"B+ for the economy, B- for reforms" that's the verdict PKR's Subang MP Wong Chen gave on for the Madani government’s performance.
He also touches on AI investments economy and criticised key reform laws for loopholes.
He also took a swipe at the Prime Minister and questioned why Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is still holding the Finance portfolio knowing that it weakens checks and balances and risks repeating past governance failures.
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He also touches on AI investments economy and criticised key reform laws for loopholes.
He also took a swipe at the Prime Minister and questioned why Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is still holding the Finance portfolio knowing that it weakens checks and balances and risks repeating past governance failures.
Listen to the full interview with Wong Chen only now! Link in bio 🔗
#FiresideChat #PKR #MP #Government #Performance #SinarDaily
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00:08Terima kasih kerana menikmati kami.
00:11Terima kasih kerana menonton ini, kami akan minta pertanyaan politik yang secara
00:16tentang pemerintah, pemerintah, dinamik partai, dan apa yang boleh diperlukan oleh Malaysia.
00:23YB, terima kasih kerana menikmati kami. Mari kita mulakan dengan gambar besar.
00:26Pemerintah Madani, pemerintah yang telah mengawal Malaysia sejak tahun 2022.
00:32Jadi sudah 4 tahun.
00:34Bagaimana perhatian anda mengenai keperluan, politik dan persembahan?
00:39Ekonomi telah melakukannya dengan baik.
00:42Kami sedikit risau bahawa ringgit telah menjadi terlalu kuat, terlalu cepat.
00:46Jadi kami akan mendapatkan gambar lebih jelas tentang apakah pemerintah ini telah mengambil
00:53keperluan yang terlalu kuat dan dapat mengembangkan diri selama tahun 2026.
00:59Pemerintah kedua.
01:00Saya terima kasih kerana ringgit yang kuat akan menyebabkan eksporan kami.
01:05Saya pergi ke Vietnam 3 minggu lalu dan kami melihat bahawa
01:08orang-orang yang cukup baik dengan eksporan dan mereka cukup baik.
01:11Jadi mereka berjaya untuk mempunyai dong dengan 10-12%
01:16negara-negara yang terlalu kuat untuk eksporan.
01:19Tetapi sejati-jati di negara yang telah melihat bahawa
01:22di Indonesia ada beberapa masalah yang terlalu kuat
01:25yang pemerintah tidak sangat gembira dengan.
01:27Jadi mereka telah berinvestasi di Malaysia.
01:29Di Thailand, mereka telah mempunyai pemerintah semalam.
01:33Jadi sebelum itu,
01:35orang-orang juga sangat risau untuk berinvestasi di Thailand.
01:37Jadi saya rasa,
01:39saya rasa semua ini terlalu kuat dari Thailand dan Indonesia datang ke Malaysia.
01:43dan kemudian kembali dari AI data centre.
01:45Jadi semua ini telah mempunyai ringgit.
01:47Jadi saya rasa kita perlu menguatkan
01:49pemerintah Malaysia dan pemerintah Madani
01:51untuk 2-3 tahun ini.
01:54Saya telah melakukan beberapa hal yang telah melakukan,
01:56beberapa hal yang telah melakukan oleh geopolitik di region.
01:59Jadi sejati-sejati,
02:00ekonomi terlihat baik dengan jumlah besar.
02:02Tetapi di bawah,
02:03saya masih tidak sangat yakin
02:05kerana saya melihat,
02:08contohnya Chinese New Year shopping
02:10di bawah itu terlihat sedikit
02:11sedikit rendah.
02:13Ini tidak terlalu kuat seperti 2-3 tahun lalu.
02:16Tetapi ia melihat lebih baik daripada tahun lalu.
02:17Tahun lalu itu sangat berdamp.
02:21Jadi di bawah ekonomi,
02:22baik.
02:22Di bawah politik,
02:23kami telah melakukan beberapa peraturan
02:25yang berlaku seperti
02:27Perjalanan Perlindungan Perlindungan Perlindungan,
02:29Perlindungan Perlindungan Perlindungan,
02:30Perlindungan Perlindungan Perlindungan.
