Terengganu village folk recall an easier life under Dr Mahathir


Zulkifli Sulong

Fishermen at a village in Seberang Takir, Terengganu, repairing their fishing nets. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, March 22, 2018.

DESPITE the seeming dominance of Barisan Nasional and PAS in Terengganu, the rural folk of this coastal state blame Putrajaya’s cuts on subsidies and the Goods and Services Tax for the rising cost of living.

They measure their cost of living by the price of fish and other necessities, as well as the amount they get in welfare aid, which has been reduced.


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  • People who complain that they get less money from the present government than they did from the previous government basically want more money from the present government, not a new government.... if these people are the enthusiast for change the opposition is expecting to give them a ride to putrajaya, the opposition is not going to be going anywhere , at least in the near future ....

    Posted 6 years ago by Nehru Sathiamoorthy