[Analytics] Palm oil firms seeing solid export trend
Regional palm oil plantation companies are seeing a solid export trend, with upbeat export performance…
Malaysia
Malaysia is an economy of 31 million people and is one of the 12 founding APEC members. In 1989 Malaysia’s real GDP stood at USD 75 billion, and its real per capita GDP was USD 4,200. By 2016, its GDP more than quadrupled at 344 billion, while its per capita GDP more than doubled at USD 11,000.
Malaysia can post 4.8-4.9pc GDP growth for 2018: Deputy Minister
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 13, 2019, Bernama. Malaysia is capable of achieving gross domestic product (GDP)…
Missing girl in Malaysia found dead with internal organs removed
KUANTAN, Feb 11, 2019, New Straits Times. The tied-up, mutilated body of an 11-year-old Malaysian…
Former Malaysian PM Najib’s 1MDB cover-up will continue if BN still in power
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9, 2019, MalayMail. Datuk Seri Najib Razak would have continued to cover-up…
Marzuki, the second in the ruling party of Malaysia, accused of the fake Cambridge degree
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8, 2019, MalayMail. A democracy outreach organisation is holding Prime Minister Tun…
Malaysian ex-PM Najib hit with more money-laundering charges
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8, 2019, The Star. Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak has been…
Foreign investors buy RM1 billion Malaysian equities in Jan 2019
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7, 2019, FMT. Foreign investors bought RM1 billion worth of Malaysian equities…
Malaysia ranks 1st in world’s best healthcare category
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7, 2019, Bernama. Malaysia, with a score of 95 out of 100,…
Indonesian police confiscate 50 kilograms of meth packed in a Chinese tea plastic bag
JAKARTA, Feb 5, 2019, ANTARA News. The National Police have seized 50 kilograms of crystal…
Four Malaysians shortlisted for prestigious international photography award
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5, 2019, MalayMail. The World Photography Organisation has shortlisted four Malaysians for…
[Analytics] Asia’s aviation is booming, so why isn’t it making money?
A surge in air travel has yet to pay off for Southeast Asian airlines, with…
[Analytics] Battered in the Middle East, Islamic State eyes South-east Asia as next terrorism hotspot
The terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (IS) is today a shadow of…