Morning Brief

Interest rates are on the way up as central banks across the Asia Pacific use this tool to tame inflation. In Malaysia, Bank Negara has increased the Overnight Policy Rate twice so far this year from 1.75% in July 2020 and is now 2.25%. The ringgit has however softened - it is at its all-time weakest against the Singapore dollar. Willie Tanoto, Director at Fitch Ratings' Asia-Pacific Financial Institutions team explains what rate hikes can achieve.

Wong Kah Woh, Chairman, PAC and Member of Parliament for Ipoh Timor unpacks the recent revelations from the Public Accounts Committee report on the littoral combat ship (LCS) project as not a single ship has been completed despite RM 6 billion being spent

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As Singapore celebrates National day, we take a look at the reasons for its success and also its future challenges with Dr Oh Ei Sun, Principal adviser at Pacific Research Center. We also ask if PM designate, Lawrence Wong will bring a change to this city state in terms of leadership style.

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Is GE15 for BN to lose? Or will we see another seismic shift in our political paradigm? Dr Azmi Hassan, Senior Research Fellow, Nusantara Academy for Strategic Research helps us answer these questions as this watershed election looms

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Wong Kah Woh, Chairman, PAC and Member of Parliament for Ipoh Timor unpacks the recent revelations from the Public Accounts Committee report on the littoral combat ship (LCS) project as not a single ship has been completed despite RM 6 billion being spent

As Singapore celebrates National day, we take a look at the reasons for its success and also its future challenges with Dr Oh Ei Sun, Principal adviser at Pacific Research Center. We also ask if PM designate, Lawrence Wong will bring a change to this city state in terms of leadership style.

Is GE15 for BN to lose? Or will we see another seismic shift in our political paradigm? Dr Azmi Hassan, Senior Research Fellow, Nusantara Academy for Strategic Research helps us answer these questions as this watershed election looms

The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) has been accused by Meta of running a troll farm that sought to promote the current government coalition and to criticise its opponents. However, PDRM refuted the allegation claiming that they are gathering further information about it. For more details, we speak to Alexander Wong, Managing Editor of SoyaCincau.

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Back in 2013-2015, multiple women’s groups came together and worked with the Attorney General’s Chambers and other parties to criminalise stalking. And after 10 years, progress is being made. But is this Anti-Stalking bill enough to protect Malaysians against stalking ? For a deeper dive, we speak to Yu Ren Chung, Deputy Executive Director of Women's Aid Organisation (WAO).

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With 10% tax on imported low-value goods, GST and global minimum tax of 15 percent on MNC, we find out what these new taxes mean for us and for the government coffers with Senthuran Elalingam, Indirect Tax Partner, Deloitte

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