Morning Brief

Last week, the speaker of the Dewan Negara, Tan Sri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar proposed for the appointment age of senators to be lowered from 30 years to allow for more youth to be appointed to the upper house. How might changing the demographic composition of the Dewan Negara improve parliamentary democracy, and what other measures would help strengthen the upper house? We discuss proposed reforms with Dr. Lau Zhe Wei of IIUM.

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To help businesses navigate global and local ESG standards, Capital Markets Malaysia recently introduced the Simplified ESG Disclosure Guide (SEDG) for SMEs operating within global supply chains. Faroze Nadar, Executive Director, UN Global Compact Network Malaysia & Brunei discusses the challenges for SMEs to adopt ESG practices, and policies that could encourage ESG adoption.

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Malaysia’s last attempt to accede to the Rome Statute, which sets up the International Criminal Court, ended in a U-turn in 2019 after intense public backlash. As the war in Gaza continues, is public opinion on Malaysia’s membership to the treaty shifting? We speak to lawyer Andrew Khoo about the implications of ratifying the Rome Statute for Malaysia.

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The Government is working on streamlining the role of the 31 investment promotion agencies which include both federal and state bodies. Aside from reducing costs, this will supposedly help ease the process of foreign and domestic direct investments (FDI and DDI), from application to the realisation of investments. Nordin Abdullah, Vice Chairman of the Malaysia Australian Business Council (MABC) tells us if this is a much needed step.

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We discuss the outlook for Southeast Asian tech giant with GoTo’s co-founder share sale and Delivery Hero confirming that some parts of Foodpanda are up for sale. Nathan Naidu of Bloomberg Intelligence tells us who's the most likely buyer and which tech giant is poised for a quicker full year breakeven?

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The Government is working on streamlining the role of the 31 investment promotion agencies which include both federal and state bodies. Aside from reducing costs, this will supposedly help ease the process of foreign and domestic direct investments (FDI and DDI), from application to the realisation of investments. Nordin Abdullah, Vice Chairman of the Malaysia Australian Business Council (MABC) tells us if this is a much needed step.

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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) have released a joint paper introducing a Shared Responsibility Framework (SRF) for phishing scams. This framework assigns responsibilities to financial institutions and telecommunication companies and mandates compensation to victims if these responsibilities are not met. Raymon Ram, Certified Fraud Examiner & Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, Graymatter Forensic Advisory tells us the mechanics of it and if Malaysia should implement a similar scheme.

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The threshold for en-bloc sales will be lowered from the current 100% although the final figure has yet to be determined. Allan Soo, Principal of Allan Soo RE Consultants tells us if he thinks this initiative is a good idea and how the rights of property owners can be protected whilst weighing in the recent property initiatives announced in Budget 2024.

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The threshold for en-bloc sales will be lowered from the current 100% although the final figure has yet to be determined. Allan Soo, Principal of Allan Soo RE Consultants tells us if he thinks this initiative is a good idea and how the rights of property owners can be protected whilst weighing in the recent property initiatives announced in Budget 2024.

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Recently, Transport minister Anthony Loke said that an end of life vehicles policy couldn’t be implemented due to its impracticality and our high reliance on private vehicles. Yet, we still aspire to be a net-zero emissions country by 2050. Daniel Fernandez, Managing Editor of dsf.my tells us if there is a contradiction between these two policies?

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