Berikut adalah kiriman artikel dari seorang pembaca yang menggelarkan dirinya Syeikh Awang Belanga: Pada hari Krismas lepas, Menteri di Jabatan Perdana menteri Dato Rahman Dahlan telah mengeluarkan kenyataan mengenai BR1M, gaji minimum dan jurang pendapatan. Antara lain beliau berkata bahawa terdapat peningkatan ekonomi yang baik di kalangan Bumiputera, malah peningkatan ini lebih baik di zaman … Continue reading
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Akibat kegagalan Menteri Kewangan, belanjawan disemak semula
Kebelakangan ini, negara kita seolah-olah dipimpin oleh badut badut sarkas yang terlepas masuk ke dalam kabinet untuk menjadi menteri-menteri pelawak dan pakar jenaka. Mungkin ini salah satu cara Najib Razak menyebarkan cacian dan maki hamun rakyat agar tidak tertumpu kepadanya sahaja. Di sinilah perlunya Ahmad Maslan, Salleh Keruak, Tengku Adnan dan ramai lagi. Walaupun ada … Continue reading
“Apa lagi yang BN nak banggakan sekarang?”
Oleh kerana ini adalah minggu terakhir tahun 2015, kali ini kita isikan masa lapang kita dengan bacaan ringan seperti di bawah. Berikut adalah komen dari pembaca bernama Pak Hang: ___________________________________________ Dah dengar apa Zahid cakap tadi? Zahid: ‘Najis terpalit’ dari era dulu lagi https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/324733 Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi berkata orang ramai tidak … Continue reading
Failed State, Pengemis dan Najib Razak
Berikut adalah tulisan dari seorang pembaca mengenai ucapan Presiden Umno yang beliau dengari pagi semalam..: ____________________________________ Satu hari yang sudah, kami mendengar secara langsung ucapan Presiden UMNO merangkap Perdana Menteri Malaysia ketika beliau merasmikan persidangan UMNO di PWTC. Kami tidak ingin mengulas mengenai sambutan yang dikira hambar, ataupun corak penyampian menjerit-jerit yang tidak melambangkan pemimpin … Continue reading
What is the TPPA, according to the Americans
Statement by the President on the Trans-Pacific Partnership October 5, 2015 “I’ve spent every day of my presidency fighting to grow our economy and strengthen our middle class. That means making sure our workers have a fair shot to get ahead here at home, and a fair chance to compete around the world. My approach … Continue reading
As the stories go… Tabung Haji and 1MDB
It is simply outrageous for the Prime Minister to brush off all the despondent criticisms towards the Tabung Haji Properties – 1MDB transaction with “it was not a bailout”. He said: Perdana Menteri menjelaskan, ketika Tabung Haji (TH) membeli sekeping tanah milik 1MDB ia adalah pelaburan dan bukannya ‘bailout’ 1MDB kerana TH boleh memperoleh keuntungan … Continue reading
Impact of Pakatan Rakyat’s mindset onto the people’s intelligence
On Labour Day last Thursday, a demonstration organised by Pakatan Rakyat to protest the implementation of GST (Goods and Services Tax) were held in Dataran Merdeka. And as we all know, most people who take part in demonstrations do not actually know what they are protesting. Some even got their information backwards while others don’t … Continue reading
The snapshot on global economy and the local economy
If anyone of the readers here haven’t read the Confessions of an Economic Hitman book, here is a Youtube video where the author summarily describes the content of the book in about 11 minutes. Locally, our own economy is floundering. None of the great economic consultants employed by the Prime Minister are able to find … Continue reading
Stiglitz : The US is committed to a lack of transparency
Just read what the Nobel laureate, Professor Joseph Stiglitz has to say about the TPPA: Though nothing has come of the World Trade Organization’s Doha Development Round of global trade negotiations since they were launched almost a dozen years ago, another round of talks is in the works. But this time the negotiations will not be held … Continue reading
Assessment by Financial Times
From the Financial Times today: Malaysian PM faces big test as tight poll looms By Jeremy Grant in Putrajaya Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak looks out through the window in his spacious office in the administrative capital of Putrajaya, and points to the foreign ministry on a nearby hill. “They cheated the prime minister and occupied … Continue reading
Improving Malaysian taxi service
Yesterday’s news in Cars, Bikes, Trucks gave some hope in one of the most problematic public transportation here in Malaysia, specifically in our capital city, Kuala Lumpur. I even wrote about it a couple of years ago where a few bad apples in the taxi service industry have tarnished the image of this country. Thus … Continue reading
Conclusion text of the 2013 budget
CONCLUSION OF “PROSPERING THE NATION, ENHANCING WELL-BEING OF THE RAKYAT: A PROMISE FULFILLED” 161. The new budget that I have tabled for 2013 is the last budget before the 13th General Election. This is among the series of budgets that will propel this beloved nation towards achieving the national vision. 162. With the permission of the Almighty, … Continue reading
Nazir Razak bastardising the New Economic Model
“I have strong opinions about how the NEP has been bastardised over the years”. That was what NAZIR RAZAK said in August 2010 about the National Economic Policy. He further said “it has come a long way from the social engineering experiment originally aimed at eradicating poverty, Nazir (left) said that the NEP has appeared to … Continue reading