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Prime Minister's Senior Political Advisor Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz has urged the MADANI Government to ensure reform efforts translate into visible benefits for all Malaysians, highlighting the need for improved communication of government achievements.
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has pledged to shut three-quarters of the nation's non-performing state-owned enterprises and establish a special court to investigate corruption within their leadership, aiming to redirect public wealth toward ordinary citizens.
Malaysia's six major government-linked investment companies have tripled their capital deployment to RM20.3 billion in 2025 under the GEAR-uP initiative, part of a five-year plan to mobilise RM120 billion for socioeconomic reform and industrial advancement.
Cuba suffered another nationwide blackout on Sunday after its electrical grid collapsed, the first recorded outage in August and the fourth in recent weeks, intensifying pressure on the Caribbean nation's struggling energy infrastructure.
Malaysia's US$1.5 billion global sukuk issuance last week attracted exceptional investor demand at record-low spreads, demonstrating confidence in the nation's economic fundamentals and reform programme, BNM Governor Datuk Seri Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour said.
Malaysia's federal fiscal deficit has contracted for five consecutive years, falling to 3.7 per cent of GDP in 2025 from 6.4 per cent in 2021, demonstrating the government's economic reform commitment.
Bank Negara Malaysia warns that wage growth is not keeping pace with productivity improvements, calling for a fundamental review of the country's wage-setting mechanisms to prevent salary compression among skilled workers.