dan subsidi. Hendak juga aku tengok bangsat-bangsat ini yang kononnya membela nasib rakyat membantah agar semua ini tidak dilaksanakan. Rasa-rasanya ada tak kemungkinan ianya berlaku?

Ini belum masuk lagi cerita kerajaan menanggung belanja berbilion-bilion ringgit untuk menyara nasib penagih-penagih dadah yang kebanyakkannya terdiri daripada bangsa melayu...tak pernah pula aku dengar, golongan mereka yang membantah harga minyak naik ini membantah tentang kenaikan tanggungan kerajaan terhadap masalah dadah ini. Aku malas nak tulis kesimpulan sebab bagi aku, perkara-perkara begini...LU PIKIRLAH SENDIRI!!!!

Monday, May 26, 2008

Air Asia VS MAS


CEO Air Asia, Tony Fernandez telah mencadangkan supaya kerajaan tidak lagi perlu memberikan subsidi kepada syarikat penerbangan milik kerajaan iaitu MAS. Malah, Fernandes juga turut mendakwa MAS diberi hak dalam menentukan harga tambang, pilihan destinasi dan kekerapan penerbangan. Oleh kerana itu, AirAsia meminta lebih banyak laluan ke Singapura yang merupakan destinasi popular dan paling menguntungkan syarikat tersebut. Sikapnya yang sebegini boleh diibaratkan seperti sudah diberi betis nak peha pulak. Selain daripada itu, dia juga turut mempersoalkan tentang industri penerbangan di Malaysia yang katanya tidak seperti di China, Thailand mahupun Indonesia yang memberi keadilan saksama kepada semua syarikat penerbangan sama ada milik kerajaan dan syarikat penerbangan murah.


Bagi aku, Tony Fernandez ini kena belajar sejarah semula. Mungkin sebab sudah terlalu lama tidak ditegur maka menjadi alpa. Dia perlu faham bahawa sejarah MAS telah bermula sejak tahun 1937 dan operasi penerbangan yang pertama sekali telahpun bermula sejak tahun 1947 di mana pada masa itu, aku fikir dia sendiri pun masih belum berada di dalam perut emaknya. Sejak tahun 1947 lagi MAS telahpun membawa imej negara ke seantero dunia dengan nama Malayan Airways Limited. Permintaan Tony Fernandez ini tidak perlulah dilayan oleh kerajaan memandangkan segala keuntungan Air Asia setelah ditolak kos operasi dan cukai semuanya dibolot oleh ahli lembaga pengarahnya. Sementara keuntungan MAS pula dapat dipulangkan kembali kepada rakyat tambahan pula majoriti pekerja MAS itu sendiri adalah orang Melayu.


Sikap tamak dan lupa diri Tony Fernandez ini cuba diselindungkan dengan alasannya untuk memperjuangkan hak 5000 kakitangannya, sedangkan hartanya sendiri sahaja telahpun mencecah kira-kira 205 juta Dollar US. Seandainya dia mengatakan bahawa negara Cina, Thailand dan Indonesia lebih adil dan saksama kepada semua syarikat penerbangan baik milik kerajaan mahupun syarikat penerbangan murah, mengapa tidak dia dan lembaga pengarah Air Asia yang lain memindahkan tapak mereka ke negara-negara tersebut? Lagipun mereka adalah syarikat swasta yang mana mereka tidak perlu pun membawa imej negara ke mana-mana sekiranya mereka tidak mahu.


