DAP 2014 Thaipusam Day Message By DAP Secretary General and MP for Bagan Lim Guan Eng In Komtar, George Town On 16.1.2014.<\/p>\n
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin\u2019s Special Cabinet Committee To Tackle the Cost of Living changes nothing if the BN government knows only how to increase prices without increasing salaries, especially minimum wage to RM1,100 monthly(with a grace period of 5 years to Small and Medium Enterprises(SMEs) for foreign workers). Muhyidin used a lot of fancy academic terms without addressing the two main issues of concern to 28 million ordinary Malaysians \u2013 Is BN going to reduce prices or increasing salaries?<\/p>\n
What is the use of the BN government spending money to create a special laboratory for two weeks beginning today to study measures to ease the burden of the people when they can not even understand the price rises is not about the price of \u201ckangkung\u2019 alone. Is the BN government going to appoint expert consultants again, where RM7.2 billion have been spent since 2008? Failure to address reducing prices or increasing salaries will render this Special Committee a toothless tiger, a mere talk-shop with full of meaningless flowery words without action to lessen the financial burden of the rakyat. <\/p>\n
Does Muhyiddin not know that real wages of export-oriented industries rose by 1.9% whilst that of domestic-oriented industries rose by 1.4% after 1997? The price hikes by the BN Federal government this year in sugar, petrol, power tariffs and road tolls has highlighted the sad fact that wages can not keep up with inflation. <\/p>\n
DAP proposes that the minimum monthly wage be increased to RM 1,100 combined with a grace period to SMEs for 5 years from extending to foreign workers, would help to increase income for 14.2 million Malaysian workers and help economic growth by protecting Malaysian SMEs. The minimum wage of RM 1,100 monthly is acceptable to Small and Medium Entreprises(SMEs) provided that it does not cover foreign workers. After the 5 years grace period, SMEs have to pay the minimum monthly wage to all foreign and local workers. <\/p>\n
Further Malaysia loses out when foreign workers send most of their money home. Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Ahmad Maslan told Parliament last month that remittances by legal foreign workers doubled from RM 10 billion in 2009 to almost RM20 billion last year. The top five countries that received remittances from Malaysia in 2012 are Bangladesh (RM3 billion), Indonesia (RM3 billion), Nepal (RM2 billion), India (RM625 million) and the Philippines (RM561 million).<\/p>\n
This RM20 billion foreign workers\u2019 remittances are expected to double when the minimum wage is fully applied to all foreign workers beginning 1.1.2014. Malaysian employers and employees should be looked after first by ensuring that employees enjoy a higher minimum monthly wage of RM 1,100 and giving SMEs, a grace period of at least 5 years for SMEs to adjust before extending this minimum wage to foreign workers.<\/p>\n
Unlike BN, the PR state government in Penang is proud that we did not increase business license fees, water rates, quit rent and assessment charges. To distract attention from the price hikes by the BN Federal government in sugar, petrol, power tariffs and road toll, BN stokes the fires of racial and religious hatred. We should not fall into BN\u2019s traps of economic mismanagement that has caused the people to suffer rising costs of living.<\/p>\n
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\nKenyataan Media Sempena Hari Thaipusam Setiausaha Agung DAP Lim Guan Eng dan Ahli Parlimen Bagan Di Pulau Pinang Pada 16.1.12014<\/p>\n
