Welfare

By Dr Helmy Haja Mydin

27/7/09: It is common knowledge that life as a junior doctor in Malaysian public hospitals is not a bed of roses despite the various improvements that have been put in place over the past few years. One of the most common complaints that can be heard is with regards to the lack of doctors. But it is less common to hear anyone mention about there being too many patients at hospitals.

By Dr Helmy Haja Mydin, Healthcare Policy Fellow, Malaysia Think Tank

The federal government should start the ball rolling by providing state healthcare authorities with greater autonomy when dealing with the allocation of resources for building maintenance, public health and provision of medical services, including decisions on staffing and the purchase of medication and equipment.

16 – 18 January 2009.
Theme: “Globalisation, the free market and developing countries”
Venue: Residence Hotel, UNITEN, Selangor.

At this Freedom Academy participants will study in depth the true meaning and morality of capitalism, how globalisation has brought prosperity to developing economies, and why free market capitalism is still the way for forward.

By Hafiz Noor Shams

Many of the policies aimed at enhancing welfare of the people began with good intention. As noble as it sounds, good intention is not always a good measure for a good policy.

22 – 24 AUGUST 2008.
HOTEL RESIDENCE, SELANGOR, MALAYSIA.

Do you value the rule of law? Do you wonder if the free market is socially just? Have you ever wondered what freedom and liberty really means? Do you want strong liberal democratic institutions in your country? If so, come to the Freedom Academy series to explore some of these issues.

Imagine a system where parents can decide to send their children to any school of their choice. If teachers in school X mistreat the pupils, parents can take their children to another school with more committed and talented teachers. If a school repeatedly do badly in UPSR or PMR, parents can move their children to a better performing school. Wouldn’t that be much better?