The impending Cabinet reshuffle provides a chance for Prime Minister Najib Razak to make transformative changes to the currently dysfuctional cabinet structure. Three key areas of reform are: – 1) reduce the number of ministers in Prime Minister’s Department; 2) appoint a full-time Finance Minister;…
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…
DAP Johor is deeply concerned by the claim that the Tunku Mahkota of Johor, Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, is under surveillance by the Special Branch. Yesterday, Tunku Ismail claimed that his phone is being tapped and his movements were monitored by the Police. The Inspector-General…
Speech by DAP National Political Education Director and MP for Kluang Liew Chin Tong on 27th April 2016 at a Skype Teleconferencing Call to DAP Ceramah in Sibu (released on 28th April 2016) How I wish I am in Sibu with you tonight. I have…
A New Deal for Sarawak – through devolution of education, health, municipal policing, transport powers, backed by a much higher tax sharing between federal and Sarawak governments (say, 50 percent of income taxes collected in the state) – should be the central campaign theme for…
UMNO Information Chief Annuar Musa probably thinks of himself as “walking on water” now that he has pulled off the Kelantan Declaration which neutralised Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, a man who for the past 40 years was the permanent prime ministerial aspirant. Razaleigh returned to UMNO…
Malaysians are dissapointed that the Government went ahead to seal the deal in Dhaka yesterday (18th February 2016) to bring in 1.5 million Bangladeshi workers over the next three years. This deal will allow the Bangladeshi workers employment in the construction, service, manufacturing, and agriculture…
I am often sympathetic to the precarious position of Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin in UMNO as one of the last few in UMNO who has intellectual prowess to comprehend sophicated policy matters. Sadly, I am proven wrong. On the issue of the 1.5…
Kenyataan akhbar Liew Chin Tong, Pengarah Pendidikan Politik Kebangsaan DAP dan Ahli Parlimen Kluang, pada 25hb November 2015 di Lobi Parlimen Jemaah Menteri Dato’ Seri Najib Razak sudah dipenuhi dengan ramai pak menteri, salah satu jemaah yang paling besar dalam sejarah Malaysia. Tidak cukup lagi,…
Media conference statement by DAP MP for Kluang Liew Chin Tong on 18th November 2015 at Parliament’s Lobby I spoke in Parliament yesterday on the need for more sitting days to avoid late night Parliament sittings, as well as on the need to provide more…