PRESS CITATIONS Bernama

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

4/14/2021 Bernama - Budget 2021 Show PN Govt's Commitment To Protect People’s Well-Being Bahasa Malaysia PRESS CITATIONS Bernama - Budget 2021 Show PN Govt's Commitment To Protect People’s Well-Being P R E S S C I TAT I O N S | 1 0 N O V E M B E R 2 0 2 0 KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Nov - The 2021 Budget with a total allocation of of RM322.5 billion, the biggest ever in the country's history, is a manifestation of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government's commitment and concern to ensure the welfare and well-being of the people continue to be protected in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement issued today, the PN government said that it has never compromised in its efforts to protect the people, support business and strengthen the economy. “In this regard, it is very important for everyone to work together to maintain the momentum of economic recovery for the common good,” it said. The joint statement was issued on behalf of Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin who is also Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysis (Bersatu) president, PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, STAR president Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan and Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) president Datuk Yong Teck Lee. The statement also urged all parties to heed to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al- Mustafa Billah Shah’s decree to always prioritise the people in a very challenging period for the country. The 2021 Budget also includes more than RM4.2 billion to reduce the burden of the people, over RM4 billion for the frontliners in the fight against COVID-19, and another RM3 billion to generate 500,000 jobs, it said. https://www.mof.gov.my/en/news/press-citations/bernama-budget-2021-show-pn-govt-s-commitment-to-protect-people-s-well-being 1/2 4/14/2021 Bernama - Budget 2021 Show PN Govt's Commitment To Protect People’s Well-Being “The 2021 budget is also a continuation of the four economic stimulus packages announced previously by the PN government, worth RM305 billion in total,” the statement said. On Friday, Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz tabled the 2021 Budget with an allocation of RM322.5 billion, the highest in the history of the country in facing various challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. -- BERNAMA Press Release Speech Press Citations Videos POPULAR TAGS B E R N A M A H A R G A M I N YA K P R I C E O F P E T R O L E U M T E N G K U Z A F R U L B A N T U A N P R I H AT I N N A S I O N A L T E A M M O F K W S P I - S I N A R S I N A R H A R I A N J E L A J A H B E L A N J AWA N 2 0 2 1 P R I H AT I N M O F P E R M A I Copyright © 2021 Ministry of Finance Malaysia. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy Security Policy Disclaimer Site Map Help https://www.mof.gov.my/en/news/press-citations/bernama-budget-2021-show-pn-govt-s-commitment-to-protect-people-s-well-being 2/2.

Copy Link

Recommended publications

The Fall of Warisan in Sabah's Election
ISSUE: 2021 No. 8 ISSN 2335-6677 RESEARCHERS AT ISEAS – YUSOF ISHAK INSTITUTE ANALYSE CURRENT EVENTS Singapore | 29 January 2021 The Fall of Warisan in Sabah’s Election: Telltale Signs, Causes and Salient Issues Arnold Puyok* President of the Sabah Heritage Party (Warisan) Shafie Apdal (centre), shows his inked finger after casting his vote at a polling station during state elections in Semporna, a town in Malaysia's Sabah state on Borneo island, on September 26, 2020. Photo: AFP * Arnold Puyok is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Government Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). 1 ISSUE: 2021 No. 8 ISSN 2335-6677 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • Public opinion polls conducted prior to the 16th Sabah state election provided telltale signs of Warisan’s loss of support and impending electoral defeat. • Warisan’s fall from power was mostly due to the party’s inability to address the priority needs of the largely rural Muslim Bumiputera and Kadazandusun voters. • Research fieldwork during the election campaign and post-election analysis reveal that rural Sabah voters are more concerned with bread-and-butter issues, while their partisan loyalties are not steadfast. They are willing to trade their political support for programmes and policies that yield tangible benefits. • The new state government led by Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) will face the twin challenges of appeasing increasingly demanding voters and delivering public goods effectively. • As GRS navigates these politically uncertain times, its future in Sabah looks unpromising. 2 ISSUE: 2021 No. 8 ISSN 2335-6677 INTRODUCTION In the recent Sabah state election, GRS (Gabungan Rakyat Sabah), comprising BN (Barisan Nasional), PN (Perikatan Nasional) and PBS (Parti Bersatu Sabah), won 38 seats in the state legislative assembly, prevailing over a Warisan-led coalition by a six-seat margin.
