August 20, 2018

Five new blueprints for a better future

Kuala Lumpur, 20 Aug 2018-  Growth model The government should come up with a new growth model that unleashes the growth locked in the government-linked companies […]
August 17, 2018

Malaysia should ratify the CPTPP

Kuala Lumpur, 17 Aug 2018- Darrel Leiking has his plate full as he takes over the reins of the International Trade and Industry Ministry, reviewing trade […]
August 8, 2018

Ringgit, bursa mengukuh

KUALA LUMPUR: Ringgit mengukuh ke paras RM4.0740 berbanding dolar Amerika Syarikat (AS) walaupun diniagakan rendah melepasi RM4.08 dalam sesi awal pagi sejajar dengan kelemahan mata wang […]
August 3, 2018

Think tank warns of power imbalance with Dr M in Khazanah

PETALING JAYA: A think tank has expressed reservations about Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad being the chairman of sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional. Speaking to FMT, […]
August 1, 2018

Program kenderaan cekap tenaga mungkin dirombak

Program kenderaan cekap tenaga (EEV) di bawah Dasar Automotif Negara (DAN) 2014 mungkin akan dimansuhkan atau dirombak jika rancangan kerajaan untuk mengenakan sekatan ke atas import […]
June 29, 2018

Switching currencies will be costly, says economist

PETALING JAYA: A think tank has warned of the high cost of changing the Malaysian currency as a means of fighting corruption, saying going cashless would […]
May 31, 2018

Putrajaya’s frank debt disclosure unusual but positive in long term, experts say

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 —  Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng’s insistence that Malaysia’s liabilities are greater than previously disclosed is unorthodox but augurs well for transparency […]
May 31, 2018

Debt donation drive more populist than economic

PETALING JAYA: A prominent economist says the government’s crowdfunding initiative to help “ease” the country’s debt appears to be another policy geared towards populism rather than […]
May 30, 2018

Economist: Donation drive to settle govt debts embarrassing, bad precedent

GEORGE TOWN: An economist said the government’s donation drive to reduce the country’s debts is unprecedented and likely the first of its kind in the world. […]