Liew Chin Tong

Does Malaysia really need High Speed Rail?

Does Malaysia really need High Speed Rail?

MP SPEAKS | The priority should be to expand railways to cater for freight and passengers.
Transport should get chunk of PM Dept’s plump budget

Transport should get chunk of PM Dept’s plump budget

MP SPEAKS | Is Rahman Dahlan having a ‘let them eat cake’ moment asking motorists to ‘wake up earlier’?
A budget ‘of Najib, by Najib, for Najib’

A budget ‘of Najib, by Najib, for Najib’

Budget 2016 is unmistakably a budget essentially ‘of Najib, by Najib and for Najib’.
Booted from House, but Kit Siang's battle is not over yet

Booted from House, but Kit Siang's battle is not over yet

MP SPEAKS | His being silenced through brute force of MP majority reveals BN’s fears.
The final countdown, earthquakes and iPhone

The final countdown, earthquakes and iPhone

MP SPEAKS | The voters are waiting for something transformative from the quakes shattering the country…
What is the use of voting for MCA?

What is the use of voting for MCA?

MCA president Liow Tiong Lai told the Johor MCA annual general meeting yesterday that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak had agreed to “return” the seat of Gelang Patah to MCA, and that MCA is ready to unseat Lim Kit Siang.
The evolution of political Islam in Malaysia

The evolution of political Islam in Malaysia

MP SPEAKS | Part 2 looks at its huge impact on realigning Malaysia’s political spectrum.

Four reasons why we need Pakatan Harapan

Four reasons why we need Pakatan Harapan

MP SPEAKS | Here are the oft-cited cliches against the new coalition, and why they are wrong.

Political ‘earthquakes’ that realigned M’sian politics

Political ‘earthquakes’ that realigned M’sian politics

MP SPEAKS | From the decline of left-wing ideology to the emergence of political Islam.

At least 1pct of the citizens attended Bersih 4

At least 1pct of the citizens attended Bersih 4

MP SPEAKS One can expect that now they are politically awakened and inspired.

Najib’s Special Economic Committee is a waste of time

Najib’s Special Economic Committee is a waste of time

MP SPEAKS This is unless the trust deficit of the Najib gov’t is not addressed.

Five ways to save the Malaysian economy

Five ways to save the Malaysian economy

MP SPEAKS We badly need new and able finance minister, not to say PM.
Five ways to get Najib to quit as prime minister

Five ways to get Najib to quit as prime minister

MP SPEAKS Also, meek MCA should be shy Umno Johor stood up on RM2.6b issue.
Perlis Umno should speak up like Johor Umno

Perlis Umno should speak up like Johor Umno

MP SPEAKS Umno owes a duty to Malaysians to remove Najib from office.
A decade after Hisham waved the keris...

A decade after Hisham waved the keris...

FREE MP SPEAKS The act paved the way for Umno’s dramatic decline.
Local democracy - the dynamics of clean toilets

Local democracy - the dynamics of clean toilets

FREE Should we have more politics at local level? I say 'yes'. Here's why.
How to pay law graduate Zahra better?

How to pay law graduate Zahra better?

FREE MP SPEAKS There is an urgent need for restructuring the M’sian economy.
Making sense of the PAS polls - what’s at stake?

Making sense of the PAS polls - what’s at stake?

FREE MP SPEAKS Realignment of forces may be the next on the cards.
PM’s Dept’s slush funds must be curbed

PM’s Dept’s slush funds must be curbed

FREE MP SPEAKS This is a must if the 11th Malaysia Plan is to succeed.
Ahmad Maslan in need of Economics 101

Ahmad Maslan in need of Economics 101

FREE Him saying GST cuts tax rates is vintage Ahmad Maslan.
Malay leadership vacuum and endless possibilities

Malay leadership vacuum and endless possibilities

MP SPEAKS The crisis in both Umno and PAS may see rise of new leaders.
Seeing through the hudud controversy

Seeing through the hudud controversy

MP SPEAKS We must see through the grand design and defeat the plot.
Hammering the hudud wedge into Pakatan

Hammering the hudud wedge into Pakatan

MP SPEAKS A DAP MP says this is the real story behind the Kelantan hudud move.
Local polls hand power, resources back to states

Local polls hand power, resources back to states

Fifty years ago, on March 1, 1965 Tunku Abdul Rahman’s Alliance government ‘temporarily’ suspended all local elections ostensibly as a part of the response to the Konfrontasi launched by the Sukarno-led Indonesian government. The Tunku also did promise a return to normalcy once the hostility ends.