On February 18th, the Human Resources Ministry signed a MoU with Bangladesh to bring in 1.5 million workers, over the next three years.

The very next day, the Home Ministry announced a freeze on the intake of all foreign workers.

And happening concurrently is the rehiring programme to legalise undocumented foreign workers.

We sit down with Deputy Home Minister, Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed, to cut through the cloud of confusion over the current state of our foreign labour policy.

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Tower sharing can greatly lower capex cost for telco players. OCK takes this proposition to other emerging Asean economies where mobile usage growth is expected to be strong. It helps that Telenor is also OCK's customer, giving OCK a bluechip insulation from some of the political risker nations in the region.

Japan Tobacco International (JTI) claims that sales of illicit cigarettes are on the rise. Listen to JTI's MD, Guilherme Silva explain why he thinks the industry is at a 'tipping point' on the back of the aggressive excise sales tax imposed by the government in recent months.

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On February 18th, the Human Resources Ministry signed a MoU with Bangladesh to bring in 1.5 million workers, over the next three years.

The very next day, the Home Ministry announced a freeze on the intake of all foreign workers.

And happening concurrently is the rehiring programme to legalise undocumented foreign workers.

We sit down with Deputy Home Minister, Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed, to cut through the cloud of confusion over the current state of our foreign labour policy.

Japan Tobacco International (JTI) claims that sales of illicit cigarettes are on the rise. Listen to JTI's MD, Guilherme Silva explain why he thinks the industry is at a 'tipping point' on the back of the aggressive excise sales tax imposed by the government in recent months.

Environmentalism has a price and can be funded easily if spread around all consumers according to Dato' Carl-Bek Nielsen, Chief Executive Director of United Plantations. We look at some of the most prominent issues in the palm oil sector today including labour, biodiesel and the proposed French tax on palm oil.

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Steve Bolze, the president and CEO of GE Power discusses the impact of low commodity prices on GE’s power generation technology businesses. We also speak to Marco Annunziata the Chief Economist at GE, responsible for the global economic analysis that guides GE’s business strategy. 

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Environmentalism has a price and can be funded easily if spread around all consumers according to Dato' Carl-Bek Nielsen, Chief Executive Director of United Plantations. We look at some of the most prominent issues in the palm oil sector today including labour, biodiesel and the proposed French tax on palm oil.

The industrial building system comprises prefabricated materials that are supposed to pave the way for cheaper homes. The CIDB estimates IBS homes are one-third the normal cost of conventional construction. So why is adoption so low?

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Steve Bolze, the president and CEO of GE Power discusses the impact of low commodity prices on GE’s power generation technology businesses. We also speak to Marco Annunziata the Chief Economist at GE, responsible for the global economic analysis that guides GE’s business strategy.