Malaysian State Chief Minister in Y - top respect

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YAB Lim Guan Eng - I salute you for not wasting public funds.

I'm very sure as Chief Minister for a state in Malaysia he'd be entitled to J domestically.

P.s. The "ning" referred to in the thread is Ning Baizura. Supposedly a celebrity here in Malaysia, but I don't like her voice. Too nasal, you could say a little too Streisand. I like the one and only Barbara. The rest are just wannabes.

Dato Lim... u have my utmost respect in flying Y. Because there is nearly no difference in flying MH J or Y apart from getting to emplan and deplane 1st. Having done so many shuttles from JHB to KUL onboard MH myself, I don't see any benefits of paying more to sit in J (F they call it for the matter). Mind you I have a big butt. The CM is prudent in saving $$$

[Snaffled]

Its fine if he wants to travel economy (and clearly a populist choice) but like "acey", I don't think it's necessarily a good thing in terms of the job he does.

[flo]

there was a public uproar when our PM was upgraded from Y to C from BKK to VIE both ways (!) and he previously accused a politician from the previous coalition of unfair behavior when he let himself upgrade to C

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Not bad- here in Germany even our minister of the environment defends his right to fly on private jet (Ok, he's too fat for Y anyway )

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I'm very sure as Chief Minister for a state in Malaysia he'd be entitled to J domestically.

The real test is if he chooses to fly Y on International sectors > 6hrs.

[SQflyergirl]

What are rombongans and kaum kerabats ? They sound like fruit!

They ARE fruit.

it's either that or

rombongan = group
Kaum kerabat (diraja) = royalty

my Malay is rusty - so could be either one

[acey]

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YAB Lim Guan Eng - I salute you for not wasting public funds.

Although it was a good gesture of Lim Guan Eng to fly on Y class, I feel that it is not an important KPI of being a Minister.
If it is possible to recruit Ministers who are very capable, and at the same time, don't mind flying Y class, stay in budget hotels and receive a modest pay check - Great !
But in reality, you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Might be better to recruit someone who demands top dollar, but can deliver the results.

[jhm]

What are rombongans and kaum kerabats ? They sound like fruit!

[SQflyergirl]

http://www.usj.com.my/bulletin/uploa...ad.php?t=22867

YAB Lim Guan Eng - I salute you for not wasting public funds.

I'm very sure as Chief Minister for a state in Malaysia he'd be entitled to J domestically.

P.s. The "ning" referred to in the thread is Ning Baizura. Supposedly a celebrity here in Malaysia, but I don't like her voice. Too nasal, you could say a little too Streisand. I like the one and only Barbara. The rest are just wannabes.