Malaysia – The Malaysian business community is looking forward to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s formal visit to Cambodia, which would strengthen bilateral connections between the two countries, particularly in trade and investment in Cambodia‘s youthful and expanding economy. “The Prime Minister’s visit has been long anticipated. It is an appropriate moment for the Prime Minister to visit …

KUALA LUMPUR – Despite a United Nations study showing that it experienced the worst decline in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country last year, Malaysia has said it remains attractive to investors. On Monday (Feb 8), the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) insisted that trust in foreign investors remained strong despite the study in The Straits Times on Feb …

Due to political ineptitude and the inability to handle the Covid-19 crisis under the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration, is Malaysia in danger of going down the same road and being seen as the new ‘sick man’ of Asia in the 2020s? At the beginning of 2021, the PN government’s failure to handle the third wave of Covid-19 cases culminated in …

Following the planned deliberation of the omnibus bill on job development this week, the government is pinning its hopes on foreign investment and state spending to accelerate economic growth next year, the country’s top officials have said. On Oct. 2, the head of the Fiscal Policy Agency of the Finance Ministry, Febrio Kacaribu, said that economic reforms through the bill, …