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In July last year, BNM reduced the OPR to 1.75 per cent, a record low since the floor was set in 2004. It has since maintained the rate. Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is expected to maintain the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) of 1.75 per cent at the year’s second Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on March 4, amid expectations of an economic recovery, said economists.
Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd chief economist Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid said that high-frequency data such as exports and the Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicate that the economy is recovering.
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Kota Kinabalu: Wisdom Foundation condemned in the strongest terms the unprecedented intrusion and harassment by 10 cybertroopers who typed in Russian script and shouted in some foreign languages when hacking into its Zoom webinar on fiscal decentralisation, recently.
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Its CEO Zila Pawzi said the attack that occurred during minute-50 happened just after Sri Murniati of Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) finished her presentation in the webinar titled “Income Tax Revenue for States Too: Can Malaysia learn from Indonesia” based on her paper jointly sponsored by Wisdom and Ideas.
Dear Daily Express reader,
Autobiographical elements illuminate the connection between the writer’s past experiences and his belief in certain things. It is for the reader to be convinced or otherwise.
I JUST finished reading a remarkable book, written by a former holder of one of Malaysia’s constitutional offices with responsibility in shaping the law. Having served in the legal arena for many decades, he left the role under circumstances that have impacted the evolution of law and politics in our country.
The book was published a year after the author’s departure from office, and in it, he shares his perspective of national events, recounting conversations with the Prime Minister, the degree of infighting among politicians of the same party and coalition, and the extent of disagreement within the legal profession. He even reveals his interactions with the royal institution, including the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
THE new year was welcomed by humankind on the smallest scale for any new year’s countdown in generations, judging by images of cities around the world at the stroke of midnight. (It is a personal tradition to watch the London fireworks when I wake up, but this year’s edition was more explosive for its overt political messages than its actual pyrotechnics.)
Govt urged to be transparent on distribution of Covid-19 vaccines
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The government must provide transparency on the full distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, said the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas).
Ideas CEO Tricia Yeoh said full transparency is warranted, on top of the proposal by Khairy Jamaluddin to brief two government committees on the vaccine procurement details.
The Science, Technology, and Innovation Minister had proposed to provide a briefing to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) of Health, Science, and Innovation.
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