Changing Thinking Habits to Make Our Cities Resilient
We should therefore think of building decent public and private housing in the inner city for young people to rent. Seriously, not everyone needs to own a house. But everyone does need shelter.
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BUDGET： BEYOND THE SPEECH
Media Statement by Liew Chin Tong on 4th November, 2018 in Kuala Lumpur The Budget Speech of the Finance Minister receives the most attention and sets the direction for the economy. Although, the many Malaysians who think that the Speech is the only Budget document,…
The centrality of decently paid jobs
I want to start by offering a vision for Malaysia’s future: Society’s income distribution will transition from its current triangle shape, which is large at the bottom, into a more equitable diamond structure, anchored in the centre by a strong and stable middle class. Each…
Empathy was what Najib lacked in his economic policies
Empathy should be at the center of economic policies – it makes good political and economic sense. We must always remember that, at the ballot box, a billionaire and a citizen who earns the minimum wage each have a vote equal to that of the…
The Mahathir Doctrine and Malaysia-China Relations
The following is an edited transcript from a speech by DAP Political Education Director Liew Chin Tong at the South-South Cooperation in the New Asian Era Forum held in University of Malaya on 10th July 2018. The return of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as Malaysia’s…
Development Allocation: for Najib, not for the rakyat
The Prime Minister and Finance Minister Dato ‘Seri Najib Razak declared Budget 2018 to be the “mother of all budgets”. In fact, the primary purpose of the Budget 2018 was to empower Najib to consolidate his political position. While not much was left for development.…
New Deal Ideas: Moving beyond Najib’s Nothing-nomics
Pre-Budget commentary (3) by DAP National Political Education Director and MP for Kluang Liew Chin Tong on 27th October 2017 Prime Minister Najib Razak has been on survival mode since the revelation in 2015 that he was personally connected to the 1MDB mega scandal. Even…
Najib’s economic policy: standing still since 2009
Pre-budget commentary (2) by DAP National Political Education Director and MP for Kluang Liew Chin Tong on 25th October 2017 In the past nine years as Minister of Finance and eight years as Prime Minister, Najib has wasted the chance to transform the Malaysian economy…
What Najibnomics? Najib has no economic policy
Pre-budget commentary (1) by DAP National Political Education Director and MP for Kluang Liew Chin Tong on 21st October 2017 The suffix “-nomics” is a popular media term to denote a certain type of economic idea or just a form of ridicule against political rhetoric.…
Johor’s economic hardship vs BN’s rosy picture of economy
Speech by Johor DAP Chairman and MP for Kluang Liew Chin Tong at Pidato Luaskan Harapan in Labis on 13th October 2017 (released on 14 October) Johor Menteri Besar Khaled Nordin has been claiming that his government performed exceedingly well in the economic realm. The…