02:32Tetapi semua tiga peraturan
02:33mempunyai masalah yang terlibat,
02:35yang tidak benar-benar mengadu
02:37agendera perlakuan.
02:39Perlindungan Perlindungan Perlindungan Perlindungan,
02:41kami melihat
02:42yang sangat-sangat yang berlaku
02:44dari pendidikan di Perlindungan Perlindungan
02:45yang terlaku oleh perlindungan perlindungan
02:46atau dalam perlindungan perlindungan perlindungan.
02:49Tetapi saya faham bahawa
02:49perlindungan perlindungan perlindungan perlindungan
02:50yang mungkin berlaku 2 tahun lalu
02:51sebelumnya berlaku.
02:51yang berlaku oleh perlindungan perlindungan perlindungan
03:20We are talking about these core issues.
03:21And lastly, for the 4 Gpa Fiscal Responsibility Act, which is a milestone, but it doesn't
03:30address the fundamental issue that the committee is made of the government itself.
03:35So how can the government monitor themselves in terms of making his fiscal target?
03:39So maybe an amendment, hopefully in the next year, where they inject that the committee
03:45dan lebih berhubungan,
03:47maka seorang diri akan melakukan kerja yang lebih baik
03:50untuk memastikan pemerintah mempunyai target fiskal.
03:53Anda tidak boleh mempunyai pemerintah, pemerintah, pemerintah, pemerintah dalam komiti
03:59memastikan diri sebagai pemerintah pemerintah dan pemerintah pemerintah.
04:03Adakah anda faham? Ini adalah masalah penting.
04:05Jadi saya akan katakan bahawa ekonomi, saya akan berikan B, B+,
04:10tetapi apakah ia berhubungan dalam masa panjang, kita tidak pasti.
04:13kami akan tahu dalam masa panjang ini.
04:17Untuk pemerintah pemerintah pemerintah, mungkin B, B-,
04:20banyak yang perlu dibuat.
04:22Untuk mengambil semua pemerintah yang telah kita lakukan,
04:26kita perlu re-examinya dan memperbaikannya dengan cepat.
04:30Sejujurnya, saya tidak tahu.
04:32Kisah yang paling penting adalah korupsi.
04:34Kita melihat banyak aktiviti korupsi, banyak pemerintah yang dilakukan oleh MECC,
04:39tetapi mereka tidak telah menyelesaikan pemerintah pemerintah,
04:41yang telah menyebabkan keputusan yang telah menyebabkan keputusan.
04:46Mereka tidak telah berada di dalam.
04:48Pemerintah pemerintah tidak terjadi.
04:51Saya perlu melihat lebih banyak proses.
04:54Itu adalah sebuah yang kurang, kurang,
04:57menurutkan keputusan ekonomi,
04:58pemerintah pemerintah pemerintah pemerintah pemerintah.
05:03kepada pemerintah pemerintah pemerintah.
05:04Tertidak ada jawapan yang mahu.
05:06Presiden terima kasih banyak.
05:06Terima kasih banyak.
05:07Kita pergi ke ke tukung pemerintah selanjutnya.
05:08Baiklah, Penger Newsai implementedkara hari ritenaskan.
05:12Kata terjadi kurang,
05:19mengukakan penerima diri lepak.
05:25Mereka melihat ini sebagai skrutinyi anti korupsi.
05:30Jadi, boleh MPs berfungsi efektif jika kritik pemimpin berhubungan dengan korupsi
05:35diperlihatkan sebagai peningkatan daripada pelajaran politik?
05:43Saya rasa setiap memberi parlimen yang mempunyai sesuatu untuk mengucapkan fikiran mereka.
05:47Itu penting.
05:48Mereka mengucapkan komentar yang mungkin tidak terlalu betul.
05:55Saya mengucapkan perasaan dia.
05:57Saya mengucapkan komentar juga.
05:59Saya mengucapkan komentar juga.
