Malaysia needs an effective government agency to fight corruption. Stiff penalty alone against offenders is not enough. The law should broaden its nets to catch other acts that gives "free lunch" to people by politicians and governments.
The delivery of the decision on MA63 suit filed by 11 plaintiffs against the goverment of the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Sarawak seeking the court to declare the Malaysia Agreement 1963 as an invalid agreement has been deferred to 25 May 2023 at 0900hrs (tentatively subject to confirmation).
Justice Alexander Siew will deliver decision on MA63 Suit tomorrow 5 May 2023 at 0900hrs in High Court Kuching. This is a Suit filed by 11 Sarawakians seeking inter alia the court to declare MA63 as null and void. Even if valid but due to fundamental breaches or past over 50 years, the Malaysia Agreement is void.
KUCHING (May 6): Sarawakians and Sabahans need to understand the heavy responsibility that Judicial Commissioner Alexander Siew is facing with regard to the suit filed by 11 plaintiffs against the governments of the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Sarawak seeking the court to declare the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) as an invalid agreement.
KUCHING (May 6): Sarawakians and Sabahans need to understand the heavy responsibility that Judicial Commissioner Alexander Siew is facing with regard to the suit filed by 11 plaintiffs against the governments of the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Sarawak seeking the court to declare the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) as an invalid agreement.
Prime minister had announced that if Aidilfitri falls on Saturday, the additional public holiday will be fixed for Friday, while the Raya public holiday falls on Monday. This is good news for working people, but, if one thinks carefully, this is not good news to working people, if there are too many leave and holidays in the country. This is because leave and holidays can affect the economy and cause inflation.
In a joint NGO statement, Daniel Jambun President of the Borneo’s Plight in Malaysia Foundation (BoPiMaFo) and Robert Pei, President of Sabah Sarawak Rights Australia New Zealand (SSRANZ), have praised Armizan Ali, the Sabah and Sarawak Affairs Minister for his statement on the belated implementation of MA63 reported by Free Malaysia Today on 11 April 2023.
面对超过1兆令吉的国债、数十年的严重腐败和不景气的经济，首相和他的内阁清理过去政府留下的混乱不是一件容易的任务。高调罪犯仍逍遥法外、活动人士和传教士被迫失踪、少数族裔的歧视、种族和宗教政治化引起的严重种族和宗教紧张局势也是现任政府在安华领导下必须应对的问题。
尽管公众进行了抗议，但最近还是有政府部门驱赶前来寻求帮助或服务的公众成员的情况。政府部门不应该对公众成员强制执行着装规定，但是，着装规定可能可以由部门负责人对政府公务员强制执行。原因是政府公务员受他们的控制，但不是公众。
当经济不景气时，不道德的人总是会找到生存和赚钱的方法。这些人设立公司，根据《公司法》注册，并从其他政府机构获得执照，他们的业务看起来很正规。一些人表现得像银行，为投资者或参与者提供高额回报，以换取他们在这些公司投资的资金。
Government should be blamed for people’s health, not lifestyle. Health of persons is affected by physical, socio-economic, cultural and political factors. It is generally accepted that the socio-economic factors – especially education and income – are the most important determinant of population health status. Poor people with limited education generally have poor health. People with poor education normally will have problems to get proper job with stable income to help them to maintain their health. They simply could not get good and nutritious food to take care of their bodies. Had the government realize this?
With a national debt of over RM1 trillion and a country riddled by massive corruption for decades and an ailing economy, it is not an easy task for the prime minister and his cabinet to clear the mess created by past administrations. The issues of high profile criminals who are still at large, the forced disappearance of activists including preachers, discrimination of minorities, the politicisation of race and religion which created much racial and religious tensions are also areas that the current government under the premiership of Dato Seri Anwar Sri Anwar has to tackle.
The government is urged to look into ways on how to control prices of goods and essential services from going up. Prices of food and drinks went up after Ukarine war broke out on 24 February 2022. The sharp increase was felt during Chinese New Year. Some coffee shops charged a small glass of hot water as much as RM1.00 while a bowl of kolo mee, with same normal portion, with an increase of as much as RM0.80 sen per bowl just before Chinese New year.
The budget for Sarawak is increased about RM1 billion from previous budgets but Sarawak government should not be happy with the increment because Sarawakians are not happy. Sarawak had contributed much to the revenues of the federal government not only from oil and gas resources but also from taxes collected by government departments.
What had Dato Sri Fadillah Yusuf done so far concerning the implementation of the terms and conditions of the Malaysia Agreement 1963(MA63) despite the fact the orders had been given by the honourable prime minster Dato Sri Anwar Ibrahim to him in this task? The prime minister had given him one month to fulfill all terms and conditions therein but things had not been moving well to the expectation of the people. Sabahan and Sarawakians have a right to demand a report from him of actions taken by him.
The federal Transport Minister’s idea of no more display of road tax stickers on private vehicles may save lots of money for the government. The government would eventually no need to issue the road tax stickers but only receipts for payment made to motor vehicle owners. But such a policy is not helping the people to alleviate their financial problems and neither the policy will help the business of the automobile industry.