26 Mac 18 - Bahas Bajet Tambahan 2017 - PKR Kelana Jaya (2)

26 Mac 18 - Bahas Bajet Tambahan 2017 - PKR Kelana Jaya (1)

The following video is Wong Chen's soalan tambahan on his question on the implementation of the Child Registry (child sexual offender registry). He asked if the Ministry has conducted studies on the effectiveness of the policy. The Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community then gave an answer that led to Wong Chen calling for a press conference. [Published on 7 March 2018]

I gave my King's Speech a few hours ago. I was originally slated to speak tomorrow but was asked to speak earlier. The speech was therefore partly prepared (in the early segments) and then mostly impromptu from the tenth minute onwards till the end. The speech was interrupted by two UMNO MPs, specifically Kota Tinggi and Pendang. These interruptions are meant to disrupt and wind down my clock. What to do; such is the nature of Parliamentary debates. Here is the full video of my 30 minutes speech, where I addressed questions on the economy, corruption and GST. At the very end I wished all the MPs good luck in the coming GE14. [Published on 8 March 2018]

Here is the video on my last debate for the day. It regards a simple amendment to the Arbitration Act; a name change to the arbitration centre. I was the only debater on this bill. I had planned to deliver a very short speech, but my colleagues kept interjecting and as such it took nearly ten minutes to complete. This video is pretty mild, the debate that ensued between me and minister Azalina after that, was heated. I insisted that the amendment is frivolous and wanted to know how much was the cost to rename and rebrand the arbitration centre. She was determined not to give me a straight answer. [Published on 30 August 2017]

On this short bill to amend a few income tax provisions, the govt is seeking to introduce better reporting standards and implement anti tax evasion measures. I posed 3 basic questions to the deputy minister. I also made a mention of Robert Kouk's new book at the very end of my speech. [Published 29 November 2017]

It is past 9 pm and we are still in Parliament. I delivered my speech on the miserable budget of RM26 million for the entire palm oil industry. This is a RM80 billion industry and the govt is spending a miniscule equivalent of 0.03% of total palm oil exports. In contrast, the US govt spends 1% of total exports to improve, defend and promote their agricultural products. The government cannot continue to spend RM26 million a year. It needs to spend at least RM500 million per year, if not RM800 million a year. The government needs to put in a lot more money into the industry to improve sustainability standards, met environmental codes, pursue socio economic big data research, improve workers rights, improve yields, improve technology and productivity. If we want to protect our economy on the longer term, we need to transition to be fully sustainable. This miniscule spend by UMNO BN is basically shooting ourselves in the foot while ignoring the global market embracing tougher standards. [Published on 15 November 2017]

Here is my budget speech delivered at 2.40 pm just now. As fate has it, I have been given the honour to speak after Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail on behalf of PKR on the budget. I was allocated 20 minutes and divided my speech into 3 segments. The first segment dealt with the fiscal numbers on GST and Income Tax, and also the Prime Minister's super bloated expenditure budget. The second segment dealt with the idea that we must have a bi-partisan approach to economic growth policies. I believe that both sides want to see our country succeed, but the other side must first commit to eradicating wastage and corruption. Lastly, I gave an impromptu appeal to the other side to abandon support for MO1, the kleptocrat. My appeal got the full attention of the Speaker and nods and cautious smiles from several BN Borneo MPs! [Published on 31 October 2017]

My staff, interns and I spent some 5 hours researching the intellectual property bill, which was debated today. Originally, we had crafted a 12 minute speech with 8 major points. However as luck has it, I had to wait for almost 3 hours today for my chance to speak. When it finally came to my turn, the clock read 5.27 pm (Parliament unless extended, adjourns daily at 5.30 pm). Since I am going to be extremely busy helping Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Leader of the Opposition to launch the Alternative Budget 2018 tomorrow, I had no choice but to deliver the intellectual property speech there and then at 5.27 pm. So here is superfast my three minutes speech, concise and straight to the point. [Published on 27 October 2017]

I just delivered the last policy speech of this entire Parliament session on the matter of the Securities Commission bill. I gave a congratulatory speech to the SC and the Finance Ministry for amendments that improves good governance. I also thanked everyone in the hall, in case this proves to be the very last sitting before GE14. [Published on 10 August 2017]

Here's Wong Chen's policy speech in Parliament this morning on bankruptcy and the banking system. He's participating in the debate on the new Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2016. He promised this video to be uploaded tomorrow morning. But, like our boss, us staff tend to outperform expectations and work overtime to serve you better; hence here it is now for your viewing pleasure! A little bonus: See pretty-and-informative graphs on not-so-pretty bankruptcy statistics at https://infogr.am/bankruptcy_in_malaysia. [Published on 29 March 2017]

The supplementary budget fight has just started. Round one is to discuss the broad policy rationales behind a supplementary budget. I questioned the Finance Minister of doing budget window dressing. There are many pay outs in the supplementary budget that are completely predictable and should have been originally budgeted for in October 2015. I also asked the Minister to explain the additional revenue collected in 2016 and explain in detail the actual deficit for 2016. Lastly, how was the supplementary budget paid for in 2016, was there bridging loans or government bonds issued. Tomorrow, the real battle will start as we go though each item of the supplementary budget. - Wong Chen, Facebook (27 March 2017)