Once occupied by industrial properties, Jalan 51A/223 in Petaling Jaya has been transformed into a street with largely commercial and office buildings that benefits from its proximity to the Federal Highway and Asia Jaya LRT station. Property experts familiar with the road say it is a consistent ...

Streetscapes: A consistent performer

Penang’s residential market is seeing resilient demand, supported by an active industrial sector that is driving housing demand, although buyers remain cautious in their spending, according to Nawawi Tie Leung Property Consultants Sdn Bhd executive director and regional head of research and consu...

The Edge Malaysia | Nawawi Tie Leung Property Consultants Penang Housing Property Monitor 2Q2026: Strong industrial sector underpins residential market resilience

Tan & Tan Developments Bhd, the property development arm of IGB Bhd (KL:IGBB), is all set to unveil its mixed-use development — Aviera Bangsar South — in Kuala Lumpur this November.

The freehold project, which has a gross development value (GDV) of RM656 million, comprises the 35-st...

Tan & Tan Developments to launch Aviera Bangsar South next month

The 525km East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), the Phase 1 of which is 98.16% completed, could mark a turning point for Gombak, bringing renewed attention to the area’s commercial potential, surrounding property market and prospects for transit-oriented developments, say property consultants Henry Butche...

Cover Story: Gombak picks up speed for next growth cycle

On March 28, 2025, tremors from a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar caused an under-­construction 30-storey State Audit Office building in Bangkok, Thailand — about 1,000km away — to fall like a house of cards. It was the only building to collapse in the country’s capital, and it was later disc...

If China has banned induction furnace steel, why are Southeast Asian nations using it?

Malaysia’s construction industry may be growing at a healthy clip, but many contractors, particularly the smaller ones, may not be receiving their payments quickly enough.

This was the message of a panel discussion titled “Liquidity or liquidation: High-stakes construction projects in a...

When contractors function as banks

The industrial property markets in the Klang Valley and Penang continued to be resilient in the first half of 2026, although buyers and occupiers were more selective amid economic uncertainties, higher development costs and changing business requirements.

The two property markets share ...

The Edge Malaysia | CBRE | WTW Industrial Property Monitor 2Q2026: Industrial property markets remain resilient amid more selective demand

It has been almost four months since the LRT Shah Alam line officially started operating. Some commuters have since taken to social media to voice their woes, not about the train service itself but about the lack of surrounding infrastructure.

In Malaysia, stepping off a train line does...

The walkability gap around Malaysia’s train stations

Defusing the capex time bomb

Capital investment in technology is surging but workforce readiness remains a challenge, leaving enterprises short of the returns they expect.

Personalised upskilling key to job readiness

Not every photo needs to end up on a social media feed. Some are simply reminders of an ordinary day, whether it is a meal between classes, a funny moment with friends or a quick snapshot taken on the way home.

In response to the curated, polished feeds encouraged by mainstream social m...

Listicle: Apps for the moments you don’t post

Here’s a set of seven skills for you to consider cultivating to get and retain a job in the AI era

 

Human resources (HR) launches an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to analyse employee engagement. The AI reads 15,000 comments and p...

Econ 4.0: AI is here. Which skills matter more now?

Conversations around social entrepreneurship often focus on funding, but a bigger challenge for founders is moving from building businesses that look for customers to creating products and services that customers are actively looking for, says Ahmad Azuar Zainuddin, CEO of Satu Creative Services ...

Beyond Grants: Helping social enterprises build a stronger business case

IIMMPACT Sdn Bhd began in 2018 as a consumer app that allowed users to pay different bills through a single platform, but the business changed direction after struggling to retain customers as larger e-wallet operators expanded.

CEO and co-founder Alex Tan says fewer than 20% of users w...

Platform-as-a-service: IIMMPACT builds bill payment business after consumer app pivot

Alphaswift Industries Sdn Bhd is the only drone maker among the Malaysian companies given access to British chip architect Arm Holdings plc’s chip design technology, and it plans to design its own chip as it builds towards passenger flight.

The local drone industry has come a long way, ...

Cover Story: Betting on chip design for long climb to passenger flight 

Mall developers need to incorporate telecommunications infrastructure at the planning stage as growing demand for digital payments, artificial intelligence (AI) applications and 5G services puts greater pressure on indoor connectivity, says EdgePoint Towers Sdn Bhd.

Planning fibre pathw...

Infrastructure: Mall developers urged to plan early for 5G-ready connectivity

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Malaysia’s daily multimodal AI use to reach 43% by 2030

Malaysia’s daily use of multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) is projected to reach 43% by 2030, exceeding the global estimate of 30%, according to new research by Erics...

