Malaysia is stepping up efforts to become a regional centre for higher learning, a campaign that is focused on improving the quality of education to encourage more locals to pursue their studies at...
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Economic Update | Malaysia: Eye on education
19 Apr 2011
Economic Update | Malaysia: A healthy outlook
4 Apr 2011
With the South-east Asian medical tourism market rapidly expanding, Malaysia is working to capture a larger share, with industry's designation as a national key economic area (NKEA) central to this...
Economic Update | Malaysia: Mining rare earth
23 Mar 2011
The government of Malaysia recently agreed to allow an Australian company to build a new rare earths processing plant in the country – the first such plant to be constructed outside of China in...
Economic Update | Malaysia: Public transport push
7 Mar 2011
With work set to begin on Kuala Lumpur’s Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) network this summer, its supporters hope that the 150-km rail system will ease transportation congestion in the capital and boost...
Economic Update | Malaysia: Success runs deep
21 Feb 2011
As it negotiates a new phase in exploration and production, Malaysia’s hydrocarbons industry received heartening news recently. Indeed, a large discovery mid-February off the shores of eastern...
Economic Update | Malaysia: Reserve hike on the cards?
8 Feb 2011
Malaysia’s central bank is considering raising the statutory reserve requirement (SRR) to slow the influx of hot money into the economy, but some in the sector fear that the move could impact loan...
