Month September 2014
Cara untuk tangguh GST: Bayar rakyat untuk guna bas
Apabila saya melontarkan soalan “bolehkah kita bayar rakyat supaya mereka menaiki bas?” lantas dibalas dengan jawapan “tidak!”. Namun seandainya kita meneliti dengan lebih mendalam, barangkali pengangkutan awam (terutamanya bas memandangkan pengangkutan jenis lain lebih menelan kos dan memakan masa untuk direalisasikan) yang ditampung dana awam…
Our love affair with cars will cause more road deaths
It seems that the Government, the banks, the housing developers and the middle class are all in love with the automobile culture. The problem is, the ubiquitous existence of motorcycles and world’s highest per capita road deaths are clear signs of public policy failure. A…
How to delay GST implementation: Government pays people to take buses
When I ask “Can we pay people to take bus?”, many instantly replied with a big “No”! But if we delve deeper, publicly funded public transport (specifically buses as other modes are costlier to fund and too slow to materialise) may be the answer to…
Agenda Melayu bukan hanya identiti
Kepada semua ahli PAS yang bermuktamar di Johor, sekali lagi saya ucapkan selamat datang ke Johor Darul Takzim. Pada minggu lalu, saya telah menulis tentang betapa pentingnya untuk PAS memahami realiti politik di pantai barat Semenanjung Malaysia, terutamanya Johor. Matlamat menawan Putrajaya hanya boleh dicapai…
Causeway toll wars creating a “wall” on the Causeway to separate two neighbours
Media statement by DAP Johor Chairman Liew Chin Tong released at a press conference after “Forum Kedai Kopi” in Bukit Pasir, Pagoh on 13 September 2014 The Land Transport Authority of Singapore yesterday announced its own version of toll hike from 1st October to “match”…