Morning Brief

With the government agreeing to defer implementing the condition that at least 80% of the workforce in manufacturing companies must be Malaysians, before they are allowed to employ foreign workers by two years, we ask Dr Niaz Asadullah if this reprieve is much needed.

Azrul Mohd Khalib from the Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy shares with us on the implications over the launch of a framework for the registration of prescription drugs containing cannabidiol or CBD and plans to enact legislation for a tobacco generational endgame

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Can the factions within PKR bury the hatchet and stage a comeback for GE15? Dr James Chin, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania shares why the recent 16th PKR National Congress was a missed opportunity for PKR to articulate its vision and strategy for GE15

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Oil prices have been volatile in the last few weeks. Wayne Tan, Oil Analyst at Bloomberg NEF tells us what are the factors behind these price swings and where it is heading.

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Can the factions within PKR bury the hatchet and stage a comeback for GE15? Dr James Chin, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania shares why the recent 16th PKR National Congress was a missed opportunity for PKR to articulate its vision and strategy for GE15

Oil prices have been volatile in the last few weeks. Wayne Tan, Oil Analyst at Bloomberg NEF tells us what are the factors behind these price swings and where it is heading.

Azrul Mohd Khalib from the Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy shares with us on the implications over the launch of a framework for the registration of prescription drugs containing cannabidiol or CBD and plans to enact legislation for a tobacco generational endgame

All eyes are on US President Joe Biden's trip to Saudi Arabia, which is taking place two years after the president declared the country a pariah state. 

Biden has justified his visit as an exercise in realism, but some may see it as the leader having to eat humble pie, amid record US gasoline prices and global tensions arising from the war in Ukraine. We ask Middle East expert Dr. James Dorsey on the expected outcomes of the visit.

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Indonesia has (again) temporarily stopped sending its citizens to work in Malaysia. Jakarta claims there had been a breach of the MoU signed between both countries back in April. Malaysia's Home Minister Dato' Seri Hamzah Zainuddin's reaction - there are 15 other countries to source from. Khor Yu Leng, Political Economist, Segi Enam Advisors talks to us about the implications of this latest freeze might be on Malaysia's already stretched workforce.

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Despite the gloomy horizon for the US economy, Finance Minister Tengku Dato’ Sri Zafrul Aziz is optimistic that Malaysia can weather through the storm and that GDP forecasts of growth between 5.3 to 6.3% remain on track.

How well-positioned is the Malaysian economy to manoeuvre the global headwinds and can we emerge unscathed? Business commentator Pankaj C. Kumar weighs in.

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