Putting Vaccination Rates Comparison into Perspectives

The question of how we are doing in term of vaccination can be a tricky one.  Who do we compare ourselves to and on what matrix? Of course, the government will tell you that it is unfair to compare Malaysia to developed countries and that vaccine shortage is a common issue among all developing countries.  While it is true and it’s important for the international community to continue to speak against the developed countries who are hoarding the vaccine supplies, perhaps there is more than just the actions of the developed countries that led to the current low vaccination rate in Malaysia. 

I’ve prepared 4 graphs with the help of Our World in Data (https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus) to give more meaningful assessment to the current Malaysia vaccination rate: 

i. comparison with the average across different continents 

ii. comparison with our SEA neighbors 

iii. comparison with countries that have similar GDP per capita compared to us; and

iv. comparison with countries that have lower GDP per capita than us. 

    

 

For iii & iv, it is according to rankings prepared by International Monetary Funds (IMF) and excludes countries with populations smaller than 5 million (as it is easier for them to achieve high vaccination rate due to small population and may distort the perspectives). These 2 graphs show clearly that we’ve fallen behind not only when compare with developed countries and developing countries that are richer than us but also those that are poorer than us! Therefore, the explanation of low vaccination rate due entirely on income level does not hold water. In fact, we are even falling short of the government's earlier estimation of vaccine supply! (I explained this in my earlier post.)

Now, in all fairness, can we still tap our shoulder and say, “no worries, we are doing well in vaccination and ignore the naysayers?” The first step into improving anything in life is to recognize that there are shortcomings, then find out why and learn from those who are doing better than us. We urgently need to find ways to catch up so that together we can see the end of the tunnel by end of the year as targeted by the government. 

No, although we are from opposite side of the political divides, I don't wish to see the government fail in this. In fact, the whole of Malaysian society should rally behind this cause to ensure the success of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Program.

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Is our vaccine supply now falling short of government earlier estimation? Are we on track of getting 4 million of additional vaccine supply in the month of May?

Media Statement by Yeo Bee Yin, Member of Parliament of Bakri on Friday 21 May 2021, in Bakri, Johor.  

Is our vaccine supply now falling short of government earlier estimation? Are we on track of getting 4 million of additional vaccine supply in the month of May? 

 

As Malaysians are enduring the movement control order (MCO 3.0) for more than a week now with the daily Covid-19 positive number shows no sign of improvement, we begin to wonder if MCO 3.0 will be extended and most importantly, when will we be seeing the end of the tunnel? Indeed, many things may not be within our control such as emerging variants. However, we can at least do other things such as increasing efficiency and speed in trace, test and isolate as well as managing the vaccination rollout better to lower the number of cases and severity of the positive cases. 

 

Vaccination rollout in the United Kingdom (UK) showed clearly that vaccination although not the silver bullet is a major solution to the crisis. Let me illustrate that in numbers. The UK started their vaccination roll-out in the beginning of 2021. At the start of the year, the first dose vaccination rate was less than 3% while full vaccination rate less than 1%. As of now, nearly 70% of the UK population has received at least first dose of vaccine and about 40% completed two doses of vaccine as of now. The number of their Covid-19 positive cases dropped from the range of 60,000 per day in January 2021 to the range of 2,000 positive cases per day in May 2021. Within just 5 months of efficient vaccine rollout, the UK saw a drop of more than 95% of positive cases! [1]

 

Malaysia National Covid-19 Immunisation Plan was launched on 24 February 2021. On 14 April 2021, the Immunisation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin shared on his social media an estimation of vaccine supply and demand curve by Special Committee on Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccine (JKJAV) as below. 

 

Yesterday, it was reported that Malaysia has administered 2.07 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines as of yesterday according to JKJAV. Assuming 70% usage rate, we have received about 2.95 millions of vaccine supply so far. However, from the estimation graph, we should have received about 6 million vaccine supply by mid of May (red arrow). Is our vaccination supply now falling short of earlier estimation? 

 

Even if we don’t look back and finding fault, the graph also shows that in the month of May, we’ll receive 4 million additional vaccine supply. Looking at how urgent it is for faster vaccination rollout, two third of the month of May has gone, we would like to seek clarification from the government if the estimation of 4 million doses of additional vaccine supply this month will be achieved? And is the government going to find ways to compensate for the shortfall of vaccine supply from estimation? 

