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AJ & Rashdan: “What cost cutting?” Part 6 – PlaneConsult fees RM2.8 mil!

Mr Connors McCarthy, the co-founder of AirAsia and Chairman/MD of PlaneConsult - the glaring evidence of CONFLICT of INTEREST

Updates @ 7:00 pm 9-4-2012: Parliament will only end at 10:30 pm tonight. YB Datuk Bung Moktar, MP for Kinabatangan told yours truly at 4:05 pm that he said “The Briefing of MP by MAS on 26-3-2012, he said that if the turning around Business Plan is genuine then he will salute AJ and the others and that he strongly opposed the CCF and the way it was implemented by the TRIO. He also asked for another briefing for AJ to bring along Tan Sri Tony Fernandes to brief the MPs. He hopes that AJ will organise a anther briefing as soon as possible”  YB Datuk Bung Moktar has asked yours truly to inform MAS staffs and put on record accordingly. Thus this updates.

A new posting will be posted later tonight regarding what had happened in Parliament where several MPs have spoken up against the CCF, the procurement contract between MAS and LSG Sky Chef Brahim Sdn Bhd, ex and present DCA Inspectors doing part time piloting work for AA without APTL License or with Honorary APTL License,  En Azhari position without Nominated Post Holder and etc. Yours truly held a press conference regarding the conflict of interest on the part of PlaneConsult, Mr Shane Nollan and Connor McCarthy. Stay tune.  

En Ahmad Jauhari Yahya (AJ) and En Mohammed Rashdan Yusof aka Danny (Rashdan) have jointly appointed PlaneConsult as the consultant of MAS effective from 16-1-2012 to 30-4-2012.  Please read in HERE.

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MAS staffs must stand up against abused of power by Rashdan

On 8-2-2010 there was a clear directive from MAS management that no infant allowed in the First Class cabin. Thank you JJTension for sharing your information with the readers of this Blog. All MAS knew about this standing directive except the “INFILTRATORS”, who knowingly abused it and the others went all the way to CONDONE the abused.

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Another poor attempt at spinning!

Are they still smiling now?

Updated on 18-11-2011: YB Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha, Minister of Transport, said yesterday that the Cabinet had approved the increase in charges in February 2009 and the delay in imposing the new rates had caused the tax payers RM180 millions a year in subsidizing international travelers. There had been a lot of other increases done by the airlines quietly and nobody is making noise, said the Minister in respond to Dr Spinner’s dissatisfaction through the social media. Read HERE for the increases in AirAsia’s hidden charges. The Government should stop entertaining private airlines’ business model just for them to make profits at the expense of tax payers.  

Tan Sri Tony Fernandes’ (Tony) contention is that the RM7.oo increase is too much to pay for LCCT which he likens to an “airconditioned horse stable” on Twitter.   The hike also affect travelers and he claimed that it was unjustified and that it would affect his business. He said on Twitter. “…RM25 for services in LCCT? What a rip off! It’s an air-conditioned horse stable!’ He said on his Faebook, “AirAsia has been fighting to make them cheaper for common man. Airport taxes are paid by Malaysians and passengers. The money doesn’t go to AirAsia but MAHB.”

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Parliamentary Questions For October Session 2011

Updated on 22-9-2011 @ 6:10: Please go to Outsyed The Box to read “7 reasons why Khazanah should not undertake the share swap between MAS and AirAsia by troubleshooter”. It is very interesting to read the seven reasons in the said article. Perhaps YB Tan Sri Nor Mohamad Yacob, the former very powerful Minister of  Finance II under the Badawi’s Administration, Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar, the MD of Khazanah, Tan Sri Md Nor Md Yusof, the then MD of MAS during the famous WAU and the newly crowned Chairman of MAS after the secret share swap, En Mohammed Rahsdan Yusof, co-founder of BinaFikir Sdn Bhd with Tan Sri Azman, Datuk Azman Yahya, the reappointed MAS director of Scomi fame, can learn a thing or two from the said articles. After reading the said article, it is hoped that the abovenamed personalities will see the light and stop the secret share swap and reverse all the recent decisions that were detrimental to MAS/Firefly i.e. cancelation of Firefly’s full load flights during festive season, termination of Firefly’s profitable routes from JB to KK and Kuching, the RM18 sponsorship of home jersey for QPR,  and the most recent termination of MAS profitable route from KLIA to Bandung (Indonesia) and others that have not been exposed. Please read HERE.   

Parlimen Malaysia

Soalan-solan untuk jawapan lisan Sessi Parlimen bermula Oktober 2011

Soalan-soalan versi Bahasa Ingeris di bawah.

1. Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] meminta Menteri Kewangan menyatakan:

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Tan Sri Nor Yakop, Tan Sri Azman, Rashdan & Tan Sri Md Nor: Spare YAB PM, Please!

