Press Statement of Gabungan Bertindak Malaysia (GBM)on Education Blueprint 2013-2025 17 October, 2012 GBM is a non-political, multi-racial and multi-religious coalition of over twenty five civil society organisations . During the past year its partner organisations have undertaken in-depth studies and reviews of the National Education System. Please see list of reports on education … Read more
Penganggur muda berkelulusan tinggi beban RM500 juta wang pembayar cukai, tajuk berita di The Malaysian Insider yang seharusnya membimbangkan kita semua. RM500 juta bukan jumlah yang kecil dan kenapa penganggur muda perlukan bantuan sebanyak itu? Rencana di portal berita itu memetik firma pengambilan pekerja atas talian terkenal di Asia Tenggara, Jobstreet yang menyatakan bahawa sikap … Read more
This is a statement by not-for-profit research institute REFSA (Research for Social Advancement) released on Friday, 12 October 2012. Budget 2013: Federal government subsidies go up in flames while poor Malaysians watch We write to rebut Dr Lim Teck Ghee’s assertion that “There is little empirical research to back up what has become an increasingly … Read more
Housewife Fawziah Abdul wants to thank former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad for making her a citizen 10 years after she illegally slipped into Borneo from the southern Philippines in search of a better life. The 50-year-old lives on the outskirts of Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Malaysia’s Sabah state, where her tin-roofed shack jostles … Read more
I am sure most Malaysians will agree with Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak in a recent speech that there is more to corruption than government abuses. What more is not conjecture as much of it is in the public domain. Surely it must be evident from the various writings in Malaysiakini, CPI and other … Read more
Teks ucapan bajet 2013 bertajuk ‘Memakmur Negara, Mensejahtera Rakyat: Sebuah Janji Ditepati’ memang sekali imbas begitu menarik dan menggembirakan semua. Apakan tidak, lihat sahaja segala pemberian dari kerajaan yang begitu prihatin terhadap rakyat, di antaranya: RM500 untuk isi rumah berpendapatan bawah RM3,000 di bawah skim BR1M 2.0 RM250 untuk individu bujang, 21 tahun ke atas … Read more
In their joint statement recently released on Sept 28, IDEAS (Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs) and not-for-profit research institute Refsa (Research for Social Advancement) drew attention to the “shocking federal government subsidy bill for 2012” which according to them is now expected to hit RM42 billion, a massive RM9 billion or 27% above the … Read more
Barisan Nasional’s election-orientated budget 2013 is disappointing because it concentrates on raining one-off cash on the electorate to ease their pain, while forgetting to address the ills that necessitate such profuse dosage of pain-relievers in the first place. If the people are affluent and contented, do they need to be showered with such pacifiers; or … Read more
Like local workers, migrant workers in Malaysia can be sacked from their jobs anytime by their employers. What is good is that Malaysia allows migrant workers to file complaints for wrongful dismissal at the labour and industrial relations departments, and pursue the matter all the way right up to the highest courts of the land. … Read more
A national news daily had as its front page report a story with the headline title “Keep him locked up”. I am sure that my Barisan Nasional friends are beginning to think of this solution in respect of our former prime minister as the flow of half-baked or senseless suggestions and proposals from Dr Mahathir … Read more