To move forward, let us all change our “Ketuanan/Racial/Personal/Selfish, Etc Paradigm” and start thinking about “OUR GREAT NATION MALAYSIA for ANAK BANGSA MALAYSIA” as our Bapa Merdeka Tunku together with his first cabinet adopted – From TOP to BOTTOM.

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Their pocket money has decrease since the Selangor state was taken over by PKR..! And its a BIG state ! And a lot of resources & richness…!

That’s why Toyo fella is being a “….’ about it…!

Water charges shouldn’t be that high. By right it should be free but we understand there must be some charges, at least a minimum. Not squeeze us dry…! So many people are out of work & the BN govt is still NOT seeing into our economy.

Busy “playing” politics first…!

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In Malaysia, privatisation = piratisation. Exorbitant profits (guaranteed by the Govt) thru’ lop-sided agreements transfer hard-earned money of rakyat into the pockets of cronies and families of UMNOputras and BNputras! No wonder, calls by such people to continue the NEP in the form they want so as to perpetuate the plunder of the rakyat’s money and the country’s riches!

So, such piratisation of projects would definitely fail, but nevertheless, are highly-successful in the eyes, or rather pockets, of the UMNOputras and BNputras! The latter have not surprisingly always declare that such privatisation projects are highly-successful!

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It was at one time fancy to privatise almost all public utilities
so that the contractors can make money out of peoples misery.
Now it is back to public undertakings.

Mahathir and others privatised a number of Public Utilities;
if PEOPLE do not object, they will even privatise “Public
Administratin” and the Public Servants got nothing to do but collect
monthly payments. No more – this will not do – people are aware awake now.

See the attachment of a Judgment in Johannesburg.

Johannesburg, 30 April 2008

PREPAYMENT WATER METER SYSTEM UNCONSTITUTIONAL,
FREE BASIC WATER TO BE INCREASED

The judgment is now attached below, thanks to Jackie Dugard.
High Court Judge slams City of Johannesburg’s water policy and orders removal of prepayment meters if residents demand
The Johannesburg High Court today ruled that the City of Johannesburg’s practice of forcibly installing prepayment water meters in Phiri, Soweto is unconstitutional.

It also set aside the City’s decision to limit its free basic water supply to 25 litres per person per day and ordered it to provide the residents of Phiri with free basic water in the amount of 50 litres per person per day. The City was further directed to give the residents of Phiri the option of an ordinary credit metered water supply.
In a ground-breaking judgment – the first in which the constitutional right to water has explicitly been raised – Judge MP Toska criticised the municipality for its discriminatory approach to the provision of water. The Judge found that: “the underlying basis for the introduction of prepayment meters seems to me to be credit control. If this is true, I am unable to understand why this credit control measure is only suitable in the historically poor black areas and not the historically rich white areas. Bad payers cannot be described in terms of colour or geographical area.”
The Judge also found that the consultation leading up to the adoption of prepayment meters was inadequate, stating that the process was “more of a publicity stunt than consultation”. He also criticised the City’s “big brother approach” to the residents of Phiri.
The Judge stated that “25 litres per person day is insufficient for the residents of Phiri”, whom he described as “poor, uneducated, elderly, sick, ravaged by HIV/AIDS and reliant on state pensions and grants.” The judge continued that “to expect the applicants to restrict their water usage, to compromise their health, by limiting the number of toilet flushes in order to save water is to deny them the rights to health and to lead a dignified lifestyle.”
The Judge found that increasing the free basic water supply would not put significant strain on the City’s water and financial resources, especially if free basic water already supplied to rich households is redistributed to the poor.

Jackie Dugard, Acting Director of CALS and a member of the applicants’ legal team said “It has been a long hard road for our clients. This judgment is not only a victory for them, but for all poor South Africans. Judge Tsoka has shown that socio-economic rights have teeth. His judgment shows a careful and sensitive understanding of the law, the City’s obligations, but above all our clients’ lives”.

Stuart Wilson, Head of the CALS Litigation Unit said that “the judgment speaks volumes about the City’s approach to the poor and the vulnerable. A serious rethink of the City’s approach to poverty must now take place”.

For more information, contact: Jackie Dugard on 084 240 6187, Stuart Wilson on 072 265 8633 or Dale McKinley of the Coalition Against Water Privatisation on 072 429 4086

http://www.abahlali.org/node/3487

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Selangor & KL folks should publicly show their support for this take over exercise by the Selangor government.

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Federal govt (may) side Syabas and gang by putting a spanner in the works. Mainstream media has already started belittling state govt’s offer. Finally consumers will have to pay more and BN and the media will have a field day belittling PR govt.

If my suspicions are true, then we really need to change the federal govt.

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