By Jayanath Appudurai
According to the Government Transformation Programme [GTP] Annual Report released on 27 March 2011, there are only “108 extreme poor households” left. The GTP within a span of 12 months transformed the lives of 44,535 extreme poor households. {See Chart}
To say the least, this is a stupendous achievement! An intractable problem that the nation has been grappling with for more than 40 years has ostensibly been solved in 1 year!
Should not the Government be lauded for this?
Guess, it all depends on how ‘extreme poor’ is defined?
The GTP’s definition is as shown below:
Simply put, a given household (average 4.5 persons) with a monthly income of RM 441 [Peninsular]; RM 541 [Sabah] and RM521 [Sarawak] will NOT be classified as “Extreme Poor”!
Guess if you use a very, very low benchmark to measure poverty [or for that matter anything], success can be acclaimed overnight!
Voila!! – there you have it – “Blue Ocean” strategic thinking at its best!
Now, you can decide to send “congratulatory” messages to Putrajaya…….or something else!
siew eng
March 29, 2011
aliran has a deeper analysis that kopek the lie wide open. http://aliran.com/5044.html
dafasd
April 2, 2011
Now you turn your back on Zaid, but are you that clean Harris? Wasnt it was you who said we cant trust Anwar?
Riyaz
March 29, 2011
Dear sir, this is perhaps the hardcore in Putrajaya constituency only?
As usual, the bloke doesn’t check his facts before announcing so, that must be it. Only 108 in Putrajaya.
Now if we extrapolate it, then we’ll get the trus picture.
Thank you.
kanPeng
March 31, 2011
Kudos to Malaysian gov’t!!!!!!!!!!!wat tey can do in 1 year,it took 1st world a century and still doing….hehehee
nonsense
March 29, 2011
send them to fukushima
wandererAUS
March 29, 2011
Can the sky be without the sun…and, can UMNOputras survive without lies?! This corrupt racist regime has given themselves a license to lie and deceive.
Perhaps, their contention was to lie is to shield us from frustrations and sorrows from the evils they have caused…..
Crankster
March 31, 2011
can UMNOputras survive without lies …. LOL, good one!
Chrisyong
March 29, 2011
These foolish lot is beyond redemption. Only know how to buy big time and implement big project to collect commissions!! Then make the poor poorer. They will remove subsidies and give you back drips and drsps to claim glory for themselves!! The Stupid Voters will believe them! These ppl deserve what their condition to be cheated again and again! Sigh
mauriyaII
March 29, 2011
Statistics especially the ones that are intended to project a syok sendiri image are without doubt doctored.
The UMNOputra/Bn government has made disinformation an art. It uses the shackled MSM and its virulent mouth piece, the Berita Harian group of companies to propagate these lies.
If the educated UMNOputras among the rabid and easily gullible Malays in UMNO/BN believe these statistics, then they need their heads to be examined.
UMNOputras/BN can say anything to enhance their already waning image and capability but NOBODY in his right mind will believe them.
Liars, munafiqs, racists and corrupted devils who follow the maxims of their great leader and patron, the evil mamamkthir kutty are all wallowing in their slime, sleaze, sodomy and pornography.
Warga Malaysia
March 29, 2011
Haris, seeking a lawyer’s viewpoint – Nazri says election handouts not bribes. Do you agree and if not what can be done?
Sounds like Barisan Neraka are desperate and will resort to very generous handouts to win the next GE. The rakyat must really reject such abdominations and vote out Barisan Neraka to end all these nonsense. How can MCLM cum Peoples’ Parliament achieve that?
shar101
March 29, 2011
Well done Jaya. There’s hope for you yet in the hardcore sopo fraternity. One more sock-it-in-the-guts-of-BN and you’re home free. Then, kindly send your resume to Haris Ibrahim, the MCLM prez.
Crankster
March 31, 2011
He is the facts man, after all, Shar
screw'd'bn
March 29, 2011
Wow! I have a brilliant idea. Why not the government just give these poor 108 RM10,000 each and viola, then Malaysia would solve it’s poverty problem with just RM1.08 million. Certainly much cheaper than paying APCO to put up billboards for Rosmah.
Malaysian
March 29, 2011
Kudos! Excellent idea! Malaysia will obtain another FIRST in the world title: ZERO poverty. Even those advanced countries cannot beat us to that!
This is BolehLand in an imaginary world of its own.
In reality, with the price of essential goods going up, the reverse will be true.
mauriyaII
March 30, 2011
These UMNOputra/BN ostriches with their heads buried deep in the sand (or is it sodomy and sex) are BLIND.
If any of these upright, holier than thou mongrels were to go to any estate, fishing village or even kampongs perceived to be opposition strong-hold, they can see for themselves what POVERTY is.
These morons are in Bolehland created by the evil mamak where they see and do what that crooked man of the crooked bridge wants them to do so as to keep his ill-gotten wealth and protect his family and his cronies.
Why not lower the benchmark of poverty to nil and claim BOlehland to be absolutely free of the poverty?
Better still, bring back the billions or ringgit stolen from the rakyat and eradicate poverty for good.
nathan
March 29, 2011
Haris its too early to pull an April Fool’s Joke on us!…at least wait lah, till the First of April!
rafisolleh
March 30, 2011
to warga malaysia, this is my first time to read ‘barisan neraka’.
resident.wangsamaju
March 31, 2011
Forget the ‘extreme poor’RM440/540/520 bracket. Every genuine working, NON-payer (i.e earning below RM2.5K pm) is hurting and in poverty now.
bigjoe
March 31, 2011
Even in most developed countries, such nonsense PR still works so its no surprising that the mediocre leaders of UMNO/BN still uses it. Actually if you talking about nonsense spin-doctoring, Najib has already committed much worst already. This is nothing.
His claim that ‘We want power not for its own sake but because we are far superior to other..’ frankly is an example. Its not even based on fact..
So nonsense spin doctoring is just more data point of people who are lost which we know UMNO/BN has been for a while now.
shakuntala
March 31, 2011
Wow! this is the regular bull-shitting that Putrajaya indulges in, that we are asked to swallow….more so now, on the eve of the Sarawak elections and the still mysterious GE13.
Clever use of the word transformation….does it mean to say that they would have gone to the poorest of the poor households, to even Sabah and Sarawak to arrive at this figure? Would they have even bothered to conduct a true census, when to have a section of marginalized people, benefits their political ambitions?
We are asked to congratulate or say something else? How about….calling this story, ” A cock and a bull”, before sending it on to Putrajaya?
Ellese
April 1, 2011
Very sad mindset you guys have. Extreme poor definition accepted worldwide is 1USD Per day. See Jeffry sach project. The fact it’s a good effort is dismissed simply because it’s bn. The fact is a number of people is no more under extreme poverty and they will appreciate this. Next we tackle the poor. But in any government after a certain level of income, government should no longer intervene. These people must live on their own.
If people do good we must not deny it just because of hatred. Be fair and just.
BLR naik 3 Kali 2010
April 2, 2011
Only Extreme 108 lefts ? … apa nak happy sangat bila gaji naik from RM 439.00 to RM 449.00
http://www.manymany3m3.blogspot.com/
bila BLR naik, satu petunjuk bahawa pasa masa tu Bank Negara tak menggalakkan orang buat pinjaman bank
.. teori mengarut …. kita expect ansuran bulanan dinaikkan..maknanya kita
perlu tambahan tunai utk selesaikan ansuran bulanan ….
mmc
April 3, 2011
only thru Jala’s magic wand. what utter bullshit, jala.
Ellese
April 7, 2011
It’s a fact. What’s ur contrarian fact other than calling bullshit.