Morning Brief

A recent Merdeka Center survey points to a decline in Barisan National’s popularity. We ask Ibrahim Suffian, programme director of Merdeka Center, on the reasons for this and who stands to benefit.

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A recent Merdeka Center survey points to a decline in Barisan National’s popularity. We ask Ibrahim Suffian, programme director of Merdeka Center, on the reasons for this and who stands to benefit.

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The Covid-19 pandemic experience underscored the importance of prioritising healthcare issues in government policy. In addition to over 30,000 lives lost to the virus, the pandemic revealed the gaps in Malaysia's creaking public healthcare infrastructure. What should the next government be looking to prioritise in public health policy? Azrul Mohd Khalib of the Galen Centre gives us his election manifesto wishlist.

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Brazil’s next president will be Luis Inacio Da Silva, commonly known as Lula, after he won the run-off race by a majority of less than 2%. Both candidates represent the ends of the left and right spectrums and are controversial characters in the country, and these elements spilled over into the long campaign. We discuss what to expect next with Clara Ferreira Marques of Bloomberg Opinion.

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As Nomination day looms nears, we examine the candidates named so far with Adib Zalkapli, Director at BowerGroup Asia. We also take a closer look at the hot seats like Gombak and Ampang which are currently held by MPs who defected to Bersatu after the Sheraton Move.

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As Nomination day looms nears, we examine the candidates named so far with Adib Zalkapli, Director at BowerGroup Asia. We also take a closer look at the hot seats like Gombak and Ampang which are currently held by MPs who defected to Bersatu after the Sheraton Move.

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With the global IPO market falling off a cliff in 2022, we discuss the outlook for IPOs with Kevin Chew, Senior Executive Director, Strategy and Transaction, Ernst & Young and whether it will rise from the ashes in 2023.

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While the retail sector saw a rapid recovery since the economic reopening, most retailers are bracing for a gloomy 2023. This is after two surveys were conducted by the Small and Medium Enterprises Association (SAMENTA) on the mid-term of SMEs and retailers’ outlook for next year. SAMENTA said most respondents were far less optimistic, with two out of three retailers expect a drop in both sales value and volume in 2023. Hence, it is crucial that the new government comes into power to implement measures that can protect businesses from these short term challenges as well as address long term issues to ensure growth. For insights, we speak to Datuk William Ng, Chairman of SAMENTA.

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News on seat allocations of the different political coalitions have started to trickle in as we approach Nomination Day on 5 November. We discuss the candidate announcements coming from PKR, DAP, Umno and Gerakan Tanah Air (GTA) with political analyst Dr Azmi Hassan.

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News on seat allocations of the different political coalitions have started to trickle in as we approach Nomination Day on 5 November. We discuss the candidate announcements coming from PKR, DAP, Umno and Gerakan Tanah Air (GTA) with political analyst Dr Azmi Hassan.

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