The Breakfast Grille

Fahmi Fadzil now helms the Ministry of Communications, which has split from the Ministry of Communications & Digital. This means a new, more streamlined set of responsibilities while still being the official spokesperson for the Madani government, PKR's information chief as well as the communications director for Pakatan Harapan among others. He discusses issues ranging from Malaysia's 5G rollout to preparations for GE16.

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Master Tec Group Bhd is slated to be the first company to be listed on the ACE market in 2024. We ask this wire and cable company why the listing, the usage of the proceeds and their strategy for growth in a highly competitive and fragmented market. Tee Kok Hwa, their CEO answers those questions and why we should also subscribe to the IPO when the valuations aren't cheap.

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ICON Offshore, one of Malaysia's largest Offshore Support Vessel Operators appears to have turned around in what remains a volatile and challenging oil and gas industry. Datuk Seri Hadian Hashim, their Managing Director, shares with us if they have any renewable energy plans, his outlook on oil prices, their strategy for growth and M&A plans.

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Bank Simpanan Nasional was borne of a 1974 Act of Parliament to fulfil the social objective of savings awareness amongst the public. Today, its duties include fulfilling the financial needs of the underserved, unserved and unbanked. BSN is also the sole distributor of government aide to the rakyat. Its CEO Jay Khairil talks to us about how it manages to balance its dual duty of serving the nation and ensuring it remains financially viable. 

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On today's Best of Breakfast Grille, we revisit the significant events and prevailing trends that shaped 2023.

Featured interviews include:

> Semiconductors, The New Cold War

> The Fight For Borsig, KNM's Crown Jewel

> Rafizi Ramli On The New Themes Of 12MP Mid Term Review

> Why The International Double Standards For Palestine?

> Is Crypto Golden Boy The Trial Of The Century?

> Syed Saddiq: MUDA Aims To Be A Credible Third Force

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As Malaysia rebuilds its economy after the Covid pandemic, the Madani government has rolled out policies, from the Budget, National Energy Transition Roadmap and New Industrial Master Plan 2030 aimed to build confidence among the investing community. In this Best of the Breakfast Grille focusing on the economy, we revisit discussions we had with key policy makers on what are the solutions to these issues and if the recovery journey is on the right track.

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The year 2023 continued to pose headwinds for businesses amid geopolitical tensions and the uncertain global economy. We round up some of the local companies and explore how they fared this year, with names like MyAirline, CelcomDigi and Secret Recipe.

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In 2023, the Unity Government hit the ground running to set out their policy agenda amid preparations for the state elections before August. We recount conversations with Cabinet ministers this year, as well as what the outcome of the six state elections revealed about public acceptance of the Pakatan Harapan-Barisan Nasional alliance.

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Malaysia and Japan relations have been on an upswing in the last months of 2023, with back-to-back high-level visits between the Prime Ministers of the two countries. What’s the impetus for renewed attention on bilateral relations? We get updates from H.E. Takahashi Katsuhiko, Ambassador of Japan to Malaysia on the opportunities being explored between the partners.

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Australia has released a new blueprint entitled "Invested: Australia’s Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040” that envisions nearly trebling bilateral trade with Southeast Asia to A$534 billion by 2040. This is as concerns over its over-dependence on China begin to take centrestage. Keith Kam is discussing all this with Nicholas Moore, Australia's special envoy to Southeast Asia who is also the author of the blueprint.

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