Without Tony , The Edge, Sarawak Report, 1MDB would never be able to be brought to the scrutiny of the public of Malaysia and justice would never be able to be served on those crooks .

This is something we need, Malaysia need for the betterment of the country and maturity of the government. Bravo to both for taking the courage to do this. Malaysia need capable government be it Malay, Indian, Chinese or whatever races to run the country. As it is now we have lost our niche and competitiveness globally. We have lost more than 10 years because of so many scandals, we can’t afford not to buck up. Keep this up. We appreciate and support you ❤

Both Ong kian Ming n Tony r truly patriotic Malaysians who love their country. Thx for the revelations

One of the best programme for all Malaysians. Hope Dr. Ong and Tony Phua continue we will be very appreciated.

This is the intellectual discussion all politicians needs to display instead of mud slingging gutter politics presently practised.

Tony you are Hero for Malaysia , we all love you

Great video, all Malaysians should watch this, cos we don't know how the government works, they didn't even talk much about politics, just policies, no race, no religion being mentioned, I have tried to watch videos of PN, interviews of their MPs and it just a cannot compete with this, learnt so much

Great discussion and sharing. Looking forward to the days when we have more educated and intellectual ministers who can count so that we have more effective and efficient policies, implementation plans, and better contract negotiations for the benefits of the rakyat. Keep up the good work and wish for both of you to be back in government soon!

Such an intelligent individual, not in cabinet, is the country’s loss. Y is he not in this unity govt cabinet? He’ll make a remarkable finance minister. So is dr ong. Both are remarkable talents. Dr ong with rafizi will make unbeatable economic ministers!

this is my 1st video from you guys . really hard to find an english commentary on such topics . thank you guys !

THANK YOU Tony Pua for savings BILLIONS on the MRT2 project for the RAKYAT !!!!!

satu lagi podcast politik yg saya dengar selain dari pada Keluar sekejap!! nice !!!

The difference between this podcast and KS is. This is very direct to the topic and answer/discuss, more to policy and less pilotic. KS more to kecam UMNO at the first few episodes but after that getting better. But still more toward to politics.

A very clear discussion that explained why GST shouldn't be implemented, at least for this moment of time. Bravo to Dr. Ong and Tony Phua.

I understand GST explanation and its challenges better from this podcast.

These guys, are the actual leaders we need for the development of Malaysia. Leadership runs in their blood. Unlucky, till now we are struggling and left far behind by Singapore, korea, japan, china, etc.

GST should not be abolished in the first place, but a refund of GST for basic needs for all. It helps identify tax evasion and capture black market money when the money spend

Very good . Short and clear. Wish a lot more Malays would listen and get a clearer picture. Thanks guys !

Than you for a Interesting program keep up the good work Dr. Ong and of course Mr Tony Pua

Good. To have it in English allows more people to listen and can understand.

Thank you Tony Pua. It is just a shame that people are forgetful and take it for granted. It is hard to have another Politician that not just care about the nation and have the availability and power to do something about it.

Excellent discussion. Rare to hear the various issues that plagued the nation. The worst enemy incompetency corruption betrayals. Hopefully to see both contributing in the process of good governance. Heartiest gratitude for the past service

Now that the public understands what Ong & Tony have done , saving Billions of RM from their involvement in Ministry of Finance, these two guys must be brought back immediately into the UG & given a senior position including bodyguards to protect them from dissatisfied party/ies!

Great discussion and very informative. I enjoyed this discussion very much and I guess it has more than answered Tony's critics. Those anti DAP should hear what he had explained on the Jawi issue. I suggest having a BM subtitle on this video and a transcript of this discussion in BM disseminated to the Malay media. It will open their ears of the patriotic things u guys have done for the rakyat and country despite all the obstacles and challenges.

How I wish the cabinet ministers can think & analyse like Tony Pua in addressing issues our nation is facing just like the old unresolved issue of GST.

It is such a pity that the govt lost the service of these 2 highly intelligent and honest MPs.. Imagine how much more they can contribute towards the positive advancement of our beloved nation. Why the majority cannot see how important it is to us to have honest capable and smart Ministers and advisors irrespective of race and religion.. All the rakyat irrespective of race n religion will benefit from good governance. Why succumb to fear n hatred and sacrifice the welfare of our nation? .. We need good honest people to save our nation 😳 and unfortunately there are so few nowadays 😭

Great💫

You both have done a very good job and hoping to see you to continue doing it.

Not bad this Tony Pua fella quite smart haha very sharp!

