Morning Brief

Dr. Juita Mohamad from the Perth USAsia Centre gives her insights on Malaysia's increase in its debt-to-GDP limit to 65% and distils the consequences of a higher debt ceiling and how the proceeds should be directed to help Malaysians in need.

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Theiva Lingam from Sahabat Alam Malaysia gives her perspective on the latest amendments being run through on the Wildlife Conservation Bill 2021 in Parliament and what needs to be done in terms of awareness enforcement.

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Theiva Lingam from Sahabat Alam Malaysia gives her perspective on the latest amendments being run through on the Wildlife Conservation Bill 2021 in Parliament and what needs to be done in terms of awareness enforcement.

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We speak to Professor Steve Tsang, Director of SOAS China Institute on how China-Taiwan tensions will play out and whether China will be able to “reunite” with Taiwan by peaceful means or will it all end by force?

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The government lifted the ban on interstate travel this week on Monday 11 October. We take the pulse of the domestic travel and tourism sector as travel resumes, and also look ahead to wishlist items for Budget 2022 that would aid the recovery of Malaysian tour and travel operators.

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The recently tabled 12th Malaysia Plan acknowledged that more needed to be done to improve transport infrastructure and set out the targets of increasing usage of public transport as well as promote green mobility. The goals in themselves are laudable, but is there sufficient clarity on how we’re going to achieve these targets? We review the 12MP with Ziad Razak, Research Advisor at The Centre.

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We speak to Philip Goh from IATA on how the airline industry will navigate these future storms and whether we'll finally see a light at the end of the tunnel as Malaysia begins to reopen to domestic tourism.

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The government lifted the ban on interstate travel this week on Monday 11 October. We take the pulse of the domestic travel and tourism sector as travel resumes, and also look ahead to wishlist items for Budget 2022 that would aid the recovery of Malaysian tour and travel operators.

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We speak to Philip Goh from IATA on how the airline industry will navigate these future storms and whether we'll finally see a light at the end of the tunnel as Malaysia begins to reopen to domestic tourism.

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The Employees Provident Fund (EPF), in its latest findings, reported that a majority of its members in the low- and middle-income groups, are likely to live in poverty in old age unless mitigation measures are taken. Pankaj C. Kumar, business commentator tells us what policy measures can be adopted to rectify this serious issue.

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