Morning Brief

With the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the National People’s Congress (NPC) convening in Beijing, we ask Peiqian Liu, China Economist from NatWest Markets, whether China's GDP growth target of 5.5% for 2022 is too optimistic? Image credit: Shutterstock.com

Anne Abraham, the Chairperson and Founder of LeadWomen, tells us about women representation in leadership roles and also about what needs to be done to encourage more women participation in top positions in the corporate world. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

The game changer for Johor elections will be UNDI18 and automatic voter registration which was gazetted last year. 700,000 new voters aged 18 will add to the electoral role but how will they vote and will they turn up? Ben Suffian, Programme Director at Merdeka Center, gives us his views. Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

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Johor, the birthplace of UMNO, will see a very crowded field of candidates and political parties in the state elections. But is it to UMNO's advantage? Dato’ Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, Youth Chief of UMNO, tells us whilst giving us a clue of their campaign strategy. Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

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There stakes are high for Perikatan Nasional and its anchor party Bersatu in the Johor state elections. With erstwhile allies Umno in competition for dominance of the state, can Bersatu put up a good showing? We speak to the Bersatu candidate for Larkin, Zulkifli Bujang, on his foray into politics and what Bersatu stands to offer to the constituents of Johor. Image Credit: EPA-EFE

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The proposed amendments to the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act, also known as Act 342, ignited public backlash when it was first tabled in December over the disproportionate penalties for healthcare violations, among other changes. We speak to CodeBlue's Boo Su-Lyn on why penalizing the public for healthcare violations is ineffective, as well as the significance of the proposed Tobacco and Smoking Control bill which will introduce a generational smoking ban for those born after 2005. Image Credit: EPA-EFE

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The Australian economy rebounded strongly in the last quarter of 2021 with an expansion of 3.4% of GDP, but will the coming months turn cloudy for this lucky country with geopolitical risks from the Russia Ukraine crisis and severe floods affecting parts of Australia? Catherine Birch, Senior Economist of ANZ Research tells us more. Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

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The game changer for Johor elections will be UNDI18 and automatic voter registration which was gazetted last year. 700,000 new voters aged 18 will add to the electoral role but how will they vote and will they turn up? Ben Suffian, Programme Director at Merdeka Center, gives us his views. Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

The Australian economy rebounded strongly in the last quarter of 2021 with an expansion of 3.4% of GDP, but will the coming months turn cloudy for this lucky country with geopolitical risks from the Russia Ukraine crisis and severe floods affecting parts of Australia? Catherine Birch, Senior Economist of ANZ Research tells us more. Image Credit: Shutterstock.com

The proposed amendments to the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act, also known as Act 342, ignited public backlash when it was first tabled in December over the disproportionate penalties for healthcare violations, among other changes. We speak to CodeBlue's Boo Su-Lyn on why penalizing the public for healthcare violations is ineffective, as well as the significance of the proposed Tobacco and Smoking Control bill which will introduce a generational smoking ban for those born after 2005. Image Credit: EPA-EFE