The Enigm@ Chronicles

I find it downright perplexing to see the chasm of a difference between the political issues that have been in the limelight. Take for instance the recent harping by certain parties on the Pig Farm Project issue in Selangor vs. the Malaysian "Angkasawan" program .

On one hand we have a R&D cum glorified tourist program, the Malaysia Astronaut Program where USD 36 million of Malaysian taxpayers monies were utilized to send 1 Malaysian into space. That’s right all that money for 1 guy. Ostensibly there were 6 space experiments to be done that would apparently launch Malaysia into the space R&D field. What the outcome of the experiments were we still have yet to hear about it. Any tangible benefit from the experiments will be years in bearing fruit whilst the regular joe rakyat today will be facing issues like rising prices. The program was for pure political mileage in my opinion.

On the other hand you have the Modern Pig Farm project in Selangor. Here is a project that has attract a fair bit of attention recently - be it positive, negative and sometime spiteful. However when you dissect the project plans you’ll find that that baring some minor administrative costs the entire project is self-reliant in terms of private funding and only requires the approval of the state government in terms of the land allocation. Yet when this zero-burden project is given the green light we have the naysayers coming out and telling the PR Selangor government off for their decision.

Have these people lost their common sense?
Are they too fixated on the religious side of the issue instead of the overall outlook?

Understandably, any issue concerning pigs in this country will certainly be considered as an important issues in lieu of the religious concerns of the national religion. However I have to wonder up till where does religious concerns matters when place side by side against extravagant taxpayers monies wastage as seen with the Angkasawan program. As the times start to experience economic uncertainty, I find myself worried sick that more wasteful programs similar to the Angkasawan program will be enacted by the government.

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