The government has long sought to deepen the country’s links with its neighbours, as well as with the wider Asia-Pacific community. The country became a founding member of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) with this goal in mind – and ASEAN has gone from strength to strength ever since. Now, the association is facing some of...
Politically driven yet focused on private sector growth, the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP), launched in 2010, is beginning to have a tangible impact on Malaysia’s economic and social development. Foreign investors are advised to pay close attention to the entry point projects (EPPs), which have become the main platform for new private...
As the government of Prime Minister Najib Razak gears up for fresh general elections due before June 2013, Malaysia can look back on over five decades of progress since independence in 1957. The country has since moved on from its early years of nation-building in the wake of colonial rule and the Cold War conflict to an economy and polity very...
As ASEAN moves closer to its goal of implementing a common market by 2015, Malaysia has been finding its place in this new regional alignment. The country has a unique role to play, with its longstanding status as a trading nation likely to benefit greatly from further integration. Meanwhile, particular industries will have to strategically position...
With its location on the Straits of Melaka and at the entrance to the South China and Java Seas historically a major reason for its wealth and international standing, Malaysia has long been a trading nation. Today it remains one of the region’s top traders, with China, Japan, the US and Europe major partners, as well as the member states of ASEAN....
Since gaining independence from Britain in 1957 Malaysia has undergone a dramatic transformation. Following self-rule, the country was highly dependent on a limited range of primary commodities and much of the populace lived below the poverty line. Today, after decades of robust growth and sound government planning, Malaysia has a diversified...
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