REFSA Quarterly Issue 1, 2016: Public Transport Matters
REFSA Quarterly Issue 1, 2016: Public Transport Matters
2005 Report of the Royal Commission to Enhance the Operation and Management of the Royal Malaysia Police
Democratisation of the Economy: A Muslim Democrat and Social Democrat response
“1 Care for 1 Malaysia”?: Indicators and Rationales for Health Care Reform in Malaysia
Conference Presentations of Local Authority In Malaysia: Revisiting Athi Nahappan Report For Our Times
REFSA Quarterly Issue 1, 2016: Public Transport Matters
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Article by Liew Chin Tong, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Research For Social Advancement (REFSA) in NST, 11 March 2019
Paying Malaysians more also means that they have the leverage to borrow from the banks to buy assets, which means the RM3,000 salary can be stretched even further.
There are many such areas which can be restructured to take away unskilled labour, automate and pay Malaysians a wage of between RM3,000 and RM6,000. And, of course, there are so many more new growth sectors.
Refashion jobs, pay higher wages
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THE Malaysian economy has been growing on cheap foreign labour for export and domestically debt-fuel...REFSA MEMO Oct 2018
Jumping the curve: National electric buses and the future of Malaysia's public transport
by Yap Lay Sheng
[Abstract] Malaysia needs to jump the curve to a new idea of improving our stagnant public transport system by embarking on a bus-based system, riding on a two-pronged growth strategy. First, this can be achieved by providing a large number of buses and bus rapid transit system (BRT) to drive a swift improvement in 5 years. Second, this period of time will allow us to build a national electric bus and car industry, jumping the curve straight into the frontier production of electric vehicles.
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REFSA MEMO/ Jumping the curve: National electric buses and the future of Malaysia's public transport
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Abstract: Malaysia needs to jump the curve to a new idea of improving our stagnant public transport ...“A trade war won’t be an open war. War between the two (China and the US) won’t occur because they are nuclear powers. They would do it through proxies. The US would finance one group here and China would finance another group." said Professor Woo.
“This was seen in Vietnam when the US fought a proxy war against then-USSR.
“That’s why Malaysia has a role to help diffuse the tension and actively give suggestions,” said Woo, highlighting Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s proposal on allowing foreign warships to sail through the South China Sea but not stay for long as a good example.
He said Malaysia must also lobby for a better trade mechanism within the World Trade Organisation and that Asean must insist it wants to be friends with both the US and China.
Academic: With stronger economy, Malaysia, Asean can avoid becoming US, China proxies | Malay Mail
malaymail.com
KUALA LUMPUR, July 13 — It is crucial for Malaysia and Asean to strengthen their economies to rema...Woo said economic and government reforms were necessary for Malaysia to withstand the impact of the US-China trade war.
If tensions between US and China were low, Malaysia would be left alone.
“But when tensions between the US and China are building, they try winning us over by bearing gifts — the US through exempting us from rules in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, and China through building infrastructure like railways.”
When tensions were high, as they are now, the attitudes of the two powers would be more like “If you’re not with me, you’re against me”, Woo said.
Using the 'bro fist' to fend off US-China trade war
freemalaysiatoday.com
Malaysia's options are either to be a proxy, or get wealthy and stand up to big powers with Asean pa...US-China Trade War and the impact on Malaysia.
Priviledged to have Professor Woo Wing Thye, Professor of Economics at University of California at Davis, USA; and Sunway University, Malaysia, speak in the Library For Social Democracy yesterday, to a room of packed audience.
Prof Woo spoke on emerging markets, and the motivations underlying the trade war between US and China, and its impact on Malaysia.
In the talk that was attended by about 90 participants, Prof Woo makes the argument that the current focus on currency devaluation, trade deficits and technological theft detracts attention from the endemic structural issues of both the American and Chinese economy.
On the American side, more needs to be done to increase taxation to reduce deficits and for the Chinese, adequate social safety nets has to be installed so that the high savings rates can be reduced.