The insightful analysis here is providing a valuable service in helping Malaysians enhance their political understanding and literacy.

These two RI boys, its amazing how they didn't decide to stay on in Singapore. Any minute they'd be in the Singapore Finance Ministry, instead of rescuing Malaysia. Such genius there breaking down the borrowing for the highway, explain the entire MRT negotiation and bargaining wah the MRT more expensive than Singapore, there talking breaking down how Muhyddin never go after Goldman Sachs hard enough that Goldman Sach shouldn't be allowed to reduce compensation. Tony Pua make one statement, "most of them cannot count", we all also thinking like that, that's why the country keep having deficit, that's why the ringgit keep depreciating, semua pekerja tak boleh kira.

Great insights. We need more smart people like them to run the country.

thanks tony pua, very knowledgeable discussion

Very interesting, i appreciate these discussions and insights very much. I hope the rakyat will be able to use their brain better after this. Definitely need more of this. 👍

Great discussion. Really enjoyed that. Trip down memory lane. For the next part can we discuss on the future, what can Malaysians look forward to, how can Malaysia improve further, what new policies can be put in place and some discussion on budget for 2024.

This was so interesting and I never knew about the details and cock ups.

😊😊😊 awesome work. Have more series!!! ❤

Thank you for perspective on Gst

One of the best podcast episode that I’ve listened to. Great job!

Thanks Tony. We wish you had continued to serve.

It seems clear that Tony has the rakyats interest at heart. Also I am impressed by his sharp mind and his audacity to challenge the status quo in the interest of the rakyat. But I do feel, in the public stage is where he fails. When he speaks he comes across as arrogant and uncaring. Obviously this is not true but sometimes perception is more important than the truth. Perhaps why Tony is still very much needed to contribute ideas and direction albeit behind the scenes.

no audio from 46:00 to 48:15

Thanks for this interview; it is very insightful. It helps us understand many things. Below are questions from me: 1) Can you guys share with us the reasons why a GST below 6% would be money-losing? Khairy Jamaluddin had recommended lowering the GST to 3%. I would like to know why it didn't work. 2) GST has been recommended by economists not only from Malaysia but also from around the world. If it is so regressive, why would they recommend GST? 3) Based on a Google search, currently, there are 195 countries in the world implementing it. Countries poorer than us, like Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, and India, have GST. If GST is so bad, why haven't these countries abolished it? 4) Can you share the data for the cost of building the underground MRT station in Singapore and the underground MRT station in Malaysia? 5) Thanks for highlighting how inefficient our GST system is. May I know if there has been any study conducted to support the claim that there is no way to improve the GST system in Malaysia to make it feasible? Also, how have other countries in the world been able to successfully implement GST, even when some of them are poorer than Malaysia? 6) Can you share the study on passenger growth and the population of LRT 3? Based on this podcast, the number of rolling stocks ordered seems ridiculously high. 7) Can you share with us the study on the benefits of realigning the ECRL by the PH government and the negative impacts of the alignment from the BN government? 8) Previously, Mr. Pua had recommended privatizing PLUS; however, it has been proven that the recommendation is not feasible. Can you please elaborate on why you think it is feasible?

Thanks for all the information. I do think that you guys got to be “high profile” when you are doing things or have done things. Just like what Anthony Loke said. MRT2 savings of 8.8 billion is enough to build a Mrt system in Penang 🤯 a different way of paying Plus to save on costs and allow for free toll 7 hours per day without price increase. What? 🤯 Appreciate for all the things you guys have done and are doing for the country

Please continue doing more episodes like this! Really eye opening.

Tony and kian Ming, thanks for your time and great insight. Think this should be translated to mandarin/bm as well for senior citizens to understand and also shared on tik tok / IG stories.

Great discussion!! Love to have more of this!!

Thanks Much for this Platform to inform & discussions 🎊🎉🎊🎉👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Every language you learn no matter what the language is is always beneficial to you.

Thank you for all the insights shared! I learnt a lot through this podcast!

Thank you for finally doing this!

Kudos! Definitely a great discussion.

Great discussion!

Great and insightful discussion

nice insight of new podcast...

YB Ong and Tony Phua 👍👍👍

Great podcast. So much was shared such as the thought process behind major changes proposed/made during PH time. Sadly the country couldn’t handle such changes in such a short time period. Would also like to hear his thoughts on the proposed KL-SG HSR

Good stuff. More please

Very insightful. Incidentally, it's "with regard" if it means "referring to/with regard to" whereas "with regards" is a form of pleasantry.

Pls broadcast via podcast. Many would prefer listening while driving or working.