Kadangkala, sikap bangsa yang lupa asal usul ini agak keterlaluan. Jangan gunakan sentimen untuk memperjuangkan yang hak sedangkan dia sendiri tidak tahu bagaimanana untuk menyumbang kepada negara. Itu belum lagi bercerita tentang sifat patriotisma. Sekarang ni dah boleh lihat macam ada satu trend pula kalangan kaum ini sudah mula mahu menunjuk taring sedangkan wakil di dalam parlimen pun dah tinggal seorang. Fikir-fikirkanlah bagaimanana hendak mendapatkan semula sokongan rakyat berbanding hanya asyik memukul tong kosong sahaja.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Selamat Hari Ibu

Selamat Hari Ibu. Sesungguhnya tanpa kasih dan cinta dari seorang ibu itu seumpama nakhoda kehilangan arah dan tujuan. Teringat lagi aku akan pesan ibu yang paling nyata dan berkesan, katanya "Jangan sesekali kita meminta, bersyukurlah dengan apa yang kita ada. Jika kau mahu sesuatu itu, berusahalah namun jika kau gagal janganlah engkau berhenti untuk terus berusaha." Memang nampak sangat ringkas namun tetap bermakna. Bagi diri ku, terlalu luas hendak diterjemahkan akan kepentingan insan ini. Peranan dan tanggung jawab yang dimainkan memberi seribu pengertian yang amat bermakna.

Kepada Bonda yang tersayang, Selamat Hari Ibu.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Khabar-khabarnya





KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 — History, well political history anyway, was made in Parliament today when a Barisan Nasional MP said for the first time that there was nothing wrong with BN MPs crossing over to the Opposition side. Datuk Anifah Aman (BN-Kimanis) was speaking on the motion of thanks for the Royal Address. "If there is no more space in the existing bungalow house (BN), what is the harm in them moving to a smaller house (terrace house)?"This was greeted with cheers from the Opposition side and nods from Sabah backbenchers. The apt analogy was his answer to Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s (BN-Bagan Datok) question to him about whether Sabah backbenchers were tempted to cross over to the Opposition."Is this not the act of a desperado? Why would 140 members occupying bungalows want to move to smaller terrace houses?" he had asked Datuk Anifah Aman earlier.


However, Datuk Anifah’s answer floored him as well as the BN backbenchers from the peninsula."I am not saying I am crossing over. There may be a handful who may want to move. This matter of crossing over is not a serious matter. What is serious is the fact that millions in the five states in Malaysia who crossed over to the Opposition," he said to much laughter from the Opposition.Datuk Anifah was one of two Sabah BN MPs who turned down positions of deputy ministers in the present Cabinet. He is also the brother of the Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman.Datuk Puad Zarkashi (BN-Batu Pahat) then asked Anifah if he would support an anti-hopping law. Immediately, Datuk Anifah replied that he was against any law that prevents members from crossing over or changing parties."That would be like a police state. What is the point of persisting with leaders who have deviated from the right path? Do we stick with them? What good is a leader if the people are no longer with him?" he asked.Anifah then spoke about the high price of blind loyalty to leaders and how the people would have to pay for this."What is the use of being loyal to leaders and in the process sacrifice our people’s future?”To a question from Datuk Ghapur Salleh (BN-Kalabakan) , who lamented the poor infrastructure facilities in Sabah, Anifah answered that independence is meaningless if people cannot even enjoy clean running water and their children had to walk to school.


Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan (BN-Kota Belud) then continued with the bungalow analogy and asked if Sabah backbenchers would stay if improvements were made to the bungalows. "Would there be motivation not to move if more rooms are added to the bungalows and if a timetable is set for these improvements? "Anifah said the solution was a little bit more complex than just the adding of rooms."We are in the same bungalow but we don't enjoy the same privileges. We are not only treated like stepchildren but now we are treated contemptuously with talk that we are going to defect."What is the use of additional rooms in the bungalow if we are forced to sleep near the toilet," he said to more cheers. He added that the thing the government needed to work on was the prevention of Sabah from falling into the hands of the Opposition.Datuk Ibrahim Ali (Independent) also weighed in: "Sabah parties have been changing sides at a whim. Even here, Umno people move about. Many PKR people are former Umno people.Why do people always associate me with this and call me katak? (frog)" Ibrahim asked to much laughter.Anifah answered that he did not know if this was a good or bad thing for Ibrahim but "I don't have experience in this matter. There are many teachers here who can teach you how to lompat (jump). There are some from the Opposition too.”