As a subscriber who just renewed my expired subscription of Malaysiakini after reading your editorial about why Malaysiakini is not financially viable without paid subscriptions, I demand to know why the Bahasa version is accessible free of charge!
I can read both English and BM version without any difficulty so my support is in the hope that Malaysiakini will continue to give us the news that should have been published in the mainstream media but isn’t.
As far as I can recall, no Malay newspapers are free not even the printed edition of “Harakah” by PAS is free. It costs me RM2.50 which I willing paid to support its publication.
You should give your paying subscribers 10 good reasons why the Malay edition is free. I read on Susan Loone’s blog this comment:-
By the way, why does the bahasa malaysia version on Malaysiakini FREE?? The malay are so poor to subscribe? Or what???
What? The Bahasa version on Malaysiakini is free?? Mann, some readers wrote to Malaysiakini asking them to provide the service free and they posted 101 reasons why they can’t do it, which I believe some of the reasons given is quite valid. If only my Bahasa is up to a certain standard!!
Australia
http://sloone.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/denial-syndrome-of-malaysian-leaders/#more-870
There’s even no need to login. So we not only have to pay but we have to identify ourselves too!
Why the double standard? Why the debate?
Whether I choose to read an English, Chinese or Malay newspaper, I have to buy the paper so why not Malaysiakini?
Look forward to your response to all paying subscribers.
Best regards
Victor Chong
The above has been posted at: http://myproxus.vox.com
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