Morning Brief

The curtains closed on the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta yesterday, with the chair, Indonesia, calling on world leaders to defuse tensions. The summit this time has been overshadowed by renewed disputes over the South China Sea and ASEAN’s failure to make progress on resolving the Myanmar crisis. Sharon Seah of the ISEAS-Yusof-Ishak Institute gives us the key takeaways of the event and what this bodes for the future of ASEAN as the chairmanship passes over to Laos.

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This Saturday is polling day for the by-elections in the Pulai parliamentary and Simpang Jeram state constituencies in Johor. Both are seeing a 3-way fight. Dr. Azmi Hassan, Senior Fellow, Nusantara Academy for Strategic Research, analyses the chances of the Pakatan Harapan-Barisan Nasional against Perikatan Nasional following the outcome of the recent 6 state elections in a state that has been seen as an Umno stronghold.

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Country Garden was once a shining star in the Chinese property sector, surviving the tumult that took down Evergrande. However its fortunes have turned for the worse of late, as the property giant warns of the risk of defaulting on its bond payments amid poor earnings in the first half of the year. What do the financial woes of Country Garden say about the broader Chinese economy? We get analysis from Kristy Hung of Bloomberg Intelligence.

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This Saturday is polling day for the by-elections in the Pulai parliamentary and Simpang Jeram state constituencies in Johor. Both are seeing a 3-way fight. Dr. Azmi Hassan, Senior Fellow, Nusantara Academy for Strategic Research, analyses the chances of the Pakatan Harapan-Barisan Nasional against Perikatan Nasional following the outcome of the recent 6 state elections in a state that has been seen as an Umno stronghold.

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Beginning 1st September, Malaysia Airlines is flying-solo having discontinued its partnership with long-term caterer Brahim’s Food Services. However the transition to new arrangements has been turbulent, resulting in public backlash over its in-flight food service. How might this impact MAG’s earnings outlook and reputation? We speak to aviation analyst Shukor Yusof for his analysis.

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China issued an updated version of its standard map last week, which extended its territorial claims over the South China Sea, much to the displeasure of other claimant states. What are the implications of this for geopolitical tensions in the region? We speak to Veerle Nouwens from the Institute of International and Strategic Studies for a better understanding of the dynamics at play.

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Beginning 1st September, Malaysia Airlines is flying-solo having discontinued its partnership with long-term caterer Brahim’s Food Services. However the transition to new arrangements has been turbulent, resulting in public backlash over its in-flight food service. How might this impact MAG’s earnings outlook and reputation? We speak to aviation analyst Shukor Yusof for his analysis.

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Over the weekend Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim admitted to weaknesses in the Government’s communication machinery. We speak with Dr Benjamin Loh, Senior Lecturer, School of Media and Communication, Taylor's University for his views on whether these criticisms have merits and how the Government should respond.

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Over the weekend Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim admitted to weaknesses in the Government’s communication machinery. We speak with Dr Benjamin Loh, Senior Lecturer, School of Media and Communication, Taylor's University for his views on whether these criticisms have merits and how the Government should respond.

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The New Industrial Master Plan 2030 emphasises the role of SMEs as a key contributor to economic growth, targeting to double SME exports to 25% in seven years. We speak to Datuk William Ng of SAMENTA for his views on the plan and support needed by SMEs to achieve the goals of the NIMP.

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