Who run the government? Women, it seems.

AudioNewsOpinion By admin|March 9, 2017 |0
Chief Secretary to the Government, Tan Sri Ali Hamsa, recently said the 30% quota of women in decision making roles in the public sector had been successfully met. Catch IDEAS Senior Executive in Communications Shaza Onn on BFM’s Evening Edi [...]

US Inauguration 2017: Animal Spirits Unleashed?

Audio By admin|February 16, 2017 |0
Published by BFM on the 20th January 2017 Catch Chief Operating Officer Tricia Yeoh’s interview on Donald Trump’s inauguration as President of the United States of America on BFM. The interview also features Tony Nash, Chief Economist, [...]

Budget 2016 Analysis

AudioNews By admin|October 23, 2015 |0
Budget 2016 Analysis by Wan Saiful Wan Jan, Chief executive of IDEAS and Jagdev Singh, Senior Executive Director, PriceWaterHouseCoopers, Taxation Services Sdn Bhd Your browser does not support native audio, but you can download this MP3 to listen [...]

Education and the poor

AudioNews By admin|October 8, 2015 |0
Your browser does not support native audio, but you can download this MP3 to listen on your device. Much has been said about what can be done to uplift the bottom 40 percent of households in Malaysia. While a lot of emphasis were placed on social  [...]

MAKING OUR NATIONAL BUDGET MORE TRANSPARENT

AudioNews By admin|September 21, 2015 |0
Budget 2016 is scheduled to be tabled in parliament on October 23rd. How involved have you been in this process of allocating taxpayers’ money? According to a joint survey by the Open Budget Initiative and the Institute for Democracy and Economic  [...]

What is Open Data?

AudioNews By admin|August 26, 2015 |0
Do you know exactly how much of your tax money is spent on streetlights, garbage collection or any other public infrastructure? The idea of making government data readable and readily available to the public is new but fast gaining ground. Initiat [...]

SELANGOR – WILL THE GOVERNMENT FALL?

AudioNews By admin|June 26, 2015 |0
Politics in the Pakatan Rakyat-led state of Selangor remains calm on the surface but how long will this last. This morning’s political portals reported an offer by the former Menteri Besar, Khalid Ibrahim, as Mentor Besar. Could an UMNO-PAS tie up [...]