Reduction of GST from 6% to 5% would equate to a 17% drop in revenue. In 2017, total GST collection was RM44bil. To "break-even" is Tony Pua saying that the cost to run GST was RM36bil? Does that number make sense? In regards to small business owners incurring extra cost, I'm sorry, but having an accounts clerk, a system that supports GST and auditors are all "costs of doing business". Having said that, steps could have been taken to increase the minimum GST reporting threshold from RM500K to RM1mil instead of just scrapping GST. Saying that our Customs Department cannot deal with GST verifications and refunds is not a good reason to drop GST. Why can every other country do it and why can't the government of the day (PH) have taken steps to improving the efficiency Customs by removing their road-blocks. If PH was in power in 2018 and PH was a clean government, then wouldn't the issue of moral hazards be automatically addressed? Does Malaysia's implementation of GST count as "regressive taxation" if there were so many exemptions and zero rated items? At the end of the day, GST was politicized by PH, and Tony Pua is hiding behind all these weak excuses. GST is a long term investment at requiers the whole country to commit time, effort and money. It is a key piece of the puzzle to address the fiscal issues our country is facing (i.e. lack of revenue). Now the government is implementing a higher SST (for some sectors), LGT, LVGT, CGT (on unlisted shares). You'd soon realise that this is a silly and inefficient way to go about it because there are just too many systems. Eventually they need to be consolidated and we will come back to GST. But PH (LGE and Tony Pua) have already poisoned the GST well. Maybe it would be best to get someone else other than OKM to run a real discussion on GST because he just seems like a 'yes-man' on this topic. Maybe @keluarsekejap

Been waiting for long time on this…finally

wow amazing

Insightful sharing, please keep this going!

On the last issue discussed, from what I see, they did learn their lesson. When the issue broke out a few years back, there were no "green wave". But today with the green wave pointing on all of our heads like a pistol, i think those who were irrational a few years ago have learnt to take a step back.

I was against GST but after 1 year system roll out, i found it fair and balance. i.e B40 bought beras tempatan at rm26 + 6% GST, vs T20 bought basmathi at rm60 + 6% GST. Everybody pays GST based on thier expenses level. Plus gov be able to track $$ thru GST.

interesting episode !

For MRT 3, it seems quite a few stations were taken off especially in the ampang region. In my view, it defeats the purpose as MRT 3 would be the missing link to connect all lines together and closer-to-home stations would definitely encourage utilization of MRT/LRTs. Hope the govt will be able to comprehensively study this before axing stations on the basis of cost cutting.

Just compare the two brains with KJ , they are way ahead !

While Malaysia fails n most nations do very well with GST n GST is a superior consumers tax not to be ignored. I was in London 1974 when GST was just implemented n there was not any problems.

Easily ministers materials

good video!! support!

and one last point... please make it a regular podcast show... we need to hear more from different perspective...

Interesting conversation 👍

Wow....The GST segment sounds so Political...is it even make economic sense ? Dr Ong, as a former Deputy Minister of MITI should also give commend on whether you totally agree with TP, rather than just asking question. 1. GST caused alot of expenses.....that is not the issue with the tax, The tax itself is fair and efficient. The ONLY problem is the Mechanism....the refund, the cost for small Business.......BUT now there is Einvoice with SST and its not only for manufacturer or FMM like TP said but for all business soon...so all business again need to increase cost .... that shread to pieces this arguement by TP. The correct way is to improve on the mechanism....This is MALAYSIA TAK BOLEH....when most of the world BOLEH. 2. Low income consumer. During GST, most essential goods and services like basic foods, Medical was exempted....Nowadays even mediacal is SST taxable and now even TCM is SST taxable....Dont forget Service TAx is now 8% 3. Instead of 1 GST, Now we have Sales Tax 6% Service Tax 8%, LVG Tax 10%, Luxury Goods etc...what a mess...

It's not just this cost of enforcement. I predicted that the GST would only make things worse when it was first proposed and the rules and regulations first put out and explained. I even wrote a C# program to prove it and showed it to my family. The program showed that it would only increase costs for everyone, supplier, seller, end-customer, etc. The Malaysian government needs to consider things carefully before they put anything into enforcement. No just copy and paste. Currently the habit is to do first and think after.

Good combination from ex.well educated politicians. Their ideas worth pondering and implementing.

