Dewan Rakyat convenes today with a wide-ranging Order Paper featuring oral questions covering healthcare capacity, transport megaproject delays, housing pressures, environmental protection, foreign investment delivery and national security concerns.
Health remains one of the most heavily scrutinised ministries, with MPs seeking details on support for children with cerebral palsy, rising non-communicable diseases, mental health reform and specialist shortages in public hospitals. Lawmakers are also expected to press the Health Ministry on medicine supply chains, hospital readiness in Sabah and the long-term sustainability of the public healthcare system amid rising costs and geopolitical disruptions affecting imports.
Transport issues feature prominently, particularly repeated questions on delays and cost overruns involving major rail projects such as the LRT3 Shah Alam line. MPs are also set to raise concerns over safety, station upgrades, last-mile connectivity for the Johor Bahru RTS Link, KTM station facilities and congestion linked to maritime and road infrastructure across several states.
Housing and local government matters form another major block of questions, with MPs asking for updates on affordable housing overhang by state, public housing fairness, MyKiosk utilisation, maintenance of People’s Housing Projects and policy clarity on crematorium approvals and waste management challenges.
On economic and investment matters, MPs will seek clarity from the International Trade and Industry Ministry on foreign direct investment realisation rates, vendor spillovers, EV localisation strategies, subsidy rationalisation impacts on competitiveness and Malaysia’s positioning within ASEAN’s high-tech manufacturing race.
Security and home affairs questions are equally prominent, ranging from border control readiness in Langkawi and Sabah, migrant smuggling risks, online scam syndicates, depot detainee welfare, drug rehabilitation effectiveness and the rollout of new national immigration and identity systems.
Environmental and natural resource issues also feature strongly, with MPs probing human-wildlife conflict management, particularly elephant mitigation measures, oil spill enforcement, e-waste controls, rare earth development, climate governance coordination between federal and state laws and ecological fiscal transfers.
Tourism and culture will also come under scrutiny, including the economic impact of major festivals such as Rain Rave, strategies to sustain foreign arrivals amid geopolitical tensions and the regulation of short-term rental accommodation platforms.