[Show full text]
RIGHTS in REVERSE: One Year Under the Perikatan Nasional Government in Malaysia MARCH 2021 RIGHTS in REVERSE
RIGHTS IN REVERSE: One year under the Perikatan Nasional government in Malaysia MARCH 2021 RIGHTS IN REVERSE: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Malaysian people have experienced seismic upheavals in the past year. In late February 2020, the ruling Pakatan Harapan government collapsed amid surreptitious political manoeuvring. On 1 March 2020, Malaysia’s King appointed Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as Prime Minister after determining that he commanded the support of a majority of elected MPs under the umbrella of the Perikatan Nasional coalition. The turnover in government marked a political sea change and the abrupt end to the reform agenda of the Pakatan Harapan government. The ascendence of the Perikatan Nasional government coincided with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. The government implemented a strict Movement Control Order (MCO) that severely curtailed travel and social interactions. While the government’s efforts to stymie the spread of the virus have been successful in many respects, authorities have at times applied measures in a discriminatory manner and used the pandemic as an excuse to restrict human rights. This report examines the Perikatan Nasional government’s record on fundamental freedoms during its first year in power. Specifically, the report considers the government’s actions against its obligations to respect, protect, and fulfil the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, and association. These rights are the focus of ARTICLE 19 and CIVICUS’s work in Malaysia. Last year’s change of government has proven to be a major setback for fundamental freedoms in Malaysia. While the Pakatan Harapan government’s track record on human rights was disappointing in many ways,1 it took some steps to roll back repressive laws and policies and was much more open to engaging with civil society and the human rights community than its predecessor.
[Show full text]
Penyata Rasmi Parlimen Dewan Rakyat Parlimen Keempat Belas Penggal Ketiga Mesyuarat Ketiga
Naskhah belum disemak PENYATA RASMI PARLIMEN DEWAN RAKYAT PARLIMEN KEEMPAT BELAS PENGGAL KETIGA MESYUARAT KETIGA Bil. 35 Khamis 12 November 2020 K A N D U N G A N JAWAPAN-JAWAPAN MENTERI BAGI PERTANYAAN-PERTANYAAN (Halaman 1) JAWAPAN-JAWAPAN LISAN BAGI PERTANYAAN-PERTANYAAN (Halaman 3) RANG UNDANG-UNDANG: Rang Undang-undang Perbekalan 2021 (Halaman 22) USUL: Usul Anggaran Pembangunan 2021 (Halaman 22) DR. 12.11.2020 1 MALAYSIA DEWAN RAKYAT PARLIMEN KEEMPAT BELAS PENGGAL KETIGA MESYUARAT KETIGA Khamis, 12 November 2020 Mesyuarat dimulakan pada pukul 10.00 pagi DOA [Tuan Yang di-Pertua mempengerusikan Mesyuarat] Tuan Yang di-Pertua: Assalamualaikum semua, selamat sejahtera dan selamat pagi. Sebelum kita mula pada hari ini, saya ada sedikit makluman mengenai ujian COVID-19. Ahli-ahli Yang Berhormat, saya telah mendapat permohonan daripada ramai juga di kalangan Ahli-ahli Yang Berhormat agar pegawai-pegawai pengiring Ahli-ahli Yang Berhormat turut membuat ujian COVID-19 menggunakan kaedah RT-PCR di Parlimen Malaysia. Sehubungan itu, sukacita dimaklumkan bahawa pihak Pentadbiran Parlimen Malaysia dan Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) telah bersetuju menyediakan kemudahan saringan ujian COVID-19 kepada pegawai-pegawai pengiring Ahli-ahli Yang Berhormat di Dewan Serbaguna Parlimen Malaysia pada hari ini, jam 9.00 pagi hingga 2.00 petang. Untuk tujuan ini, hanya seramai tiga orang pegawai pengiring setiap Ahli-ahli Yang Berhormat dibenarkan membuat ujian COVID-19 tersebut. Sekian, terima kasih. Tuan Karupaiya a/l Mutusami [Padang Serai]: Tuan Yang di-Pertua, pertanyaan. Tuan Yang di-Pertua: Saya. Tuan Karupaiya a/l Mutusami [Padang Serai]: Terima kasih Tuan Yang di- Pertua. Saya ingin mencadangkan pada masa-masa akan datang, panjangkan cuti sedikit untuk Deepavali.
