Ex-prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said Malaysians "will not die if they do not use the US goods" and urged those working for US companies such as fast-food giant McDonalds to quit their jobs. "I hope Starbucks and McDonald's employees will stop working there," he told a crowd of 500 people who held a noisy protest outside the National Mosque after Friday prayers. "If you have the US dollar, please change to other currencies, or to our ringgit. When you stop using the US dollar its value will drop," Mahathir added. "They will become a bankrupt country and will not be able to produce weapons for Israel." The 82-year-old firebrand was a strident critic of the West during his two decades in power, and has continued to hit out since stepping down in 2003, seizing on the issue of conflict in the Middle East during his retirement.
Coca-Cola spoke out today against any boycott of its drinks and other US goods, saying it would only hurt the local economy and citizens."As everybody else, we are deeply touched by the human side of the situation in the Middle East," Kadri Taib, Coca-Cola Malaysia public affairs and communications director, said in a statement. It said the beverage company employs some 1,700 Malaysians, 60 percent of whom are Muslims. (Source: Quit your jobs, Dr M tells McDonald's, Starbucks workers)
I would really like to see Dr M leading by example. Please show all of us Malaysians that you have firstly, stopped using US goods and secondly, oh I forgot, you can't show what you do not have???????? So, ok lah, we trust that you only possess non-US currencies. Ringgit, dinar...
I seldom drink Coca-Cola. So, I won't die if I don't drink Coca-Cola. Perhaps, I will die faster if I drink Coca-Cola everyday. So, it's not about not using US goods but my health.
So, I agree with Dr M's first call that Malaysians "will not die if they do not use the US goods".
Coca-Cola spoke out today against any boycott of its drinks and other US goods, saying it would only hurt the local economy and citizens."As everybody else, we are deeply touched by the human side of the situation in the Middle East," Kadri Taib, Coca-Cola Malaysia public affairs and communications director, said in a statement. It said the beverage company employs some 1,700 Malaysians, 60 percent of whom are Muslims. (Source: Quit your jobs, Dr M tells McDonald's, Starbucks workers)
I would really like to see Dr M leading by example. Please show all of us Malaysians that you have firstly, stopped using US goods and secondly, oh I forgot, you can't show what you do not have???????? So, ok lah, we trust that you only possess non-US currencies. Ringgit, dinar...
I seldom drink Coca-Cola. So, I won't die if I don't drink Coca-Cola. Perhaps, I will die faster if I drink Coca-Cola everyday. So, it's not about not using US goods but my health.
So, I agree with Dr M's first call that Malaysians "will not die if they do not use the US goods".
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