06:00Anda boleh mengucapkan semuanya.
06:02Jadi, saya rasa ia mempunyai lebih kuat dalam masa depan.
06:06Kerana kami mempunyai parah dari UMNO.
06:08Dan UMNO, yang besar dari UMNO, yang sangat mendukung oleh Najib.
06:14Itu adalah itu.
06:15Tapi saya rasa penting di sini adalah
06:18apabila kita perlu mengucapkan jalan parti setiap kali.
06:22Saya rasa apabila mengucapkan korupsi,
06:24saya rasa kita harus mempunyai lebih kuat untuk berbicara tentangnya.
06:28Saya tidak mengucapkan masalah korupsi per se,
06:31tetapi masalah mengucapkan pemerintah.
06:33Saya telah berbicara tentang masalah ayah hitam,
06:35masalah di bawah ayah hitam,
06:38dan saya sangat terkejut.
06:40Jangan mempunyai ini.
06:42Jangan mempunyai ini.
06:43Jangan mempunyai ini.
06:43Jangan mempunyai ini.
06:45saya tidak mempunyai ini.
06:46Jangan mempunyai ini.
06:48Saya mempunyai ini.
06:50Saya mempunyai ini.
06:53kami mempunyai ini.
06:57Jadi saya hanya mempunyai ini.
06:59Itu bukanlah cikap kita untuk mengucapkan sesuatu
07:01atau berkata tidak ada yang terjadi.
07:03Jadi saya akan klik mungkin tidak menghapkan Yoh Bi Jin,
07:07tetapi Yoh Bi Jin sudah mempunyaikan semua rakyat kejadian
07:11yang berkaitan dengan mengucapkan barusan berkaitan.
07:14dan untuk melakukannya.
07:16Tapi, you know,
07:17perhaps she can do it
07:18more than once.
07:18Otherwise,
07:19she's, you know,
07:19she gets a lot of threats
07:21and that's not fair.
07:23Right?
07:24Yeah?
07:25Okay, got it, sir.
07:26Next, moving forward.
07:27So, while the public
07:28acknowledges progress
07:29under Madadi government
07:30like unresolved case
07:31like acid attack
07:32on footballer Faisal Halim
07:34and also attack
07:35on Rafi Zee Ramli's son
07:36have raised concerns.
07:37So, does this reflect
07:39weaknesses in law enforcement
07:40especially with the
07:41whole minister
07:41coming from PKR?
07:43I don't think
07:44it reflects him per se.
07:46I mean,
07:46he is ultimately responsible.
07:47The bug stops with him,
07:48right, as minister.
07:50I would say
07:51the police needs
07:52to do a lot more.
07:53You know,
07:53they need to do
07:54and improve it
07:55because it's an
07:55extremely high-profile case.
07:59The attack on Rafi Zee's son
08:00was particularly shocking.
08:03You know,
08:04the fact that there was
08:04no real progress on it.
08:08So, I think
08:11I personally feel
08:12as an MP
08:13less safe
08:14than I was
08:15during Najib's time
08:16or during
08:17at Badawi's time
08:18or any other time.
08:20You know,
08:20because this kind of thing
08:21never ever happened.
08:22I mean,
08:23we expect
08:23when we go into politics,
08:24people attack us,
08:27right,
08:27but attacking our children?
08:29Wow,
08:29that's a new level.
08:30And I really
08:32urge the government
08:32to look at this
08:33seriously
08:34and come up
08:35with some resolution.
08:36I mean,
08:37Rafi Zee is so angry
08:38that there's nothing
08:39being done
08:40that he said,
08:40no further action.
08:42And I can understand
08:43frustration
08:44not just as an MP
08:45but as a father.
08:47Right?
08:48You know?
08:49And the threats are real.
08:52So,
08:54I don't know.
08:55I suppose
08:55some police
08:56are doing their best,
08:57some are not.
08:57I don't know.