[Show full text]
Malaysia: the 2020 Putsch for Malay Islam Supremacy James Chin School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania
Malaysia: the 2020 putsch for Malay Islam supremacy James Chin School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania ABSTRACT Many people were surprised by the sudden fall of Mahathir Mohamad and the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government on 21 February 2020, barely two years after winning the historic May 2018 general elections. This article argues that the fall was largely due to the following factors: the ideology of Ketuanan Melayu Islam (Malay Islam Supremacy); the Mahathir-Anwar dispute; Mahathir’s own role in trying to reduce the role of the non-Malays in the government; and the manufactured fear among the Malay polity that the Malays and Islam were under threat. It concludes that the majority of the Malay population, and the Malay establishment, are not ready to share political power with the non- Malays. Introduction Many people were shocked when the Barisan National (BN or National Front) govern- ment lost its majority in the May 2018 general elections. After all, BN had been in power since independence in 1957 and the Federation of Malaysia was generally regarded as a stable, one-party regime. What was even more remarkable was that the person responsible for Malaysia’s ﬁrst regime change, Mahathir Mohammad, was also Malaysia’s erstwhile longest serving prime minister. He had headed the BN from 1981 to 2003 and was widely regarded as Malaysia’s strongman. In 2017, he assumed leader- ship of the then-opposition Pakatan Harapan (PH or Alliance of Hope) coalition and led the coalition to victory on 9 May 2018. He is remarkable as well for the fact that he became, at the age of 93, the world’s oldest elected leader.1 The was great hope that Malaysia would join the global club of democracy but less than two years on, the PH government fell apart on 21 February 2020.
[Show full text]
Penyata Rasmi Parlimen Dewan Rakyat Parlimen Keempat Belas Penggal Ketiga Mesyuarat Kedua
Naskhah belum disemak PENYATA RASMI PARLIMEN DEWAN RAKYAT PARLIMEN KEEMPAT BELAS PENGGAL KETIGA MESYUARAT KEDUA Bil. 10 Isnin 27 Julai 2020 K A N D U N G A N PEMASYHURAN DARIPADA TUAN YANG DI-PERTUA: - Perubahan Tempat Duduk Ahli-ahli (Halaman 1) JAWAPAN-JAWAPAN LISAN BAGI PERTANYAAN-PERTANYAAN (Halaman 2) RANG UNDANG-UNDANG DIBAWA KE DALAM MESYUARAT (Halaman 29) USUL-USUL: Waktu Mesyuarat dan Urusan Dibebaskan Daripada Peraturan Mesyuarat (Halaman 30) Usul Menjunjung Kasih Titah Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Halaman 30) DR. 27.7.2020 1 MALAYSIA DEWAN RAKYAT PARLIMEN KEEMPAT BELAS PENGGAL KETIGA MESYUARAT KEDUA Isnin, 27 Julai 2020 Mesyuarat dimulakan pada pukul 10.00 pagi DOA [Timbalan Yang di-Pertua (Dato' Mohd Rashid Hasnon) mempengerusikan Mesyuarat] ____________________________________________________________________ PEMASYHURAN DARIPADA TUAN YANG DI-PERTUA PERUBAHAN