 

 

The government cannot put the entire blame of the shortage of vaccine supply to the behavior of the developed countries. We should find ways to do more efficiently of what we can control. For example, Pharmaniaga received 200 litres of Sinovac vaccine in bulk for fill-and-finish on 27 February 2021, however the first batch of locally filled-and-finished Sinovac vaccines (290,480 doses) was only ready to be distributed last week - more than 10 weeks after receiving the bulk supply. The government should review the process and if possible, find ways shorten bulk-to-vials process (without compromising the safety). 

 

We once again call upon the government to use whole-of-government and all-of-society approach so that we as a nation can achieve the vaccination target set earlier – i.e supply equivalent to 80% population by October and 80% population fully vaccinated by February 2022. The opposition (parties and states) as well as the private sectors are not the enemies to the government in this, there are still rooms for more collaborations that the government can leverage on so that we can together, ensure the National Covid-19 Immunization Program a success. 

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[1] UK Covid-19 statistics such as vaccination rate, testing rate, number of positive cases etc can be found on website: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases

Where is the 150,000 testing capacity targeted by the government in January?

Media Statement by MP for Bakri, Yeo Bee Yin on Saturday 15 May 2021 in Bakri, Johor. (scroll down for BM and Mandarin)

Where is the 150,000 testing capacity targeted by the government in January?

Malaysians started the third movement control order (MCO 3.0) recently and many families are struggling to get by in terms of finance, jobs, education, business, physical and mental health etc. Beside the confusing standard operating procedures (SOPs) that draw a lot of angers and criticisms, the important question now is, what is the government doing differently this time around compared to MCO 1.0 and MCO 2.0?

The government cannot expect rakyat to be disciplined and suffer the financial impact of MCO while they themselves are not bucking up. One of the most important but straight forward actions to contain virus spreading is through test and isolate with a simple logic that the faster we find out Covid-19 positive people in the community and isolate them, the less likely for them to spread the virus in the community.

There have been calls from many groups, including the opposition lawmakers, to ramp up testing capacity of the country. In fact, back in January, the government itself said it targeted to increase RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) testing capacity of the country from about 70,000 to 100,000 with the aim to reach 150,000 testing capacity [1].

Four months have now passed, our testing figures still revolve around 70,000 per day, where is the promised 150,000? Covid-19 virus waits for no one, 4 months is a long time in battling once-in-a-century global pandemic!

In addition, the government makes no attempt to run other large-scale screening initiatives to identify positive cases in the community. It completely ignored the calls from many groups to include rapid antigen testing (RTK-Ag) in nationwide screening processes. While RTK-Ag may be less accurate, but it makes up for speed and capacity (as it is widely available and not restricted by lab capacity). It surely has a place to play as a stopgap measure as we struggle in increasing RT-PCR capacity.

Indeed, tackling Covid-19 crisis is not an easy one, but if after a year, the government can’t even get basic things like test and isolate right, what hope do Malaysians have? How many more MCO can we afford to bring the country out of Covid-19 crisis? The government is insane if their plan is to do the same thing over and over again but expecting a different result.

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[1] https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/malaysia-aims-more-double-covid19-testing-capacity-150000-da

The government should pay serious considerations on the relevant issues with regards to pregnant women in National Covid-19 Immunisation Program (PICK)

Media Statement by Yeo Bee Yin, Member of Parliament for Bakri on Wednesday 12 May 2021 in Bakri, Johor.

The government should pay serious considerations on the relevant issues with regards to pregnant women in National Covid-19 Immunisation Program (PICK)

Last Sunday afternoon, I had my first dose of vaccine in Dewan Maharani, Muar, according to government’s plan for members of parliament to get vaccinated in the first phase of National Covid-19 Immunisation Program (PICK). I would like to thank the professionalism of the officers that were responsible for vaccination program in Dewan Maharani. The process was smooth and efficient. As of today, except with arm sore, I have had no other side effects.

I am currently 17 weeks plus pregnant. While vaccination is proven safe and encouraged for the general population, World Health Organization (WHO) recommended the following on Covid-19 vaccination for pregnant women,

“Should pregnant women be vaccinated? While pregnancy puts women at higher risk of severe COVID-19, very little data are available to assess vaccine safety in pregnancy. Pregnant women may receive the vaccine if the benefit of vaccinating a pregnant woman outweighs the potential vaccine risks.”

