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Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Anwar Ibrahim holds the Budget 2027 document before heading to parliament.

Malaysia Budget 2027: Election appeal meets the investment test

Malaysian PM and Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim holds the 2027 national budget document as he departs for Parliament to table the budget, Putrajaya, Malaysia, Oct 9, 2026.
South-east Asia could take subsea interconnectors to a whole new scale
Ayao Komatsu rose to the team principal role at Haas F1 team in 2024.

Singapore F1 to proceed despite haze; no changes planned to outdoor entertainment

A workable EU-China bargain would exchange adjustment for openness.
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With millionaires fleeing Britain, prices of London’s top properties have declined by around 11% over the past 10 years, according to data compiled by Savills.
China is facing a demographic crisis, with its population falling by 3.39 million in 2025, when just 7.92 million babies were born.
Malaysian Chinese bag-maker Liew Bin now sees value in protectionist measures as low-cost competition from China threatens Malaysian small and medium-sized enterprises.

Behind The Name

From left: Pham Nhat Quan Anh, Pham Nhat Vuong, Pham Thu Huong and Pham Nhat Minh Hoang. The couple (centre) remain senior figures in Vingroup, with their children’s presence in the ecosystem growing.
“I consider myself lucky. I don’t consider myself successful,” says Ng Yih Pyng, the second-generation leader of Tomei Consolidated.
Thapanee Techajareonvikul, CEO and president of Berli Jucker, sees Vietnam as an important growth enginee for BJC, which has traditionally been heavily invested in Thailand.

Singapore

Industry watchers say LTA’s proposed change to the COE system would solve the current issue of certain premium cars being treated as mainstream ones.
News Analysis

Mooted COE changes will solve category issues, but higher premiums likely: observers 

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry (Trade) Gan Kim Yong (second from right) touring the hangar at the opening ceremony of ST Engineering's Changi Creek facility in Changi Airport on Oct 9.
Business events and meetings in the weeks leading up to the race weekend are expected to have created spillover benefits.

The Leadership Playbook

Cisco’s Tay Bee Kheng says that her value-add as the tech giant’s Asean chief lies in identifying what each regional market needs specifically, and presenting that to her global bosses.
Jonas Strahberger, CEO of TUV SUD Asean, says young jobseekers should look for organisations that are willing to invest in their growth.
Endowus chairman Samuel Rhee believes the platform being named as a CPF digital adviser was a positive development.
Observers believe that there is a limit to how much Singapore’s vet clinics can be consolidated, considering the size of the market.
BRUNCH

Dogged interest: Corporate buyers unleashed on animal health market

Asean

The DRX team celebrating its win at the 2022 League of Legends World Championship. The e-sports firm intends to open a physical office in Singapore by year-end.

South Korean e-sports firm DRX to crown Singapore as base for S-E Asia push

Malaysia’s Transport Minister Anthony Loke at the launch of the BAS.MY Johor Bahru service expansion at JB Sentral.

Johor Bahru plans RTS bus hub and bigger fleet ahead of opening 

Air quality in Kuala Lumpur remained in the “unhealthy” range on Oct 9.

Malaysia closes schools for 2 million students as Indonesian wildfire haze worsens

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International

US Vice-President JD Vance accused companies, including Microsoft, of abusing the visa programme that allowed foreign workers to potentially reside in the US indefinitely.

Why Trump is targeting green card path used by Microsoft, other tech firms

A tanker used as floating storage performs a ship-to-ship transfer with a smaller tanker in Johor, Malaysia, Sep 23, 2026.
Beijing has eased restrictions on taking the proceeds offshore as part of its push to boost the renminbi’s international use.