"Dear readers before I go any further I want to make one point clear this is not a pro or anti political post it is about that people do not look further then the next bloody coconut tree"
- Why on earth are u telling resorts to close down their spa's and mention u are thinking to ban alcohol and pork items, just during the busiest period of the tourist season, simply because you want to prove a point to others. Well u don't have to be a very clever person to know that this will be in the International media in no time and than one week later to retract this and say o spa's in resorts are allowed again???? I doubt if those intelligent people are truly realizing what negative effect this stunt are . Well I can say this do not play your largest single source off income because if this income stop we will be all in big shit, it as simple as this.
- Demonstrations, why o why are people demonstrating after business hours or during the weekend, now this does not make sense at all. Is the purpose off a demonstration not to disrupt a certain business or ministry, etc. Example in France when the civil servants go on strike they do this during the week so people can not go to work, shops have to be closed actually business comes to a stand still. the effect is that sooner or later people have to listen simply because off the hugh loss for the economy. Ok I am not a big supporter for demonstration because they are enjoying and disrupting ordinaries peoples life. But if u demonstrate please do it at a time that it has effect and not in the middle off the night and distributing peoples lives.
- GST - It is official GST is introduced in the Maldives, which is good as the tax revenue can be used for the betterment off the people right, like healthcare, schools, etc. But this is what I don not understand why introducing GST of 3.5% in October, the 4th quarter of the financial year and than in January raise the same GST with 2,5% making it in total 6%. From a accounting standpoint it does not make sense to introduce a tax so late in a financial year, it would be much better to start with introducing a the tax in the beginning off the new financial year and why not introducing straight away 6%GST much simpler and less confusing for businesses and people. There are many related problems with the GST like some shops are charging 9,5% and they thought they have to add 6% to 3,5%, some retailers get charged GST when they buy goods at the wholesaler so the customer get charged at the end 12%. In my opinion this is not because people want to rib off other people intentionally, but it is a lack off communication and information before introducing GST. For example when Europe introduced the Euro there was a extensive campaign to inform people at the end u got so fed-up with it but it worked.
- Healthcare - since January there is free healthcare HOORAY honesty that is great. A friend off mine had a serious through infection and he did not go to see the doc for 4 days and it got worse by the day. I got angry and told him to go, he said but when I go I have to wait for hours and he mend it he waited more than 2 hours to see a doctor. I was amazed I know waiting is the norm here but so long. Than he mention u know we have that new free healthcare and some people just go to the hospital sometimes for noting, while when there are really ill people they have to wait for a unbearable time. So I was thinking about this and spoken with some friends who are doctors. Healthcare is a very good thing and it should be free to a certain extend. To a certain extend I mean not everything should be free as otherwise some people will make miss use off it. In addition, people should be well informed about what free healthcare is and what and how it works through TV adds, news paper, etc not just introducing it with little information given.
So these are just something I do not get, in my opinion it is all about using commonsense, communication and understanding what the effect is off your actions and yes please look further than the next coconut tree.
And dear readers that is how I c it
