Malaysia Economy

Having undergone rapid development over the last half-century, Malaysia’s economy has progressed from relying on agricultural and primary commodities to being broad-based and export-driven. Benefitting from long-term political stability, sound economic management and pragmatic leadership, The country possesses sound infrastructure, established...

On December 31, 2015 we formally declared the establishment of the ASEAN Community, marking the culmination of a decades-long effort to integrate, to cohere and to forge ahead together. It is a day that we have all been waiting for. It is a day that we – ASEAN – can be proud of: we have maintained the high ambitions we set for ourselves in the...

Rays of light pierce the canopy of dipterocarp trees towering 70 metres above the forest floor, while over the cacophony of competing bird calls the distant, reverberating howl of a Bornean gibbon hits fever pitch. Further up the trail, a heap of dung left by a herd of pygmy elephants slowly composts into the forest floor and, in the trees...

TRANSPORT: When travelling to Kuala Lumpur (KL) from either of KL International Airport’s (KLIA) two terminals (KLIA1 and KLIA2), one can take the KLIA Ekspres – a 28-minute train ride that terminates at KL Sentral. Rental car companies can be found at the airport and throughout the country, and the...

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