Morning Brief

Under phase 1 of the national recovery plan, 11 business activities were restarted which has been much welcomed by retailers. But is this enough and too late for mall operators? We ask Tan Sri Teo Chiang Kok, President of the Malaysia Shopping Malls Association for views and also what the industry would like to see from Budget 2022.

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As Indonesia celebrated its 76th anniversary of independence and President Jokowi announcing the 2022 budget, we ask Krystal Tan from ANZ Bank how the region’s biggest economy plans to navigate through the pandemic

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We ask Ross Tapsell from Australian National University what does the world thinks about the latest political developments in Malaysia and whether there is a grave concern of political instability or acceptance that this is part and parcel of the messiness of a parliamentary democracy.

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As Indonesia celebrated its 76th anniversary of independence and President Jokowi announcing the 2022 budget, we ask Krystal Tan from ANZ Bank how the region’s biggest economy plans to navigate through the pandemic

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Amidst rising covid cases, parliamentary and public censure on the Prime Minister, and a weakening economy, we speak to Marcus Wong, Emerging Market Macro Strategist at Bloomberg on Thailand's grim outlook.

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Deputy Health director-general Datuk Dr Chong Chee Kheong says that despite the political developments, his ministry's mission of vaccine rollout and testing is on track. We also ask him about the vaccine progress in NRP Phase 2.

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Facebook and Google have just unveiled a new undersea cable project, called Apricot. This will connect Singapore, Japan, Guam, the Philippines, Taiwan and Indonesia but Malaysia is absent. Is our cabotage policy the reason? Nabila Hussain, Policy Communications Lead at Social & Economic Research Initiative (SERI) gives us her view.

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Amidst rising covid cases, parliamentary and public censure on the Prime Minister, and a weakening economy, we speak to Marcus Wong, Emerging Market Macro Strategist at Bloomberg on Thailand's grim outlook.

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Azrul Khalib from the Galen Centre shares his thoughts on how the rapidly evolving political landscape might or might not impact how the country manages this pandemic and what would be in the in-tray for the new government.

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Last week, the outgoing Perikatan Nasional government announced the launching of ‘Perkukuh’, a three-year programme that targets to reform and future-proof six GLICs (PNB, Khazanah, EPF, LTAT, LTH and KWAP). We ask economist, Dr Nungsari Ahmad Radhi on the urgency and purpose of this programme, and what will happen now with the collapsed PN government.

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