Our national leaders should exercise restraint in using public funds for unnecessary expenditure which will deplete our country's coffers. Using public funds to build 10 units of bungalows and a clubhouse for state exco members at a cost of RM40 million is a sheer waste of money.

It does not make economic sense to save RM1,000 per month on housing allowance for exco member by building bungalow units that cost a few million.

Half a century after Independence and with all our country's wealth at our disposal, our national leaders must ask themselves why we have come to this state of financial mismanagement.

Neighbouring countries like Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, although devoid of any natural resources, have accumulated far more wealth than us. The simple fact is that our leaders have failed to manage our natural resources with prudence, accountability and integrity.

Government projects are undertaken by contractors with close political connections and then farmed out at exorbitant cost. Thus, infrastructure and highways projects come with a guarantee for profits.

How can a country not suffer financially when projects costing only RM100 million are given out for RM200million? While private coffers fill to the brim, the country bleeds away to financial bankruptcy.

And like the Bukit Cahaya Seri Alam Agricultural Park scandal , when there is no longer any more prime land left for greedy politicians to alienate for themselves and their cronies, they will look to agricultural parks and gazetted forest reserves.

Malaysians as a whole must now rise up to demand a more transparent and honest government. If the government cannot meet our expectation then it's time for Malaysians seek a change in government.