Lee Chean Chung

9 hours ago

𝙒𝙚’𝙫𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣, 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙨. 𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙, 𝙔𝙪 𝙓𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙜!

Hi everyone, I’m Yu Xiang! I’m currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences at Monash University Malaysia. I’m a history enthusiast with a strong passion for political theory, particularly electoral systems and political parties.

I believe politics is embedded in our daily lives, influencing us in both visible and subtle ways. Through my three-month internship, I hope to engage with communities, listen closely to people’s real needs, and examine government policies from fresh perspectives. I aim to propose meaningful policy recommendations and strengthen my research skills along the way.

I also believe that history and politics are deeply interconnected. Historical developments shape both global and local political landscapes, and understanding the past helps us better interpret the political realities of today. This conviction continues to guide and inspire my academic journey.

If you’re passionate about history, politics, or public policy—let’s connect!

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Lee Chean Chung

2 days ago

𝐋𝐄𝐄 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐆 | 𝟕 𝐃𝐄𝐂 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐌𝐄 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬

I welcome the announcement by the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, to exempt companies with annual revenue below RM1 million from e-invoicing.

In 2024, MSMEs in Malaysia contributed 39.5% (RM652 billion) of the country’s total GDP and employed about 8.1 million people, which corresponds to around 50% of total employment.

More importantly, the growth rate of MSMEs in 2024 was 5.8%, outpacing the growth of non-MSMEs (4.7%) and national GDP (5.1%).

This shows that MSMEs are not just numerous, but the backbone of the economy. Nearly half of all jobs in Malaysia depend on MSMEs — making them central to employment stability, livelihoods and inclusive growth.

The data also show that MSMEs have outpaced non-MSMEs in growth in recent years, demonstrating resilience and strong potential to drive future economic expansion. However, due to historical neglect and fragmented policies to support SMEs, many SME owners are of the opinion that the government does not pay enough attention to capacity-building and growth support.

Headwinds from US trade tariffs, as well as the aggressive expansion of Chinese businesses in Malaysia, are making their ventures more uncertain and vulnerable to global risks.

This is already frustrating, but even more so when they are asked to comply with increasing layers of bureaucracy that do not make them more productive or competitive.

For instance, when there is a hiring or resignation, one needs to complete submissions to LHDN, EPF, PCB, SOCSO and CP22A — five times on separate portals for just one employee. A small firm of 10 employees would require 100 actions to complete the hiring and resignation processes.

When MSMEs are disproportionately burdened by such administrative time and cost, we must ask whether our ministries and agencies are paying sufficient attention to these operational realities.

I have long advocated for the appointment of an SME Minister, and for a single ministry to steer and serve MSMEs in my parliamentary debates. All SME-related functional departments and agencies under KUSKOP, MITI, KKDW, KPDN, and even Bank Negara should be brought under one roof.

Only then can the historical neglect of MSMEs be systematically rectified, and only then will the millions of ordinary enterprises finally have a voice in the Cabinet.

If there is one thing the Prime Minister can do to show that the MADANI government truly cares and reacts to the outcry of ordinary enterprises, then revamping creating a dedicated SME Ministry in the upcoming cabinet reshuffling is the first — and necessary — step. ... See MoreSee Less

Lee Chean Chung

5 days ago

𝕾𝖎𝖉𝖆𝖓𝖌 𝕻𝖆𝖗𝖑𝖎𝖒𝖊𝖓 𝖇𝖆𝖌𝖎 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖒 𝖎𝖓𝖎 𝖆𝖐𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖓𝖞𝖆 𝖇𝖊𝖗𝖆𝖐𝖍𝖎𝖗!

Selama dua bulan, saya terlibat dalam pelbagai perbahasan termasuk:
📌 Belanjawan 2026: Perbahasan Peringkat Dasar & Perbahasan Kementerian Perumahan & Kerajaan Tempatan, Kementerian Perlaburan, Perdangangan dan Industri dan Kementerian Pengangkutan
📌 RUU Pembangunan Kemahiran Kebangsaan (Pindaan) 2025
📌 Sesi soal jawab dan Kamar Khas…
📌 Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Pilihan Khas Ekonomi dan Kewangan
📌 Mesyuarat Kaukus Semiconductor
📌 Mesyuarat Mingguan Backbenchers
📌 Taklimat & Perjumpaan dengan Pihak Berkepentingan

Walaupun Parlimen ditangguhkan, tugas belum selesai.
Selepas ini masih ada:
🚶‍♂️ Urusan rasmi
📌 Kerja kawasan yang belum habis
💼 Kes-kes rakyat yang perlu ditangani
☕ Dan… lebih banyak sesi turun padang!

Parlimen rehat ≠ saya rehat.
Cuma tukar “medan” untuk terus berkhidmat.