The decision to vaccinate was based on the advice by my gynecologist due to the nature of my work with high risk of exposure to Covid-19. It was also made after reading multiple studies that reported that i. pregnant women are more likely than non-pregnant women of the same reproductive age to develop severe complications including require ICU admission and mechanical ventilation, if they are infected with Covid-19; ii. pregnant women with Covid-19 are also more likely than pregnant women without Covid-19 to deliver preterm, and to have babies needing neonatal ICU and iii. pre-existing comorbidities such as diabetes and hypertension, advanced maternal age (> 35 years), and high body mass index (> 30) are risk factors for severe Covid-19 pregnancy.

Even though there is lack of long-term safety data, I am not only facing high risk of exposure to Covid-19 but also high risk of complications if infected Covid-19 due to advanced maternal age and medical condition of gestational diabetes, so based on the WHO recommendation of “the benefits of vaccination outweigh potential vaccine risks”, I decided that I should be vaccinated. (Having said that, the decision to vaccinate should be on voluntary basis by each pregnant woman in consultation with her healthcare provider.)

In the process of vaccination, I found that there are some issues to consider and rooms for improvements for vaccination of pregnant women under PICK.

First, for pregnant women, not every type of vaccine is created equal because unlike the large-scale clinical trials of vaccine on general population with standard requirement of sample sizes, as of now, the availability of the safety data for pregnant women differs from one vaccine to another.

In Malaysia, most of pregnant women are in Phase 3 of vaccination program (younger population) but the type of vaccines being administered to them is still unknown. Malaysia government should gather the clinical data for pregnant women from different brands of vaccines under the country’s procurement plan, scrutinize them and make sure that the vaccines being administered to the pregnant women population are safe for pregnancy. The decision must be made based on SUFFICIENT data on pregnant women. Not only that, the government should also decide at which stage of pregnancy the pregnant women should be vaccinated, if she decides to be vaccinated. As of now, most of them will be scheduled to be vaccinated according to the age group with no consideration of the timing and stage of pregnancy.

Although pregnant women are at increased risk of severe illness from Covid-19, in PICK List of Priority Groups for Vaccination, only pregnant women who are working in healthcare sector are considered those with high risk of exposure, and for me, I was scheduled to be in Phase 1 of vaccination roll out as other members of parliament, but what about pregnant women working in other sectors, both public and private, that have equal risk of exposure?

All in all, I call upon the government to pay serious considerations on the relevant issues with regards to pregnant women in its vaccine rollout plan.

Lastly, the decisions and recommendations by the government for pregnant women must be communicated effectively to all pregnant women, such as making it compulsory for all obstetricians and gynaecologists to explain to their patients in a standardized easy-to-understand brochure that is available in different languages.

Such initiative by government will be greatly appreciated by the pregnant women population as they give peace of mind to them, many of whom are already going through morning sickness or other difficult pregnancy symptoms, mood-swings and anxiety of getting infected with Covid-19 due to the risk of complications.

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Saving Jobs in MCO 2.0: 6 Months Automatic Loan Moratorium and Wage Subsidy similar to that given in MCO 1.0

JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT BY 25 OPPOSITION MPS DATED 23 JANUARY 2021

Saving Jobs in MCO 2.0: 6 Months Automatic Loan Moratorium and Wage Subsidy similar to that given in MCO 1.0

1.         Even though the MCO 2.0 has just been extended, Malaysians have yet to see a decrease in the number of Covid cases. Investors’ confidence, both domestic and foreign hitting rock bottom and the stimulus package Perlindungan Ekonomi & Rakyat Malaysia (PERMAI) announced by the Prime Minister on 18 January 2021 is like a drop in the bucket in cushioning the impact of MCO 2.0 and the Emergency. 

 

2.         Unemployment is soaring. If there are no other aggressive measures, more SMEs will go under, leading to more job losses. To prevent this from taking a nosedive, we urge the government to urgently:

 

(a) impose automatic loan moratorium for 6 months for all similar to that introduced during MCO 1.0. This can remove anxiety and bureaucracy almost immediately. SMEs/individuals which are not affected can continue with their existing loan repayment. 6 months automatic loan moratorium will improve cash flow in the economy hence creating economic activities. Individuals and SMEs will have more cash at their disposal, which in turn will help to improve the bottom line for all businesses, encouraging them to keep and maybe increase employment (instead of cutting jobs) as they work through this pandemic. 

