Malaysia to benefit from New Economy set for take off
An empty passenger plane lifted off from Shanghai’s international airport on an overcast, windy afternoon in May. Flown by five test pilots in orange jumpsuits, it coasted above the Yangtze…
Malaysia – A Stellar Year
By Edward Lee (Head, ASEAN Economic Research Standard Chartered Bank) and Jonathan Koh (Economist, Asia Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore Branch) Standard Chartered Bank is raising its 2017 GDP growth forecast…
Impact Of The Recent Google Docs Attack
By Chester Wisniewski, Principal Research Scientist, Sophos. Just a few days ago, Google users were hit with an extremely convincing and sophisticated attack. This has garnered a lot of attention…
IRB Should Consider Tax Amnesty Instead Of Much Higher Penalties
The recent announcement by the Director General (DG) of Inland Revenue Board (IRB), Datuk Sabin Samitah, to enforce harsher penalties for income tax dodgers signals the intention of the IRB…
Legal Impact of Data Protection and Management in the Digital Age
With increasing access to mobile devices and the internet, the amount of data created annually worldwide is predicted to soar to 180 zettabytes (180 trillion gigabytes) in 2025, with approximately…
Impeachment Triggers Escalating Economic Risks For South Korea
The decision of the South Korean Constitutional Court to uphold the decision of the South Korean parliament to impeach President Park Guen-hye has pushed South Korea into near-term political uncertainty…
On The Road To Recovery?
The outlook for Malaysia’s manufacturing sector in the near-term is expected to be helped by the global and APAC economic outlook for 2017. IHS Global Insight forecasts that the Asia…