Morning Brief

As Malaysia's turns 64, we ask if GLCs and GLICs still have a role to play in Malaysia's economy. Dato' Rauf Rashid, Managing Partner at Ernst & Young Malaysia tells us how and why.

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Angeline Tan, researcher for ISIS Malaysia, helps us understand President Xi Jin Ping's Common Prosperity agenda and what it means to China's broader society and economy as children from primary school age will begin learning “Xi Jinping Thought” as part of the national education syllabus.

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PwC Malaysia is bringing back the Building Trust Awards this year and it is the first to be held virtually. Participating companies will be assessed on the quality of companies’ corporate reporting, and how they are perceived by their stakeholders. This year, all constituents of both the FBM KLCI 30 and FBM Mid 70 on Bursa Malaysia are qualified for the shortlisting stage. In addition, the general public will be able to take part in the public poll to weigh in on which companies they feel have done the most to build trust. Join the poll to vote on companies that you trust at https://bit.ly/pwctrustpoll21.

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The Ministry of Finance issued a Pre-Budget Statement (PBS) for Budget 2022, the first in our country’s history. With this, specific metrics can be tracked such as the economic outlook, tax revenue performance status and the public expenditure status for 2021. It also revealed the priorities of Budget 2022. Julia Goh, Senior Economist from UOB gives us her views on this maiden report.

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We talk to Petaling Jaya MP, Maria Chin Abdullah on the recent Selangor State Government's decision to de-gazette half of the Kuala Langat North forest as a permanent reserve which has been met with heavy criticism for the lack of transparency.

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Andrea Chloe Wong, a Philippines’ political analyst helps us understand the twist and turns as well as the leading contenders in the upcoming 2022 Philippines elections as President Rodrigo Duterte is poised to step down after 6 years in office.

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PwC Malaysia is bringing back the Building Trust Awards this year and it is the first to be held virtually. Participating companies will be assessed on the quality of companies’ corporate reporting, and how they are perceived by their stakeholders. This year, all constituents of both the FBM KLCI 30 and FBM Mid 70 on Bursa Malaysia are qualified for the shortlisting stage. In addition, the general public will be able to take part in the public poll to weigh in on which companies they feel have done the most to build trust. Join the poll to vote on companies that you trust at https://bit.ly/pwctrustpoll21.

Andrea Chloe Wong, a Philippines’ political analyst helps us understand the twist and turns as well as the leading contenders in the upcoming 2022 Philippines elections as President Rodrigo Duterte is poised to step down after 6 years in office.

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Adrian Ang, Research Fellow from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies helps us unpack how the US Afghanistan pullout has short term and long term ramifications on US foreign policy and how will this impact Joe Biden's popularity in the US.

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Dr Vinod Balasubramaniam from the Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine & Health Sciences provides detailed explanation on the rationale, process and approvals required if Malaysia does begin manufacturing its own vaccines as the pandemic lingers on.

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