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epa08776758 Firemen pray before sanitizing a building in Shah Alam, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 27 October 2020. Malaysia has set its highest single-day record of COVID-19 cases on October 27, with 1,240 people who tested positive for coronavirus. EPA-EFE/AHMAD YUSNI

Budget 2021: Our nation’s success or a healthcare sacrifice?

As the worst of the pandemic (hopefully) draws to an end, our country begins preparing for the year ahead. Budget 2021 sees prioritization in Covid-19 recovery at the financial cost of population healthcare. We may be winning the battle, but will we lose the war?

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Malaysia without 1MDB

“Malaysia Didn’t Go Back to the Future for Najib’s 1MDB Verdict” “1MDB scandal: Najib Razak handed 12-year jail sentence” Despite all that, let’s take a step back and consider, what if 1MDB didn’t exist in the first place? Read on as Victoria Tay considers this, and more in her article.

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Our higher education system in the new decade

With the current Covid-19 pandemic taking up the majority of the news, it is easy to forget that Malaysia’s 11th Economic Plan, which began in 2016, is set to end this year. Among its other pillars, one of the main pillars in the former legisative’s mid-term review was the focus on “empowering human capital”.

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