Pakatan Harapan (PH)

SINGAPORE (July 3): Malaysia has confirmed that the final cost of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) is RM81 billion ($27.3 billion), without including the operating deficit, which currently cannot be determined for now, according to Malaysia’s Minister of

SINGAPORE (July 2): Malaysia has finally announced more names of the Cabinet members after Pakatan Harapan (PH) won the 14th general election on May 9.

SINGAPORE (June 29): Malaysia’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) has to set aside RM44.6308 billion ($15.1 billion) from now to pay the remaining interest on four 1MDB bonds and to redeem the principal sums when they expire.

(June 22): Malaysia will seek to recoup US$4.5 billion ($6.1 billion) of funds that were potentially lost through 1MDB, as well as fees paid to Goldman Sachs Group, according to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

SINGAPORE (June 21): The Malaysian government has agreed to inject RM2.8 billion ($950 million) of new capital into the Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) development in Kuala Lumpur to avoid bigger losses.

(June 6): Malaysia is looking to replace the chief executive officer of the national stock exchange, two sources said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of top management changes initiated by the newly elected government.

SINGAPORE (May 28): It has been another dramatic week in Malaysia. The new Pakatan Harapan (PH) government has revealed that the country’s total debt and liabilities have breached RM1 trillion ($336 billion). It has also come to light that the previous

(May 24): Troubles at Malaysia’s state investment company 1MDB deepened as its officials told the government the fund is insolvent and unable to repay debts that could amount to almost US$7 billion ($9.40 billion) over the next five years.

SINGAPORE (May 21): Anwar Ibrahim has been pardoned and released from prison. Lim Guan Eng has been appointed Minister of Finance, subject to the clearing of graft charges against him. The Auditor-General’s report on 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) has

SINGAPORE (May 21): Malaysia’s new government has pledged to review all the mega projects that the previous government undertook. Cancellations or delays could affect both the Singapore economy and local companies.