My Cat Says #12: Now Everyone Can Be a Pahlawan

Believe it or not, I can read my cats' mind. Why "catS"? Because I have two cats and neighbourhood cats come home for meals -- it's similar to a Soup Kitchen, but for Cats -- and they talk to me too.

Here's what my cat Princess said to me this afternoon after reading the news with me. Frankly, I've not seen her look into my eyes so seriously. This means she means dead serious business and it's best to hear her out...

"Mama, our country is in deep shit. Can you imagine, our new government Pakatan Hahapan has to set up a fund for Malaysians wishing to contribute towards settling the nation's s-t-a-g-g-e-r-i-n-g debt caused by the previous regime of 60 years. Our Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the fund would be called Tabung Harapan Malaysia (Hope Fund). Watch this video...

Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng revealed that apart from the RM686.8 billion official debt figure, Putrajaya also had to foot an additional RM199.1 billion in government guarantees for entities that could no longer service their loans, as well as another RM201.4 billion for public-private partnership (PPP) lease payments.

This brought the total debt commitment to more than RM1 trillion. Did you know there are 12 zeros in a trillion. It looks like this - RM1,000,000,000,000.

Lim said the Hope Fund, which will be managed by the Finance Ministry, was set up to provide a systematic and transparent platform for the contributions.

“The nature of donations and contributions are restricted to cash denominated in our local currency (ringgit) only. “All contributions should be deposited into Malayan Banking Bhd, account number 566010626452,” Lim added in the statement.

WOW! Isn't this great? To save our country, this means,

"Now Every Malaysian can be a Patriot!"

Afterthought: Like it or not, my Princess is right. Let us lend a hand, contribute RM10 (or more according to your means) to show PM and PH we care and love our country enough to save our country together.

We sink or swim together,

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