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Ong Kian Ming, Saifuddin Abdullah sit together with Nazir Razak in council

Posted on by Helen Ang

Agenda: Malaysia’s “pursuit of greater liberalisation” to enhance free market, throw open the economic system

Evangelista Tricia Yeoh, formerly research officer to Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim, is appointed IDEAS new CEO COO.

Gambar Kosmo! via http://kluangtoday.blogspot.com/

Tricia’s fellow members on advisory council viz. market “liberalisation” strategy

  • Nazir Razak
  • Saifuddin Abdullah
  • Ong Kian Ming
  • Mujahid Yusof Rawa
  • Michael Yeoh (chief of Asli, the think-tank that hosted the two live debates between LGE and CSL)
  • Munir Majid
  • Azman Ujang
  • Omar Mustapha (most-est “favourite” person of the Mahathirist bloggers)
  • Nur Jazlan Mohamed
  • Anthony Cooper
  • former Chief Justice Tun Dzaiddin Abdullah

News item today can be read @ The J-Star.

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8 thoughts on “Ong Kian Ming, Saifuddin Abdullah sit together with Nazir Razak in council”

  2. So, with Malaysia population at 30 million, nepotism & cronyism are still alive and doing splendidly well.
    LOL .. Imma need to get me on a political bus, i can retire in 5 years. Rich!

  3. Helen,

    1. Liberalisation is a very much used word or abused word in forcing the view and agenda of the priviledge to the under priviledge. All in the name of free and open market.

    2. Good luck to the team of very eminent persons chosen by the think tank to empower the bottom of 40% of the Malaysian population.

    3. I have no capacity to gauge the skills and knowledges of the chosen eminent persons to the subject matter and perhaps I should do more research on their contributions to this subject matter.

    4. I do know a bit of liberalisation of the banking industry as promoted by BNM and the free marker promoters.

    5. BNM in their efforts to promote financial inclusion encourage banking players to open more branches in semi urban and rural area especially the Islamics Financial Institution (IFN).

    6. This includes offsite ATMs at high traffic places.

    7. The foreign bank offsite ATMs met very strong objection by the local banks as they are treating this as threat to their well being. They want protection.

    8. The one that most vocal is CIMB. I wonder if liberalisation is to serve the peoples or protection to serve special group interest is in their mind.

    9. In Indonesia, CIMB owned a bank. There is no restrictions imposed to their bank there even they are considered foreign owned there. That is liberalisation.

    10. I am not sceptical on the breath and depth of the eminent persons chosen to improve the target group’s livelihood. I am keen to follow through the recommendation of this group especially from the CEO of CIMB, the highly distinguish free market promoter.

    1. FDV,

      re: Liberalisation is a very much used word or abused word in forcing the view and agenda of the privileged to the under privileged. All in the name of free and open market.

      So agree!

      re: Good luck to the team of very eminent persons chosen by the think tank to empower the bottom of 40% of the Malaysian population.

      I wouldn’t trust them to walk my dog.

      re: “I have no capacity to gauge the skills and knowledges of the chosen eminent persons to the subject matter and perhaps I should do more research on their contributions to this subject matter.”

      Please do. My own reaction is ditto above (I wouldn’t trust them to walk my dog) nor trust them to empower the poor people.

      re: “I wonder if liberalisation is to serve the peoples or protection to serve special group interest is in their mind.”

      Sorry but when I see some of the names in the list, the first thing that comes to my mind is “serve special group interest” and that special interest ain’t the poor.

      re: “I am not sceptical on the breath and depth of the eminent persons chosen to improve the target group’s livelihood. I am keen to follow through the recommendation of this group especially from the CEO of CIMB, the highly distinguish free market promoter.”

      Thanks for offering to follow-up. Since I’m most sceptical, I’d appreciate your further views.

  4. So many advisors this and that these days…should be proud how our education system have produced soooo many advisors ehh

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