Morning Brief

Political circles have been buzzing this past week over a document dubbed PASLeaks purporting to detail discussions between PAS chiefs and other Malay political party leaders. We ask Dr. Azmi Hassan, Senior Research Fellow at Nusantara Academy for Strategic Research as to the what, who and why's of it and does it have any repercussion on GE15. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

Palm oil prices have been fluctuating on the back of news coming out of Indonesia on its export ban for palm oil. Earlier this week, the government clarified the export ban wouldn’t cover crude palm oil, relieving pressure on markets. But how much will elevated palm oil prices feed into global food inflation? We discuss the outlook for the edible oil market with Alvin Tai of Bloomberg Intelligence. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

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With residential property overhang increasing year by year, business commentator Pankaj C. Kumar helps us account for the mismatch between demand and supply. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

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Koh Cha-Ly from Urbanmetry identifies the root causes of flash floods and suggests preventive measures that we can deploy to mitigate the increasing occurrence in the future. Image credit: Free Malaysia Today/Bernama

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Koh Cha-Ly from Urbanmetry identifies the root causes of flash floods and suggests preventive measures that we can deploy to mitigate the increasing occurrence in the future. Image credit: Free Malaysia Today/Bernama

Palm oil prices have been fluctuating on the back of news coming out of Indonesia on its export ban for palm oil. Earlier this week, the government clarified the export ban wouldn’t cover crude palm oil, relieving pressure on markets. But how much will elevated palm oil prices feed into global food inflation? We discuss the outlook for the edible oil market with Alvin Tai of Bloomberg Intelligence. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

With residential property overhang increasing year by year, business commentator Pankaj C. Kumar helps us account for the mismatch between demand and supply. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

In an effort to combat rising inflation, our government has put in place several programmes to help relieve the burden of people, including price control measures. But these measures have caused shortage in supplies and also profit margin squeeze. How is the government balancing the livelihoods of the people as well as businesses? Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi, Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs tells us more. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

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Over the weekend, Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Ismail Sabri announced that he would chair a Special Cabinet Committee for Protecting Vulnerable Groups to address gaps in the oversight and regulatory enforcement on care centres, among other issues. However, this move has raised eyebrows as the welfare of vulnerable groups has traditionally been seen as the purview of the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development. Former deputy minister Hannah Yeoh weighs in on inter-ministerial coordination issues and the long-standing challenges for care centres that need to be addressed. Image Credit: Raymond Vong Photography/Shutterstock.com

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To combat the effects of Covid-19 and the fallout from the Ukraine war, Germany has increased its debt levels to unprecedented levels. Dr Frederick Kliem, Research Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies tells us what impact this will have on the economy and if it affect the popularity of Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Image credit: EPA-EFE

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