Policymakers' View
Malaysia’s Higher Education Sector: Time to Soar to a Higher Plane
Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled bin Nordin
The pandemic presents a plum opportunity for extensive reforms in Malaysia’s higher education sector.

Policymakers' View
Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled bin Nordin
The pandemic presents a plum opportunity for extensive reforms in Malaysia’s higher education sector.
Lee Hwok-Aun|Kevin Zhang
Pressed by short-term exigencies caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Malaysia is planning to raise Malaysia’s debt ceiling to 65 per cent of GDP. Another round of stimulus package might be on the cards.
Norshahril Saat
The Malaysian government’s decision to reconvene Parliament has been welcomed. But this in itself will not resolve the list of problems facing the country in the throes of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Francis E. Hutchinson
In the past week, the Malaysian prime minister had to absorb a couple of political blows. But his coalition is not in any immediate danger — yet.
Serina Rahman
The White Flag Movement underscores how Malaysians will go the extra mile to help each other out, at a time when there is growing unhappiness over the government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Lee Sue-Ann
A divisive debate has broken out in regional social media over the use of ivermectin to treat Covid-19. The focus of the debate should remain squarely on its effectiveness as a therapeutic treatment for the coronavirus.
Abdul Razak Ahmad|Kuik Cheng-Chwee|Lai Yew Meng
China’s deployment of People’s Liberation Army Air Force aircraft near Malaysia’s air space last month smacks of hypocrisy and creeping hegemony. Beijing may not be as benevolent as it wants smaller states to believe.
Francis E. Hutchinson
What the Prime Minister has proposed in suspending Parliament, the King has blocked. PM Muhyiddin ignores the will of the Sovereign at his peril.
Lee Hwok-Aun
Malaysia’s recently-launched Pemerkasa+ aid package seeks to provide cash handouts to workers and income support to companies. If the economy suffers from financial hits to segments of the economy, rather than mass job losses, Malaysia would be better served with a structured reprise of higher per-worker subsidies for small companies.
Kevin Zhang|Kevin S.Y. Tan
Achieving herd immunity from Covid-19 is likely to remain a distant goal for Malaysia. Other measures beyond strict lockdowns are needed to deal with the pandemic.