’Jedi’ Master Criticizes Malaysian Government

Malaysia has gone through many hardships over the years, despite our riches, we still come in short. Dive in this interview as we view from the perspective of a Council of Eminent Persons perspective on Malaysia’s economic situation. Timestamp: 0:00 - Interview Summary 0:40 - Introduction 1:10 - Q1) Prof Jomo’s background and his journey to be well respected economist around the world 2:43 - Q2) What was Prof Jomo doing in the UN? 4:06 - Q3) How is it different from your work at Khazanah Research Institute? 6:40 - Q4) During the 90s you were quite critical about the privatization of Malaysian Institutions, why was that? 15:26 - Q5) Was it a good move to bring back the 4 major highways to the government & Should the government pursue to bring back these big services back to the government? 18:40 - Q6) Government increases SST and trying to do tax reform, do you think its sufficient or is there other ways they could do it? 28:45 - Q7) Unfortunately there was no repo