Sassy MP

I invite you to join me in attending this economic forum.

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“NEW POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR MALAYSIA TO RE-START SUSTAINED HIGH GROWTH”

Introduction :

We are glad to inform you that Selangor State Government through SSIC (Selangor State Investment Centre) Berhad will be organising the above forum.

Date : 4th September 2009 (Friday),
Time : 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Venue : Bilik Gerakan, 2nd Floor, Bangunan Annex, Pejabat Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor, Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan. Map to venue

Objective :

The Objective of this forum is to provide updated information regarding the current economic situation. The speaker for this forum is Professor Woo Wing Thye, University of California, Davis.

Who should attend :

• Investors / Entrepreneurs / Industry players
• Financial Institutions
• Researcher
• Education Institutions
• Government Agencies
• Students
• Individuals who interested

Speaker Profile :

Professor Woo Wing Thye

Wing Thye Woo (胡永泰)

Professor of Economics
B.A., Economics, Swarthmore College, 1976
B.Sc., Engineering, Swarthmore College, 1976
M.A., Economics, Yale University, 1978
M.A., Economics, Harvard University, 1982
Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 1982

Research Interests: International and Domestic Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, Comparative Economic Systems.

Current Research: Sustainable Economic Growth, Provision of Global Public Goods, Economic Geography, Fiscal Decentralization, Restructuring of State-Owned Enterprises, International Capital Flows.  With emphasis on China, Indonesia, Malaysia and the United States.

He is Professor at University of California at Davis, Yangtze River Scholar at the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing, Director of the East Asia Program within The Earth Institute at Columbia University, and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Wing Thye Woo has advised a number of governments on macroeconomic and exchange rate management, state enterprise restructuring, trade issues, and financial sector development. He was a member of Consultant Team to China’s Ministry of Finance that helped to design the tax and exchange rate reforms implemented in January 1994; and the report has been published as Fiscal Management and Economic Reform in the People’s Republic of China, Oxford University Press, 1995. During 1997-1998, Wing Thye Woo served as a special advisor to the U.S. Treasury; and from 2002-2005, he was the Special Advisor for East Asian Economies in the Millennium Project of the United Nations.

Wing Thye Woo was born in 1954 in Penang, Malaysia, where he was a member of the 2nd. Georgetown (S) Senior Scout Troop, out of Methodist Boys’ School.

For more info on Professor Wing Thye Woo, please view his detailed bio statement, list of professional highlights and CV.

Admission:

FREE for students, Selangor state government officers, councilors, wakil rakyat and their assistants.

RM 50 for others and all payment can be made by cash or cheque to SSIC BERHAD.

How to get there:

Dewan Annex is the low-rise building adjoining Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor. If driving, you may follow signboards pointing to Bangunan Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (Bangunan SSAAS). Map to venue

How to register:

Programme and registration form

Please complete the form and fax to 03-55196403 / 5511 2008 before or on 3rd September 2009
You can also mail the form to (together with payment if applicable):

SSIC BERHAD
24th Floor, Wisma MBSA, Persiaran Perbandaran, 40000 Shah Alam, Selangor
Phone : 603-55102005 / 2006 / 55132007 / 55117988 / 55117990
Fax : 603-55196403/55112008
E-mail : info@ssic.com.my
URL : www.ssic.com.my

For any enquiries, please contact Mr Farid / Ms. Siti Balqis / Ms Liyana at 03-5510 2005 or email info@ssic.com.my / balqis@ssic.com.my / liyana@ssic.com.my

Thank you.

Friday, 28 August 2009 09:14

KUALA LUMPUR – Section 498 of the Penal Code has suddenly become a much-talked about number.

Before the issue concerning glamorous TV celebrity Daphne Iking made media headlines, how many people – more pertinent, how many women – knew such a law exists?

Simply put, it is about men enticing, taking away or detaining with a criminal intent, another man’s wife. Continue Reading »

DAP mengutuk sekeras-kerasnya perbuatan melemparkan bom api “molotov cocktail” terhadap sebuah kenderaan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (MACC) cawangan Klang, Selangor yang berlaku pada awal pagi ini (Khamis).

Perbuatan itu adalah tindakan jenayah yang perlu diambil tindakan segera oleh pihak berkuasa. Pihak polis perlu tegas dalam usaha membanteras penjenayah ganas di negara ini.

DAP menolak sebarang bentuk keganasan termasuk perbuatan mengugut atau mengancam nyawa manusia. Sudah tentu DAP tidak memberi restu terhadap perbuatan ganas melemparkan bom api itu. Continue Reading »

Part 1

Part 2

Home Ministry (hello?) wants your opinion on ISA. Please visit http://www.ikdn.gov.my/ and let the love flow

My message in the book of condolences.

DAP extends its deepest condolences to the family of Corazon Aquino on the death of the former Filipino president who was not only loved by the people of The Philippines but also many of us here in Malaysia. We also offer our sincere condolences to the people of the Republic of the Philippines.

Renowned for being this region’s first female president, we will always remember her advocacy for peace, democracy and women’s empowerment. Continue Reading »

The outrageous claims made in a blog article alleging misuse of state allocations by Ronnie Liu & Ean Yong is a malicious attempt to defame members of the Selangor state exco and to mislead the public and to discredit the state leadership.

It is a fact that all such allocations are approved and paid by the Land Office. These payments are usually approved and signed for by the Assistant District Officer on behalf of the District Officer. Payment is then made to the approved recepient. In the process, all payments must be properly supported by documents. Thus in these cases, all payments are fully supported by vouchers, receipts, invoices and photograpic evidence of the programme or the project concerned.

This system has been in place for many years and was handed down from previous Barisan Nasional administrations.

Since early this year, full details of all such payments had been posted on Ronnie Liu’s blog with full details such as the programme dates, the amounts and cheque numbers, and the relevant receipts.

The allegations contained in the blog article contains many flaws and mistakes that indicate the article was posted with malicious intent and with no regard for the truth.
Chief of these is the allegation that a recepient of the funds, Wong Chuan How is a contractor and reportedly was a major beneficiary of projects and contracts award by Ronnie Liu.
Wong is in fact a special assistant to Liu and also a Sepang councillor.
Some cheques were made out to him as he handled miscellaneous payments in connection with some projects and programmes. These payments are also documented and supported with receipts and vouchers which may be inspected if necessary.

Some of the programmes listed relate to the periods before March 2008, so how can Liu & Yong have had access to state allocation funds then when they had not been elected as assemblymen yet?

Some of the programmes and projects listed in the article are fictitious and non-existent. For example, the allegation that funds were disbursed to buy hampers for village chiefs in Seberang Perai is far fetched as the Land Office in Selangor would never approve funds for programmes outside the constituency let alone outside the state.

The allegation that DAP takes a commission from all the payments is also ludicrous as the amounts are paid in full to the recepients and there has been no complaint on this to date. Besides where is the proof of this?

In making payment, the Land Office verifies the expenditures and would only authorise payments when there is proper supporting documentation.

The writer of the article has to date not produced any proof of his allegations.

Why are the DAP exco members singled out for this allegations? Is there a political ploy afoot to discredit the state government.
We demand that the offending blog article be withdrawn immediately and a apology be tendered to Ronnie Liu & Ean Yong, failing which further action deemed fit should be taken.

Perhaps we should remind the public that the reports and complaints that state allocations to Barisan Nasional assemblymen in 2008 were exhausted within the first two months of the year, including a case where an assemblyman spent RM220,000 in a day!