Calls for national charity fund
Prof Dr Yeah Kim Leng said the monthly contribution proposal involving civil servants is worth pursuing.
Adopt one-minute breathalyser tests to quell cases, Putrajaya told
Prof Yeah Kim Leng has cautioned against the second round of lockdown, adding it will dampen economic recovery over the Chinese New Year festive season.
Policy-driven politics the way forward, says expert
Prof Wong Chin Huat said the pandemic risked causing an increase in clientele and patronage politics, as many were in need of materialistic incentives.
Politics to get messier post-GE15, say academics
Prof Wong Chin Huat says Malaysian politics is expected to get more volatile with hung parliaments and post-election coalitions after GE15.
M’sian economy fairly diversified
Prof Dr Yeah Kim Leng commentfs on efforts to revive the tourism sector and emphasis should now be placed on food security through modern farming techniques.
The State of the Nation: New approaches needed to tackle unemployment in 2021
Prof Dr Yeah Kim Leng said the government could increase the focus on business transformation and re-engineering, through technological upgrading and innovations.
COVID-19 Threatens To Derail Plastic Reduction Efforts
Prof. P. Agamuthu agrees that to achieve a real reduction in plastic usage, a total ban on single-use plastics and real substitutes need to be developed.
Anwar didn’t have the numbers for bloc vote, says analyst
Prof. James Chin says Anwar Ibrahim may have opted not to call for a bloc vote because he did not have the number of MPs needed.
Malaysia leader wins budget vote
Prof. James Chin was cited expressing surprise over how the budgetary no confidence vote was conducted.
Calls for political system to be free of corporate influences
Prof Wong Chin Huat asserted that parliamentarians in Malaysia were elected democratically to provide services to their constituents rather than serve corporate interests.
Malaysia budget 2021: Five 'refinements' from the initial proposal and possible implications
Prof. James Chin said that the PH proposal to allow withdrawals from their EPF pension fund could be construed as a “populist move”.
First Covid-19 vaccine, then Sarawak polls, says think tank
Prof Wong Chin Huat insisted Sarawak hold its state election as the current term of the state assembly would expire in a few months’ time.
