WARY of cheaper Chinese products flooding the region following the implementation of the China-Asean free trade agreement on Jan 1, Malaysian Chinese businesses have called on the government to support a cap on Chinese exports.

(KUALA LUMPUR) Islamic banks are expected to move more deeply into riskier, equity-based financing as they seek alternatives to controversial debt mechanisms like the tawarruq, a prominent Syariah scholar said yesterday.

INSTEAD of wielding a big stick now, the government has decided to postpone a planned crackdown on illegal foreign workers until after Chinese New Year.