KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — The DAP today accused the government of not reporting RM96.9 billion in loans it has guaranteed as public debt, which would push the amount of federal loans above the 55 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) allowed by law. Part

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 15): The government is overpaying for the raw sugar, which could be as much as RM64 million, under the three-year contract at US$26 per 100 pounds, according to the DAP. DAP national publicity secretary Tony Pua had on Wednesday queried

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — A long-term deal to import raw sugar at above market prices will cause “massive losses” and increase the burden of subsidies , DAP’s Tony Pua said today. Malaysia imports over 12 tonnes of raw sugar annually.

They offered these suggestions today as examples of what they see as equitable funding solutions to the government’s controversial proposal of offering loans to unqualified buyers using money from the pension fund. DAP national publicity secretary Tony P

WHEN I first read about the scheme where Employees Provident Fund (EPF) monies would be used to fund loans for the purchase of public housing by individuals who would otherwise not qualify for loans from commercial banks, I could not but share the concer

PR lawmakers have been spearheading a public outcry over the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government’s plan to help some 20,000 city renters buy their homes from Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) by borrowing money from the EPF. KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — Three P

KUALA LUMPUR: Pakatan Rakyat is claiming the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) had been "abused" for giving out soft housing loans to the urban poor instead of getting direct government aid. In a joint statement, the opposition coalition's PKR vicepresident

KUALA LUMPUR: Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Minister Datuk Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin has thrown down the gauntlet, challenging two Pakatan Rakyat MPs to a one-to-one public debate. He has challenged PKR Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah and DAP P

“The Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Federal Territories Ministry must hence come clean on why it has chosen to risk workers’ retirement savings and the real reason why the government can’t fund the housing for the poor directly. KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 —

(The Malaysian Insider) - akatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers accused Putrajaya today abusing monies from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to hide its current debt levels under the guise of offering a purportedly “noble” housing scheme for lower-income earner

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — DAP MP Tony Pua today urged employee representatives on the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) board to reject the proposed RM1.5 billion low-cost housing loan, saying it would open up the fund for further “political abuse” in future.

Those who are not paying income tax, will now have to pay. Those who are paying taxes, will have to pay even more. The 10% or whatever is on GROSS PAY, while income tax is subject to various relieves. Today Guang Ming Daily reported the hearsay received

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 1): Worker’s contributions to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) should not be used to finance the special funding scheme in public housing programmes in Kuala Lumpur, said the DAP. DAP national publicity secretary and MP for Petaling J

Workers’ hard-earning contributions to Employees Provident Fund (EPF) must not be abused by the BN Government for political purposes It was reported on the front page of The Sun two days ago on 30th January that “some RM1.5 billion will be channelled fro

“Pemandu must demand that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) disclose all details including the concession terms in the award to Europlus especially since the award was made via direct negotiation. KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 31 — The DAP’s Tony Pua pushed today fo

Gurmit Singh of CETDEM observed that our country is clearly not excluding the nuclear option although the official stand of the government is that it is not developing it. Tony Pua, MP, discussed the terms of the IPP contracts. Wing Miku a Sg. Asap settl

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 — Jumping on the public uproar over the RM7 billion west coast highway deal, a DAP MP continued to pound today the Barisan Nasional (BN) government’s failure to live up to its economic reform pledges. “This deal proves that no ‘trans

PETALING JAYA: Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua has questioned the reason behind the government’s increase in sugar subsidy despite the slide in global market prices the last six months. The DAP national publicity secretary was refuting Domestic Trade, Co

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 — The DAP’s Tony Pua today slammed Datuk Seri Najib Razak for knocking Pakatan Rakyat’s (PR) economic policies in a bid to claw more support from voters ahead of a general election. “We have proven that our policies do not destroy th