TEMPAT DUDUK AHLI Timbalan Yang di-Pertua [Dato' Mohd Rashid Hasnon]: Ahli-ahli Yang Berhormat, untuk makluman, terdapat perubahan tempat duduk di mana Ahli-ahli Yang Berhormat daripada Galeri Awam telah dipindahkan semula ke tempat duduk pegawai di sebelah kiri saya. [Tepuk] Ini permintaan daripada Ahli Yang Berhormat juga. Beberapa mikrofon dipasang di tempat duduk pegawai di sebelah kiri dan dua rostrum diletakkan di sebelah blok E Dewan, bagi memberi kemudahan kepada Ahli-ahli Yang Berhormat mengajukan pertanyaan atau terlibat dengan perbahasan. Bagi melancarkan lagi urusan persidangan, mohon kerjasama Ahli-ahli Yang Berhormat yang berada di tempat duduk pegawai di sebelah kiri untuk menyebut nama kawasan masing- masing sebelum memulakan sesuatu pertanyaan ataupun perbahasan. Ini untuk memudahkan urusan merekodkan untuk penyediaan Penyata Rasmi. Terdapat beberapa blind spot yang terlindung daripada pandangan Pengerusi, dipohon Ahli-ahli Yang Berhormat berdiri memandang ke arah Pengerusi agar Pengerusi dapat melihat kedudukan Ahli-ahli Yang Berhormat.
[Show full text]
Teks Ucapan Yab Perdana Menteri Bersama
TEKS UCAPAN YAB PERDANA MENTERI BERSAMA MEMULIHKAN NEGARA Bismillahirrahmanirrahim Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wa barakatuh dan salam sejahtera Apa khabar semua? Saya doakan saudara dan saudari sihat walafiat. 1. Negara kita masih berhadapan dengan cabaran getir pandemik Covid-19. Saya dengan perasaan hiba ingin mengucapkan takziah kepada ahli keluarga mangsa Covid-19 yang telah pergi meninggalkan kita buat selama-lamanya dan mendoakan semoga semua pesakit Covid-19 diberikan kesembuhan segera. 2. Saya berharap program vaksinasi yang sedang giat dijalankan pada masa ini bakal memulihkan negara kita dalam tempoh tidak berapa lama lagi, insyaAllah. 3. Malaysia dijangka mencapai kadar vaksinasi 100 peratus populasi dewasa dan 80 peratus populasi keseluruhan pada bulan Oktober tahun ini, iaitu dalam jangkamasa dua bulan akan datang. Pada masa itu, insyaAllah, kes- kes Covid-19 akan mencatatkan penurunan yang ketara dan menjadi lebih terkawal. 1 4. Kita terus berdoa kepada Allah s.w.t. dan berikhtiar dengan sepenuh jiwa dan raga agar kita semua terhindar dari wabak ini. Saya amat menghargai pengorbanan para frontliners kita yang terus cekal bertugas saban hari tanpa mengenal penat dan lelah, serta kesabaran saudara dan saudari semua dalam menghadapi ujian getir ini. InsyaAllah, negara kita akan pulih. 5. Apabila negara kita telah pulih daripada wabak ini, saya percaya bukan sahaja kita semua dapat kembali kepada kehidupan biasa, tetapi dapat bersama-sama membawa semula negara kita ke mercu kejayaan dan kegemilangan. 6. Hari ini, kita telah mengumumkan bahawa ekonomi Malaysia berkembang sebanyak 16.1% pada suku kedua 2021. Berbanding dengan suku-suku sebelumnya, tren pemulihan yang berterusan ini adalah bukti jelas bahawa dasar-dasar kerajaan telah membuahkan hasil, walaupun dalam keadaan yang amat mencabar.
