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Malaysia expects digital economy employment to pass global average

By Sulhi Azman

Malaysia’s ministry of international trade and industry (Miti) is targeting the country’s employment rate within the digital economy space to surpass the global average by 2025.

3 Oct 2017 - 5:54pm

A worker gives a final touch-up on a huge recycling campaign poster during the first National Recycling Day at a Bukit Jalil Square in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: AP/Teh Eng Koon

More growth seen for Malaysia’s biodegradable packaging industry

2 Oct 2017 - 1:32pm

A general view of the headquarters of Malaysia's central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia, in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad

Cryptocurrency guidelines in place in Malaysia by the year’s end

20 Sep 2017 - 1:09pm

Malaysia's national flag flies in front of its landmark Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. photo: AP Photo/Vincent Thian

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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak with Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) chairman Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan (second from right), Petronas president and chief executive officer Datuk Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin (left) and chairman of the 19th Asia Oil and Gas Conference, M. Firouz Asnan (right), at the official opening of the conference in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: ZULFADHLI ZULKIFLI/New Straits Times

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Kuala Lumpur cityscape. Photo: SHUTTERSTOCK

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26 Apr 2017 - 2:37pm

The Kuala Lumpur skyline .Photo: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP

China-financed projects to help Malaysia avoid debt trap

22 Mar 2017 - 12:48pm

A general view shows Malaysia's Petronas Twin Towers (back R) and the Kuala Lumpur Tower (back L) at night in Kuala Lumpur.Photo: MOHD RASFAN/AFP

Malaysians’ appetite for spending remains poor

20 Mar 2017 - 1:13pm 1

The Kuala Lumpur skyline .Photo: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP

Malaysia selected as IOSCO’s first hub outside Spain

15 Mar 2017 - 2:36pm 1

The Kuala Lumpur skyline .Photo: MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP

‘Improve management of foreign workers in Malaysia first’

14 Mar 2017 - 2:21pm

Firefly saw its load factor fall below 70% in 2016. But Bellew says Malaysia Airlines has plans to turn it around and the national carrier has no intention to halt its operation. Photo: The Edge

Why airlines in Malaysia are still expanding in face of glut

14 Mar 2017 - 2:21pm

A general view shows Malaysia's Petronas Twin Towers (back R) and the Kuala Lumpur Tower (back L) at night in Kuala Lumpur.Photo: MOHD RASFAN/AFP

Most Malaysian parents support adult children financially

14 Mar 2017 - 2:22pm 2

(From left) Edelman Southeast Asia and Australasia chief executive officer Iain Twine, co-founder and managing director of Teach for Malaysia Dzameer Dzulkifli, Khairul, Munro-Kua, Ho and Kay at the Malaysian launch of the 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer. Photo: Kenny Yap/The Edge

Malaysians’ trust in the system plunges to all-time low

14 Mar 2017 - 2:23pm 2

A traveller stands at the viewing gallery overlooking Malaysian Airline System (MAS) aircrafts at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, one of the airports managed by Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd . Photo: REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad/Files

US$22.5 million to upgrade Malaysian airports

14 Mar 2017 - 2:23pm

Sherene (fifth from right) with artists at the launch of the ‘ShareMyLove’ campaign in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Shahrin Yahya/The Edge

Malaysia set to earn US$292 million revenue from medical tourism

14 Mar 2017 - 2:24pm

Investors monitor share prices from electronic display boards of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange at the RHB trading floor in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Jimin LAI/AF

Analysts neutral on Malaysia’s tech-related stocks in 2017

14 Mar 2017 - 2:24pm

A copy of the Jan 6 Indian court order, carried over two pages in The Sun newspaper. Photo by Sam Fong/The Edge

Indian court summons ‘served’ to billionaire

14 Mar 2017 - 2:25pm

An artist’s impression of BPO Prime. With a gross development value of US$290 million in Bayan Baru, Penang, the project was to be completed in 2019. However, it has been postponed indefinitely, inadvertently pushing back the commencement of the PITP project too. Photo: The Edge

Malaysian property projects worth US$2.5 billion on hold

14 Mar 2017 - 2:25pm

The Genting Dream boasts 18 decks and a capacity of 3,400 guests and 2,000 crew members. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Singapore will be port for Hong Kong cruise ship

14 Mar 2017 - 2:25pm

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak at last year's Malaysia-China Digital Economy Forum. Photo: The Star

Malaysia’s 20 per cent digital economy target easily achievable

14 Mar 2017 - 2:25pm

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Malaysia’s AirAsia X focuses on China

14 Mar 2017 - 2:26pm

Malaysian Iron and Steel Industry Federation president Soh Thian Lai. Photo: Suhaimi Yusuf/the Edge

Call for foreign worker centre in Malaysia

14 Mar 2017 - 2:26pm

Central Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: Reuters

Malaysia’s foreign workers’ levy payment deferred to 2018

14 Mar 2017 - 2:26pm

(From left) Fong, Govindan, RAM Credit Information CEO Dawn Lai and RAM Credit Information director Chen Yew Nah at the launch of the RAM Business Confidence Index yesterday. Photo: Haris Hassan/The Edge

Malaysian SMEs less sanguine about business expansion this year

14 Mar 2017 - 2:27pm

A general view of the headquarters of Malaysia's central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia, in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad/Files

Malaysia’s BNM targets currency manipulators

14 Mar 2017 - 2:28pm

Kang Siew Li

Licence doesn’t guarantee new Malaysian carriers get off the ground

14 Mar 2017 - 12:54pm

He admits that market conditions may not be favourable at the moment but remains optimistic. Photo: Naza TTDI

KL Metropolis’ first residential tower to be launched next month

14 Mar 2017 - 12:52pm

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