After inking the secret MAS - AirAsia share swap agreement, they were all smiling at the rakyat! They look like a happy family. Don't they? From left: Datuk Kamarudin Meranun, Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar, Tan Sri Md Nor Md Yusof, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes

The sudden announcement of the secret MAS – Air Asia share swap was a repeat of the sale of the 70% of MAS Catering Sdn Bhd (MCSB) some eight years ago in 2003, aka “Golden Era” for the lucky few!. The said sale of MCSB was sealed during the time of DATO’ MD NOR bin MD YUSOF (as he then was), the then the Managing Director of MAS. He was also instrumental in the commissioning of BinaFikir Sdn Bhd to restructure MAS under the pretext of transforming MAS into an “asset light airline” under the project name “Widespread Assets Un-Bundling” aka “WAU”, in HERE.  WAU! MAS definitely got lighter and lighter after being WAUed by the Bina dulu, tak Fikir langsung!

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Rashdan: Bina ada Fikir…kah?

Cardiff City FC with Malaysia as its logo. Thank you Berjaya Group. Please teach En Rashdan a thing or two about patriotism.

En Mohammed Rashdan Yusof aka Danny (Rashdan) (sounded very English – must be of English upbringing with great principles), the newly crowned Executive Director of MAS has done tremendous things to MAS. But I am not too sure whether he was doing what he did so far for MAS or AirAsia / AirAsia X Sdn Bhd. I am still trying to figure it out. I am sure that you are also trying to figure it out too. Rashdan, I know you are trying very very hard to BINA MAS but you ada Fikirkah?

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Questions Time 15-06-2011: The Deputy Minister sounded like the public relations officer of ASTRO!

 Tuan Wee Choo Keong (Wangsa Maju) minta kepada Menteri Penerangan, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaanmenyatakan:

i.  di dalam dasar kerajaan yang menghalang siaran iklan dalam program TV berbayar, mengapa ASTRO dibenarkan untuk menyiarkan iklan-iklan didalam program mereka; dan

ii.  memandangkan keuntungan tahunan bersih sebanyak RM 700 juta untuk 2010, apakah kerajaan bercadang untuk mengawal ASTRO supaya mengurangkan kos langganan bulanan yang dibebankan rakyat pendapatan rendah. 

Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] ask the Minister of Information, Multi-Media and Culture to state:

i.    in view of the government policy which prohibiting advertisements on Paid TV, why ASTRO was allowed to air advertisements in its programes; and

ii.   in view of the net yearly profits of about RM700 million for 2010 does government intends to regulate Astro to reduce the subscription fees, which is a burden to the low income group?

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Questions Time: 06 April 2011 Mins of Information, Communication & Culture: ASTRO no monopoly

PERTANYAAN : JAWAB LISAN

DARIPADA : TUAN WEE CHOO KEONG

[ WANGSA MAJU ]

TARIKH : 6 APRIL 2011

SOALAN :

Tuan Wee Choo Keong [ Wangsa Maju ] minta MENTERI PENERANGAN, KOMUNIKASI DAN KEBUDAYAAN menyatakan memandangkan bahawa Astro adalah anak syarikat kepada sebuah syarikat asing dan telah mengaut untung bersih sebanyak RM689 juta bagi tahun 2010 daripada 2.911 juta langganan (yang merangkumi langganan 1.7 juta dari kaum Melayu, 670,000 dari kaum Cina, 319,000 dari kaum India dan 222,000 dari kaum lain-lain).

a) adakah Kementerian bercadang untuk mengawal dan mengurangkan yuran bulanan yang terlalu tinggi dari Astro dan

b) adakah Kementerian bercadang untuk meluluskan peraturan baru untuk menyekat monopoli ke atas program-program popular seperti National Geographic, ESPN, Discovery, BBC, CNN dan lain-lain oleh ASTRO supaya program-program tersebut boleh dibuka untuk saluran TV prabayar lain serta menggalakkan persaingan.

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The net profit for ASTRO as at 31-01-2010 was RM689 million!

None of the questions posed by me here regarding the monopoly by Astro regarding Pay TV when I was debating the 2011 Budget  debate last week have been answered by the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Information, Multimedia & Culture, YB Datuk Joseph Sallang Gandum.  We all know that Astro is a monopoly in the Pay TV industry and there was no or very little control over it. So far we can see that Astro is allowed to air tv commercials when other Pay TV compnaies were not allowed to do so.  Why the special privileges given to Astro and not others? 

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Teks Ucapan Belanjawan Bajet 2011- “Please do not leave bananas to the monkies”

Teks ucapan Belanjawan Bajet 2010 oleh YB Wee Choo Keong,
Ahli Parlimen Wangsa Maju pada Oktober 2010

Datuk Yang DiPertua

Saya mengucapkan terima kasih kerana diberi peluang untuk mengambil bahagian untuk membahas Rang Undang2 Pembekalan 2011 YAB PM bertemakan Bajet 2011 “Transformasi Ke Arah Negara Maju Berpendapatan Tinggi” dan ini akan menumpu kepada empat strategi utama berikut:

  1. Mendaya Kembali Pelaburan Swasta;
  2. Membangunkan Modal Insan;
  3. Mensejahterakan Hidup Rakyat; dan
  4. Memantapkan Penyampaian Perkhidmatan Awam.

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