Morning Brief

Launched in 2013, the Malaysia Education Blueprint (MEB) ends in 2025. With four more years remaining, what problems continue to besiege our education system? Idris Jala, CEO of PEMANDU Associates discusses.

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The lifting of the voting age to 18 and automatic voter registration will see 8 million new voters enter the electorate, including a million under the age of 21. What are political parties doing to court the youth vote, and what do the younger generation desire from political leadership? We speak to Ibrahim Suffian of the Merdeka Centre on the trends in youth and politics.

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The Securities Commission announced that it is revamping the framework for Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPAC) listing. Pankaj C. Kumar, financial market columnist discusses the necessary changes.

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The lifting of the voting age to 18 and automatic voter registration will see 8 million new voters enter the electorate, including a million under the age of 21. What are political parties doing to court the youth vote, and what do the younger generation desire from political leadership? We speak to Ibrahim Suffian of the Merdeka Centre on the trends in youth and politics.

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The Securities Commission announced that it is revamping the framework for Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPAC) listing. Pankaj C. Kumar, financial market columnist discusses the necessary changes.

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We talk to Azrul Mohd Khalib from the Galen Centre about how the 12th Malaysia Plan should address and anticipate the current challenges in Malaysia's healthcare industry.

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Over the last decade, Malaysia’s domestic capital market tripled to RM3.4 trillion. But it pales in comparison to the size of Singapore’s markets. What does this tell us about Malaysia’s underlying economy? Dr. Liew Chee Yoong, Research Fellow, Center for Market Education unpacks the Securities Commission’s Capital Market Masterplan 3 and what more could be done to broaden the market and deepen liquidity.

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Grant Wyeth helps us unpack Canada's recent election called by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as he tries to secure a majority following the last election in 2019 which resulted in a minority government.

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In the early stages of the pandemic, the government implemented a freeze on hiring foreign workers, in part to curb the spread of Covid-19 but also to provide more job opportunities for locals. Recently, the Human Resources Ministry said that the freeze would be extended until the end of 2021 - but this has been met with dismay by employers groups, who say that the labour shortage will affect economic recovery. We discuss the impact of foreign worker shortages across different economic sectors with political economist Khor Yu Leng.

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In the early stages of the pandemic, the government implemented a freeze on hiring foreign workers, in part to curb the spread of Covid-19 but also to provide more job opportunities for locals. Recently, the Human Resources Ministry said that the freeze would be extended until the end of 2021 - but this has been met with dismay by employers groups, who say that the labour shortage will affect economic recovery. We discuss the impact of foreign worker shortages across different economic sectors with political economist Khor Yu Leng.

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