Morning Brief

The MySejahtera app has been improved in terms of user experience with a check-out feature. How else can the app be used and upgraded to improve our pandemic response? Dr. Kelvin Yii, the Member of Parliament of Bandar Kuching weighs in on the conversation including why cases have been rising rapidly in Sarawak despite high vaccination rate.

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At the recent Global Education Conference and Postgraduate Colloquium hosted by UNIRAZAK, Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Aziz the finance minister said that the government has to consider unorthodox economic solutions to respond to extraordinary situations like the pandemic. We deep dive with Professor Geoffrey Williams at Malaysia University of Science and Technology on possible unorthodox prescriptions for Malaysia in the longer-term.

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At the recent Global Education Conference and Postgraduate Colloquium hosted by UNIRAZAK, Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Aziz the finance minister said that the government has to consider unorthodox economic solutions to respond to extraordinary situations like the pandemic. We deep dive with Professor Geoffrey Williams at Malaysia University of Science and Technology on possible unorthodox prescriptions for Malaysia in the longer-term.

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The Global War on Terror was launched in response to the September 11 terror attacks in New York, activating multi-lateral international action and cooperation to counter-terrorism. But have these initiatives had the intended effect? We discuss the lessons that can be drawn from the Global War on Terror two decades post 9/11.

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We ask Loong Kok Wen, Head of Regional Property Sector at RHB Investment Bank to dissect how property counters performed this 2Q and get her take on outlook, as well as whether she expects to see the sector consolidate in these challenging times.

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Finance Minister Tengku Dato’ Sri Zafrul Aziz recently commented on the important role that development financial institutions (DFIs) play in Malaysia’s post-pandemic economic recovery. But how much development progress has been made by the 18 DFIs in the country so far? We discuss how to make DFIs more effective with Dato’ Sri Nazir Razak, Chair of Bank Pembangunan.

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Dato' Thavalingam Thavarajah, Managing Partner at T Thavalingam & Co discusses legal and non-legal options available to employers to create a safe and comfortable working environment.

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El Salvador recently became the first country to adopt bitcoin as its national currency, replacing the dollar. Professor Antonio Fatas, Professor of Economics, INSEAD discusses the readiness of bitcoin as legal tender, and the case for digital currencies going forward.

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Dato' Thavalingam Thavarajah, Managing Partner at T Thavalingam & Co discusses legal and non-legal options available to employers to create a safe and comfortable working environment.

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El Salvador recently became the first country to adopt bitcoin as its national currency, replacing the dollar. Professor Antonio Fatas, Professor of Economics, INSEAD discusses the readiness of bitcoin as legal tender, and the case for digital currencies going forward.

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