Morning Brief

According to the Department of Statistics Malaysia, the mean age of a woman’s first marriage has increased from 23.5 years in 1980 to 28.1 years in 2020. It also showed a similar trend for childbirth. But what lies behind the statistics? Anis Farid, Research and Advocacy Officer at the Women's Aid Organisation tells us whilst giving us her views if the recent amendments to the Employment Act go far enough to promote gender equality in the work force.

With long waiting times and surging prices, we ask Professor Loredana Padurean, Senior Associate Dean at Asia School of Business if the demand for EVs here to stay?

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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri announced that the government will be reviewing the current bankruptcy threshold in a bid to address rising bankruptcy among the youth. Idham Idris, Director and Licensed Financial Planner of Wealth Vantage Advisory goes behind the reasons for this rising trend and what can be done to solve it.

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With the subsidy bill inching close to RM80 billion for the Malaysian Government, the cry for reform is growing louder despite the rising inflationary cost. Carmelo Ferlito, CEO, Center for Market Education tells us the economic reasons why we are this era of rising prices and offers some solutions to ease this predicament.

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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri announced that the government will be reviewing the current bankruptcy threshold in a bid to address rising bankruptcy among the youth. Idham Idris, Director and Licensed Financial Planner of Wealth Vantage Advisory goes behind the reasons for this rising trend and what can be done to solve it.

With long waiting times and surging prices, we ask Professor Loredana Padurean, Senior Associate Dean at Asia School of Business if the demand for EVs here to stay?

With the subsidy bill inching close to RM80 billion for the Malaysian Government, the cry for reform is growing louder despite the rising inflationary cost. Carmelo Ferlito, CEO, Center for Market Education tells us the economic reasons why we are this era of rising prices and offers some solutions to ease this predicament.

Zouhair Mohd Rosli, Senior Researcher, DM Analytics explains the Cik Kiah Index to help us understand varying inflation experience and contrasts with DOSM's consumer price index which increased by 2.8% y-o-y in May this year, the highest rate of inflation since July 2017

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The President of the European Council, Charles Michel announced that Ukraine and Moldova have been granted candidate status to the European Union. However how soon can formal membership be accorded and what is the process? Dr Frederick Kliem, Research Fellow at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies tells us its an arduous path ahead.

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We ask Wong Chin Huat how does a political funding bill ensure great transparency and a better state of politics for the country amid frustration over the lack of progress to legislate political funding on both sides of the aisle

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