 

(b) to increase the PERKESO wage subsidy of RM600 per worker to a higher amount (for those earning below RM4000) and to extend it for at least 6 months. The current RM600 subsidy for one month only is insufficient as the aftermath of MCO 2.0 and the Emergency are still in the process of unveiling itself for some sectors. 6 months wage subsidy will greatly encourage employers not to resort to cutting jobs and help carry them through half of this year as they face reduced sales and cash flow. For some, it may also encourage them to start recruitment again. 

 

3.         This is an extraordinary time. The government should take extraordinary measures to save jobs. The full consequences of rising unemployment may hurt the nation in ways no future stimulus package can aid. The Perikatan Nasional government has already lost out to our ASEAN neighbours in their competitiveness to attract foreign investors because of sheer incompetence, inefficiency and political instability. Further denial and stubbornness to do more for the business sector is one more nail in the coffin for our bleeding economy.

 

1. Darell Leiking (MP Penampang)

2. Syed Saddiq (MP Muar)

3. Mohd Azis Jamman (MP Sepanggar)

4. Hannah Yeoh (MP Segambut)

5. Yeo Bee Yin (MP Bakri)

6. Baru Bian (MP Selangau)

7. Datuk Rozman Bin Isli (MP Labuan)

8. Salahuddin Ayub (MP Pulai)

9. Amiruddin Hamzah (MP Kubang Pasu)

10. Teo Nie Ching (MP Kulai)

11. Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis (MP Kota Belud)

12. Mahfuz Omar (MP Pokok Sena)

13. Khalid Samad (MP Shah Alam)

14. Tengku Zulpuri Shah Bin Raja Puji (MP Raub)

15. Maria Chin (MP Petaling Jaya)

16. Wong Shu Qi (MP Kluang)

17. Teresa Kok (MP Seputeh)

18. Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad (MP Kuala Selangor)

19. Dr Lee Boon Chye (MP Gopeng)

20. Kasthuriraani Patto (MP Batu Kawan)

21. P. Prabakaran (MP Batu)

22. M. Kulasegaran (MP Ipoh Barat)

23. Chong Chieng Jen (MP Stampin)

24. Nor Azrina Surip @ Nurin Aina (MP Merbok) 

25. Sivarasa Rasiah (MP Sungai Buloh)

Use Science & Best Practices to Battle Covid-19

Malaysia sees yet another Covid-19 positive record-breaking yesterday at 3,027 cases. The government seems to have lost control of the pandemic outbreak with our health system at the brink of collapse and front-liners have reportedly burnt-out. Ironically, just the night before, the ruling parties – UMNO and PPBM, have had their central committee meeting, discussing not about the pandemic but their political survival! There must be moratorium of politicking at this time of national tragedy.

We strongly believe that the government must heed the call of many medical experts to embark on mass testing exercise, starting with screening all high-risk areas such as foreign workers living quarters, prisons and the community living near to them. According to the parliamentary reply, the government facilities can do PCR tests of close to 19,489 tests per day (16,670 tests under Ministry of Health and 2,819 tests under Ministry of Defence) while the private sector can do 59,485 tests per day - that is a national total testing capacity of close to 80,000 PCR test a day. But if we dispute over the exorbitant cost of doing this screening, please resort to the inexpensive and faster turn-around time RTK Antigen tests, which arguably is more appropriate for the purpose of mass screening. Be that as it may, we are undoubtedly capable and have the capacity, to do mass testing for targeted areas.

Since many positive cases are asymptomatic (~80%), mass testing becomes very important to enable early isolation to take place and prevent further spreading and 'spillovers' into the community. Using a combination of epidemiological data and AI, a risk-ranking algorthms are achieved of community particularly those associated to big clusters. For example, Selcare, a Selangor government GLC, has been running a series of community testing in areas close to factories in Klang that are experiencing outbreak. 

