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Why Anwar needs to push economic reforms
The new Malaysian PM’s top priority is the rising cost of living. To tackle that, the underlying drivers of high costs, including corruption, will need attention.
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Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has stated that he aims to immediately tackle the issue of rising cost of living as his first priority.
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Tricia Yeoh
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Indeed, going into Malaysia’s 15th General Election (GE15), the economy was consistently listed among voters as their primary driver, with 74 per cent of them citing economic concerns as the country’s biggest problem. More specifically, inflation ranked top among voters’ concerns.
