Anwar Says Abolish NS To Save Our Budget Deficit. Agree?
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today (18 October 2013) suggested that one effective way to slash the budget deficit is by scraping the National Service Programme (Program Latihan Khidmat Negara). Do you agree?
By Mei Mei Chu — 18 Oct 2013, 11:30 AM — Updated almost 11 years ago
Pakatan Rakyat proposed a moratorium to scrap the National Service (NS) programme in an effort to cut budget deficiet
Pakatan Rakyat proposed a moratorium to scrap the National Service (NS) programme in an effort to cut budget deficiet
Image via faradalemedia.comPETALING JAYA, Oct 17 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) proposed today a moratorium on the National Service (NS) in a bid to slash the budget deficit to 3 per cent of the GDP by 2014.
yahoo.comAnwar Ibrahim says NS is wasteful and should be reviewed or stopped altogether in 2014
"We propose that the NS, which has caused the death of 22 teenagers, be stopped next year as a moratorium to allow a parliament select committee to be set up to make revisions or scrap it altogether," he said.
themalaysianinsider.com
“Finally, as an example in terms of wastage, we propose that the PLKN (National Service), which is now conducted annually and has caused, unfortunately, deaths of 22 students, needs to be reviewed,” said Anwar at a joint press conference with DAP’s Lim Kit Siang and PAS’ Datuk Mustafa Ali at the PKR headquarters here today.
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According to NS council chairman Datuk Dr Tiki Lafe, the NS training programme budget in 2012 was RM700 million
National news agency Bernama quoted National Service council chairman Datuk Dr Tiki Lafe in September last year as saying that the training programme’s budget in 2012 was RM700 million.
yahoo.comAccording to Deputy Defence Minister Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop, RM2.37bil has been spent to finance the national service (NS) programme since it was introduced in 2004. RM608.6mil was spent in 2004, RM604.8mil in 2005, RM588.2mil in 2006 and RM565mil in 2007. Defence Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had said earlier that the programme would not exceed RM500mil a year.
Trainees were initially given a RM300 allowance by the government. Beginning in January 2008, this amount has been raised to RM150/month, or RM450 total.
According to NS council chairman Datuk Dr Tiki Lafe, the NS training programme budget in 2012 was RM700 million
Image via staticflickr.comPakatan Rakyat's proposal to halt NS is in anticipation of it's shadow budget to the upcoming Budget 2014
Anwar was commenting on PR's shadow budget for 2014, which aims to reduce Malaysia's deficit by 3%.
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PR's shadow budget, he added, will be unveiled by October 21, four days before Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is expected to table the federal government's budget for 2014.
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“First on the Budget, the focus would be on issue inequality because under Barisan Nasional (BN) administration, clearly there is a widening gap between the very rich and the poor, and this, of course, is an issue of concern the Pakatan Rakyat Budget will address,” said the former finance minister.
22 trainees death have been recorded since NS started in 2004, not to mention several teen pregnancies and controversies. 2013 highlights include:
There have been 22 deaths since the National Service Training Programme (PLKN) began in December 2003 with all the deaths due to drowning, viral infection and other medical reasons.
themalaysianinsider.com
22 trainees death have been recorded since NS started in 2004, not to mention several teen pregnancies and controversies.
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