For example, in Taman Bayu Perdana, two community testings have been organized: the first one on 23 December 2020 - out of the 915 tested, 63 are positive (60 locals and 3 foreigners) and the second one on 3 January – from the 75% sample analyzed so far, out of 1,021 samples, 45 are positive (33 locals and 12 foreigners). This represents 4.4% Positivity Rate. Remember, WHO recommends a Positivity Rate of <5% as a threshold of controlled community spread. Admitttedly, of the 8 mass community screening done, there were others ranging from ~ 7% to 25%.

Indeed, as we do more testings, the number of positive cases will increase temporarily. But this is no time to hide our head in the sand.  We must face it head on, find all the positive cases in the community then isolate them! The government must invest in doing mass testing because the human and economic cost that we have to pay later, are hugely in excess of the cost of doing mass testing.

In addition, we believe that there is a need for complete overhaul of the contact tracing system. It was reported that MySejathera has only directly detected 4% of total reported Covid-19 cases in Malaysia, indicating that the government may still primarily rely on manual contact tracing, i.e asking the positive patients who their close contacts are and test accordingly. It also shows that the government has not fully (or at all) leverage on big data analytics using the data collected through MySejahtera and combine it with other data available in government system as well as public data that can be mined, such as posts with meta-data and tags used on social media etc, and develop a more sophisticated way of tracing the positive cases in the community. 

We must keep on innovating and not sit complacently on our early successes and laurels. We've long overtaken China, the global epicentre, with 125,000 cases with over 515 deaths! We must act pre-emptively and proactively, to safeguard and defend our green zones and mitigate further cases and eventually deaths, through preventing outbreaks on ignition sites in factories, work places and construction sites settings, especially in urbanised Selangor, Penang  and Johor.

With that, we call upon for wider deployment of science and best practices of public health interventions, with excellent understandings in government response for a 'whole of government' and a 'whole of society' approach in managing the worsening 3rd-Wave crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad (MP Kuala Selangor, Former Minister of Health)

Dr Lee Boon Chye (MP Gopeng, Former Deputy Minister of Health)

Yeo Bee Yin (MP Bakri, Former Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change). 

Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis (MP Kota Belud, Former Deputy Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change) 

Joint statement by 14 Opposition MPs dated 5 January 2021

 

Malaysia recorded a total number of 1741 new Covid-19 positive cases yesterday bringing the total number of infection to 120,818 cases. Some states are hit by severe floods and more than 15,000 Malaysians have been displaced. Current unemployment or reduced income for many families in this time of pandemic remains unsettling. With these in mind, we are appalled by the continuous demand by UMNO to hold snap polls in such a climate. 

 

Just last month, Parliament passed a budget of RM322.5 billion, the largest budget in the history of this nation purportedly to fight Covid-19. 

 

Barely 3 weeks after this supposedly people-friendly budget was passed, UMNO now wants to use fresh elections as a trump card to grab more power at the expense of Malaysians' wellbeing and health safety. They have bared their true colours for all to see. 

 

We are reminded of this - Najib Razak once urged UMNO members to defend Putrajaya at all costs. “Even if our bodies are crushed and our lives lost, brothers and sisters, whatever happens, we must defend Putrajaya”. Malaysians must reject such wicked and selfish ambition for power. We have lost enough from years of misgovernance and corruption. 

 

This nation needs to heal and the time to heal is now. 

 

1. Darell Leiking (MP for Penampang, Former Minister of International Trade and Industry)

2. Syed Saddiq (MP for Muar, Former Minister of Youth and Sports)

3. Mohd Azis Jamman (MP for Sepanggar, Former Deputy Home Minister)

4. Hannah Yeoh (MP for Segambut, Former Deputy Minister of Women, Family & Community Development)

5. Yeo Bee Yin (MP for Bakri, Former Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change)

6. Baru Bian (MP for Selangau, Former Minister of Works)

7. Sivarasa Rasiah (MP for Sungai Buloh, Former Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development)

8. Salahuddin Ayub (MP for Pulai, Former Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry)

9. Amiruddin Hamzah (MP for Kubang Pasu, Former Deputy Minister of Finance)

10. Teo Nie Ching (MP for Kulai, Former Deputy Minister of Education) 

11. Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis (MP for Kota Belud, Former Deputy Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change)

12. Marzuki bin Haji Yahya (Senator, Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs)

13. Mahfuz Omar (MP for Pokok Sena, Former Deputy Minister of Human Resources)

14. Khalid Samad (MP for Shah Alam, Former Minister of Federal Territories)

Malaysia 2021 – Reset and Rise!

