Sybreon Ones Nought

This was our last full day in ChiangMai and one that was not on the official tour. However, our guide was so nice and came to bring us around on his own anyway. We wanted to go to a local morning market to buy some Thai rice and other sundries such as dried longan. Since we did not have the tour company minivan, we went about on local ...

I was just wondering about this issue recently. The civil service employs about 2 million people and while I do not have the exact numbers, I have a feeling that there are a significant number of pensioners as well. Unlike the private sector, civil servants are given a lifelong pension. Even after their death, this pension can be collected by their spouse or any child under the age ...

I'm rather curious with the recent decisions made by our government. As a result of the rising fuel prices, I had predicted that the government would raise the pay of the civil service, which would then force the private sector to follow suit, leading to a pay inflation in Malaysia. However, the government seems to have decided not to do that. Instead, the government is now encouraging civil servants ...

I wonder if anyone else can remember the "inflasi sifar" (zero inflation) campaign that was held by the government around the mid-90s. I can remember that there were posters hanging everywhere and even a little campaign song playing on TV all the time. That was the first time I was exposed to the concept of price inflation. Today, I dare not imagine what's going to happen to our ...