{"id":21524,"date":"2021-05-24T13:43:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T05:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/?p=21524"},"modified":"2021-05-24T20:12:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T12:12:50","slug":"dont-blame-the-people-if-the-government-policies-are-seen-as-stupid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/dont-blame-the-people-if-the-government-policies-are-seen-as-stupid\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t blame the people if government policies are seen as \u201cSTUPID\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In his public address yesterday on television and through social media, the Prime Minister said that it was okay for the public to scold \u201cStupid Prime Minister\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not sure if the PM was trying to score sympathy points with the public but I don\u2019t think this is an appropriate public response to the increasing number of COVID19 positive cases in Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please don\u2019t blame the public for being frustrated if the policies or Standard Operating Procedures announced by certain Ministers are seen as \u201cstupid\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/itsdsyaza\/status\/1396318183234043905\n<\/div>
The hashtag #kerajaanbodoh was trending over the weekend. Since the PN government came into power, the hashtags #kerajaangagal and #MuhyiddinOut have been trending periodically<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For example, in the latest tightening of the Movement Control Order (MCO) 3.0, the  following three policies do not make sense to me and probably to the larger public as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firstly, the restriction on businesses including eateries to operate only until 8pm at night. This will have the effect of making people crowd at the restaurants and mamak stores which are doing take away close to the closing time of 8pm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/nishanneymessi\/status\/1396336143973568512\n<\/div>
Netizens took to social media to poke fun at the government over the recent SOPs<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, it will also endanger the food deliverers on motorcycles (Food Panda and Grab Food, just to name two of the more popular food delivery options) as they rush to fulfil the final orders nearing 8pm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Why not extend the operating hours of restaurants for the take out option until 10pm so that such a rush does not occur just before 8pm? Pardon my language, this is a really STUPID policy or SOP.<\/em><\/strong>” – Dr. Ong Kian Ming<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Secondly, reducing the capacity of public transportation by 50% will increase the crowding effect of those taking public transport. This will INCREASE the probability of COVID19 spread especially in physical distancing is not possible in crowded public transportation options such as the LRT, MRT and buses especially in the Klang Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thirdly, reducing the civil service capacity to just 20% will likely increase the queues and waiting lines for those who have no choice but to go to government offices to process documents, pay fees and other government related transactions, especially if they don\u2019t have the capacity to do all of these things online!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, dear Prime Minister, if you are able to work together with your key Ministers to come up with SOPs which are science based and which make sense, then I am sure that none of us will ever dream of calling you or anyone else in your administration STUPID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Ong Kian Ming<\/strong>
MP for Bangi<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In his public address yesterday on television and through social media, the Prime Minister said that it was okay for the public to scold \u201cStupid Prime Minister\u201d. I\u2019m not sure if the PM was trying to score sympathy points with the public but I don\u2019t think this is an appropriate public response to the increasing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[344],"tags":[367,1574,1504,501,536,285,422,1820],"class_list":["post-21524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-highlights","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-sop","tag-covid-19-vaccine","tag-dr-ong-kian-ming","tag-muhyiddin-yassin","tag-ong-kian-ming","tag-perikatan-nasional","tag-stupid-pm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21524"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21538,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21524\/revisions\/21538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}