08:58I don't know how high
08:59this goes up to
09:00but it is eroding
09:01the confidence
09:02of the people
09:03that law and order
09:04is, you know,
09:05is being enforced.
09:07Okay,
09:07so got it.
09:09That's really,
09:10very points.
09:10Okay, next.
09:11Rafi Zee Ramli
09:12recently claimed
09:13in a podcast
09:13that Dato Sri Anwar Ibrahim
09:15was obsessed
09:16with becoming
09:16Prime Minister.
09:18So,
09:18as PKR MP,
09:20how do you respond
09:20to that claim?
09:22I don't think
09:22you use the word
09:23obsessed
09:23but that's just,
09:25you know,
09:26clickbait reporting
09:26from the media.
09:29And we've all
09:30been a target of this
09:30for God's sake.
09:32Right?
09:33just find the word
09:34that he actually used
09:35but come on up please
09:37like every member
09:38of parliament
09:38dreams of becoming
09:39a member,
09:40becoming Prime Minister.
09:42Correct?
09:43Are we all obsessed?
09:45I don't think so.
09:46You know,
09:47so I think
09:48the comment
09:49is probably quite fair
09:51because he,
09:52you know,
09:52everybody aims
09:53to do that.
09:54The big question
09:55in life is,
09:56you know,
09:56after you've achieved that,
09:57what will you do
09:58with that power?
09:59Our dream
10:01as reformers
10:02and I don't,
10:03I don't say this
10:04as on behalf of PKR
10:05but for reform-minded MPs
10:07is that if you become
10:09Prime Minister one day,
10:10you cede away
10:11your powers.
10:12All these powers
10:13have accumulated
10:14during Mahathir's time.
10:16You have to bring back
10:17assemblance of democracy.
10:18You cannot be involved
10:19in the appointment
10:20of judicial bodies.
10:21You know,
10:22you cannot be involved
10:24in so many appointments
10:25and so many things
10:26like auditor general,
10:27attorney general
10:28without a vetting
10:30through process
10:30from parliament.
10:32Right?
10:33So all those things
10:34are important.
10:35The Petronas cannot report
10:36only to Prime Minister.
10:37Prime Minister
10:37should have the power
10:38to decide
10:39what kind of contracts
10:40go to whom
10:41on his sole discretion.
10:43I mean,
10:44there are so many things
10:45to dismantle.
10:46So to me,
10:48obsessed,
10:48not obsessed,
10:49dream of,
10:50or whatever term
10:50you want to use
10:51to becoming Prime Minister
10:52is important
10:53or it's normal
10:54for members of parliament.
10:56But more importantly,
10:57we should ask
10:58what are you going to do
10:58when you become Prime Minister?
11:00And I think
11:01the primary thing
11:01for Malaysia
11:02to bring back
11:03assemblance of real democracy
11:04and checks and balance,
11:06the Prime Minister
11:06is going to cede away
11:07a lot of powers
11:08and definitely cannot be
11:09Finance Minister
11:10at the same time.
11:11That's what happened
11:12when Najib was there
11:13and that's how
11:141MDB came to be.
11:16Yes, thanks, sir.
11:17So just now,
11:18we talked about
11:19Prime Minister
11:20holding the Finance Minister
11:21portfolio, right?
11:22so this question
11:22is about that.
11:23So some Malaysians
11:24agree with calls
11:25to the bar,
11:26the Prime Minister
11:27from also holding
11:28the finance portfolio
11:30seeing it as more
11:31important than
11:33a two-term
11:33Prime Minister limit.
11:35So a principle
11:35tied to reformasi.
11:36So why does the government
11:38appear to have
11:39reversed its stance
11:40on this?
11:40I don't know.
11:41I mean,
11:42I'm not part of the cabinet
11:43but I can understand
11:44the early days
11:45perhaps the Prime Minister
11:46felt that he had
11:47a lot more experience
11:48as Finance Minister,
11:49wanted stability
11:51and, you know,
11:53but I would imagine
11:54after the first
11:55two years
11:56that stability
11:57is quite clear
11:58that we have
11:59two-thirds majority
12:00that it was time
12:01to give it away
12:02to someone else
12:03because
12:03no organisation
12:05can prosper like this.
