Malaysian Industrial Relations at century’s turn: Vision 2020 or a specter of the past Malaysian industrial (IR) relations have been characterized by a number of State controls that ensure a high level of administrative power within the workplace, minimal conflict and very little negotiation power for workers. These programs have been an important part of the package to attract investors as the Malaysian business strategy focuses on less expensive industries, which are aimed

Malaysia Economic Blueprint and Impact Blueprint The digital economy is predicted to generate 22.6 percent of the nation’s GDP by 2025 under this approach. Simultaneously, the programme intends to build 500,000 digital economy employment. Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Hussein officially launched the MyDIGITAL programme on Friday morning (February 19), as part of the government’s ambitions to “turn Malaysia into a digital, high-income country and regional digital economy

Key trends and opportunities for 2025 India Despite a 12.4 percent drop in 2020, the Indian construction industry is predicted to expand by 11.8 percent in 2021. Last year, the sector’s impact was evaluated by disease outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and consequent lock-ups. Fortunately, government investment in infrastructure development helped revitalize the sector in the fourth quarter of 2020. According to the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MOSPI), i