BY TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 – Malaysia’s economy is no longer simply outperforming expectations. It is beginning to challenge long-held assumptions about the country’s long-term growth potential. In an exclusive interview with TNS News, Juwai IQI Global Chief Economist Shan Saeed said Malaysia is entering a new phase of structural…
By SAIFUL SIDEK KARBALA, Iraq – From August 1 to 6, I witnessed millions of pilgrims converge on Karbala for Arba’in, walking long distances in intense heat to honour a man killed more than 1,300 years ago. I arrived in Iraq seeking to understand what could inspire such extraordinary devotion across countries, cultures and generations….
By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 — The unprecedented US-Japan effort to arrest the yen’s fall may have delivered a powerful short-term rebound, but it cannot repair the structural weaknesses undermining confidence in Japan’s economy, according to Juwai IQI Chief Global Economist Shan Saeed. The yen had weakened to about ¥163.65 against…
DAP remained Pakatan Harapan’s strongest performer in Negeri Sembilan, winning nine of the 11 seats it contested. But its narrow defeats in Chennah and Repah, and fading enthusiasm among some non-Malay voters have left the party confronting a harder question: whether remaining in the federal administration is costing it support among the constituency that built…
PH secured the largest share of the statewide vote but finished with only 11 of 36 seats. Its government had depended on cooperation with BN; when BN struck an electoral pact with PN, PH’s structural weaknesses were exposed. Whether that new partnership can withstand the pressures of GE16 remains untested. By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU…
