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Protectionism, Subsidies Can Hamper Entrepreneurs’ Ability To Compete
Scientists who study animal behaviour often say there are many aspects of an eagle's life that can provide valuable lessons to man. One aspect is the way these majestic animals... read full article >
Published on : 4 September 2010 | Author : Cecilia Kok

New Economic Policy: Learn And Go Forward
I refer to Shamsul Akmar's column "Let's be rational here" (NST, Aug 22). I agree with Shamsul that we all have to be rational in discussing the New Economic Policy (NEP).... read full article >
Published on : 25 August 2010 | Author : Ramon Navaratnam

Income Inequality: Need to Strengthen Growth, Employment
I generallhy support Dr Chandra Muzaffar's views in his opinion piece "Closing the income inequality gap" (NST, Aug 10). Indeed, it is worth having more public discussions... read full article >
Published on : 13 August 2010 | Author : Ramon Navaratnam

Malaysia's New Economic Model Holds Economic/Strategic Opportunities for India
Malaysia is justifiably regarded among the few countries which have sustained high economic growth over nearly four decades. In the process, it has exhibited substantial structural... read full article >
Published on : 4 August 2010 | Author : Mukul G Asher

Steps Being Taken to Draw Investments
It is imperative that the economic and government transformation reforms are taken seriously if the country is to become an economic dynamo, writes MAHANI ZAINAL ABIDIN The... read full article >
Published on : 31 July 2010 | Author : Mahani Zainal Abidin

A Laborious Issue
As Malaysia can no longer afford to accommodate labour-intensive industries, the focus now is to scale down the unskilled foreign worker population Nearly a fifth of Malaysia's... read full article >
Published on : 5 July 2010 | Author : Hamisah Hamid

What's Behind Malaysia's New Economic Model
Malaysia's New Economic Model (NEM) is a framework that promises to bring the country out of its middle-income status, and push it into the realm of a high-income economy.... read full article >
Published on : 27 June 2010 | Author : Shankaran Nambiar

Financial Literacy Vital to Achieve High Income Status
The first report on the New Economic Model (NEM) for Malaysia presents a clear message for radical change in our approach to economic development. The stated goal is to enable... read full article >
Published on : 26 June 2010 | Author : Carol Yip

10th Malaysia Plan: Two Steps Forward, One Step Backward?
PM Najib tabled the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP) (2011-15) yesterday. The 10th Malaysia Plan lays out the development expenditure to be made by the federal government in the... read full article >
Published on : 14 June 2010 | Author : Deyi Tan, Chetan Ahya, Shweta Singh

Private Sector Must Pay More
The government's Special Task Force to Facilitate Business (Pemudah) was set up by former prime Minister Tun Abdullah Badawi in 2007 to enhance transparency and streamline... read full article >
Published on : 6 June 2010 | Author : G. Gnanalingam

Malaysia's New Economic Model as a Rebalancing Strategy
Malaysia's New Economic Model (NEM) serves to address two crucial issues that confront the nation. First, Malaysia for some time now has had its feet caught in the ‘middle... read full article >
Published on : 5 June 2010 | Author : Shankaran Nambiar

Malaysia Among Most Competitive Nations
For the first time since Malaysia participated in the World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) study by the Swiss-based Institute for Management Development (IMD) since 1999,... read full article >
Published on : 25 May 2010 | Author : Mustapa Mohamed

NEM 20 Years Too Late
Recently, we have had a New Economic Model (NEM) unveiled with much fanfare. It has been accompanied by the usual uncritical write-ups and praise from economic analysts from... read full article >
Published on : 13 May 2010 | Author : Lim Teck Ghee

Only the Best for the NEM
The time has come to do things differently. The NEM implementation mechanism has to be managed by the best brains and top professionals; we cannot have anything less than... read full article >
Published on : 2 May 2010 | Author : Mohd Effendi Norwawi

Can Asians Think? They've Started To
My Singaporean friend, Prof Kishore Mahbubani, wrote a provoking essay in 1998, Can Asians think? I found the title rather offensive - of course we can think. But what he... read full article >
Published on : 28 April 2010 | Author : Andrew Sheng