When I started working in 2000, the starting pay for a fresh graduate with a college degree was about RM2,000. Within five years, I managed to buy an affordable local car and a medium-cost walk-up apartment.
The reason for cutting the budget for public universities is so can be more sustainable and independent from the government. That may sound like a good idea but it isn’t.
Massive 2015 toll hike in Malaysia: Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide By Zan Azlee Eighteen highways raised toll rates by a significant amount last week, and you can imagine […]
Still waiting for a straight answer on 1MDB By Zan Azlee I was at the recent Economic Update organised by the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) at Sasana Kijang. The panelists […]
Can we create equal opportunities for social mobility By Zan Azlee I come from a comfortable middle-class family. Not wealthy, but comfortable. We had enough good food and could afford […]
We must not downplay the devaluation of the Ringgit By Zan Azlee Local headlines have relentlessly focused on the Ringgit’s downward trajectory over the past months. As I write this, […]
BR1M – Membantu atau Memanja? Oleh Zan Azlee Apa pendapat anda tentang BR1M? Adakah ia sesuatu yang bagus untuk rakyat? Adakah ia membantu ekonomi negara? Atau, adakah ia menjadi cara […]
The Fat Bidin Podcast (Ep 55) – Why are the Zahra reactions so mean? Law graduate Zahra got a chance to share her financial struggles to the Deputy Prime Minister, […]
Recently, I hosted a #TanyaGomen session organised by the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) and the guest who I (and the audience) grilled was minister in the Prime Minister’s department, Datuk […]