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Are we as Malaysians taking the issue of paedophilia, sexual child abuse and the need for a proper sexual offenders list that is made public too lightly?
MARA maths scholar, Nur Fitri Azmeer Nordin, who was studying at Imperial College in May 2015 when he was arrested, tried and...
GST in the Time of Covid-19
As the Malaysian government struggles to keep the economy afloat by injecting a series of stimulus packages to keep consumer spending...
Deep Diving on the Covid-19 Act on Commercial Rent
In the previous article, I spoke about the imperative of saving the private sector from collapsing, even if it means deepening...
The Covid-19 Act and Its Impact on Commercial Rent
By the end of September, Malaysia will end its moratorium on bank loans. By that time, whether a business is struggling...
Why is the World Slowing Down?
South Korea’s household debt rises by an estimated USD100,000 as projected from Bank of Korea 2019 figures, amounting to a whopping...
Can ASEAN Achieve Integration by 2025?
Covid-19 has put the biggest test yet on ASEAN. ASEAN macroeconomic fundamentals have weakened as an aftermath of the global financial...
Covid-19: Is Malaysia Preparing Itself for What’s to Come?
The Malaysian government announced the extension of its Movement Control Order (MCO) which sees businesses and people’s movement restricted for another...
The Malaysian Economy in the Age of Covid-19
These past few weeks have been particularly challenging for Malaysia on 3 fronts. The first stems from the bleak political outlook...
Is BRI a Case of Chinese Debt-Trap Diplomacy or Benign Global Initiative?
Since its establishment in 2013, the Belt Road Initiative has thus far included 123 countries and 29 organisations, with a global...
Bringing Digital into Halal
Halal is a USD3 trillion behemoth industry and poised to reach USD8 trillion by 2030. But the industry is still not...
Bringing Back Community in Modern Education
The current economic system today has given rise to unprecedented consumerism and individualism. Most global cities promote business corporations as primary...
Is this the Beginning of the End of Fiat Money?
From gold, to gold standard, to fiat money, the global financial system is at a breaking point. Inflation has steeply increased...
How is a Billion Dollar Company Taxed at Zero?
Amazon made headlines recently and yet again, by paying zero income tax for a the second year in a row, according...
Understanding the Impediments of Poverty
In classical economics, we learn that poor people are poor because they don’t know how to create capital, and their lack of...
The Battle for 5G
China is fast making its footprint around the world on the 5G battlefront. Despite threats by the US on its allied...
What’s the Answer to a Global Baby Bust?
The world is ageing very fast. Most, if not all of the advanced nations, are experiencing irreversible population decline. Singapore and...
Education and Jobs in a Digital World
Our present education framework is very much predicated on a post-world war construct, when countries were rebuilding itself following the devastation...
Valuating a Company Today
Lyft is now valued at USD22.4 billion after a rise in trading. Shares close first day up 8.7% after a USD2.34...