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Lower personal, corporate tax rates to boost competitiveness

News By admin|May 9, 2017 |0

First published in freemalaysiatoday.com by Wan Saiful Wan Jan PETALING JAYA: The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) says lowering personal and corporate tax rates to 15% could boost Malaysia’s competitiveness. Citing a study com [...]

IDEAS releases study on Malaysia’s taxation system

Press Statements By admin|May 9, 2017 |0

Kuala Lumpur, 9 May 2017 – Lowering personal and corporate tax rates to 15 percent could boost Malaysia’s regional competitiveness , according to a study commissioned by the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS). The study w [...]

Pas Muktamar hits off well for the markets

Video By admin|May 5, 2017 |0

The Islamic party Pas recently concluded their 63rd meeting. Newsnight correspondent, Nuradilla Noorazam spoke with IDEAS CEO, Wan Saiful Wan Jan to discuss better what this means to the nation. Ibrahim Sani further contextualize the topic to see [...]

BETR 2.0: IDEAS welcomes PM’s call to embrace competition and suggests clear end date

Press Statements By admin|April 20, 2017 |0

Kuala Lumpur, 20 April – The launch of the second edition of the Bumiputera Economic Transformation Roadmap (BETR) should be seen as an initiative to take stock of the progress made thus far in developing and empowering the Bumiputera commun [...]

Price increase will only fuel illegal cigarette trade says think tank IDEAS

Press Statements By admin|March 30, 2017 |1

Kuala Lumpur, 30 March 2017 Hilmi Yahaya’s proposal to increase legal cigarette prices from RM 17 to RM 21.50 per pack, the equivalent of a 27 percent increase, will only make illegal cigarette trade flourish, says the Institute for Democrac [...]

IDEAS released the findings from its first ever national survey on the level of public understanding on liberalism in Malaysia

Press Statements By admin|March 24, 2017 |0

Kuala Lumpur, 24 March 2017 – The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) today released its first ever national survey on the level of public understanding and attitude towards liberalism in politics, economics and social issue [...]

Read IDEAS Director of Research Ali Salman’s take on the new price control mechanism introduce by the Ministry of Domestic Affairs

News By admin|March 23, 2017 |0

This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on March 23, 2017. KUALA LUMPUR: The government will implement a weekly retail ceiling price for petrol and diesel starting next Wednesday, with new prices to take effect after midnight that [...]

Government intervention causing Malaysia to lose competitive edge as average income of Malaysians drops by 15% according to latest EPU Figures

Press Statements By admin|March 20, 2017 |0

Kuala Lumpur, 20 March 2017 – According to the latest figures by the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) the average income per person in Malaysia has fallen by as much as 15% from USD 10,345 in 2013 to USD8,821 in 2016. This raises serious questions o [...]

Integration all the world over

News Opinion By admin|March 15, 2017 |0

By Tricia Yeoh In August 2015, I visited France at a time when the Syrian refugee crisis was just unfolding, causing much uncertainty and consternation. The discussions I had with academics and policy analysts then centred on the trends that seeme [...]

Affirmative action is morally wrong

News Opinion By admin|March 14, 2017 |0

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A killing of diplomatic proportions

News Opinion By admin|March 10, 2017 |0

First published in theborneopost by Tunku Zain Al-’Abidin FOR years now, it has become the norm that when a group of senior diplomats, businesspeople or civil society activists assemble to discuss Malaysia, among the first topics of conversation w [...]

Training for the constitution

News By admin|March 10, 2017 |0

First published in Malay Mail. MARCH 10 — I was back in school for eight days across the last two weeks, sent by a company where I’m a director for a course in finance at INSEAD Singapore, in the hope that I will be a more effective board member a [...]