Lim Chee Han 林志翰

Co-founder of Agora Society Malaysia. Senior Researcher at Third World Network. A social democrat, a greenie and a hobby cyclist.

[Lim Chee Han 林志翰 @cheehanlim]

@hannahyeoh @KBSMalaysia @anwaribrahim Congrats our para athletes' spectacular achievement! This, despite struggles & limited funding. No protection for para athlete rights,no mention of sports in Malaysia's Persons with Disabilities Act 2008. Give legal protection & proper support for greater OKU sports achievements!

[Lim Chee Han 林志翰 @cheehanlim]

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[Lim Chee Han 林志翰 @cheehanlim]

Australia uses Preferential Voting system, voters managed to vote in 3 Green Party MPs & 10 ind MPs. This system seems able to break the problematic 2 party 'duopoly' system which often encourage tactical votes for 'big tent' at the expense of good 3rd party and ind candidates.

[Third World Network @3rdworldnetwork]

Mr. @BillGates, STOP championing the #BigPharma narrative. STOP saying that IP isn’t an issue. The South's manufacturing capacity has not been leveraged because of Big Pharma's IP monopolies, which you say isn't the problem. Just STOP.

#VaccineEquity https://t.co/ZIoj29qqDx

[Lim Chee Han 林志翰 @cheehanlim]

@MITIMalaysia @AzminAli @limbanhong @kkmm_gov @JPenerangan @MOFmalaysia @tzafrul_aziz @lokmanhakim_ali @matrade Most likely consumers would not complain about cheaper goods, but if jobs and livelihoods are lost in the long run with the squeezing out of SMEs and farmers that cannot compete fairly against the big foreign companies and producers, how will we buy?

[Lim Chee Han 林志翰 @cheehanlim]

@MITIMalaysia @AzminAli @limbanhong @kkmm_gov @JPenerangan @MOFmalaysia @tzafrul_aziz @lokmanhakim_ali @matrade A look at the most recent online big sales of products would show that much of them came from and were made in China. This is already happening even before RCEP kicks in.

[Lim Chee Han 林志翰 @cheehanlim]

@MITIMalaysia @AzminAli @limbanhong @kkmm_gov @JPenerangan @MOFmalaysia @tzafrul_aziz @lokmanhakim_ali @matrade Under RCEP, which reality is more likely: M'sia produces and exports more goods or will it import more? If our country were to import more cheap goods, wouldn’t our local producers of similar kind be affected?

[Lim Chee Han 林志翰 @cheehanlim]

@MITIMalaysia @AzminAli @limbanhong @kkmm_gov @JPenerangan @MOFmalaysia @tzafrul_aziz @lokmanhakim_ali @matrade Surplus is a good thing, but if we examine closely, the trade balance mostly came from Singapore, well known in the world for 0 tariffs on almost every traded good, & has already removed 100% of its tariffs in existing trade agreements with RCEP countries.
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[Lim Chee Han 林志翰 @cheehanlim]

@MITIMalaysia @AzminAli @limbanhong @kkmm_gov @JPenerangan @MOFmalaysia @tzafrul_aziz @lokmanhakim_ali @matrade Let’s just look at goods trading (import and export): 10 out of 15 biggest trading countries with Malaysia, are RCEP signatory countries. 2019, Malaysia had about 60% import and 56% export dealing with the RCEP countries; the trade balance recorded a surplus of RM51 billion.

[Lim Chee Han 林志翰 @cheehanlim]

@MITIMalaysia @AzminAli @limbanhong @kkmm_gov @JPenerangan @MOFmalaysia @tzafrul_aziz @lokmanhakim_ali @matrade MITI might argue that RCEP is good for our economy, but unlike TPPA where a partial cost benefit analysis was done, did the govt produce any assessment to show this claim this time?