Held to ransom by little Napoleons

REFERRING to the letter “Misuse of phones in schools” ( The Star, April 11), I fully concur with the views of the writer.

Teachers are given free mobile phones which they have no choice but to accept, and they have to become part of the school’s “official chat group”.

If they don’t want to be part of the chat group, they would be left out of the school’s information loop. The issue here, as explained by the writer, is the abuse of the system by the school administrators who send out directives and documents through WhatsApp to teachers after school hours, during weekends and even public holidays.

Why do they need to send out directives to teachers after working hours, during public holidays or on weekends?

Why can’t these directives be given during school hours?

The school administrators behave like Little Napoleons and think they own the teachers, who are obliged to keep their phones on all the time just to receive their directives.

The Education Ministry needs to seriously look into this matter. THE Malaysian Aviation Commission (MavCom), as the local regulatory body for economic and commercial matters related to civil aviation, should make it mandatory for airlines to give a breakdown of the taxes and fees levied on flight bookings irrespective of whether they are domestic or international.

I tried to book a return flight to Penang at the end of last month but the taxes and fees charged by the carrier were almost 50% of the base fare, which shocked me.

The breakdown of taxes and fees charged was not shown either. What was shown was the total base fare for the return flight and the total taxes and fees charged.

The amount for GST and passenger service charge (PSC) levied for the return flight was also not shown.

Instead, the GST and PSC were lumped together under taxes and fees.

I am not wrong in saying that it is mandatory for the airline to indicate the amount of GST and PSC charged. Airlines must be transparent with their charges.

The GST goes to the Government and PSC to Malaysian Airports Holdings Berhad as the manager and operator of airports in the country, with the exception of Subang.

Travellers have a right to know what they are paying for.