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Where to eat in Kuala Lumpur, the Asian capital famed for its contrasting culinary legacies

Where to eat in Kuala Lumpur, the Asian capital famed for its contrasting culinary legacies
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Two MSMEs chosen as grand prize winners of Lazada Malaysia's Gayamu, Caramu contest 2023

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — Two Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) known as Hasbella and Studio 623, were the Grand Prize winners of Lazada Malaysia’s Gayamu, Caramu (GMCM)...

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TaiWan Night Markets 台湾小夜市 – Bringing Taiwan's Iconic Street Food To Orchard Cineleisure, Hits & Misses Though

TaiWan Night Markets 台湾小夜市 – Bringing Taiwan's Iconic Street Food To Orchard Cineleisure, Hits & Misses Though
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'I rather order ice kosong': Man laments paying $4.20 for drink at Malaysia Boleh in Ang Mo Kio

Having paid for a cold beverage but given more ice than the drink that he ordered, Facebook user Erwin Woon took to the Complaint Singapore Facebook page to share his disappointment. Woon said he paid $4.20 for a cup of blue lagoon with longan at Malaysia Boleh's Ang Mo Kio outlet and was unhappy with how his drink turned out....

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Daily roundup: Working Title Burger Bar at Haji Lane running 1-for-1 promotions before closure — and other top stories today

Stay in the know with a recap of our top stories today. 1. Popular Working Title Burger Bar at Haji Lane to close, has 1-for-1 promotions and free-flow fries After a good four-year run at their North Bridge Road outlet, Working Title Burger Bar will be moving out of the space for good. Their last day will be on...

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Ex-dishwasher jailed for scalding colleague during tiff, causing scars likely to be permanent

Thang Jong Kiat splashed hot water on the victim, causing injuries to her face, scalp and chest. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Pride and Prejudice, Asian version — Paul Si

JUNE 5 — It's an Asian thing. Or maybe not. As Asians, we are proud of our Asian culture. There is irony in that. Yes, I am aware that Asia is diverse and that there are,...

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Da Ma Restoran – 8 Malaysian-Style Hawker Fare Under One Roof At Bencoolen

Da Ma Restoran – 8 Malaysian-Style Hawker Fare Under One Roof At Bencoolen
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Is Malaysia a welfare state?

SPEAKING at a Chap Goh Meh event in Klang earlier this year, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said that any attempt to turn Malaysia into a welfare state could result in an economic disaster. He was reported to have said that welfare states would eventually lose their competitive advantage due to the onset of complacency. The prime minister was absolutely right in making that claim and his resoluteness should be applauded. Becoming a welfare state is most certainly not the best way forward for our country. As we have a shared history with the UK, perhaps it is worth referring to British history when discussing the concept of a welfare state. William Beveridge, in particular, is widely considered to be the architect of the modern British welfare state. An economist and social reformer, Beveridge was asked by the British government in 1941 to draft a report on how the nation should be rebuilt after World War II. In the Beveridge Report, which was subsequently published in 1942, Beveridge recommended that the government fight against five "Giant Evils" of "want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness". And when Labour's Clement Atlee defeated Winston Churchill in the 1945 general elections, Atlee committed his government to implementing many of the recommendations set out by Beveridge. As a leftist party, it was only expected that Labour would jump at the opportunity to increase the role of the government. That was the beginning of the modern British welfare state. In implementing Beveridge's recommendations, Atlee's Labour government introduced several new laws. Through the Family Allowance Act 1945, families with children receive an allowance to help them with childcare, commonly known as child benefit. The National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1946 is similar to our social security initiative (Socso). Workers who are injured or disabled in carrying out their jobs receive compensation through this act. The National Insurance Act 1946 provides more social security to Britons by expanding the provisions of the original Act first introduced in 1911. Through the national insurance scheme, the public pays a regular contribution to the government and in return, they receive a wide range of benefits, including unemployment benefits and a government pension. The National Health Service Act 1946 created a taxpayer-funded national healthcare system. The Act has has been changed several times since its introduction but the principle of free healthcare remains until today in the UK. And of course, there have been many more additions to the welfare state schemes in Britain since then. James Bartholomew, author of the double award-winning book The Welfare State We're In, lists, among other things, free education, government housing schemes, government pension schemes and government-backed social security schemes as elements of today's British welfare state. It is difficult to summarise Bartholomew's 381-page book in this short article, so I urge readers to grab a copy if they want to know more about the dangers of a welfare state. But to summarise, Bartholomew argues that decades of welfare have created a British society that is poorer than it otherwise would have been, with more unemployment, greater dependency on the government, a higher crime rate, and a less decent and civil society. So we really should applaud Najib for declaring his new-found stance against the country becoming a welfare state. I say new-found because just a few months before his speech, he was actually supportive of the idea of a welfare state. In June 2011, Najib was reported to have said that the policies of Umno and Barisan Nasional fit better in the concept of the welfare state because they were the ones that introduced free education, free healthcare, subsidies for food items and subsidies for fuel. To hear the prime minister changing his mind about having a welfare state after supporting it is definitely good news. Nevertheless, I am worried that the government is flip-flopping again, especially because we are seeing the rise of welfare in Malaysia to a ridiculous extent. Malaysia can now boast new inventions in welfare statism that would put even communist China to shame. Just take a look around and see how, in just a few months, the number of government interventions in the name of welfare have increased tremendously. The RM500 given to those with a household income of less than RM3,000 was only the starting point of this new wave of welfare. I do not know which other welfare state has government-backed retail outlets like Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia, let alone government-backed fishmongers like Kedai Ikan Rakyat 1Malaysia. Even schoolchildren are included in "welfare state" Malaysia. They receive free vouchers and even pocket money for no obvious reason at all. And who would have thought we would see a government dishing out free tyres to taxi drivers? Malaysia Boleh, indeed! We now also have a minimum wage, and there is talk about the introduction of unemployment benefits — both of which are prominent facets of a welfare state. All these are signs that we are moving towards embracing the welfare state concept that the government initially rejected. And this is a worrying development. Unless it is checked very soon, I fear the prediction that a welfare state would result in economic disaster for the country could indeed come true. Wan Saiful Wan Jan is chief executive of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs. This story appeared in The Edge on July 9, 2012.

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YOURSAY | Explain why AGC in the dark over US$10m returned to MACC

'Minister's one-line Parliament reply indicates govt's lackadaisical attitude.'

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