Jawatankuasa Khas Kabinet yang dipengerusikan oleh Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin bagi menangani Kos Sara Hidup tidak akan berhasil jika kerajaan BN hanya tahu meningkatkan harga barangan dan perkhidmatan tanpa meningkatkan gaji, khususnya gaji minimum kepada paras RM1,100 sebulan (dengan tempoh penangguhan 5 tahun untuk IKS bagi pekerja asing). Apakah ertinya kerajaan BN membelanjakan wang bagi mewujudkan sebuah makmal khas selama dua minggu mulai hari ini untuk mengkaji langkah meringankan beban rakyat apabila mereka tidak dapat memahami kenaikan harga bukan hanya melibatkan harga \u2018kangkung\u2019 semata-mata. Adakah kerajaan BN akan melantik perunding pakar lagi, sebagaimana RM7.2 bilion yang telah dibelanjakan sejak tahun 2008? Kegagalan untuk menangani masalah antara mengurangkan harga atau meningkatkan gaji akan menjadikan Jawatankuasa Khas ini umpama harimau tidak bertaring atau sembang kosong di kedai kopi yang penuh perkataan berbunga-bunga tanpa tindakan bagi meringankan beban kewangan rakyat.<\/p>\n Adakah Muhyiddin tidak tahu bahawa gaji benar (real wages) industri berorientasikan eksport meningkat sebanyak 1.9% manakala industri berorientasikan dalam negeri meningkat 1.4% selepas 1997? Kenaikan harga oleh kerajaan Persekutuan BN tahun ini yang melibatkan gula, petrol, tarif elektrik dan tol jalan raya telah mengukuhkan hakikat yang menyedihkan bahawa kadar upah tidak setara dengan inflasi.<\/p>\n DAP mencadangkan gaji bulanan minimum dinaikkan kepada RM1,100 dengan tempoh penangguhan kepada IKS selama 5 tahun untuk pekerja asing. Dasar ini akan membantu meningkatkan pendapatan 14.2 juta pekerja Malaysia dan membantu pertumbuhan ekonomi dengan melindungi IKS di Malaysia. Gaji bulanan minimum RM1,100 masih berpadanan bagi Industri Kecil dan Sederhana (IKS) dengan syarat ia tidak melindungi pekerja-pekerja asing. Selepas tamat tempoh 5 tahun penangguhan, IKS perlu membayar gaji bulanan minimum untuk semua pekerja, termasuk pekerja asing.<\/p>\n Tambahan pula, Malaysia sering kerugian apabila pekerja asing menghantar sebahagian besar wang mereka ke negara asal. Timbalan Menteri Kewangan, Datuk Ahmad Maslan memberitahu Parlimen bulan lalu bahawa wang yang dikirimkan oleh pekerja asing yang sah telah berganda daripada RM10 bilion pada tahun 2009 kepada hampir RM20 bilion pada tahun lepas. Lima negara yang paling banyak menerima kiriman wang dari Malaysia pada tahun 2012 adalah Bangladesh (RM3 bilion), Indonesia (RM3 bilion), Nepal (RM2 bilion), India (RM625 juta) dan Filipina (RM561 juta).<\/p>\n Kiriman wang RM20 bilion oleh pekerja asing ini dijangka bakal meningkat dua kali ganda apabila gaji minimum dilaksanakan sepenuhnya bagi semua pekerja asing bermula 1.1.2014. Keutamaan mestilah diberikan kepada majikan dan pekerja Malaysia dengan memastikan bahawa kakitangan menikmati gaji bulanan minimum yang lebih tinggi sebanyak RM1,100 dan memberi IKS tempoh penangguhan sekurang-kurangnya 5 tahun bagi membolehkan IKS membuat penyesuaian sebelum melanjutkan perlaksanaan gaji minimum ini kepada pekerja-pekerja asing.<\/p>\n Tidak seperti BN, kerajaan negeri PR di Pulau Pinang berbangga apabila kami tidak meningkatkan bayaran lesen perniagaan, kadar air, cukai tanah dan cukai taksiran. Bagi mengalihkan perhatian daripada kenaikan harga oleh kerajaan Persekutuan BN yang melibatkan gula, petrol, tarif elektrik dan tol jalan raya, BN mula mencetuskan api kebencian antara kaum dan agama. 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\nJawatankuasa Khas Kabinet yang dipengerusikan oleh Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin bagi menangani kos sara hidup tidak akan berhasil jika kerajaan BN hanya tahu meningkatkan harga barangan dan perkhidmatan tanpa meningkatkan gaji, khususnya gaji minimum kepada paras RM1,100 sebulan (dengan tempoh penangguhan 5 tahun untuk IKS bagi pekerja asing). Muhyiddin menggunakan banyak istilah-istilah akademik yang hebat tanpa menangani dua isu utama yang membimbangkan 28 juta rakyat Malaysia – Adakah BN akan mengurangkan harga atau meningkatkan gaji?<\/p>\n