[Show full text]
Malaysia Politics
March 10, 2020 Malaysia Politics PN Coalition Government Cabinet unveiled Analysts PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin unveiled his Cabinet with no DPM post and replaced by Senior Ministers, and appointed a banker as Finance Minister. Suhaimi Ilias UMNO and PAS Presidents are not in the lineup. Cabinet formation (603) 2297 8682 reduces implementation risk to stimulus package. Immediate challenges [email protected] are navigating politics and managing economy amid risk of a no Dr Zamros Dzulkafli confidence motion at Parliament sitting on 18 May-23 June 2020 and (603) 2082 6818 economic downsides as crude oil price slump adds to the COVID-19 [email protected] outbreak. Ramesh Lankanathan No DPM but Senior Ministers instead; larger Cabinet (603) 2297 8685 reflecting coalition makeup; and a banker as [email protected] Finance Minister William Poh Chee Keong Against the long-standing tradition, there is no Deputy PM post in this (603) 2297 8683 Cabinet. The Constitution also makes no provision on DPM appointment. [email protected] ECONOMICS Instead, Senior Minister status are assigned to the Cabinet posts in charge of 1) International Trade & Industry, 2) Defence, 3) Works, and 4) Education portfolios. These Senior Minister posts are distributed between what we see as key representations in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition i.e. former PKR Deputy President turned independent Datuk Seri Azmin Ali (International Trade & Industry), UMNO Vice President Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (Defence), Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) Chief Whip Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof (Works) and PM’s party Parti Pribumi Malaysia Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) Supreme Council member Dr Mohd Radzi Md Jidin (Education).
[Show full text]
In This Issue: 63Rd Merdeka Approaching Sabah State Still in Search of a Malaysian Elections Identity
Aug 2020 No. 6 advisoryIMAN Research In this issue: 63rd Merdeka Approaching Sabah State Still in Search of A Malaysian Elections Identity Photo credit: Deva Darshan Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, IMAN Research (legally registered as PanjiAlam Centre Sdn Bhd) is a think tank which focuses on security and socio-political matters. IMAN Research is spearheaded by experts with extensive local and international experience in the areas of management consultancy, social policy development, community resilience and engagement, particularly in the area of security, electoral reform, participatory urban redevelopment and psycho-social intervention within communities in conflict. We concentrate in the domains of peace and security, ethnic relations and religious harmony. We aim to deliver sound policy solutions along with implementable action plans with measurable outcomes. To date, we have worked with Malaysian and foreign governments as well as the private sectors and international bodies, such as Google, UNICEF, UNDP and USAID, on issues ranging from security, elections to civil society empowerment. www.imanresearch.com editorial letter We are entering an exciting month, September: Sabah will hold state elections on September In this issue: 26, 2020, and Sabahans and Malaysians are looking at the elections with great eagerness. Last month itself saw Musa Aman, the former 63rd Merdeka: Sabah Chief Minister, disputing the dissolution Still in Search of A of state legislative assembly by the incumbent 1 Chief Minister and subsequently filing a Malaysian Identity lawsuit against the state’s Governor, TYT Juhar Mahiruddin, and to his shock, failed. In fact, this year itself saw Malaysians reeling Approaching Sabah State from so many political upheavals, even during the MCO when Covid 19 hit the whole world, 2 Elections that we are fed up.