12:06I mean,
12:06you don't go to
12:07any company in the world
12:09where the CEO
12:10is also the CFO,
12:12right?
12:12These are very,
12:13very basic issues.
12:14so I don't know
12:16why the decisions
12:16are made
12:17but it's a cabinet decision
12:18and it's a decision
12:19of Prime Minister
12:20so you have to ask him.
12:22Yeah,
12:22but as a principle
12:23if you want to amend
12:24the two-terms limit,
12:25amend this also.
12:26Why not?
12:28Right?
12:28Because it's just
12:28it cannot be done
12:30like this.
12:31I mean,
12:31the Prime Minister
12:32is working so hard
12:33he's already overworked
12:34as it is,
12:35right?
12:36So,
12:37you know,
12:37I think it's time
12:38to give out that post.
12:40Okay,
12:40I understand, sir.
12:41Alright,
12:41next question, sir.
12:42actually I would like to know
12:43who is Farhaj
12:45and why is he famous
12:46off and on politics
12:47and why is he linked
12:48with Rafi Zee?
12:50For a businessman
12:50and former political secretary
12:52like him,
12:52why is he linked
12:53with big guns
12:54of PTR readers
12:55and also crime?
12:56I don't know him personally.
12:58I've met him probably
12:59one time
13:01in just in passing.
13:02Never sat down with him,
13:03never talked to him.
13:05But you know,
13:06everybody's talking about him.
13:07That's true.
13:08So I have nothing else to add.
13:10You know,
13:11I mean,
13:11he was the political secretary
13:13to Anwar Ibrahim,
13:15right?
13:16And he's a businessman now.
13:19But prior to recent times,
13:22I don't think he was
13:23a big businessman.
13:24Now he's a very big businessman.
13:26So people are asking
13:27this kind of basic questions.
13:29Whether he has actual influence
13:30in the party or not,
13:31who knows?
13:32He has no official capacity.
13:35He might be a ketua cabang
13:36or something.
13:36I'm not sure.
13:37Right?
13:38Because I don't really follow him.
13:40how is he linked to Rafizi?
13:41I think Rafizi
13:42complains a lot about him.
13:44You know,
13:45and then I think
13:45he's suing Rafizi.
13:47So this will continue.
13:49You know,
13:50but beyond that,
13:51I've got nothing else to add
13:52because I really,
13:53I don't know him.
13:55I read as much
13:56as you do about him.
13:57I do have,
13:59of course,
14:00concerns that,
14:00you know,
14:04a businessman
14:04involved in politics
14:05or former politician
14:07becoming a businessman,
14:08not a core issue
14:09except when you become
14:10like billionaire.
14:11It is,
14:12it can be,
14:13the optics are not good.
14:14Yeah?
14:16Okay, sir.
14:16Moving forward.
14:17Okay, we have three questions left.
14:18Yeah.
14:19Okay.
14:19So next,
14:20Deputy Women's Minister
14:22Lim Huying
14:22has said that
14:23Malaysia won 60%
14:24women participation
14:25in workforce.
14:27So is that realistic
14:28with today's course
14:29of childcare,
14:30transport and work culture
14:31and also how can we
14:32promote this idea?
14:33I think it's quite simple.
14:35Of course,
14:36we want the more
14:37women participation,
14:38the better the economy.
14:39I mean,
14:40if we can push it up
14:41to 60, 65,
14:42you will see a 2,
14:433% GDP growth
14:44purely on that
14:46productivity level.
14:48So if your country
14:49is growing at 4%,
14:50you know,
14:51a 2% bump,
14:52that's a lot.
14:54Do you understand?
14:54so how do we
14:55release women
14:56into the workforce?
14:59Childcare
15:00is a core issue,
15:01of course.
15:02The irony of the whole thing
15:03is we're getting,
15:04you know,
15:04Indonesian and Filipino
15:06women to look after
15:07the children's hold
15:07to release our women,
15:08Malaysian women to work.
