
Month May 2015

For 11MP to succeed, PMD’s slush funds must be curbed
The 11th Malaysia Plan would make very little impact on the daily lives of ordinary Malaysians as there is very little money in it. Even with the limited sum, the lion’s share goes to the Prime Minister’s Department for political objectives. The 8th Malaysia Plan (2001-2005)…
11MP: Show us the money!
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced the 11th Malaysia Plan in Parliament this morning with plenty of nice-sounding pronouncements but very little else. As far as fiscal allocation is concerned, I wish to caution the nation not to expect too much from the Plan as…
The Costs of Inequality- Not just a case of ‘Poor Envy’ by Nicholas Chan
I would like to share a short email and a piece on inequality by Nicholas Chan, socio-political research analyst of Penang Institute. Worth reading. “What you said in the Chong Eu project roundtable strikes me, about the centrality of jobs. I’ve seen in reports that…