[Show full text]
2 September Hingga 23 September 2020 Soalan No. 1 Hingga 143 No Soalan: 1
MESYUARAT KEDUA, PENGGAL KETIGA PARLIMEN KEEMPAT BELAS 2020 2 SEPTEMBER HINGGA 23 SEPTEMBER 2020 SOALAN NO. 1 HINGGA 143 NO SOALAN: 1 PEMBERITAHUAN PERTANYAAN BUKAN LISAN DEWAN NEGARA MESYUARAT KEDUA 2020, PENGGAL KETIGA, PARLIMEN KEEMPAT BELAS PERTANYAAN : BUKAN LISAN DARIPADA : YB DATUK LIM PAY HEN Datuk Lim Pay Hen minta MENTERI KEWANGAN menyatakan statistik caruman Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja di antara pekerja warganegara Malaysia dengan warganegara asing bagi tahun bagi tahun 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 dan 2020 mengikut setiap sektor ekonomi (perkilangan, pembinaan, perladangan, pertanian dan perkhidmatan). NO SOALAN: 1 JAWAPAN Tuan Yang di-Pertua, 1. Untuk makluman Ahli Yang Berhormat, kadar caruman berkanun Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) bagi pekerja Warganegara Malaysia dan Bukan Warganegara adalah seperti Jadual 1 berikut: Jadual 1: Kadar Caruman KWSP Mengikut Umur dan Gaji Caruman Berkanun Status Umur Gaji (RM) Semasa Warganegara Pekerja Majikan RM5,000 dan ke 7%* 13% bawah Bawah 60 tahun Warganegara Lebih daripada 7%* 12% Malaysia RM5,000 60 tahun dan ke Semua julat gaji 0% 4% atas Bawah 60 tahun Semua julat gaji 7%* RM5 Bukan 60 tahun dan ke Warganegara Semua julat gaji 5.5% RM5 atas *Nota: Kadar caruman bagi April-Disember 2020. Bermula Januari 2021, kadar caruman berkanun syer pekerja adalah 11%. NO SOALAN: 1 2. Pekerja Bukan Warganegara tidak diwajibkan untuk mencarum dengan KWSP. Walau bagaimanapun, golongan ini boleh memilih untuk mencarum ke dalam KWSP. 3. Setelah seseorang pekerja Bukan Warganegara memilih untuk mencarum dengan KWSP, maka pekerja dan majikan pekerja berkenaan wajib mencarum sehingga pekerja berkenaan meninggalkan negara. Kadar caruman yang terpakai bagi pekerja dan majikan adalah seperti di Jadual 1.
[Show full text]
Mediaportal Report
15 Jun 2020 Berita Harian, Malaysia Author: No author available • Section: Nasional • Audience : 82,252 • Page: 21 Printed Size: 99.00cm² • Region: KL • Market: Malaysia • Photo: Black/white ASR: MYR 1,675.38 • Item ID: MY0040065065 Provided for client's internal research purposes only. May not be further copied, distributed, sold or published in any form without the prior consent of the copyright owner. Page 1 of 1 Peniaga Pasar JalanOthman tunggu maklum balasisu sewa Petaling Jaya: Peniaga di Pasar Besar Jalan Othman, di sini, masih menunggu maklum balas daripada Majlis Bandaraya Pe- taling Jaya (MBPJ) berhubung kenaikan hargasewahampir 300 peratus. Pengerusi Persatuan Peniaga pasar berkenaan, Anuar Abdul- lah,berkata pihaknya sudah me- ngemukakan makluman bertulis kepada pihakberkuasa tempatan (PBT) itu,tetapisehingga kini belum ada maklum balas. Beliaumendakwa, peniaga di pasar terbabit bukan sahaja ber- depan isu kenaikan hargasewa yang terlalu tinggi, tetapi juga masalah operasi disebabkan pe- raturan yang ditetapkan. “A ntaramasalah adalah berkai- tan tempatpenyembelihan ayam, selain kedai yang keciluntuk be- roperasi. Peniagajugasukar ber- niaga kerana tiada pekerja. “Pekerja wargaasing yang di- gajikan masih tidak dibenarkan bekerja. Begitu jugalelaki warga asingyang jugasuamipemilik tapak gerai,” katanya ketika di- hubungi BH,semalam. Sehubungan itu, beliau memin- ta pihak berwajib menyelesaikan isu berkenaan secepatmungkin kerana ia menjejaskan periuk na- si peniaga yang sudah pun dalam keadaan tertekan. Pada 7Jun lalu, Menteri Besar Selangor,Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari, dilaporkan berkata, beliau akan mendapatkanpenjelasan MBPJ mengenai kenaikan sewa tapak di Pasar Jalan Othman. 15 Jun 2020 Berita Harian, Malaysia Author: No author available • Section: Nasional • Audience : 82,252 • Page: 16 Printed Size: 320.00cm² • Region: KL • Market: Malaysia • Photo: Full Color ASR: MYR 10,596.00 • Item ID: MY0040065084 Provided for client's internal research purposes only.
