[Forum in KL area] Petrol Hike, What Next for Malaysia?

Date: 26 June 2008 (Thursday)
Time: 8.00 p.m.
Venue: Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH)

No. 1 Jalan Maharajarela. (Near Maharajarela Monorail Station; Click here for Map of KLSCAH)

Speakers:
1. Mr Gurmit Singh (President of Centre for Environment, Technology and Development Malaysia – CETDEM)
2. Dr Hatta Ramli (Representative of PROTES)
3. Mr Khalid Jaafar (Executive Director of Institute for Policy Research )
4. Mr Tony Pua (Member of Parliament and Economic Advisor to DAP)

Language: English and Malay

For enquiry, please contact Mr Chan at：03-22746645

For more details, please visit:

http://www.scah.org.my/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=532&forum=5

Petrol Hike, What Next for Malaysia?

Perhaps 2008 is the turning point of Malaysian history. The changes of political situation, the international food crisis and the fuel hike crisis have tremendously brought significant changes to the people’s lives. Apart from that, in the future, these crises will also serve as a challenge to test the political and economical systems of our country on its capacity to solve them.

Thus, the Economic and Social Unit of KLSCAH, Youth Section of KLSCAH, the Social and Economic Committee of Selangor Hokkien Association, the Social and Economic Committee of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Teochew Association and SUARAM joint organise a forum on “Petrol Hike, What Next for Malaysia?” so as to analyze these crises thoroughly and look for their solutions.

Content:

1. Economic impact: How will the jump in the petrol rates bring impact on the whole economic situation? What is the trend of inflation? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the control and subsidy systems?

2. Low economic efficiency, political corruptions and evaluation of the TNB policy: How do the political corruptions and low economic efficiency affect the economy and the people in our country? The energy consumption of the people in our country is five times more than the Japanese.

3. Mass Transit Policy: The rise of the petrol price saved RM 4.4 billion in 2006. However, until now, the result has not brought into the open. How far is the Mass Transit Policy been carried out?

4. Social impact and the situation of the lower class people: How does the government deal with the effects of inflation towards the poor or lower class people.

We believe that your participation will enlighten the attendants on the issue of transparency and integrity.

Should you have further enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact Mr Teh or Mr Chan, the assistant secretary of the KLSCAH at 03-22746645.