Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has unveiled plans to implement reforms this year to make it easier for companies to list on the national stock exchange in attempts to attract more investors into the country.
Malaysia and Singapore have established a new platform to boost bilateral trade and investments between both countries. The ‘annual ministerial dialogue’ (AMD) aims to allow the neighbouring countries to cooperate on digital and green economy as well as strengthen bilateral ties between both
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The Philippines on Monday surpassed the 1 million mark in coronavirus cases recorded since the pandemic began in March 2020, as the Southeast Asian country and others in the region struggle to contain surging waves in the global outbreak.
The Philippine health department said it had recorded 8,929 new COVID-19 cases within the past 24 hours that took the country past the grim milestone. The department also logged 70 virus-related deaths, bringing the total to 16,853.
The surge “has placed hospitals under siege,” the Philippine Red Cross said, noting it was “urgently setting up field hospitals, quarantine facilities and scaling up existing testing laboratories.”