Opinion

Kabinet telah bersetuju untuk membentangkan usul untuk meminda had umur layak mengundi pada 4 Julai 2019 di Dewan Rakyat. Pengumuman tersebut disambut dengan pelbagai reaksi. Umumnya, banyak pihak berpandangan langkah ini adalah baik kerana sudah tiba masanya rakyat Malaysia diberikan pendedahan dan peluang untuk terlibat dalam sistem demokrasi secara langsung lebih awal, iaitu bermula umur …

Umur mengundi 18 tingkat penglibatan politik anak muda Read More »

The International Trade and Industry Ministry recently launched its annual report for 2018, along with the Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) Productivity Report 2018/2019. Minister Datuk Darell Leiking, in his speech, had assertively touched on Malaysia’s economy, trade affairs, imports and exports, investment performance, industrial development, productivity and competitiveness. The most notable announcement was Malaysia’s economic …

Ensuring a fair deal for the overworked and underpaid Read More »

Malaysian’s new government had progressively make few changes for the betterment of the people as well as for the country. As of now, the Pakatan Harapan had managed to fulfil about 53 initiatives out of 128 total. Some of the significant changes brought by the Pakatan Harapan are the implementation of Sales and Services Tax …

Govt should amend working hours to 40 hours per week Read More »

“Sewa Istana dengan harga yang murah: Pelajar kolej hidup seperti raja”. Begitulah secara amnya terjemahan berita yang disiarkan laman Bloomberg baru-baru ini. Berita ini melaporkan pemuda yang dapat menyewa sebuah bilik pada kadar yang rendah untuk sebuah rumah yang seakan istana. Bagaimana hal ini boleh berlaku? Ini kesan dari tindakan kerajaan Vancouver di Kanada yang …

Belajar dari Vancouver atasi isu harga rumah Read More »

On Friday, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng lamented the difficulty in securing housing loans faced by prospective home owners and called out lending institutions to be more lenient in providing financing. While he received a lot of criticism for his speech, I am personally in agreement with him. Indeed, banks should not simply be rejecting …

In agreement with Saudara Lim Guan Eng Read More »

Land Value Capture is a rarely discussed policy tool. Interestingly, this was brought upon during a discussion session in the Malaysia Urban Forum 2019. The idea is to capture increment in land value for the purpose of urban regeneration. But what is land value capture? The Lincoln Land Institute Policy defines value capture “as a …

Using land value capture to beat land hoarding Read More »

Bila mana isu rumah mampu milik dibicarakan, perkara yang dibincangkan adalah harga. Seringkali rumah mampu milik dinilai berdasarkan harga semata-mata. Dan isu harga ini pun perdebatannya tak berkesudahan. Ada pemaju yang mengatakan rumah berharga RM500,000 sebagai mampu milik. Ada yang mengiklankan rumah mampu milik, tapi harganya RM700,000. Rumah PR1MA dahulu disasarkan pada harga sehingga RM500,000. …

Perspektif baharru untuk rumah mampu milik Read More »

The historic results of the 14th Malaysian general election saw the rise of the Malaysian people who were fed up with kleptocracy and mismanagement of the country and its funds. The BN regime which had been in power for more than six decades finally fell and was replaced by the Pakatan Harapan coalition. However, with …

Why not use Tabung Harapan to create B40 endowment fund? Read More »