Sime Darby Property Bhd (KL:SIMEPROP) is no longer a traditional property developer. Five years after embarking on the group’s SHIFT25 strategy, Sime Darby Property has emerged with a broader business than the one that entered the transformation programme in 2021.

Double cover: Insights into margins calls on Zetrix AI's TS Wong + Sime Darby Property reworks the developer model

THE government will have to find more fiscal space without slapping on new taxes under Budget 2027. High energy prices are eating into some of the savings from subsidy reforms even as Putrajaya wants to cushion households, invest for growth and continue narrowing the fiscal deficit.

Cover Story 1: Experts expect Putrajaya to sweat existing tax system 

PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim heads into the Budget 2027 announcement facing an unusual combination of pressures — the broader economy continues to grow and the fiscal deficit is steadily narrowing, but the government’s balance sheet has less room to absorb another shock given the incre...

Cover Story 1 | Budget 2027: Narrowing room to manoeuvre

The government reintroduced the sales tax and service tax, collectively known as SST, on Sept 1, 2018. It replaced the goods and services tax (GST), which had been in place since April 2015. At the time, GST was seen as too broad-based and burdensome for ordinary Malaysians. Some businesses also ...

My Say: Hybrid SST: Malaysia’s next tax turning point

THIS past week, the artificial intelligence (AI) freakout went mainstream. It is now appropriate to talk about doom and gloom and warn about an impending AI apocalypse. Fear-mongering headlines like “Will AI kill us all?”, or variations of it, were among the most popular. Some headline writers he...

Tech: Is it time to flip the AI kill switch?

AS workers of the 21st century, we are fortunate to enjoy the convenience that artificial intelligence (AI) brings. With just a question — even if poorly phrased or riddled with typos — ChatGPT can provide an answer within seconds. With Claude’s assistance, tasks such as extracting and tabulating...

Cover Story: Big Money | Taking charge of our critical thinking

MALAYSIA’s economy grew 6% year on year in the second quarter of 2026, its second-fastest pace of growth in three years and well above the 4.4% recorded in 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic.

The quarterly figure puts Malaysia among the fastest-growing economies in the region, outpacing...

Cover Story: AI may boost productivity, but what about workers’ share?

FOR engineering outfit owner John, using artificial intelligence (AI) in his work has been a game changer. He “trains” the AI to write codes in the company’s style and now merely checks to ensure that the codes are written correctly.

“I use AI to write more routine codes and it has help...

Cover Story: How the AI tidal wave is reshaping the jobs market

The release of the Pre-Budget Statement 2027 was a welcome and encouraging development. It reflects the government’s continued commitment to transparency, accountability and stakeholder engagement in shaping the nation’s fiscal priorities.

The key themes outlined in the statement, inclu...

My Say: Budget 2027: Balancing fiscal responsibility with social support

Conversations around economic development typically focus on how to grow the economy, often at a macro level. Equally important is how that growth translates into the everyday lives of workers and households sustainably. Looking at countries such as Australia, the Netherlands or Denmark, it is ap...

Trust In Resilience: Pursuing the next chapter in Malaysia’s wage journey

ON Sept 18, His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, the King of Malaysia, granted Datuk Seri Najib Razak a conditional pardon, allowing him to serve the remainder of his prison sentence for his SRC International conviction under house arrest until August 2028. 

The one condition attached is pa...

Courts: Najib gets conditional pardon even as other big names get hauled to court

WHILE official statistics show that Malaysians are beginning to save for retirement again, much more needs to be done to prepare for Malaysia’s transition into a super-aged nation by 2056, when one in five Malaysians will be aged 65 and above. This includes strengthening retirement savings, legac...

Preparing for Malaysia’s third age

SINGAPORE-listed Riverstone Holdings Ltd sees itself as a proxy for the current boom in the semiconductor industry simply because it is making clean room gloves, which command higher margins than medical gloves.

As semiconductor manufacturing becomes increasingly sophisticated, the need...

Riverstone strengthens clean room consumables business

YTL Power International Bhd’s (KL:YTLPOWR) share price has risen by 72.7% year to date. The gains come as its data centre (DC) segment has begun reporting standalone earnings, while its water and sewerage segment has strengthened and power generation has shown signs of stabilisation. In addition,...

How much more upside for YTL Power?