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Lee Chean Chung

5 days ago

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗬𝗕 𝗟𝗲𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗜 𝟰 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

𝗡𝗼 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗧𝗣𝗧𝗡 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗣𝗧𝗦 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁-𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀
𝗟𝗲𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲

In Budget 2026, government announced that high-achieving graduates from private higher learning institutions (IPTS) would no longer qualify for the PTPTN loan repayment waiver. This decision has raised serious concerns among students, parents, and community organisations.

Yet, from the Kamar Khas session, to Parliamentary written replies, to students submitting petitions, almost two months have passed and the Higher Education Ministry (MOHE) has only stated that the matter “will be reviewed”. This does not reflect the reform pace expected under the Madani Government.

I welcome the Ministry’s decision to conduct a review. However, such a review must come with a clear timeline, greater transparency, and the inclusion of students and stakeholders, rather than a closed-door internal study that drags on for a full year.

Let me reiterate: This review must have deadlines and transparent mechanisms. It cannot be conducted behind closed doors for an entire year.

Over the past two months, not only have individual students handed me petitions, but numerous student groups and community organisations including Persatuan Belia Xiang Lian Malaysia and the Federation of Hokkien Associations Youth Wing (福联青) have publicly voiced their dissatisfaction. The question remains: How long does MOHE intend to “study” this issue?

One case brought to my attention involves a student from an M40 family who has achieved excellence from SPM through Matrikulasi to university, maintaining a perfect 4.0 CGPA. She was offered a special pathway into a public university’s dentistry programme, but because certain IPTS fees were still lower than the public university route, she had no choice but to pursue her studies at an IPTS. She worked towards graduating with first-class honours, believing this would qualify her for a partial PTPTN waiver. Yet due to the government’s latest decision, she has lost this long-promised eligibility. For two months she has struggled emotionally, asking: “What was the point of working so hard for a 4.0?”

This affects students who enrolled in IPTS in 2022, 2023 and 2024. They were informed then that achieving first-class honours would allow part of their PTPTN loans to be converted into scholarships. After three years of dedicated effort, a single policy decision has extinguished that promise. Is this fair?

Parents have also questioned why the government appears to be “penalising” B40 and M40 families with children in IPTS. Admission into public universities via STPM is increasingly competitive, while special pathways are costly. Ordinary families enrol their children in IPTS in hopes that academic excellence will offset some of the financial burden but now that hope is gone. Families must continue tightening their expenses and shoulder a significant education loan.

As a government backbencher, I still cannot offer a convincing explanation. This is not a targeted welfare issue; it is a mechanism designed to reward excellence and hard work. Moreover, we have never asked for unconditional waivers. Students can be required to serve in Malaysia for three years under a service bond. So why is there still no clear answer after two months?

Therefore, I urge MOHE to consider the proposal by Federation of Hokkien Associations Youth Wing 福联青 to establish a PTPTN–MOHE Special Committee comprising representatives from MOHE, PTPTN, IPTA, IPTS, student bodies, civil society organisations and Members of Parliament. This is crucial to ensure that the review process is professional, transparent, and inclusive.

Excellence does not depend on whether a student attends a public or private institution. Students are not asking for privilege they are asking for fairness. I call on MOHE to urgently announce a review timeline and a mechanism for meaningful stakeholder participation.

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𝗞𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗬𝗕 𝗟𝗲𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗜 𝟰 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

𝗧𝗶𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗷𝘂 𝗝𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗵𝘂𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗸 𝗣𝗧𝗣𝗧𝗡 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗣𝗧𝗦
𝗟𝗲𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗲𝘀𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗯𝘂𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗸𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗴𝗮𝘀 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗽𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗶 𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗸𝗮𝗻 𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗮 𝗸𝗮𝗷𝗶𝗮𝗻

Belanjawan 2026 mengumumkan bahawa graduan cemerlang dari institusi pengajian tinggi swasta (IPTS) tidak lagi layak menikmati pengecualian bayaran balik pinjaman PTPTN. Perkara ini menimbulkan keresahan dalam kalangan pelajar, ibu bapa serta pertubuhan masyarakat.

Namun, dari Kamar Khas, jawapan bertulis Parlimen hinggalah kepada penyerahan petisyen oleh pelajar, hampir dua bulan telah berlalu tetapi Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi (KPT) masih hanya menyatakan bahawa perkara ini “akan dikaji”. Ini jelas tidak mencerminkan langkah reformasi yang sewajarnya di bawah Kerajaan Madani.

Saya mengalu-alukan pengumuman KPT untuk menjalankan kajian semula. Namun begitu, kajian ini mesti mempunyai garis masa yang jelas, ketelusan, dan penglibatan pelajar serta pihak berkepentingan lain, bukannya kajian dalaman oleh pegawai kementerian sahaja yang berlanjutan sehingga setahun.

