January 26, 2018

EC score in global electoral index cause for alarm, warns think tank

PETALING JAYA: A think tank today warned that the country’s electoral process is in need of urgent reform, following a report on global electoral freedom which […]
January 22, 2018

Speech by Tunku Zain al ‘Abidin at the National Young Economist Summit on 20 Jan 2018 at Universiti Malaya

Role of Economic Think Tanks in Promoting Good Public Policy to Enable Malaysia to Harness the Digital Economy at National Young Economic Summit Tunku Dato’ Seri […]
January 18, 2018

Govt losing RM8b a year in tax revenue from illicit trade : IDEAS

KUALA LUMPUR: The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) estimates the government is losing some RM8 billion in tax revenue annually due to the black […]
January 18, 2018

Malaysia’s RM8 billion losses due to illicit trade will harm the economy, says IDEAS

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 18): Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) estimates that the government lost RM8 billion last year due to illicit trade. IDEAS Director […]
January 17, 2018

Reforms: Bipartisan commitment needed, not just slogans, says think tank

PETALING JAYA: A think tank today proposed that politicians work towards a bipartisan commitment to institutional reforms to show their sincerity in the run-up to the […]
January 15, 2018

Pakatan Harapan banks on Malay tsunami to capture Putrajaya

SINGAPORE (Jan 15): Malaysia’s disparate opposition parties have long been criticised for failing to get their act together as a coalition, particularly in naming a prime […]
January 12, 2018

Bersatu perlu kerja keras di Johor

SELEPAS Bersatu didaftarkan secara rasmi pada 14 Januari 2017, mereka telah melaungkan hasrat menawan Johor Bahru daripada Umno dan BN. Mungkin hasrat itu satu cabaran kepada […]
January 11, 2018

Freezing luxury property developments not right

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) reported that as of 2017 quarter one, total unsold residential properties stood at 130,690 units, the highest in a decade and about […]
January 11, 2018

Freezing approvals for luxury property developments is not in right direction, says think tank

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 11): The government’s decision to freeze approvals for luxury property developments does not go in the right direction, according to Institute for Democracy […]