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The recent sale of 90 million Plus Expressway shares by Malaysia’s state pension fund Khazanah Nasional could signal moves by the government to accelerate the reduction of its big holdings in government linked companies (GLCs), analysts say.

Coincidental or not, Khazanah’s sale of about 90 million Plus shares in the last week of November — around [...]

Aargh, so busy these days…

Let’s talk some GST.

I’m no economist, but isn’t one of the reasons a GST is a bad idea the fact that it burdens everyone without regard to their economic standing?

Thus, the poor would have to pay the same percentage GST as rich people.

I suppose this is like the issue of petrol [...]

Our 2nd Finance Minister seeks to reassure us about the injection of RM 7 5 billion into ValueCap.

I sought the wisdom of my colleagues in trying to understand the motives for this, and what areas of this move may raise suspicions. I learnt quite a bit.

I think the crux of the matter is that huge [...]

Almost every serious “intellectual” or “economist” I know bemoans fuel subsidies – the gist being it simply doesn’t make economic sense to subsidise fuel.

Having heard the arguments, I can lend some sympathy to this view; efficiency, after all, has always been something I’ve found sexy.

I did a brief survey of what’s been written while [...]