There were no untoward incidents during the May Day celebrations yesterday as earlier feared. There were no strikes or demonstrations and Malaysians celebrated their long weekend holiday travelling and resting. However, workers in other Asian and European countries 'celebrated' this holiday by hitting the streets and participated in 'peaceful rallies', mostly asking for better wages and more condusive working conditions.
This actually shows you two things about Malaysians; 1) they are better off than their counterparts in other countries and 2) Malaysians really know how to enjoy a good holiday. Either that or Malaysians are just too care-free to bother but personally, I prefer to think we are the former rather than the latter.
Union leaders took this opportunity to call on the Government to provide workers with a better deal, with Cuepacs requesting for civil servants to be paid 13 months a year instead of the current 12 months.
Some wierd and interesting news that made it to today's papers:
This actually shows you two things about Malaysians; 1) they are better off than their counterparts in other countries and 2) Malaysians really know how to enjoy a good holiday. Either that or Malaysians are just too care-free to bother but personally, I prefer to think we are the former rather than the latter.
Union leaders took this opportunity to call on the Government to provide workers with a better deal, with Cuepacs requesting for civil servants to be paid 13 months a year instead of the current 12 months.
Some wierd and interesting news that made it to today's papers:
- Conflicting views on the significance of Thursday
- Granny picks up computer skills
- Man takes out notice to say sorry
- Muhyiddin: Grads not interested in agriculture
- India may get Disneyland
- Concern over rise in thefts of handphones
- Residents irate over kidnap hoax
- Superhero creator settles with Marvel
hope u had a good holiday...i didn't get to rest, busy with work...and guess who i saw?your boss...yikes! :)
ReplyDeleteHad a so-so one. Did you say HI to him? ;)
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