Later this month, I will be transiting to Uzbekistan via Kuala Lumpur, but will not have the chance to fill up the new Malaysia Digital Arrival Card. From my observations from afar, and from my two trips this year, my view of Malaysia as an investment destination has not changed.
In the last two weeks, my Facebook feed was filled with pictures of friends taking advantage of the all-time-high strength of the Singapore dollar (SGD) versus the Japanese yen to shop in Ginza, indulging in kaiseki (multi-course) dinners, or join the long queues on the slopes of Niseko and Tokyo Disneyland.
As for myself, friends who have been following this column have speculated which Asean capital I might end up in next, after trips to Jakarta and then Bangkok. The good news for me, personally, is that work-related travel has wound down for the year, together with lower market trading volumes.
