http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/01/28/another-luxury-jet-for-the-pembesar/ hope is like a mist before the morning sunrise of reality... Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:34:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/01/28/another-luxury-jet-for-the-pembesar/comment-page-1/#comment-30532 ages Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:08:00 +0000 http://blog.urbanreality.net/2007/01/28/another-luxury-jet-for-the-pembesar/#comment-30532 Over the years we had already financed the purchase of four such aircraft – a Boeing Business Jet, a Bombardier Global Express, a Dassault Falcon 900B and a Fokker F-28.They are still flying and we are paying for their maintenance and operation by the VIP No2 Squadron of Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) in Subang.Have we, the taxpayers and voters, decided to purchase another luxury jet for them? I don't know about you, but I can't recall making such a decision.So I am surprised when I was told that our government – one that we voted in with massive mandate in 2004 and to whom we pay all kinds of taxes, fees and duties – had bought yet another luxury jet. Over the years we had already financed the purchase of four such aircraft – a Boeing Business Jet, a Bombardier Global Express, a Dassault Falcon 900B and a Fokker F-28.They are still flying and we are paying for their maintenance and operation by the VIP No2 Squadron of Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) in Subang.Have we, the taxpayers and voters, decided to purchase another luxury jet for them? I don’t know about you, but I can’t recall making such a decision.So I am surprised when I was told that our government – one that we voted in with massive mandate in 2004 and to whom we pay all kinds of taxes, fees and duties – had bought yet another luxury jet.

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