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Generational change in the Malaysian Indian Congress transformational leadership
There must come a time either by choice or by circumstances when an individual or a group of people and in this case a political party must decide when would be the right time to make a break from the
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Lim: “Act Fast and Do Whatever It Takes”, to save Malaysia
Three weeks ago, I called on the Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to immediately adopt a new government motto “Act Fast and Do Whatever It Takes” to save people’s lives, jobs and livelihoods in the unprecedented invisible war against
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Beyond Stimulus Packages Malaysian economy needs a “new deal”!
PSM commends the government that the Supplementary Stimulus Package (Langkah Tambahan Pakej Prihatin) has addressed some of the criticisms leveled against the Stimulus Package announced by the Prime Minister on 27th March 2020. Many voices emanating from the business sector
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Lim: Muhyiddin should initiate extensive consultations on the exit strategy
PM Muhyiddin should initiate extensive consultations with different Malaysian stakeholders on the exit strategy Malaysia should adopt as this is uncharted territory not only for Malaysia but for the world While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to rage on globally, registering
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An open letter to Dato’ Hans Isaac
Dear Dato’ Hans, Since this is my first time writing this email to you, please accept my heartiest congratulations for becoming FINAS Chairman which mark one year in administration. First, I am nobody. I have worked for the Government sector
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RM 110 billion Package – a step in the right direction
Kudos to YAB PM and we welcome the RM 10 billion PKS stimulus package and the various improvements and tweaking to the earlier announcement of RM 100 billion. The government has been very forthcoming and transparent in the way they
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COVID 19 –Need to break patent strangle holds of Big Pharmaceuticals
While the world is courageously fighting the Covid19 pandemic, we have to reflect on the pharmaceutical industry on whether it has effectively played its role to safeguard us from such diseases. Unfortunately this global trillion dollar industry has not been
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Ramasamy: Government might not know the best
The recent directive issued by the Minister of Defence Ismail Sabri that NGOs cannot distribute food and other essential items to the poor and marginalised groups could not have come at the wrong time. Instead, Ismail made it a condition
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Lim: Muhyiddin should announce an economic rescue package for SMEs
We begin today the two-week extension of the Movement Control Order (MCO) till April 14. Although the outcome is still uncertain, the Covid-19 statistics during the MCO give hope that JP Morgan’s grim projection of Malaysia peaking at 6,300 Covid-19
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Pakej Rangsangan Prihatin – On the right track! A three faceted crisis
The world is being buffeted by a serious three-faceted crisis. The first aspect and the precipitating cause of this crisis is the Covid 19 pandemic that sweeping all over the world. The pandemic is causing a massive overload on the
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