Saya ingin menegaskan sekali lagi: Kajian semula ini mesti mempunyai garis masa dan mekanisme ketelusan. Ia tidak boleh dijalankan secara tertutup selama setahun.

Dalam tempoh dua bulan ini, bukan sahaja terdapat pelajar yang mengemukakan petisyen kepada saya, tetapi pelbagai pertubuhan pelajar dan pertubuhan masyarakat termasuk Persatuan Belia Xiang Lian Malaysia dan Pemuda Persekutuan Persatuan-Persatuan Hokkien Malaysia (福联青) turut menyatakan rasa tidak puas hati. Maka persoalannya hingga bila KPT mahu “mengaji” perkara ini?

Salah satu kes yang berada di tangan saya melibatkan seorang pelajar dari keluarga M40. Dari SPM ke Matrikulasi hinggalah ke peringkat universiti, beliau memperoleh keputusan cemerlang (4.0). Beliau juga ditawarkan tempat khas untuk mengikuti pengajian pergigian di universiti awam. Namun, oleh sebab yuran di IPTS tertentu lebih rendah berbanding universiti awam, beliau terpaksa memilih IPTS, dengan keyakinan bahawa jika beliau memperoleh Ijazah Kepujian Kelas Pertama, sebahagian pinjaman PTPTN akan diberi pengecualian. Kini, akibat perubahan dasar kerajaan, beliau kehilangan kelayakan tersebut dan mengalami tekanan emosi sejak dua bulan lalu. Beliau bertanya, “Apa guna saya berusaha untuk 4.0?”

Ini turut melibatkan pelajar yang mendaftar ke IPTS pada tahun 2022, 2023 dan 2024. Ketika itu mereka dimaklumkan bahawa memperoleh kelas pertama akan membolehkan sebahagian pinjaman PTPTN ditukar kepada biasiswa. Namun, setelah tiga tahun berusaha, satu keputusan kerajaan “menghapuskan” harapan mereka. Adakah ini adil?

Selain itu, ada juga ibu bapa bertanya mengapa kerajaan seolah-olah “mengambil tindakan” terhadap keluarga B40 dan M40 yang menghantar anak ke IPTS. Kemasukan ke universiti awam melalui laluan STPM semakin sukar, manakala laluan khas pula sangat mahal. Anak-anak dari keluarga biasa memilih IPTS demi harapan untuk mengurangkan beban melalui kecemerlangan akademik — kini semua harapan itu seakan lenyap. Ibu bapa hanya mampu terus berjimat dan menanggung hutang pendidikan yang tinggi.

Sebagai Ahli Parlimen kerajaan, saya sendiri masih belum mampu memberikan penjelasan yang munasabah. Ini bukan isu bantuan kebajikan bersasar, tetapi satu mekanisme untuk mengiktiraf kecemerlangan dan usaha pelajar. Tambahan pula, kami tidak pernah meminta pengecualian tanpa syarat. Pelajar boleh menandatangani syarat perkhidmatan, contohnya berkhidmat di Malaysia selama tiga tahun. Maka persoalannya mengapa selepas dua bulan, tiada satu pun jawapan jelas diberikan?

Sehubungan itu, saya menggesa KPT mempertimbangkan cadangan Pemuda Persekutuan Persatuan-Persatuan Hokkien Malaysia untuk menubuhkan sebuah Jawatankuasa Khas PTPTN–KPT, yang dianggotai oleh KPT, PTPTN, wakil IPTA dan IPTS, pertubuhan pelajar, NGO serta Ahli Parlimen. Langkah ini penting bagi memastikan proses kajian semula dijalankan secara profesional, telus dan inklusif.

Kecemerlangan tidak wajar dipisahkan antara universiti awam atau swasta. Pelajar bukan menuntut keistimewaan mereka menuntut keadilan. Oleh itu, saya mendesak KPT segera mengumumkan garis masa kajian serta mekanisme penglibatan untuk semua pihak berkepentingan. ... See MoreSee Less

Lee Chean Chung

6 days ago

Sumbangan RM50,000 untuk Masjid As-Salam melalui Projek Mesra Rakyat (PMR).

Masalah pendawaian elektrik di masjid ini telah lama berlanjutan dan tidak lagi mampu menampung keperluan jemaah.

Dengan peruntukan ini, saya berharap kerja-kerja pembaikan dapat disegerakan agar penduduk dapat beribadah dalam suasana yang lebih selesa, selamat dan kondusif.

Komitmen kami jelas memastikan fasiliti rumah ibadah di Petaling Jaya terus dijaga demi kesejahteraan semua.

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