Halal Food Public Policy in Malaysia

A comprehensive policy should reduce duplication of effort between food safety for Muslims vs non-Muslims. If the more stringent criteria is set for Muslims, then the open question is whether the more stringent criteria should be applied to non-Muslims as well, such that there is only one standard at the Federal level.

The problem with Malaysians is both, that they are unable to articulate these issues, and that they get annoyed at each other's incompetence of articulation before anyone has a chance to improve the articulation ... such that the debates get bogged down with emotion before reaching substantial progress.

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Saya sokong cadangan penghalalan secara rasmi setiap perniagaan yang tidak memakai "lesen tak halal".

Selain menafikan hak perokok, penyelewangan ekonomi tersebut akan memaksa setiap peniaga menghalalkan rataian bekalan sumber manusianya ... begitula kita boleh memulakan pencucian tadbir jabatan imigresen, dan KDN secara berkeseluruhan. Lagipun, tertekanlah peniaga di Malaysia, supaya memuhibahkan tempat kerja dan pasaran antarakaumkita.

Demi kejelasan pentadbiran tanahkita.

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And having been challenged on the prudence of such statements, if I may say so, in times like these, it is prudent to note the Laws of Malaysia, Penal Code, Act 574, 

Section 298A, "Causing, etc., disharmony, disunity, or feelings of enmity, hatred or ill-will, or prejudicing, etc., the maintenance of harmony or unity, on grounds of religion".

Subsection 3.b " that anything lawfully done by any religious official appointed, or by any religious authority established, constituted or appointed, by or under any written law, in the exercise of any power, or in the discharge of any duty, or in the performance of any function, of a religious character, by virtue of being so appointed, established or constituted, is not acceptable to such person, or should not be accepted by any other person or persons, or does not accord with or fulfil the requirements of that religion, or is otherwise wrong or improper,"

... does not forbid discussions aspiring to determine the economic optimisation of public policy which increases harmony, happiness, and improvement in the commons benefitting all races and religions as a form of public good.