Malaysia top-ranked position in Global Muslim Travel Index 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has once again topped the list of best Muslim-friendly holiday destinations for Muslim travellers according to MasterCard-Crescent Rating Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI) 2021. Malaysia remained the top-ranked destination in the GMTI 2021 as it had been since the launch of the index which monitors the overall performance of the Muslim travel […]
India imports 275,915 tonnes of Malaysian palm oil in June
By Shakir Husain NEW DELHI: India imported 275,915 tonnes of palm oil from Malaysia in June, according to the latest data from an industry group. The country’s total edible oil imports last month were 969,431 tonnes, with palm oil’s share being 61 per cent, the Mumbai-based Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA) said. Overall edible […]
Malaysia hits record high of 11,079 new cases today
KUALA LUMPUR: New Covid-19 cases in Malaysia breached the 10,000 mark when 11,079 cases were reported today, the highest ever since the pandemic hit Malaysia early last year, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said. The previous record high was 9,353 cases registered on July 10. In a Twitter post, Dr Noor Hisham […]
No, No! … We’re far from a failed state
Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad celebrated his 96th birthday on July 10. The Pejuang president prayed for Malaysia — that all parties will work towards making the country fully developed. His prayer couldn’t have come at a better time, especially a day after Bloomberg published an article entitled, “Malaysia is staggering down the […]
Malaysia not a failed state
KUCHING: While Malaysia is facing a battle on multiple fronts amid the Covid-19 pandemic, it should not be regarded as a failed state, views political analyst Prof Dr Jayum Jawan. The Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Bintulu Campus Faculty of Humanity, Management and Science dean said a failed state is defined by high inflation, limited food […]
What does ‘failed state’ mean?
KUCHING: A failed state is defined as a state whose political or economic system has become so weak that the government is no longer in control. However, it can be argued the term is subjective in its nature given that there is no single or agreed upon definition. With this in mind, there are common […]
Country still economically and financially stable
KUCHING: Sentiments which suggested Malaysia was moving towards a failed state should be looked at thoroughly and from all aspects, said a political analyst Prof Datuk Mohd Fadzil Abdul Rahman. He said though the country was facing multiple crises resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, it was still economically and financially stable. The government was still […]
Malaysian govt structure intact despite challenges
KUCHING: Political analyst Associate Professor Dr Neilson Ilan Mersat says the Malaysian government structure is still very much intact despite facing several challenges, including the Covid-19 pandemic. He was commenting on an article ran by an international news portal describing that Malaysia had gone down the path of failed statehood. “I believe that the term […]
Malaysia fragile, not a failed state yet
KUCHING: Political scientist Dr Lucy Sebli says Malaysia is not a failed state, but a fragile state, which is significantly susceptible to crisis in one or more of its subsystems. Having said this, she pointed out that a failed state is defined as a condition of state collapse in the sense that a state can […]
No worry, national system still functioning
KUCHING: Malaysia is not a failed state because the national system is still functioning, stressed Universiti Malaya (UM) socio-political analyst Assoc Prof Dr Awang Azman Awang Pawi. He said health and safety teams are still carrying out their duties as usual and ensuring that the Covid-19 pandemic threat is still under control. Apart from that, […]
