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Utusan Malaysia on Astro- Keng Yaik "Don't watch if you don't like it"

2007-05-06T11:09:00.000+08:00

Utusan Malaysia today reports the reaction of subscribers and consumer association on the increment subsciption fee to Rm 15 per month.

Too much and it is a burden . To the 2.20million subscribers , it is a big for price for them to swallow.They think that the action is just to get excessively a lot of profits.

For sure , the subscriber has no other choice but to pay the new price.

Ministry of Energy , Water and Telecomunication who is responsible for the private TV stations can't do anything as they can't absorb the loss burdened by Astro.

"Don't watch Astro , if you don't like it" said the Minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik

Comments/ Questions:

If the questions applies to everything , we will go back to the stone hunting era.

If it applies to cooking oil, are we going to be hanibals?

If it applies to rice , then there is no KFC advertisement ," Never eat rice ah?"

So back to the basic , what choice do we have?

I think if you open up , more players will come and even more Malaysian enterpreneur will emerge.

Utusan Malaysia- Superstar Anita met cronic patient brother and sister

2007-05-05T20:43:00.000+08:00

Utusan Malaysia reports that Superstar Anita Sarawak met the cronic patient Atikah Md Nizam 13 years old and Ahmad Nazmi Md Nizam 8 years old .

Atikah was too tired during her visit and was bedridden since last Wed.
Atikah loves Anita's cooking programme.
Eventhough the Superstar is very busy preparing her concert in Bangkok, she took her time to visit the siblings.
The sibling's mom , Hamidah Abdul Aziz said they need money for medicines and follow up treatment as her husband is only just a helper at Dewan Bandaraya KL .
They also requested help from Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat for a mechanical wheel chair but until today there is no news from the department.

Comments:

Good job Anita! You are real superstar. Only God will rewards you.
For those who wants to help the siblings please call their mother Pn Hamidah at 019 341 5742

Utusan Malaysia - Astro will increase the subscription fee

2007-05-05T20:18:00.000+08:00

Utusan Malaysia reports today that Astro will increase the subscription fee from Rm 5 to Rm 15 per month due to rising programming costs in the past three years which the company had been absorbing.
Now increament which effect immediately for new clients will take into effect from June 1st for existing clients.
There are 2.02 millions Astro subscriber or 36.5 % from the total househols in Malaysia. Of these subscriber 990,000 are Malays.
The anouncement came 1 day after the tycoon Ananda Krishnan anounced to buy back the Maxis shares which will cost him Rm 39.9billion.Astro also owned by Ananda Krishnan.

Opinion/Questions

Is the increament has anything to do with the private buy out?
If it is ,it looks like the citizen of Malaysia will finance the private buy out of Maxis.
Haven't we learn anything from these type of deals. At first, the corporate would ask for the licence and rights in the name of the nation building. Once got it , they ask the non profitable venture to be return back to the government . They will keep the profitable ventures and worst still, they increase the consumer's cost. What can we say? Looks around us at the broadcasting and our domestic and rural aviation industries.

Any comment?

2007-05-05T14:26:00.000+08:00

Welcome to the Utusan Malaysia Review Blog .

This is not an official blog of Utusan Malaysia but a platform for anyone to review the daily newspaper articles . Give your honest and straight to the point of view. I am sure a lot of fellow Malaysian who like a balance and neutral point of view. Let the people decides BUT please NO SLANDERING!!!We are Malaysian!