Corporate Speed-Dating Connects Malaysian SMEs With Banks, Grants And Growth Experts
Phion Sdn Bhd’s SME Growth Circle also featured two strategic agreements and the launch of…
AKE Kids Hajj 2026 Brings Together 3,000 Children, Strengthening Islamic Education and Inclusive Values from an Early Age
Over 3,000 children participated in AKE Kids Hajj 2026, an educational simulation at Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque aimed at teaching Hajj pilgrimage values like discipline and brotherhood. Organized by Al Kauthar Eduqids, the program highlights the importance of experiential learning and inclusive education for both typically developing and special needs children.
Corporate Speed-Dating Connects Malaysian SMEs With Banks, Grants And Growth Experts
Phion Sdn Bhd’s SME Growth Circle also featured two strategic agreements and the launch of its NexERP business management platform. By H.P. AHMAD KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19, 2026 — Malaysian entrepreneurs gained direct access to banking, government grants and specialist business advice at Phion Sdn Bhd’s SME Growth Circle, where a corporate “speed-dating” format turned conventional…
Dr Afzanizam: Fed Rate Risk Outweighs US$90 Oil Threat to Ringgit
By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18, 2026 – The course of US interest rates poses a greater immediate risk to the ringgit than oil trading above US$90 a barrel, although markets expect the Federal Reserve to keep rates unchanged at its next policy decision on September 16, with only about a…
Malaysia’s Growth Equation Moves Higher as Its Economic Potential Expands, Says Shan Saeed
BY TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 – Malaysia’s economy is no longer simply outperforming expectations. It is beginning to challenge long-held assumptions about the country’s long-term growth potential. In an exclusive interview with TNS News, Juwai IQI Global Chief Economist Shan Saeed said Malaysia is entering a new phase of structural…
ARBA’IN: I WENT TO KARBALA WITH QUESTIONS AND RETURNED WITH ANSWERS
By SAIFUL SIDEK KARBALA, Iraq – From August 1 to 6, I witnessed millions of pilgrims converge on Karbala for Arba’in, walking long distances in intense heat to honour a man killed more than 1,300 years ago. I arrived in Iraq seeking to understand what could inspire such extraordinary devotion across countries, cultures and generations….
Japan’s Yen Trap: Intervention Buys Time, but There Will Be No Plaza Accord 2.0
By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 — The unprecedented US-Japan effort to arrest the yen’s fall may have delivered a powerful short-term rebound, but it cannot repair the structural weaknesses undermining confidence in Japan’s economy, according to Juwai IQI Chief Global Economist Shan Saeed. The yen had weakened to about ¥163.65 against…
