Monday, October 13, 2008

Government Tender in Malaysia

Joke taken from Malaysiatoday by a forummer name: asiseesty, with some slight modification by me.

At a project tender interview...
Tenderer 1 Interviewer: Your bid is 3 million. How do you justify your tender sum?
Korean tenderer: 1 million for labour, 1 million for materials and 1 million for expenses and a little profit.
Interviewer: Ok. Thank you.

Next! Tenderer 2
Interviewer: Your bid is 6 million. How do you justify your tender sum?
Japanese tenderer: 2 million for labour, 2 million for materials and 2 million for expenses and a little profit.
Interviewer: Ok. Thank you.

Next! Tenderer 3
Interviewer: Your bid is 9 million. This is way above everyone else. How do you justify your tender sum?
Malaysian tenderer: 3 million for YOU, 3 million for ME, and we get the Koreans to do it for 3 million.

At the end of the day, "Letter of Intent" (LOI) was issued to Tenderer 3...Malaysia Boleh!

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