Malaysia to become ageing population by 2020

GETTING more women to work is one of the key remedies to mitigate the negative impact of an ageing population, according to the Economic Outlook 2019. It said a rethinking of retirement norms beyond the legal retirement age of 60 is necessary. Malaysia is at risk of becoming an “ageing population” when 7% [...]

December 28th, 2018|Categories: ASEAN News|

MCKK students win medals

(From left) Anand together with the six students who won the medals and Sharifah Nor Azam. SIX students from Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK) won 14 gold and 30 silver medals fom the World Scholars Cup Tournament of Champions held at Yale University in the United States. MCKK principal Anand Baharudin welcomed [...]

December 27th, 2018|Categories: Techy Talky|

Asean members need to work together to prevail

THE Asean economic integration can only be realised through concerted efforts by the Asean member states (AMS). Towards this end, there is a need to increase awareness of stakeholders on the Asean Economic Community (AEC) measures, strengthen the domestic industries to participate in the global value chain, place importance on improving regional infrastructure [...]

December 27th, 2018|Categories: ASEAN News|

7 key challenges for the future of ASEAN – and how to solve them

Bright future? The ASEAN region offers a growing market of more than 600 million consumers The ASEAN region, made up of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam, boasted a combined GDP of roughly $2.77 trillion as of 2017, with predictions for enviable GDP growth [...]

December 27th, 2018|Categories: ASEAN News|
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