Morning Brief

Boeing has seen crisis after crisis since 2 crashes involving its 737MAX planes. More recently, a panel that exposed a hole in an Alaska Airlines jet shortly after takeoff, raised questions about Boeing's production processes. Greg Waldron, the Asia Managing Editor of FlightGlobal talks about the impact the recently announced changes at Boeing's top management might have on its fortunes.

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Bank Negara hopes its Financial Inclusion Framework 2023 to 2026 will result in affordable financial products and services available to all segments of Malaysian society, regardless of geographical location or income level. The key here is to expand digital financial services. Vincent Fong, Chief Editor of Fintech News Malaysia looks at the developments so far.

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The Malaysian capital market showed resilience despite slow recovery in 2023 amid global headwinds, according to the Securities Commission Malaysia in its latest 2023 annual report published yesterday. We speak to Ng Zhu Hann, CEO and founder of Tradeview Capital on the key highlights of the SC’s report as well as measures that can be taken to boost the competitiveness of the country’s capital market.

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Islamic State has claimed reponsibility for a terrorist attack at a concert hall in Moscow, resulting in the loss of over 130 lives. Four men have been charged with committing an act of terrorism. Dr Alexey Muraviev, Associate Professor of National Security and Strategic Studies at Curtin University talks about how this development might affect President Vladimir Putin's offensive in Ukraine, now into its third year.

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Last week the Ministry of Transport announced that vehicle deregistration will soon be able to be done online via e-Dereg, as part of efforts to make it easier to dispose of end-of-life vehicles. How effective might this policy be? We get industry reactions from Cho Chee Seng, Immediate Past Secretary General of the Malaysian Automotive Recyclers Association (MAARA).

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The Education Ministry recently announced an intervention curriculum for Standard 1 students to prepare them for the expected 2027 school curriculum, that emphasises mastering literacy and numeracy. This comes as the state of Malaysian education comes under intense scrutiny following the impact of the pandemic and the abolition of the Dual Language Programme. Datin Noor Azimah Abdul Rahim, Chair of the Parent Action Group For Education (PAGE) Malaysia helps us understand the issues at hand.

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Economy minister Rafizi Ramli has warned that any delay in implementing targeted subsidies would cost the government RM2 billion a month in blanket petrol subsidies. It is now depending on a successful PADU initiative to begin reforming how subsidies are doled out. Jeremy Goh, Head of Research at Hong Leong Investment Bank helps us analyse the issue.

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With Home minister Saifuddin Nasution expressing his readiness to discuss with the Communications Ministry on the possibility of regulating streaming platforms such as Netflix, we ask Dr Benjamin Loh, Director of the Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions Impact Lab at Taylor's University shares with us if this is a reasonable course of action as well as the possibility of doing so with existing legislation.

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With Malaysia's facing a growing demand for skilled workers, widening supply- demand job mismatches, stagnant wages and the threat of automation on traditional jobs, we delve deeper into what Malaysia needs to do to address these challenges with Dr Niaz Asadullah, Southeast Asia Lead at the Global Labor Organisation & Professor of Economics, Monash University Malaysia

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This week, Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong resigned over corruption allegations, the latest in a string of leadership shake-ups over the past several years that have observers worried about the political stability of the country. We speak to Sebastian Strangio, Southeast Asia Editor at The Diplomat to better understand what’s happening in Hanoi and what the implications of the latest developments might be.

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