Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki on 5G, Digital Nasional Bhd : Hati Syaitan!!!

is a popular metal song featured in the epic 1986 Battle of The Band's  album, which featured Sofea,  arguably the best Malay metal band , whose on stage antics led to near riots in Penang in the same year and a ban on rock concerts by the Malaysian government.

UMNO Youth leader Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki attempts a  pot shot on the Prime Minister Ismail Sabri backed  Digital Nasional Bhd,  that falls short and exposes the 46 year old's  lack of  depth.

Durjana kau punya angkara
Mengalih setiap pandangan manusia
Yang benar kau palsukan
Tugasmu seumpama syaitan
Kau membenci sesama sendiri
Kelakuan menurut nafsu hati

EMBARRASSING ,  but below is  what Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki  wrote on his Facebook.  UMNO ONLINE has the story .  READ : MNO bersaing secara kompetetif dengan kos yang OPTIMUM dan menjana hasil berbilion ringgit kepada rakyat melalui cukai korporat,”.

OPTIMUM?, REALLY??? . Is that why, Tutela,  an independent crowdsourced data company with a global panel of over 300 million smartphone users, in a 2020 report,  placed Malaysia's  mobile internet connection experience at the bottom tier at the global and regional level? READ : We deserve better : Disgrace as Tutela report ranks Laos, ahead of Malaysia.

ASYRAF Wajdi Dusuki states READ : Hasil pungutan bayaran pajakan tidak terus ke kantung Kerajaan tetapi ke DNB yang sebahagian besar sahamnya dimiliki oleh pihak swasta yang bakal memperoleh keuntungan besar.

AS of today,  Digital Nasional Bhd is 100 per cent ,  owned by the government and any planned sale stake is for the Government to recoup its investment todate.  Nobody is being given a free stake here and the government will still have a minimum 30 per cent stake.

THE National Digital Infrastructure Lab (NDIL)  which developed the National Digital Network Plan (JENDELA) in PLAIN and CLEAR states for JENDELA to suceed, states and local authorities should provide their blanket approval for digital infrastructure development. Giving such blanket approval to a non government control entity will be MADNESS. READ : Internet access should be treated as a basic need and thus digital infrastructure should be planned, deployed, and run as public utilities.

ON, the issue that telcos paying taxes,  which in turn is plugged back by the Government to the people,  ONE do not need a PhD or to be a book worm to figure out , that under any 5G model,  the telcos still MUST and WILL pay TAX .

COULD this lack of depth,  be the reason why Ismail Sabri had to look beyond Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki,  and rope in his deputy into the Government  for advise on financial and economic matters?  READ : Shahril Sufian Hamdan appointed economic director @ PMO

Mysejahtera How It Ends : Bukalah Hatimu

is a track from M Nasir's 1993 Canggung Mendonan,  which was partially recorded in Australia.  The album is regarded as one of the best  Malay album of the 21st century  by a male, solo recording artist.

ISMAIL Sabri has a lot in common with M Nasir, as both share a deep appreciation  of  the Malay language, as well as starting their careers,  with very low public expectations.

VERY few recall, that before he was M Nasir, he was Mohammed MN,  whoes debut 1979 album Untuk Pencinta Seni flopped.

ISMAIL Sabri, Prime Minister of Malaysia,  BUKA LAH HATIMU  while you still have the time, because no one knows when will the straw fall on the camel and break its back. 

Kita diperdayakan
Dalam permainan dalang tua
Bukalah hatimu
Pada kebenaran
Kerna kebenaran
Ada di dalam
Haruskah kita sama menyertai
Skim kehancuran ini
Bukalah hatimu
Pada kebenaran

WHEN and not if the tide changes,  the consequences will be borne by Barisan Nasional  when the nation goes to poll.

MySEJAHTERA , and MYSJ Sdn Bhd are extremely UNPOPULAR with Malaysians.  Just look at the number of people using it these days. VIEW : MyWhiteElephant : Numbers Tell The Greedy Story of MySejahtera. As of June, less than 160,000 people using MySejahtera, as opposed to 34 million people on Dec 4th 2021

HOW much of these anger,  coupled with the misguided  plan to revive the GST,  inflation,  unemployment  will eventually zero in on the watch  and clothes the Prime Minister wears  is a forgone conclusion.

KILL MYSEJAHTERA now,  because working class Malaysia won't accept that the Mimos chairman Shahril Samsuddin was first lucky in Sapura , and now with MySejahtera. 

NOR,  will the UMNO rank and file see the wisdom of Khairy  Jamaluddin, an UMNO minister going out of his way to make life easy for his BERSATU rival Megat Najmuddin. 

