Strategy

Opinions
Unity Government – an opportunity not to be missed

We can’t be sure if the political imbroglio won’t repeat itself again in what could be a cycle of political volatility until the next the general election (GE) due by 2023.
By Rais Hussin and Jason Loh

4 years ago
Domestic Policy
Recharging the vision of our GLICs & SWFs

A SWF has the effect of allowing a country to avoid over-dependence on its resource revenue.
By Rais Hussin and Jason Loh

4 years ago
Economy and Finance
Urgent measures in the Klang Valley to drive Malaysia’s economic growth

There’s the concern that the more people unemployed, the more drastic the fall will be in the GDP.
By Jason Loh and Amanda Yeo

4 years ago
Domestic Policy
Recent extreme weather events a harbinger of worst flood in Malaysia?

Malaysia shall prepare now to lessen the tragic impact of the wet monsoon flood in year-end.
By Jamari Mohtar and Amanda Yeo

4 years ago
Domestic Policy
Extending the economic emergency

There’s a need for the policy responses to the economic front to correspond more closely to the public health front in terms of urgency and stringency.
By Jason Loh

4 years ago
Domestic Policy
Very risky to reopen schools in September

Premature school reopening gambles our children’s life, health, and future functional capacity.
By Ameen Kamal

4 years ago
Domestic Policy
Breakthrough infections threaten NRP indicators and the fully-vaxxed

Breakthrough cases and high infectivity rate of variants could make vaccination targets to be underestimated, and threaten NRP indicators towards recovery.
By Ameen Kamal

4 years ago
Education and Social Policy
Preventing Unemployment Suicides

Early intervention on suicide prevention is necessary to help unemployed individuals with suicide attempts finding new ways to start all over again.
By Amanda Yeo

4 years ago
Education and Social Policy
Graduate unemployment (and under-employment) – part of our structural growth challenge

Otherwise, graduate and youth unemployment and under-employment will increasingly become a part of our broader structural growth challenge in the years to come.
By Rais Hussin and Jason Loh

4 years ago
Domestic Policy
Addressing structural issues to gain overall employability

The government has to work harder to ensure that the actual unemployment figures for subsequent months after June onwards can be brought down.
By Jamari Mohtar and Amanda Yeo

4 years ago

We can’t be sure if the political imbroglio won’t repeat itself again in what could be a cycle of political volatility until the next the general election (GE) due by 2023.

A SWF has the effect of allowing a country to avoid over-dependence on its resource revenue.

There’s the concern that the more people unemployed, the more drastic the fall will be in the GDP.

Malaysia shall prepare now to lessen the tragic impact of the wet monsoon flood in year-end.

There’s a need for the policy responses to the economic front to correspond more closely to the public health front in terms of urgency and stringency.

Premature school reopening gambles our children’s life, health, and future functional capacity.

Breakthrough cases and high infectivity rate of variants could make vaccination targets to be underestimated, and threaten NRP indicators towards recovery.

Early intervention on suicide prevention is necessary to help unemployed individuals with suicide attempts finding new ways to start all over again.

Otherwise, graduate and youth unemployment and under-employment will increasingly become a part of our broader structural growth challenge in the years to come.

The government has to work harder to ensure that the actual unemployment figures for subsequent months after June onwards can be brought down.