THE preparations for next year's budget will perhaps be the most challenging ever, given the world economic and pandemic crises.

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the unemployment rate has continuously risen. Even if people didn’t lose their jobs during...

Contract doctors participate in a walkout strike at Kuala Lumpur Hospital in Malaysia on Jul 26, 2021. (Photo: Reuters/Lim Huey Teng)...

Malaysia continues to grapple with its growing second wave of COVID-19. The country of 32 million people has now exceeded 995,000...

Policymakers, especially civil servants, need to weigh the costs and benefits of any public policy decision, especially price support,...

It is heartening to note that the government is preparing the National Recovery Plan (NRP), which will address the pandemic and the...