If Serious informing Rural Malays which are the majority, these podcast should be in BM ! They will love you❤️❤️❤️

Extremely informative...but we should have been enlightened about these issues long ago. The (current) government really has to improve its PR / communication with the public! By the way, there's no audio from 46:00 to around 48:20. Wish you two were still serving the people! By the way, I've always thought you were right, Tony, about sitting down and having a discussion with that traitor Mahiaddin after the Sheraton debacle. Too many people let their emotions get the better of them and, as expected, UMNO played him out and we had to suffer a few more years under Sabri...

No wonder Guan Eng was a failed FM during PH 1.0 😂

See the calibres of these 2 guys and if they were to run our country our country would have good blessings whether you are Chinese, Melayu or Indians

Very informative discussion, the last part of the discussion regarding the jawi issue really hits hard. One topic I hope you guys can bring up a topic on newsite heavily favouring using clickbait news headlines or like you say fueling the fire. It really hurt PH 1.0 and i still see this happening alot recently especially towards PH leaders like rafizi etc. Alot of time, it is the byproduct of Malaysian unwillingness to spend time reading the news article instead of bashing aimlessly in the comments. Alot of times when i see headlines that creates a initial negatitive perspective on a PH leader, and then read the content, it did not reflect the news headline at all. The thought of giving the benefit of the doubt before making judgement apparently seem to feel like "kowtowing" to the government. Which is the part I find funny about urban voters in general, because they tend to laugh at kampung voters as being gullible and never question anything. What is so different about urban voters that take news headline as it is and consume it instantaneous without question. For those that read this comment, I sincerely hope that if you ever have a bad impression of someone from a news headline, take atleast a few minute to read through the article and grasp the context behind it. If the content is so objectively reflecting what the news headline is portraying, then go ahead and criticise away.

Great video. A gentle reminder to be mindful we are in a unity government. Go easier on our partners and their previous flaws/mistakes. Lets not make it harder on PM Anwar.

I'm sure some big bosses bought up land around the earlier removed station. They don't want to lose money and potential money can be earned.

Dear former YB, the space needs some sound proofing panels. Very echoee when turn on volume

I see. So the cronies were during the Gamuda time. No matter what, the liabilities are taken by the current stock holders (Khazanah and EPF). It is clearer now🎉. Thanks Tony and Lim Guan Eng.

I've just subscribed..... ❤😊

Tony Phua, how about TRX project? Can you share what was being discussed for the TRX project and eventually carried on.

GST is better than all these random sales tax..

U guys dont have an editor meh? y no audio on minute 46 -48.17? or did tony revealed something bad hence being censored on his own show ka?

The businessmen are also paying upfront the GST every 3 months even before they can collect their debts/ receivables ( especially if the businessmen are also giving credits to their customers)..this cause severe cash flow problem to the businesses because the calculation of the GST starts the moment the invoices are generated. To claim back the refund is another problem.

hi kian meng . may I ask when you are Bangi YB , why is the MRT projects did not extend to to bangi its just up until end of kajang station. Do you know is the any extension later on ..tq

Selain KS podcast ni pun menarik.

Very informative discussion to let the rakyat know how the government works instead of Implementing & executing of policies. This shall be encouraged and made on weekly basis Ong Kian Ming & Tony Pua [Are We Ok?] vs Khairy Jamaluddin and Shahril Hamdan [ Keluar Sekejap] 😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣

Pls ensure the sound WILL be recorded and played in part 2.

This tony pua can be use on other but not in term of financial and fiscal. The way he talk it is better for him to in the police force or SPRM. He is better at enforcement then economic. From the way he talking about GST is really mislead his supporter (who really believe in him) and most of the people because he was in the MOF before. There is no such thing as 36billion need to break the even. In term of Customs, there only like 3000 personell who involve with GST and this cost around 1billion a year. For the company, cost to manage the GST might as high as 2.5k per month just like Tony mention but that would be for the company with millions revenue per day. For a normal small and medium enterprise such as coffeeshop and mini market it would be enough to relly on the GST sofware or POS system only to get the report and submit the GST return. And all of this cost was already incure on the daily process of the businesses even without GST like now. Coffee shop and mini market still use POS system. The different only they r not use the tax module. 😅 But yes, due to the inflation and to promote the startup business, the threshold for mandatory registration should be increaae to around rm1.5m instead of 500k like before which is way too low.

Good point Tony- not cost effective.😊

We need more Tony Pua in the management of the Finance of this country .The inflated cost of public MRT projects by UMNO government is the proof of incompetency and corruption of the UMNO administration of this country .

How big is the black market portion from the economic pie. Issues that need arresting are, Water Security Energy Security. Thank you.

highlight of the video "Mahathir can't count", Im not surprised one bit :)