Awang Adek who's been promised to be the Mentri Besar in Umno-led government in Kelantan if BN wins the election this Saturday was telling the folks there that there'll be multi-million development if mandate is given to BN.
You think the Kelantanese will buy that? BN can throw the whole country's budget into Kelantan but they're not bothered with physical development in their state.
Kelantan is a self-contained state. The Malays there are very enterprising. They're born to do business. They have their own industries - fishery, textile (batik, songket, silk), food (budu, keropok, salted fish), gold, woodworks etc unlike other states.
They're happy that business is thriving without the support of the Federal Government. They probably pay RM30 per month for a stall to hawk their goods. If they have to move to a nice, huge building with air-conditioning built by an Umno crony, they'll have to pay RM300 or even RM3,000 per month. They have to hike the price of their products and they'll find it difficult to pay the rent.
Because to BN, development means providing avenues to for Umno cronies to make a quick buck. BN, or Umno to be precise, is always on the lookout for opportunities to enrich their families and friends.
If BN wants to win in Kelantan, it should use a different approach. The word "development" in Kelantan is cliche. It should offer Kelantan "pembangunan ummah" or human development. That is the true sense of development.
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