Morning Brief

Malaysia will introduce foreign-source income tax beginning January 1st next year. But is there sufficient clarity in terms of how the tax will be imposed and what are the implications to Malaysian businesses and citizens? Tan Hooi Beng, Deputy Tax Lead at Deloitte helps us break down this new tabled Finance Bill.

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According to UNICEF, the doses delivered to G20 countries per capita are 15 times higher than those delivered to low-income countries. What explains this vaccine inequality and how does this impact global economic recovery? Imogen Page-Jarrett, an Analyst from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) tells us her views.

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We ask  Dr Ali Izadi-Najafabadi, Head of APAC Research at BloombergNEF on the achievements and remaining challenges that lie ahead from the agreed Glasgow Climate Pact as delegates from 190 nations pledged to do more to cuts their emissions targets.

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As we enter the halfway stretch of campaigning for the Melaka polls, we speak to Dr. Azmi Hassan on how the campaign has been progressing and understand if whether local, state or federal issues are swaying voters.

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Following the break up plans of GE, Toshiba and Johnson & Johnson, we ask Karen Ubelhart, Industry Analyst, Bloomberg on whether reason for “focus” makes  conglomerates no longer relevant. 

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Malaysia’s economy declined 4.5% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2021 due to the MCOs that were in place in June which was below the street expectations of -2.6% but can we still achieve GDP growth of 3-4% for 2021 and what about 2022? We ask Woon Khai Jhek, RAM’s Co-Head of Economic and Sovereign Research.

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Malaysia’s economy declined 4.5% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2021 due to the MCOs that were in place in June which was below the street expectations of -2.6% but can we still achieve GDP growth of 3-4% for 2021 and what about 2022? We ask Woon Khai Jhek, RAM’s Co-Head of Economic and Sovereign Research.

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Following the break up plans of GE, Toshiba and Johnson & Johnson, we ask Karen Ubelhart, Industry Analyst, Bloomberg on whether reason for “focus” makes  conglomerates no longer relevant. 

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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri recently concluded a 3-day visit to Indonesia, where the two countries announced a vaccinated travel lane arrangement and investment agreements worth RM12.8 billion. We discuss what the visit means for bilateral ties moving forward, including the potential appointment of the next Malaysian Ambassador to Indonesia with analyst Muhd Sinatra of ISIS Malaysia.

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The booster program has started in earnest to as vaccine efficacy wanes over time. We ask Dr. Helmy Haja Mydin, Consultant Respiratory Physician about the program, whether mixing and matching vaccines is the right approach and what are the risks, if any.

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