15:11Then it comes
15:12with a simple question.
15:13Why is it so expensive?
15:15Why is hiring
15:17an Indonesian mate
15:18or a Filipino mate
15:2020,000 ringgit
15:21in process?
15:23That's crazy.
15:25You know,
15:26in Singapore,
15:27and you can ask
15:29anybody out there
15:30and ask their cousins
15:31or whatever
15:31living in Singapore
15:32how much it costs,
15:33my understanding,
15:34it costs about
15:3410,000 ringgit only,
15:36not 10,000 sing dollars.
15:38The Singaporeans
15:39are earning
15:39three times
15:40our income
15:43and they have to pay
15:44half of the cost
15:45of hiring
15:45an Indonesian mate
15:47or Filipino mate
15:48to help the women
15:50join the workforce,
15:52productive women
15:52join the workforce.
15:54So,
15:54solve that migrant issue,
15:57migrant worker issue,
15:58and you will solve
15:59mostly
15:59the core issue
16:01of whether women
16:02can be,
16:03you know,
16:04can be
16:04freed up
16:06for the work,
16:07for the workforce.
16:08And women,
16:09overall in Malaysia,
16:10are better educated
16:11than men.
16:12So,
16:12you can imagine
16:13the economic cost
16:14it has
16:15to the economy
16:16overall
16:17by not solving
16:18this basic question.
16:20Okay,
16:21got it, sir.
16:22All right,
16:23next,
16:23moving forward.
16:24Many graduates
16:25today say
16:25they want to be
16:26influencers,
16:27traders,
16:28and freelancers
16:29in search of
16:29professionals.
16:31Like,
16:31most of them,
16:32they want to be
16:32influencer,
16:33content creator.
16:33So,
16:34how can we push
16:35graduates back
16:36into productive
16:37and professional
16:38sectors?
16:39I'm in no position
16:40to advise young people
16:42what they want to do.
16:43because the world
16:44is changing
16:45very rapidly.
16:45I mean,
16:46AI is
16:47on our doors.
16:50Its impact
16:51is strange
16:52and we don't know.
16:53I mean,
16:54there are many
16:54modelling out there
16:55but we do expect
16:57about 30%
16:58unemployment
16:58to be the norm
16:5910 years,
17:005 years from now.
17:02So,
17:03for young people,
17:04I have young children
17:04also,
17:05so what
17:05do you advise them,
17:07right?
17:09I would advise them
17:10to pursue
17:11something more
17:12creative.
17:14hopefully AI
17:15cannot do
17:15those jobs.
17:19It's hard.
17:20I mean,
17:20some people,
17:21you know,
17:21go to the extent
17:21and say,
17:22oh yeah,
17:22become a physiotherapist,
17:23you know,
17:24work with your hands
17:25and some skills
17:26or become a
17:28psychologist
17:28or something,
17:29right?
17:30Where
17:31you can
17:34show some
17:35professionalism
17:35or this kind of thing.
17:36so I don't think
17:37it
17:38that,
17:39you know,
17:39young people
17:39who
17:40wants to become
17:41entrepreneur
17:41is a bad thing
17:43but definitely
17:44not influencer
17:45la,
17:45please,
17:45that's not a life.
17:47You know,
17:47even influencers
17:48will get burnt out,
17:50right?
17:50so that I won't
17:50advise that
17:51for any person.
17:56But professionalism,
17:57I don't know,
17:59I really don't know.
17:59I mean,
18:00in my time,
18:00I'm 50-something now
18:01so in my time,
18:03it's very simple.
18:03If you're good,
18:04clever,
18:05and you have the means,
18:06go and become
18:07accountant,
18:08lawyer,
18:08engineer,
18:09doctor.
18:10That's standard,
18:10right?
18:12But the world
18:12is actually run
18:13not by these people.
18:15The richest people
18:15are usually
18:16entrepreneurs,
18:17right?