CHANGE while there is still time to make a change or go into polls knowing thar some 30 million Malaysians,  NO 2 MySejahtera!.

5G Ready : Banyak Bunyi!

is the chart topping Malay  single by EDM duo,  DJ Mono & Dj Awad.  Boonyi was formed in 2011,  but after the success of its single,  the group has not been active.

ACTIVE is what we need  because being almost active is just another word for USELESS.

WHAT the heck is 5G READY?  Can  the likes of Maxis,  DiGi and U Mobile  claim to be 5G Ready,  happily selling 5G  phones, but are absent in Digital Nasional Bhd's road map?

Jangan nak banyak bunyi
Bila cakap bohong
Banyak omong kosong
Duduk bawah tempurung
Dia banyak bunyi
Perjalanan pun terpesong
Tak perlu diusung
Tak perlu disanjung
Bunyi kau bunyi tong.

5G Ready is absolutely empty vessel, just like the CIMB Research report yesterday.  READ : June deadline may be extended.

CIMB which in 2016,  was caught up in  READ :  CIMB Roasted By The STAR, for It's coverage on Unleashing The Giant in Vivocom  ,might be on same track this year.

THE report on the June dateline states :

1. THERE is also talk in the industry that the percentages in the DNB stake sale offered to telcos may not be substantial enough to equity account.

2 A typical merger and acquisition deal probably takes at least a couple of months to do, as it involves an agreed term sheet, the need to undertake due diligence, finalisation of agreements and thereafter the completion of the deal.

HELLO , analyst,  we Malaysians do not live on trees,  therefore we know what you obviously  don't know or pretend not to know the reality on the ground.

IF cannot equity account,  then directors can make a call under normal course of business instead of  stupidly assuming a less than 5 per cent stake is a merger and acquisition  deal.

REBELIOUS 3 of 5 G : The Times Are A Changin

is the first album by Bob Dylan to feature only original compositions  by the nobel laureate . The 1964 recording is an unbeatable classic and is regarded as one of the finest work by Dylan.

IF the former group editor of Business  Times Ahirudin Attan is spot on that READ  Shazalli Ramly could be back in Celcom, then the likes of Digi, Maxis and U Mobile better watch their backs.

Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth savin'
And you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'

SHAZALLI, is the guy who built Celcom's Mobile Virtual Network Operator  virtually from scratch to a billion ringgit revenue  churner for Celcom. 

THOSE in the industry won't be foolish to take Shazalli as a joke this time around.  There were plenty of laughters,  when Shazalli, a green horn CEO  in 2016 at Celcom's lowest ebb said READ : The Blue is Back, We are changing the way we work.

IF indeed he is at the helm of Celcom,  then the MVNO's are gonna have a gala 5G time while Digi can look forward to the opposite.

Wee Ka Siong. Taniah

Taniah, Wee Ka Siong... Harga tambang Grab Hari ini Turun mendadak. 

Menteri macam ini lah kita mahu. Syabas & Thank You

Another Brick In The Wall, Ismail Sabri : Bull's EYE

Is a song from Earl Edgar D'souza which was released in 2007.  As far as I know the  song didn't chart anywhere but the lyrics are relevant to Malaysia today .

ANOTHER Brick In The Wall has hit the Bull's Eye on Prime Minister Ismail Sabri.  As we know, following the ill advised move to ban chicken exports to our Southern neighbour,  READ : Singapore now is importing 10 times more chicken from Thailand

You Got To Survive...

You Got To Hit The Bull's Eye

You Got To Survive

You Got To Hit The Bull's Eye

You Got To Hit The Bull's Eye

EVEN the King is concerned. READ : Address food security crisis immediately,

SO what is it , ANOTHER Brick In The Wall  has hit  the Bull's EYE on?  Well, can Ismail Sabri be the poster boy for Barisan Nasional in a general election if the chicken and inflation crisis is not handled with care? 

 CAN he?  Personally, I don't think so,. although I know he is trying his best.

Wee Ka Siong : R E S P E C T

Is a 1967 rework by Aretha Franklin  of soul legend Otis Redding's 1965 break through hit.  The song would go on to be Whitney Houston's aunt signature tune.

AIRASIA did not listen to him, to reimburse passengers it took money from for flights it could not honour due to Covid 19.

GRAB fares are still high, which goes to show Malaysia what they really think of a meeting with Wee Ka Siong. 

OKAY, we can put those two incidents down to commercial decisions and not a lack off RESPECT.

Just a little bit

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Find out what it means to me

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Take care, TCB, oh

A little respect

BUT how about this put down for Wee Ka Siong READ: Approval for the ‘railway scheme’ is under the responsibility of the Land Public Transport Agency which is an agency under the Ministry of Transport