Entry: malaysia's style of mathemathics. Monday, January 22, 2007



QUESTION 1
If you drive from Kuala Lumpur to
Penang along the PLUS Highway and
there are four speed traps along the
way, and if each speed trap would cost
you RM300.00 in fines, how much in
fines would you accumulate by the time
you reach Penang ?


ANSWER

1. I would not suffer any fines as the
oncoming cars would flash their
headlights and I would slow down
before coming to the speed trap.


2. I would only need to pay a total of
RM80.00 as I would pay a RM20.00 bribe
at each speed trap.


3. I would not be stopped as I am an
UMNO Wakil Rakyat so I am exempted
from speed traps.


QUESTION 2
If your Bumiputera company is awarded
a RM150 million government contract,
and you make a 20% profit, how much
profit would be at the end of the
contract period?



ANSWER
1. I will not be making a 20% profit
as I would have to pay the Minister
10% and UMNO 5%.


2. I would make 30% profit, which is
the progress payment I receive, after
which I will abandon the project and
let the government call for re-tender.


3. My company will not make any profit
at all as I will siphon out all the
profits and show a loss to avoid
paying corporate tax.



QUESTION 3
If the ruling party obtained 54% of
the popular votes the last election
and won 151 or 80% of the seats, and
if it saw an increase of 10% in votes
this election, how many more seats
would it gain?


ANSWER
1. The ruling party will not show a
10% increase in votes, as it will
stuff the ballot box with another 20%
to give it a 30% vote increase.


2. The ruling party will win the newly
created seats in the delineation
exercise recently done.


3. The ruling party has already
decided it will win 90% of the seats
and the votes have nothing to do with
it.

QUESTION 4
If the national petroleum company,
Petronas, pays a 5% royalty to
Terengganu State and if the amount
paid is RM800,000,000 per year, how
much should Petronas have in the bank
accumulated over the last 25 years?



ANSWER


1. Nobody is supposed to know as
Petronas need not show its accounts to
anyone except the Prime Minister and
this information comes under the
Official Secrets Act.


2. Petronas earns only 50% of its
petroleum revenue from Terengganu so
Petronas' total income accumulated in
the banks over 25 years should be
RM800 billion.


3. Petronas has nothing accumulated in
the bank as all the money has been
spent bailing out companies and
financing mega projects .



QUESTION 5


If the sentence for murder in our
Malaysian court is 30 years, how many
years would the man actually serve if
20% is reserved for good behaviour in
jail?


ANSWER
1. If the person is a V VIP he would
be aquitted because the key witness
suddenly cannot be found


2. If the person is a V VIP & high
profile politician, he would not even
be charged or suspected of murder
because he cooperated 100% with the
police to catch the 'real' murderer


3. If the person is a VIP he would
serve 5 years in jail with full luxury
as his home and holding meetings daily
outside the prison

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