Malaysia

Long moribund, Malaysia’s fixed-line sector has been jumpstarted by the introduction of a nationwide high-speed broadband (HSBB) network, which has boosted Telekom Malaysia’s (TM) bottom line and promoted greater competition. TM’s flagship fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) project could offer millions of users broadband access while opening the door to...

While a lot of celluloid has passed through the camera since the first Malay-language film was shot in 1933, the local movie industry’s fortunes have recently been transformed. Backed by government plans to boost creative content and establish the country as a global filmmaking destination, the sector is expanding at a rate seen in few other places...

Decades of urbanisation in the Klang Valley (KV) and across Malaysia have depleted the supply of undeveloped land, which is causing issues for government initiatives that rely upon acquiring land.

While it has traditionally focused on attracting visitors from international markets such as Australia, Europe and North America, over the past decade Malaysia’s tourism industry has benefitted from rapidly expanding domestic receipts as well. The increase in travel among a substantial percentage of the country’s population can be attributed to a...

Over the past few decades, Malaysia has built one of the highest-quality and farthest-reaching transport networks in South-east Asia. The national transport network, which includes extensive road, rail, air and sea links, has underpinned the country’s economic development over the past decade, playing a vital supporting role in numerous industries...

To meet the government’s social and economic goals of transforming Malaysia into a stable and inclusive high-income nation by 2020, gross national income (GNI) will need to register annual growth of at least 6% until 2020. This would entail lifting GNI per capita from the 2009 level of $7650 to over $15,400, and if it is to be reached the industrial...