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Phion Sdn Bhd’s SME Growth Circle also featured two strategic agreements and the launch of its NexERP business management platform. By H.P. AHMAD KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19, 2026 — Malaysian entrepreneurs gained direct access to banking, government grants and specialist business advice at Phion Sdn Bhd’s SME Growth Circle, where a corporate “speed-dating” format turned conventional...
By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18, 2026 – The course of US interest rates poses a greater immediate risk to the ringgit than oil trading above US$90 a barrel, although markets expect the Federal Reserve to keep rates unchanged at its next policy decision on September 16, with only about a...
BY TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 – Malaysia’s economy is no longer simply outperforming expectations. It is beginning to challenge long-held assumptions about the country’s long-term growth potential. In an exclusive interview with TNS News, Juwai IQI Global Chief Economist Shan Saeed said Malaysia is entering a new phase of structural...
By SAIFUL SIDEK KARBALA, Iraq – From August 1 to 6, I witnessed millions of pilgrims converge on Karbala for Arba’in, walking long distances in intense heat to honour a man killed more than 1,300 years ago. I arrived in Iraq seeking to understand what could inspire such extraordinary devotion across countries, cultures and generations....
By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 — The unprecedented US-Japan effort to arrest the yen’s fall may have delivered a powerful short-term rebound, but it cannot repair the structural weaknesses undermining confidence in Japan’s economy, according to Juwai IQI Chief Global Economist Shan Saeed. The yen had weakened to about ¥163.65 against...
DAP remained Pakatan Harapan’s strongest performer in Negeri Sembilan, winning nine of the 11 seats it contested. But its narrow defeats in Chennah and Repah, and fading enthusiasm among some non-Malay voters have left the party confronting a harder question: whether remaining in the federal administration is costing it support among the constituency that built...
PH secured the largest share of the statewide vote but finished with only 11 of 36 seats. Its government had depended on cooperation with BN; when BN struck an electoral pact with PN, PH’s structural weaknesses were exposed. Whether that new partnership can withstand the pressures of GE16 remains untested. By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU...
BY TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, 4 August 2026 — More than a week after Malaysia’s 10% US tariff took effect, attention is shifting from the headline rate to the Malaysian products actually covered, the burden of proving origin and the potential consequences for domestic suppliers and employment. The Section 301 duty succeeded Washington’s...
The August 1 36-seat election is no conventional three-coalition contest. PH and BN govern Malaysia together but are fighting each other in Negeri Sembilan, while BN is cooperating with PAS-led PN and Bersatu is contesting separately. According to Universiti Malaya’s Prof Awang Azman Awang Pawi, the pivotal constituency is a Malay middle that is economically...
BY TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 – The order for Network School to cease operating in Forest City is about more than a business licence. It tests Malaysia’s ability to welcome international technology investment while protecting its laws, sovereignty and national interests. Malaysia is entitled to insist that every investor complies...
