SME Bank is targeting a modest financing growth of RM400 million this year, compared with RM934 million recorded in 2020 as domestic economic activities continue to slow down due to the pandemic.
Myanmar: Report raises allegations of labour and land rights violations against Malaysian company, Stark Prestige; company did not respond
A report raised serious allegations against Myanmar Stark Prestige Plantation Company (MSSP), a Malaysian company. These report alleges that: (1) MSPP activities have caused severe negative social and …
Salixium, the first made-in-Malaysia Covid-19 self-testing kit
As Malaysia grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic, getting tested for the virus will soon become easy with the launch of self-test kits. The health ministry recently approved the import and distribution …
COVID in Malaysia
Malaysia The significant increase in Covid 19 infections in our country in the last one week has prompted concerned Malaysians to ask the authorities to re-strategize their approach towards the fight …
Covid-19 prompts Fitch Solutions to slash Malaysia’s 2021 real household spending growth forecast to 3% from 11%
Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research has slashed its real household spending growth forecast for Malaysia for 2021 to 3% year-on-year (y-o-y), from the previous forecast of 11% y-o-y, …
In Malaysia, what lies beneath the divorce of Umno and Muhyiddin’s Bersatu?
Behind Umno’s withdrawal of support for the ruling Perikatan Nasional coalition is a long history of patronage politics, Malay disunity, and withering pluralism.
Philippines to suspend travel from Malaysia, Thailand from Sunday
To try and prevent further domestic transmission of the Delta variant, President Rodrigo Duterte has placed the capital region, an urban sprawl of 16 cities that is home to more than 13 million people …
Philippines to suspend travel from Malaysia, Thailand from Sunday
To try and prevent further domestic transmission of the Delta variant, President Rodrigo Duterte has placed the capital region, an urban sprawl of 16 cities that is home to more than 13 million people …
Bursa Malaysia likely t move between 1,515 and 1,535 next week
The benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) is expected to trade in a tight range of between 1,515 and 1,535 next week amid a weak overall investors’ sentiment.
Asia Album: Malaysia sees fresh high daily COVID-19 cases
Malaysia on Friday reported 15,573 new COVID-19 infections in the highest daily spike since the outbreak, bringing the national total to 980,491. Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah …