I also want to be government supplier

Read this piece from Malaysiakini and makes me feel that the lucky supplier is laughing his way to the bank.

Touch screen PC! The government is so generous to let all MPs, 222 of them, to experience the Touch sensation!

But wait..... Do you really need keyboard and mouse for a touch screen device? Or do the government understand what touch screen is all about?

Ok. Now the best part:

80GB hard drive costs RM320!

Holly shit! You can get a 500GB hard drive in Low Yat Plaza at as low as RM160.

If I am the supplier, I can supply 500GB hard drive for RM320 and still make 100% profit from street price.

So whoever approved the purchase, let me be your supplier and I can share with you 1/2 the profit!

Translated by yours truly:

Minister in the Prime Minister's department, in charge of Parliamentary Affair, Nazri, in his written reply stating that the new touch screen computers recently installed costs RM11,916 per unit.

另一方面，兼管国会事务的纳兹里在另一份书面回答中表示，本季国会才开始启用的新触屏式电脑，每架花费是1万1916令吉。

He was answering question raised by MP Fong Poh Kuan, saying that the original cost of each touch screen PC is RM11,233, excluding other accessories such as keyboard.

他在回答冯宝君的提问时说，该触屏式电脑的原价是每架1万1233令吉，但只有电闸等安装设置，不包括键盘等附加硬件。

"a keyboard, mouse, and keyboard tray cost the Government RM320, an 80GB hard drive costs RM363, thus a complete unit of touch screen PC is RM11,916."

“一套键盘、滑鼠及托架的花费是320令吉，一个80GB的硬盘价格是363令吉，所以整架触屏式电脑的价格是1万1916令吉。”


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