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Tan Ai Leng

Tan Ai Leng

MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT

Tan Ai Leng is Malaysia correspondent at The Business Times, where her reporting encompasses a diverse array of subjects within the country. Her prior experience includes a role at The Edge Malaysia.

emailaileng@sph.com.sg
Malaysia’s economy expanded by 5.2 per cent in the third quarter of 2025 from a year earlier, marking the country’s strongest quarterly performance this year.

Malaysia posts 5.2% GDP growth in Q3, on track for upper-end target

Economic expansion is underpinned by sustained domestic demand and stronger net exports, says the country’s chief statistician

Economists expect Malaysia's Q3 GDP year-on-year expansion to be in the range of 5-5.3%, accelerating from 4.4% in the previous quarter.

Ringgit strength, robust spending set stage for Malaysia’s strongest quarterly growth in 2025

Domestic consumption is expected to remain the country’s main growth driver

The late Tiong Hiew King. The Sibu, Sarawak-born tycoon built an influential empire across timber, media, property, and hospitality.
OBITUARY

Malaysian timber and media tycoon Tiong Hiew King dies at 91

The founder of the Rimbunan Hijau Group also played a big role in shaping Malaysia’s Chinese-language media landscape

The launch of Maybank Forest City Service Centre on Nov 10. From left: Country Garden Pacific View executive director Teo Chee Yow, Kota Iskandar assemblyman Pandak Ahmad, Johor State Secretary Asman Shah Abdul Rahman, Johor chief minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi, Maybank president and group CEO Khairussaleh Ramli, and Maybank group CEO of community financial services Syed Ahmad Taufik Albar.

Maybank steps up financing push for Johor-Singapore SEZ with RM15 billion pipeline

Investment interest totalling RM5.35 billion to go towards Iskandar region

The Bayview Beach Resort Penang, fronting the Batu Ferringhi beach, will be rebranded as Ascott Batu Ferringhi Penang, marking the flagship Ascott brand’s first beachfront resort in Malaysia.

Malaysia’s Oriental Holdings to seal RM411 million Penang, Langkawi hotel deals; partners Ascott for rebranding

The company plans to invest around RM211 million in refurbishment works beginning in 2026

Malaysian property giants, such as Gamuda Land, SP Setia and UOA, are planning integrated developments in Vietnam, capitalising on rapid growth and rising middle class.

Vietnam beckons Malaysia’s property bigwigs with urban boom, reforms and rapid growth

Developers known for large townships and high-rises have ramped up their presence in the fast-growing market since the pandemic

Ann Joo Steel sells its 135-acre Penang industrial land to Axis-Reit for RM800 million, and will lease the facility at RM4.16 million monthly.

Malaysia’s Axis Reit buys Penang site for RM800 million, largest industrial property deal in 2025

This deal alone nearly matches the total value of industrial property transactions in Penang in the first half of 2025

Since its public opening in October 2022, Battersea Power Station has welcomed over 22 million visitors (as of end-2024).

Battersea Power Station: What to know about Malaysia’s landmark UK investment

Once an empty industrial shell, the 90-year-old abandoned coal plant was revived under one of Malaysia’s biggest-ever overseas projects

U.S. President Donald Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim hold up trade deal documents during a bilateral meeting during the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 26, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Malaysia’s US trade deal: what it means for SMEs, exporters and manufacturers

Pact offers improved access for Malaysian exporters and makes US products more affordable for businesses, consumers

Laurence Si, managing director of Microsoft Malaysia, said the two data centre cloud regions in Malaysia will strengthen the country's position as a strategic hub for advanced computing and AI infrastructure in South-east Asia.

Microsoft launches second cloud region in Johor Bahru, boosting Malaysia data-centre development

This cloud region aims to support regional-scale workloads, multinational users and data-intensive AI systems

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