The election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States is probably the most important watershed event globally since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. What lessons we draw from this election matters. Did Trump win by stroking racial sentiments…
2017 may turn out to be the most important year in Malaysia’s 60 years of nationhood. For change to happen, Johor will be the most important battleground in Semenanjung Malaysia. And DAP Johor shall do its best in presenting clear choices for the people of Johor to decide on the future…
Budget 2017 presented by Prime Minister-cum-Finance Minister Najib Razak feels like an ostrich’s response to the multiple crises facing the nation. Instead of taking the bull by its horns, Najib decided to bury his head in the sand in the hope that the storm would…
Making a choice Budgeting is about making choices and setting priorities. Budget 2017, which will be presented on 21st October 2016, is set against an increasingly difficult and slowing global economy that inevitably means less corporate taxes for the government. Oil prices plunged since October…
Ensuring that Kluang and Johor is free of illegal gambling centres will be one of the campaign issues in the Battle of Kluang. The Battle of Kluang begun three days ago as MCA President Liow Tiong Lai nominated Gan Ping Sieu and Chin Sim Lai…
Urban Well-being, Housing and Local Government Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar’s idea of allowing developers to give out loans to housebuyers is clearly hitting a snag. Now that the archaic Moneylenders Act 1951 (Amended 2001) is brought to the limelight, it is best to get…
In the wake of the twin by-elections last Saturday, there is a sense of hopelessness enveloping Malaysians. Suddenly, to defeat the UMNO/Barisan Nasional juggernaut seems a distant dream for many. The idea of “New Politics” replacing the “Old Order” seems impossible too. Some opine that…
Joint Media Statement by DAP Johor Chairman Liew Chin Tong and Johor Opposition Leader Gan Peck Cheng on 15th April 2016 At the opening of Johor State Assembly on 14th April, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, Sultan of Johor, proposed that a Bank of Johor be…
I have written to the Setiausaha Dewan Rakyat Datuk Roosme, with copies to Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin and DAP Whip Loke Siew Fook, on my medical leave from the 26th and 27th January sitting. I am still recovering from Bell’s palsy, a paralysis of…
Are the recent 1MBD “firesale” of energy deals with China-linked companies in the national interest? Will those sales compromise the long-held neutrality of Malaysia’s strategic posturing? 2015 saw the intensification of United States – China competition in the Southeast Asia region. Malaysia is being courted…