The MDBC Innovation & Sustainability Awards (MISA) will be held in November. MDBC’s unique and innovative awards program is a platform to showcase the best practices of companies in the areas of Sustainability and Innovation. This cornerstone program continues with a special MISA ’21 / ’22 edition with seven (7) categories ranging from investment to …
Tengku Zafrul sees 5.3-6.3% GDP growth for Malaysia this year
Malaysia is on track to achieve a gross domestic product (GDP) growth of between 5.3% and 6.3% in 2022, said Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz today. “I feel very optimistic that we will achieve the GDP forecast of between 5.3% and 6.3%,” he said during an interview with CNBC this morning. Tengku …
Malaysia’s labour market saw jobs increase 3.2% year-on-year in 2Q
Malaysia’s labour market saw an increase of 3.2% in jobs, or 267,000 more jobs, in the second quarter of 2022 (2Q22) to record 8.619 million during the period, from 8.352 million a year ago. The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), in its Quarterly Employment Survey released on Wednesday (Aug 10), said the number of filled …
MIDF stays positive on technology sector; Inari and Unisem top picks
MIDF Research has maintained its “positive” rating on the technology sector and said worldwide semiconductor sales increased by 13.3% year-on-year and 0.5% quarter-on-quarter to US$152.5 billion (about RM679.24 billion) in the second quarter of 2022. “However, global sales for the month of June 2022 were US$50.8 billion, a decrease of 1.9% month-on-month,” it said. In …
Malaysia maintains 7th position in APAC Digital Agility Index 2022
Malaysia has maintained its seventh position in the Digital Agility Index 2022 across the Asia – Pacific (APAC), according to a study commissioned by Workday, a global leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources. The study revealed that 79% of organisations in the country are still lagging in digital agility, noting that …
