In a nutshell...

To advance its objective of educating and encouraging discussion, REFSA has established itself as a political literature publishing house, having published a number of highly reviewed books. REFSA has now embarked on its first range of books: the Tempurung series.

The name of the series is taken from the Malay proverb “seperti katak di bawah tempurung” (like a frog beneath a coconut shell) which is an analogy for a sheltered or naive person. The Tempurung series aims to uncover the coconut shell and explain the facts of the institutions and issues that beset government and society in a simple and straightforward manner.

The first book in the series uncovers and deconstructs the Malaysian Budget and is entitled The Budget: How the Government is Spending OUR Money.

The Budget: How the Government is spending OUR money     Every year, come Budget time, there is plenty of speculation about what “goodies” the Government will “give” the Rakyat. And every year, after the Budget is announced, there are the usual proclamations of “it’s a people’s budget”, “it’s people-friendly”, “it’s a growth-budget.”. You may be happy with a small income tax cut, or the fact that cigarette and beer taxes have not gone up. But there is much more to the Budget than just those few ringgit you saved... More details

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