Indonesia Versus Malaysia: Ruffled Feathers in Chicken Export Competition?
Siwage Dharma Negara|Peh Ko Hsu
Malaysia’s ban on chicken exports to Singapore has allowed Indonesia to join the competitive poultry export market.

Siwage Dharma Negara|Peh Ko Hsu
Malaysia’s ban on chicken exports to Singapore has allowed Indonesia to join the competitive poultry export market.
Tham Siew Yean|Kevin Zhang
One of the key goals of a minimum wage is to provide employees with a wage that can sustain their basic livelihood. Therefore, a more appropriate minimum wage scale should create several tiers where wages are calibrated according to state or regional differences.
Cassey Lee
The war in Ukraine and the de-coupling of Russia from major economies are expected to dampen economic recovery and generate inflationary shocks. If inflation in Malaysia worsens, policymakers may have to implement a more restrictive monetary policy combined with fiscal stimulus funded by debt and petroleum royalties.
Tham Siew Yean
A better way forward is to continue to enhance investment facilitation measures, making it easier for investors to establish and expand their operations, and conduct their day-to-day business in host countries. In this regard, boosting post-investment, after-care services will grow in importance.
Kevin Zhang|Lee Hwok-Aun
UMNO and Prime Minister Ismail Sabri are hoping to take credit for recent announcements on hiking the minimum wage and allowing special withdrawals from retirement savings, but the devil is in the details.
Michael Schaper|Serina Rahman
To prepare for future disasters, the Malaysian government should roll out a national response plan to help smaller businesses tide through the storm.
Serina Rahman
The reopening of the Singapore-Malaysia land border on 1 April 2022 will bring crucial relief to the Malaysian economy, but potential confusion about travel requirements may mar this widely anticipated event.
Lee Hwok-Aun
After years of lobbying, Malaysia finally approved an increase in the national minimum wage to RM1,500. While the government has since delayed its implementation, current economic circumstances require the wage floor to be raised sooner rather than later.
Tham Siew Yean
Malaysia's ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is a step in the right direction, but there are still barriers to foreign direct investment in services which can be rolled back.
Amirul Adli Rosli
Malaysian netizens are seeing red over the government’s handling of rising prices for daily necessities. The reality is that much of the recent price hikes are due to factors beyond the government’s control.