Rebate on rebate.

I find it difficult to understand the idea behind giving out cash rebates to vehicle owners, as compensation due to withdrawal of subsidy on petrol price.

If the government needed to stop the subsidy in the first place, why then does it need to dish out another subsidy in the form of the said rebate, which to me is more unfair, since only vehicle owners in the country stand to benefit.How about the poor who does not own any vehicle but has to now pay for more costly everyday consumer items as a result of higher petrol prices?

I mean, who are the goons behind this noble idea of a rebate? If those running the Malaysian government sorely sympathise with vehicle owners in the country, why can't the road taxes be waived instead? It is more humane than making us all beg in line at the local post offices for the cash rebates which is not unlike collecting welfare money!

Pity the people of Malaysia!
I'm sure we deserve cleverer group of people to decide on things governing our everyday lives.

Anyway....(like Ellen Degeneres way of saying it),

Since the rebates are actually there for the picking, we decided to check it out yesterday.
Papa had the day off as he has just returned from a trip to London and I was so free in the evening, so we drove to the nearest local Post Office, armed with 4 already renewed road taxes of vehicles registered under our names.

The Post Office was rather crowded. It sure was additional work for the already overworked postal clerks, though there is rumours flying around which said that actually certain corporation stood to gain billions of RM from the commission paid out of handling this rebategiving service.







We took our queue number and waited with the rest of the crowd in the pungent sweatsmelling airconditioned room.





After an hour, our turn came. One look at our first application form, the tired looking clerk said in a loud voice:

"kereta 2000cc keatas tak de rebate kat sini yer!!!! Pergi JPJ!!!"

Malu tau, Yeop!

Hah? Tak boleh sudah lah!!!

However, the other 3 cars qualified and we went home at 4.30pm, with RM1,875.00 cold CASH in our hands!!!!.

Now we hear that the petrol price is going to come down in Sept. Is the rebate going to be stopped for the rest of you who have not renewed your road taxes yet?
Or do I have to return this money which they have given to me?

I never can predict what's going to happen next, after all I am now living in the era of 'flip-flop'!!