Why does Barisan Nasional want to go solo? Because UMNO wants to use this state election to restore itself as the “dominant party” like its former supreme position in the pre-2018 one-party state. Johor BN has decided not to hold the state election concurrently with…
MCA President Wee Ka Siong in his response to me once again avoided telling us which coalition his party would support in the coming general election. By doing so, what he actually meant was: let’s wait until after the election. He doesn’t want to tell…
MCA President Wee Ka Siong recently said in a media interview that he did not sign a statutory declaration to support PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang as Prime Minister. This is sophistry, his cunning deception. The SD that Wee signed was to support Muhyiddin Yassin,…
The Social Exchange is a great initiative by the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC). It is not just an initiative, but a statement that we are not just thinking about the capital market just for money, but capital market for a purpose. We live in a…
𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 Pakatan Harapan held its convention in Johor Bahru on May 17 to set the tone and direction for the coming general election. Here, we revisit the political journey we have gone through together that allowed us to arrive at this juncture.…
Pakatan Harapan held its convention in Johor Bahru on May 17 to set the tone and direction for the coming general election. This series is a reflection on the political journey we have gone through together that allowed us to arrive at this juncture. In…
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝗸𝘆𝗮𝘁 Pakatan Harapan hosted its convention in Johor Bahru today on 17 May 2026. It is to determine the direction and next steps of the coalition as we approach the general election. Let me share some of the current political context…
I am delighted to join you at the 13th International Real Estate Symposium 2026 and to welcome you to Kuala Lumpur. This year’s theme, “Reshaping Real Estate: Innovations and Inclusivity in a Digital World,” reminds us the importance of innovation, which requires us to do…
I would like to give this presentation a title. I call this “The 2020s: Shaping the New Global Order From Asia”. We are now more than halfway past the current decade and this decade has shown to us that it is different from the preceding…
May I thank Perbadanan Insurans Deposit Malaysia (PIDM), together with the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI) and the Asia-Pacific Regional Committee (APRC) for inviting me to speak at this important gathering of deposit insurers, resolution authorities and regulators from across the Asia‑Pacific region. Deposit…