Many may remember the anticipation and hope we had when we welcomed the year 2020. After all, for the people of our generation, the year 2020 was “the” future during our school days - we did colouring, drew pictures and wrote essays about the year 2020 with all kinds of wild imagination. Then 2020 came. None of us expected Malaysia 2020 to be defined by the triple whammy of political, health and economic crisis. 

 

Sheraton Move in February 2020 and the political maneuvering thereafter have brought Malaysian politics to its lowest point. The current government got into power by backdoor operation and betrayal and stays in power by trading support with power and position. 

 

Even with a bloated cabinet, Malaysia doesn’t seem to be able to overcome the lives and livelihood challenges brought about by Covid-19. As of 30 December 2020, the total number of Covid-19 infection has risen to 110,485 cases with 22,562 active ones. Our hospital beds may not hold enough for long. 

 

In term of livelihood, the number of unemployed persons went up to 748,200 persons in October 2020, more than 50% higher than the national average of 494,000 for the period of 2016 to 2019.  This does not even include those who are temporarily jobless at 183,600 (they were not counted as unemployed by the government as they would return to work eventually) as well as those who are suffering income reduction. 

 

Most forecasts show that 2021 is going to be another if not more challenging year. Politicians from both of sides of the political divide must arrive at an amicable solution to the current impasse to provide political stability that will bring us out from Covid-19 health and economic crisis. The Prime Minister and the leaders of Perikatan Nasional should stop being obsessed with snap polls. The country does not need another General Election as we struggle to contain the spread of Covid-19 and manage its economic impact. We must remember that people come before power. 

 

For us in the opposition bench, it is our sincere desire for a reset in our direction next year. Firstly, let us draw a clear boundary of who we can or cannot work with, based firmly on clear principles and conviction. Secondly, the 108 Members of Parliament (MP) in the opposition must unite. Despite our differences, let us remember that we were (and still are!) the 108 MPs who did not jump or defect, knowing full well that the position of ministership, deputy ministership or GLC chairmanship awaits us if we did. Let us be once again reminded of our shared goals of clean governance, harmony, integrity, justice and competency. 

 

Indeed, 2020 has not lived up to our childhood imagination. In fact, Malaysian Politics 2020 is a display of the ugliest form of politics that no one would be proud to show to the next generation. However, this has not and will not crush us. As we welcome the year 2021, we still believe and are determined to pursue good politics; politics that focus on building Malaysia with the following seven characteristics: 

 

i.               A united country, of which citizens of all colours are free to practice their own cultures and religion, but still recognize themselves as Malaysians with a sense of common and shared goals;  

ii.              A prosperous society with educated and excellent workforce in a competitive, dynamic and resilient economy powered by creativity, innovation and technological advancement;

iii.             A just society, of which the fruit of economic development is shared fairly among different social classes and promotes upward mobility;

iv.             A democratic country with mature democracy, freedom to speak and assemble, free and fair elections as well as high civic-mindedness among people;

v.               A country that strives towards equity in opportunities for all in quality education and personal enhancement;

vi.             A low-carbon society that protects and preserves the forest, wildlife, and environment; and most importantly

vii.           A moral, ethical and caring society with strong family and community values, protecting our most vulnerable ones. 

 

When the light shines in the darkness, the darkness cannot overcome it. Let’s still believe in the power of doing the right thing together. 

 

In year 2021, let’s reset and rise! 

 

Syed Saddiq (MP for Muar, Former Minister of Youth and Sports)

Mohd Azis Jamman (MP for Sepanggar, Former Deputy Home Minister)

Hannah Yeoh (MP for Segambut, Former Deputy Minister of Women, Family & Community Development)

Yeo Bee Yin (MP for Bakri, Former Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change)

Baru Bian (MP for Selangau, Former Minister of Works)

Maszlee Malik (MP for Simpang Renggam, Former Minister of Education)

Sivarasa Rasiah (MP for Sungai Buloh, Former Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development)

Salahuddin Ayub (MP for Pulai, Former Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry)

Amiruddin Hamzah (MP for Kubang Pasu, Former Deputy Minister of Finance)

Teo Nie Ching (MP for Kulai, Former Deputy Minister of Education) 

Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis (MP for Kota Belud, Former Deputy Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change)