BFM 89.9

HIGHLIGHTS 
Podcast  >  Bigger Picture  >  Beyond The Ballot Box  >  How Should Budget 2025 Address the Needs of the Marhaen

How Should Budget 2025 Address the Needs of the Marhaen

Adrian Pereira, North-South Initiative | J. Solomon, National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) | Alex Ong, Migrant Care

17-Oct-24 15:00

How Should Budget 2025 Address the Needs of the Marhaen

With the rising cost of living, unaffordable housing, rising inequality and stagnating wages, Malaysians face mounting challenges. This is especially true if you’re working class, even if you’re middle class. 

Since the tabling of Budget 2025 is just around the corner, on today’s episode, we take a look at what needs to be addressed in the upcoming budget to bridge the gap between the haves and the have-nots. 

We speak to three labour rights activists, Adrian Pereira of North South Initiative, J. Solomon of National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE) and Alex Ong of Migrant Care.

This BFM Budget 2025 Special is brought to you by Mah Sing. Reinvent Spaces. Enhance Life.

Image credit: Shutterstock

Produced by: Dashran Yohan

Presented by: Dashran Yohan


This and more than 60,000 other podcasts in your hand. Download the all new BFM mobile app.

Categories:  politicsgovernmentLaw/Activismeconomy

Tags:  mininum wagethe bigger picturebeyond the ballot boxBudget-2025-Mahsing ⁠Budget 2025working classhealthcarehousing





Play / Pause

Listen now : Budget 2025

Today’s Shows



6:00 AM

The 6AM Stretch

7:00 AM

World Market Watch

Tim Mulholland, President, TJM Limited

7:15 AM

Morning Brief

7:30 AM

Morning Brief

Dr. Cassey Lee, Senior Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute

7:45 AM

Top Story

Dato’ Sri M. Ramachelvam, Co-Chairperson, Bar Council’s Migrant & Refugees Committee (MRC)

8:00 AM

The Breakfast Grille

Anuja Kar, Senior Agriculture Economist at the East and Pacific Region Agriculture and Food Global Practice of the World Bank

8:30 AM

Morning Brief

Soh Lian Seng, Head of Tax at KPMG Malaysia

8:45 AM

Morning Brief

9:00 AM

Opening Bell

(REPEAT) Tim Mulholland, President, TJM Limited

9:15 AM

Opening Bell

Geoff Howie, Market Strategist, Singapore Exchange

9:35 AM

What's the Focus

10:05 AM

Open For Business

Howard Obbard, Co-Founder and Director of Furniture And Choice Malaysia

11:00 AM

Mattsplained

Matt Armitage, Founder, Kulturpop

12:00 PM

Enterprise Explores

Callum Chen, Honorary President, Malaysian Consortium of Mid-Tier Companies

1:00 PM

The Breakfast Grille Repeat

2:05 PM

Discovery Hour

Mind Matters: Alcohol Addiction; Assoc Prof Dr Amer Siddiq, Consultant Psychiatrist, Universiti Malaya Medical Centre | Assoc Prof Dr Simon Adamson, Director, National Addiction Centre, University of Otago, New Zealand

3:05 PM

Front Row

Kaleidoscope VII: Gendang Sedunia – the Hands International Drumming Festival; Bernard Goh, Founder and Artistic Director, Hands Percussion

3:20 PM

Front Row

Beauty In My Eyes; Jane Tan, Visual Artist

3:35 PM

Front Row

Laluan Amaryllis . Still; Wong Pui May, Member, Kwang Tung Dance Company

4:00 PM

Budget 2025

8:00 PM

A Bit of Culture

Are You A Racist If You Reject The Food Culture of Others?; Kam Raslan | Na’a Murad | Michael Gong