Pakatan Harapan (PH) is expected to announce its candidates for the Melaka state election within the next one or two weeks, says PH election director Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari.

Melaka polls: PH to announce candidates in one or two weeks, says Amirudin

The co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073, which was bound for Israel, attempted to carry out a "terrorist attack" during the flight, the United Arab Emirates prosecutor general said on Saturday, according to the state news agency WAM.

Flydubai co-pilot attacked pilot with axe, attempted 'terrorist attack', UAE says

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to meet both of the frontrunners to succeed European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, people familiar with the matter said.

Merz will meet frontrunners for Lagarde job as ECB race heats up — Bloomberg

Barisan Nasional (BN) is open to discussions on the form of cooperation with any political party for the Melaka state election, including anyone interested in using the coalition’s logo, said Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.

BN open to cooperation talks, use of coalition logo in Melaka polls, says Mohamed Khaled

Ten people were injured when a man drove into a crowd in the Australian city of Newcastle on Saturday after appearing to lose control of the car, authorities said.

Ten injured in Australia as car crashes into crowd north of Sydney

Malaysia has formally gazetted the removal of import duty on qualifying minted gold bars, a “timely and practical” move two business groups said would strengthen the competitiveness of the local gold and jewellery industry.

Malaysia scraps 10% import duty on minted gold bars, business groups welcome move

Meta has acknowledged that a technical error in its system had caused legitimate WhatsApp user activity to be wrongly identified as rule violations, affecting more than half of the cases in the first batch submitted by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).

Meta admits technical error affected some WhatsApp accounts — MCMC

Arbitration has matured into a distinct judicial process with its own principles, philosophy and industry culture, said former Federal Court judge Tan Sri Zainun Ali.

Former judge lauds Sundra Rajoo’s two arbitration books

When President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Washington last week, AI governance was expected to be at the top of the agenda. The United States and China have been racing to develop increasingly powerful AI systems, and neither has shown much appetite for slowing down. But ...

Sinonomics: Preventing an AI World War

CME Group Inc is shelving plans to launch a round-the-clock oil contract following industry pushback.

CME shelves plans for 24/7 oil contract amid industry qualms

Sime Darby Property Bhd (KL:SIMEPROP) is no longer a traditional property developer. Five years after embarking on the group’s SHIFT25 strategy, Sime Darby Property has emerged with a broader business than the one that entered the transformation programme in 2021.

Malaysia has formally gazetted the removal of import duty on qualifying minted gold bars, a “timely and practical” move two business groups said would strengthen the competitiveness of the local gold and jewellery industry.

Arbitration has matured into a distinct judicial process with its own principles, philosophy and industry culture, said former Federal Court judge Tan Sri Zainun Ali.

Meta has acknowledged that a technical error in its system had caused legitimate WhatsApp user activity to be wrongly identified as rule violations, affecting more than half of the cases in the first batch submitted by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).

President Donald Trump said he won’t ban US diesel exports, after Group of Seven nations and their partners agreed to release some of their emergency fuel stockpiles in a bid to bring down soaring prices.&nbsp;

Trump says US to hold off on diesel export ban after G7 release

Four areas in Johor and Sarawak recorded unhealthy air pollutant index (API) readings as of 9am on Saturday.

Haze: Four areas record unhealthy air pollutant index readings as of 9am

Ten people were injured when a man drove into a crowd in the Australian city of Newcastle on Saturday after appearing to lose control of the car, authorities said.

A software glitch affecting Boeing Co 737 Max aircraft was determined not to pose a safety concern by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) panel, a positive outcome for the US planemaker seeking regulatory approval for the largest variant of the popular narrowbody family.

Boeing 737 Max glitch poses no safety concern, US regulator says

When President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Washington last week, AI governance was expected to be at the top of the agenda. The United States and China have been racing to develop increasingly powerful AI systems, and neither has shown much appetite for slowing down. But ...

CME Group Inc is shelving plans to launch a round-the-clock oil contract following industry pushback.

Barisan Nasional (BN) is open to discussions on the form of cooperation with any political party for the Melaka state election, including anyone interested in using the coalition’s logo, said Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to meet both of the frontrunners to succeed European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, people familiar with the matter said.&nbsp;

The co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073, which was bound for Israel, attempted to carry out a "terrorist attack" during the flight, the United Arab Emirates prosecutor general said on Saturday, according to the state news agency WAM.

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