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Budget 2017 Curbing Prime Ministerial “slush funds” a national priority
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…
The Battle of Kluang (Day 3) – Zero illegal gambling centres
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…
Abolish archaic Moneylenders Act 1951
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…
Herculean task ahead, but there is no short cut
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.…
On the proposal for a Bank of Johor
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…
The case against the TPPA
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…
1MBD firesale to China’s interests: is Malaysia’s strategic position compromised?
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…
Bajet 2016 : Bajet Najib, oleh Najib, untuk Najib
Saya sifatkan Bajet 2016 tidak lebih sekadar ‘Bajet Najib, oleh Najib dan untuk Najib’ semata-mata. Bajet tersebut antaranya menampilkan 3 intisari penting: Pertama, jumlah perbelanjaan bajet menurun buat pertama kalinya…
Budget 2016: A budget “of Najib, by Najib, for Najib”
Budget 2016 is unmistakably a budget essentially “of Najib, by Najib and for Najib.” The Budget has three salient features: First, total budgeted expenditure decreased for the first time since…
Najib’s Special Economic Committee is a waste of time
The freshly-formed Special Economic Committee (JKE), which convened for the first time on 1st September, is a complete waste of time if the trust deficit of the Najib Government is…
GST: Customs must stop harassing small businesses
Media statement by DAP National Political Education Director and MP for Kluang Liew Chin Tong on 3rd April 2015 in Kluang: I call on Finance Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak…
Budget 2015 “revision” is just a PR exercise, USD55 per barrel price unrealistic
Media statement by DAP National Political Education Director and MP for Kluang Liew Chin Tong on 20th January 2015 On 27 October 2014, when the crude oil price was hovering…
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