Ramon Navaratnam

Bank Negara governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz publicly stated confidently on June 8 that “the current weaknesses of the currency will be temporary”.

Most Malaysians except the criminals and extremists believe in and want the rule of law to be applied without fear or favour, regardless of race or religion in our country.

The International Trade and Industry Minister, Mustapa Mohamed, and Mnister in the Prime Minister’s Department Senator Abdul Wahid Omar must both be warmly congratulated for their detailed informative briefings at the Town Hall meeting last Thursday at the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade).

Musa Hitam, our former deputy prime minister, must be highly commended for rightly reflecting the views of a significant proportion or even a majority of thinking Malaysians against the introduction of hudud laws.

As we prepare to bid farewell to 2014 and to welcome 2015, we inevitably ponder over the past and hope and pray for a better New Year.

Our Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak had rightly advised the Administrative and Diplomatic Service (PTD), on Wednesday Feb 17, to promote civil servants to their top leadership roles as secretaries-general and directors-general, much earlier.

Umno deputy president Muhyiddin Yassin made a striking statement at the Umno general assembly on Nov 25, 2014.

The Election Commission’s (EC) announcement by its secretary, Abdul Ghani Salleh, that the EC is preparing administrative work for a nationwide delineation exercise, is most welcome.

Now that our PM has delivered a ‘People Friendly’ Budget 2015 , let’s say a big thank you for all the goodies.

COMMENT I don’t think Budget 2015 will be exciting. It could  be mundane.

Most thinking Malaysians are getting increasingly concerned with the rapid pace of sedition charges levelled at well-known and well-meaning Malaysian personalities and intellectuals.

As a proud moderate Malaysian I celebrated our 57th Merdeka with gratitude and loyalty to my country Malaysia.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) talks among 12 Pacific countries have been stalling.

As former Transparency International-Malaysia (TIM) president, I wish to congratulate TI-M president Akhbar Satar and secretary Dr Loi Kheng Min for TI-M’s very constructive comments on the Auditor-General’s Report and its appeal to the prime minister to take tougher action against those who have abused public trust and public funds.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak impressively presented the Report on the Malaysian Transformation Programme for 2013.