18:18The world is run
18:19by people
18:19who do normal jobs,
18:21you know?
18:22So,
18:23but the AI
18:23will change
18:24the job landscape.
18:25So,
18:25it's very hard
18:26for me to advise
18:27but I think
18:30if you're involved
18:30like production
18:31of food,
18:33you know,
18:34you can do
18:35vertical farming,
18:36you can do
18:36organic farming,
18:37those kind of thing.
18:38If you're involved
18:39in
18:41jobs that have
18:41physical touch,
18:43right?
18:44Jobs that are
18:45much more creative,
18:47you'll probably
18:47survive in the AI world
18:48but there will always
18:49be lawyers,
18:50doctors,
18:50engineers,
18:51of course.
18:52It's just the AI
18:52will be doing
18:54a lot of the work
18:55for them,
18:56you know?
18:57So,
18:57in the old days
18:58you did five engineers,
18:59you probably need
18:59one or two.
19:01So,
19:01those are the issues.
19:02Okay,
19:03I understand.
19:03So,
19:04for the last question
19:04for politically frank,
19:05so looking at
19:072026,
19:07what do you think
19:08will directly affect
19:09the wallets
19:10of ordinary Malaysians?
19:12Cost of living
19:13is always the challenge,
19:14right?
19:15I'm happy that
19:15the ringgit is strong
19:16that a lot Malaysians
19:18seem to have gone to
19:18Japan,
19:19China holiday lately,
19:20right?
19:22But that's for the
19:23middle class,
19:23you know,
19:24the lower income group
19:26is still facing
19:26core basic issues.
19:28So,
19:30global uncertainties,
19:32the tariff going
19:33into its full force
19:34or full year,
19:36there's two way
19:36to look at this.
19:37Either we have not
19:38dealt with the tariff
19:39so far because
19:39a lot of front loading
19:40happening
19:42or people have decided
19:43the tariff,
19:44we just leave with it
19:45and move on,
19:46right?
19:47I have a suspicion
19:48the tariff will be
19:49quite disruptive
19:50by the first
19:51and second quarter
19:52this year
19:53and probably some
19:54resolution by the
19:55third and fourth quarter
19:56and if tariffs
19:57are not looking good
19:59and if the ringgit
20:00is too strong,
20:01we could have
20:02unemployment
20:03when factories
20:04in Malaysia
20:05cannot compete
20:05anymore.
20:06So,
20:07we need to be clever
20:08about this kind of thing.
20:09I think more trips
20:10for the government,
20:13melawat sambil belajar lah,
20:14but please belajar lah,
20:15jangan melawat saja.
20:18Go there
20:19and see what
20:20other countries
20:20are managing,
20:21especially our competitors.
20:23Vietnam,
20:24I was very lucky
20:25to go there
20:25as a committee member,
20:26as a chairman
20:28of my committee
20:28to understand
20:29international trade.
20:30I think I learned
20:31a lot in that
20:31four days in Vietnam.
20:34they're serious.
20:36They're taking steps.
20:39I'm going to call
20:40a lot of meetings
20:41to engage
20:42the manufacturers
20:44here in Malaysia.
20:45I met
20:45some Japanese
20:47and also
20:48Japanese manufacturers
20:49of late last week.
20:51I'm meeting
20:52some Chinese SOEs
20:53also this week.
20:54I'm trying to gauge
20:55what's really happening.
20:58I think we need
20:59to plan
20:59and our job
21:01in committee
21:01is to plan
21:02as much as we can
21:03policy-wise
21:04and advise our government
21:05to take the actions
21:06they need to take.
21:07Whether they take
21:08or not,
21:08there's another issue lah.
21:09But our job
21:09as parliamentarians
21:10is to further
21:12the policy-making
21:12and the thinking
21:13for the government.
21:15Okay.
21:15Okay?
21:16Goddick, thank you so much, sir.
21:18Thank you.
21:20Goddick, thank you.
21:23Thank you.
21:23Thank you.
21:24Terima kasih kerana menonton!
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