KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 (Bernama) -- Digital twin technology and smart manufacturing are becoming increasingly important in strengthening Malaysia’s industrial ecosystem, according to the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA).
KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 (Bernama) -- Malaysia must continue attracting strategic, high-quality investments while ensuring that local companies capture greater share of the value created by global investors operating in the country, said Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) chief executive officer Datuk Sikh Shamsul Ibrahim Sikh Abdul Majid.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 (Bernama) -- Malaysia must expand green finance, strengthen local tech capacity, as well as broaden participation across sectors and regions to fully leverage the global shift towards sustainability and turn climate risk into a competitive edge in green value chains.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 (Bernama) -- The Bumiputera Economic Transformation Plan 2035 (PuTERA35) is a national policy that ensures fairness in strengthening Bumiputera economic participation, enabling the group to compete on a level playing field in the national economy, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 (Bernama) -- Cost pressures in Malaysia’s medical and health insurance/takaful (MHIT) sector are driven mainly by higher utilisation of healthcare services and misaligned incentives, rather than sharp increases in treatment prices, according to a World Bank Group report.
By Siti Radziah Hamzah
KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 (Bernama) -- The ongoing conflict in West Asia is reshaping the global energy landscape, underscoring that energy security for import-dependent regions is no longer about efficiency but resilience under sustained disruption.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 (Bernama) -- Malaysians are urged to be prudent in fuel consumption, to stretch the country’s energy buffer beyond June as global uncertainties are expected to persist, said Deputy Finance Minister Liew Chin Tong.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 (Bernama) -- Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) has maintained its 2026 trade growth projection of three per cent to five per cent, underpinned by a cautious outlook amid ongoing geopolitical tensions in West Asia.
By Siti Noor Afera Abu
KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian government has moved swiftly to roll out targeted assistance measures to help micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) sustain operations amid a global energy crisis triggered by conflict in West Asia, as authorities acknowledge mounting pressures on small businesses.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 (Bernama) -- The KPJ Weight Management Programme, a collaboration between KPJ Healthcare and Novo Nordisk Pharma (Malaysia), a global healthcare company specialising in diabetes and obesity therapies, is set to improve obesity care in Malaysia through a structured, science-based approach.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian insurance and takaful industry is expected to address any structural gaps during the pilot phase of the Malaysia Health Insurance and Takaful Initiative (MHIT), which is scheduled for rollout in the second half of 2026.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 (Bernama) – An academic has urged Malaysia and Turkiye to strengthen defence cooperation by moving beyond procurement and establishing a strategic partnership to jointly develop the local defence and aerospace industry.
