May I thank the Royal Institute of Surveyors Malaysia for inviting me to officiate the National Real Estate Convention and to share a few thoughts on what the property sector could do to support nation-building in the context of the rapidly changing global economic order.…
In his book “As Empires Fell: The Life and Times of Lee Hau-Shik, the First Finance Minister of Malaya”, published during the Covid-19 pandemic, my friend Dr Ooi Kee Beng wrote that “(H.S. Lee’s signature) is the only non-Malay signature on the Treaty of Malaya…
May I thank Professor Duncan McCargo and the Global Asia Research Centre at Nanyang Technology University of Singapore, for inviting me to the “Asia Disruptors and Disruptions” conference. I truly enjoy the company of this very interesting group of scholars who, in my opinion, read…
The global energy crisis caused by the West Asia crisis as a result of the US-Israeli attacks on Iran which in turn forced the Islamic republic to close the Strait of Hormuz, despite a two-week ceasefire, may have lasting impacts on the global energy landscape.…
While the two-week ceasefire is a reprieve, the war is not over yet. The West Asia crisis – which only started less than two months ago on 28 February – is already moving towards a disruption as serious as the Covid-19 virus. The widely circulated…
May I congratulate the organisers of Monie Fest 2026 for bringing together the various aspects of money, namely finance, investment, and banking, and showcasing them to all Malaysians. The theme of the event is “Money. Finance. Lifestyle”. In my speech, I would like to tweak…