[Show full text]
Download from And
Lau Zheng Zhou is Research Manager of the Economics and Business Unit at IDEAS. His research interest is in the intersection between markets and institutions, such as government-linked companies (GLCs) and corporate welfarism, and also global value chains, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and financial sector development. Lau obtained a First-Class Honours in Business Economics from the University of Nottingham and a Master’s degree in Political Science and Political Economy from the London School of Economics. Nur Zulaikha Azmi is a Research Executive in the Economics and Business Unit at IDEAS. She is a JPA scholar and obtained a First-Class Honours in Economics and International Economics from the University of Nottingham Malaysia. Her interests include developmental economics and public economics. * We would like to take this opportunity to thank the following individuals for the effort and expertise that they contribute to reviewing this report. Prof. Terence Gomez, Prof. James Chin, Lee Hwok-Aun, and Tricia Yeoh. We would also like to thank our intern Tay Yi Thong for providing much needed support in data collection ** Cover image download from www.freepik.com, www.parlimen.gov.my, www.mara.gov.my and www.benarnews.org 2 Making sense of complexity in statutory body governance: A case study of MARA Policy Brief NO. 22 Photo by Nour Betar on Unsplash Introduction The recent surge in politicians appointed to head government-linked entities has attracted broad criticism. These appointments are widely seen as political maneuverings by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to solidify his command of support of Dewan Rakyat members, thus ensuring the survival of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government which he currently heads.
[Show full text]
'Muhyiddin Memang Perlu Pastikan Ada Kesetiaan Elak Tumbang'
'Muhyiddin memang perlu pastikan ada kesetiaan elak tumbang' Malaysiakini 21 April 2020 M Fakhrull Halim Memang penting untuk Muhyiddin Yassin memastikan kesetiaan parti komponen Perikatan Nasional (PN) berpihak kepadanya sehingga pilihan raya umum (PRU) ke-15, kata penganalisis politik, Dr Jeniri Amir. Diminta mengulas surat presiden Umno, Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, kepada perdana menteri yang meminta pertimbangan jawatan buat empat pemimpin Umno Sabah, kata Jeniri, biarpun keputusan terpulang pada Muhyiddin, beliau masih perlu memikirkan soal sokongan terhadap dirinya. “Satu perkara penting untuk perdana menteri sekarang adalah untuk memastikan kesetiaan orang terhadap beliau, di tengah-tengah kedudukannya yang tidak begitu terjamin (dalam PN). “Jadi dengan apa-apa cara dan strategi, beliau nak memberi imbalan kepada mereka (komponen PN), untuk memastikan sokongan itu sekurang-kurangnya dapat diberi dan kemudiannya, PN itu tidak tumbang sebelum PRU-15. “Jadi itu satu strategi untuk memastikan kemantapan kedudukan beliau sebagai PM dan juga (untuk) PN,” katanya kepada Malaysiakini ketika dihubungi. Kata Jeniri, adalah sesuatu yang “normal” buat mana-mana presiden parti dalam sesusatu pakatan politik mengemukakan calon bagi menerajui jawatan tertentu. “Beliau (Zahid) bukan mendesak, hanya memohon. Pertimbangan terakhir itu terpulang kepada perdana menteri, sama ada akur pada cadangan itu atau tidak,” katanya lagi. Nama Bung Moktar jadi sebutan Bagi seorang lagi penganalisis politik, Dr Arnold Puyok, permohonan Ahmad Zahid itu mungkin dibuat atas merit bahawa Umno masih mempunyai sokongan yang kuat di Sabah, menjadikan parti itu layak diberikan representasi yang kuat bagi mewakili negeri di peringkat persekutuan. “Di beberapa kawasan di Sabah, jentera Umno juga masih berfungsi. Jika kita lihat pada PRK (pilihan raya kecil) Kimanis lepas, jentera Umno amat membantu.
[Show full text]