SYNOPSIS

As reported by Bernama on May 9, 2019, the government of Malaysia will introduce a new economic direction for the country to ensure that the people will enjoy shared prosperity, while resolving the current economic quagmire, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said.

YB Tony Pua will give a talk on the above ‘Shared Prosperity’ initiative and how it will impact Malaysia's economy in the future.

He will share the threats, challenges and golden opportunities which have arisen from the new global economic landscape dominated by the US-China trade war.

Is it all gloom, or is there now a unique opportunity for Malaysia to transform our economy, launching us onto a new growth trajectory and breaking out of the middle income trap.


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

YB Tony Pua Kiam Wee is a Malaysian politician from the Democratic Action Party (DAP) currently serving as three-term Member of Parliament (MP) of Malaysia representing Damansara and Political Secretary to the Minister of Finance of Malaysia, YB Lim Guan Eng. YB Pua is the former Malaysian CEO of Cyber Village Sdn Bhd, a SESDAQ-listed company. In early 2007, he disposed of all his interests in the company and tendered his resignation to join the DAP in 2008.

Pua graduated from Keble College, Oxford with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in in 1994.

In the 2008 Malaysian general election, Pua won the parliamentary constituency of Petaling Jaya Utara on a DAP ticket. Pua retained his parliamentary seat in 2018 general election with a majority of 106,903, the largest majority in Malaysian history.