Year 2012
Moratorium hukuman mati
Kenyataan Media Moratorium hukuman mati 1. Kami, ahli-ahli parlimen dari pelbagai parti dengan kapaciti peribadi, menyambut baik cadangan Kerajaan melalui Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz, Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, berkenaan moratorium hukuman mati sementara kajian semula dijalankan. 2. Pengumuman ini bersependapat dengan ketetapan Mesyuarat…
World Bank’s Report on Malaysian Minimum Wages
In view of the near-nonsensical discussion in the media on minimum wage by Barisan Nasional elected representatives, I decided to release my copy of a confidential report by the World Bank to the Malaysian Government entitled “Optimal design for a minimum wage policy in Malaysia.”…
Minimum wage: unsubstantiated statements by Chua Tee Yong and Chua Soi Lek
Media statement by Liew Chin Tong, DAP MP for Bukit Bendera, on Sunday 7th October 2012 Minimum wage: unsubstantiated statements by Chua Tee Yong and Chua Soi Lek MCA President Dr Chua Soi Lek and his son Deputy Agriculture Minister Chua Tee Yong should debate…
Pakatan’s Comprehensive labour policy reforms aim to uplift the nation
The BN Youth Chief clearly needs some lessons macro-economics. While Barisan Nasional Youth can tolerate corruption and wastages to the tune of billions but it is a crime from the BN Youth Chief’s point of view when Pakatan tries to improve workers’ share of national…
The Government is Insincere about GST
As far as the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) is concerned, the Barisan Nasional has turned lying into an art form in the 2013 Budget. On the one hand, the Finance Minister desires to assure the financial sector that the federal government has…
Kerajaan Tidak Ikhlas Tentang Cukai Barang dan Perkhidmatan (GST)
Kerajaan Barisan Nasional jelas tidak ikhlas dalam pelaksanaan Cukai Barang dan Perkhidmatan (GST), malah kelihatan seperti menggunakan tipu helah untuk mengaburkan pelaksanaan ini di dalam Bajet 2013 yang baru dibentang minggu lalu. Menteri Kewangan jelas ingin meyakinkan sektor kewangan bahawa kerajaan persekutuan mampu untuk meneruskan…