Bits + Bytes: A Miscellany Of Technology

The Sarawak Artificial Intelligence Centre (SAIC) and IBM Malaysia Sdn Bhd plan to establish the Sarawak Quantum Safe Centre, an innovation hub that will help organisations prepare for cybersecurity risks posed by advances in quantum computing.

SAIC, IBM plan Sarawak quantum-safe centre to address post-quantum cyber risks

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 30): Consumer finance group Skyro has received approval from the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) to conduct online moneylending in Malaysia, marking its second Southeast Asian market after the Philippines.

Philippines’ Skyro gets approval to offer online moneylending in Malaysia

The anatomy of an ordinary failure, with extraordinary consequence, is a lesson that Malaysian boards of directors should not ignore.

At 10.02am on Tuesday, Sept 8, a notification appeared at Britain’s air traffic control centre outside Southampton: The link between London Area Control ...

Climate And Environmental Governance: The Tuesday that closed Britain’s skies

The average size of monitored wildlife populations worldwide declined by 73% between 1970 and 2022, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) “Living Planet Report 2026: The Science of Hope”, released on Oct 8.

Monitored wildlife populations shrink by 73% on average over five decades

With the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) preparing to mandate recycling facilities across all shopping malls, retail operators must begin investing substantial time and capital into recycling initiatives, mainly centred on waste separation at source systems and logistics partnersh...

Circular Economy: Malls taking the lead to promote recycling

Six youths looking to sue the government in their bid to enforce Malaysia’s 50% forest cover pledge will know on Dec 9 whether their case can proceed further, their lawyer Lim Wei Jiet tells ESG.

The six applicants are Abe Lim, Sitti Fatimah, Winona Elisha Jemak, Lee Yu Dong, A...

Action: High Court to rule on ‘Mana Hutan Kami’ suit on Dec 9 following AGC objection

The Securities Commission Malaysia’s (SC) announced plan to ask major listed companies for their El Niño preparedness is both a climate-disclosure development and a governance stress test, assessing the quality of board oversight over climate-related business risk.

Many Malaysian organi...

Views: When moderate to low climate risk becomes a board’s blind spot

While carbon footprints and board diversity are frequently discussed, the inclusion of neurodivergent individuals — those with autism, attention-deficit or hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other cognitive differences — remains a frontier that few small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have dared to...

Social: Incentive claiming process for hiring PWDs needs to be digitalised and simplified

A common criticism of nature-based carbon projects is that they could erode the rights of indigenous communities who live on the land and rely on the forests for farming, hunting and gathering forest produce.

There are allegations of failure by project developers to engage with indigeno...

Cover Story: Benefit sharing in carbon credit projects must be strengthened

Datuk Ho Leng Wai, executive chairman of CY Plastic Recycling Group of Companies, began his career in this industry on the ground. He started by collecting plastic scrap and later made a trip to China to learn how to turn it into new plastic again.

In 2004, he established a factory in K...

Waste: Consumer acceptance and regulation needed to boost use of post-consumer recycled plastics

Under a voluntary framework unveiled on Sept 28, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) wants the telecommunications, broadcasting, and postal and courier sectors to manage 15 million devices sustainably and set up 300 e-waste collection and refurbishment points by 2030.

Blueprint: MCMC targets 15 million devices managed sustainably under voluntary road map

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 9): Lestari Cooling Energy Sdn Bhd, a joint venture between KJTS Group Bhd (KL) and infrastructure-focused investment firm Stonepeak Partners, aims to use its capital expenditure (capex) model to adopt new energy-efficient technologies as they become commercially viable.

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Preparing district cooling systems for future technologies

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Pharmacy operator Big Caring Group is listing on the Main Market in an IPO worth over RM2 billion. This and more in our quick round-up of today’s biggest stories on theedgemalaysia.com

E5: Big Caring launches second biggest IPO this year

Sime Darby Property Group Managing Director and CEO Datuk Seri Azmir Merican discusses data centres, experiments, and growth drivers in an exclusive interview with The Edge. Read the full cover story in the Oct 5 issue of The Edge Malaysia Weekly.

EXCLUSIVE: Sime Darby Property’s data centre bet and what comes next under SHIFT32

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 30): Ni Hsin Group Bhd (KL:NIHSIN) suffered one of its worst days on record, prompting the exchange to demand the cookware manufacturer to explain the unusual market activity.

Ni Hsin suffers one of its worst sell-off, triggering exchange query

CelcomDigi Bhd (KL:CDB) said on Friday it has received spectrum assignments for two blocks each in the 2600-megahertz and 900-megahertz frequency bands.

CelcomDigi gets formal spectrum assignments, discloses annual fees

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 30): Malaysia appears to be weathering the energy shock with inflation chugging along at a benign pace, reducing the urgency to tighten policy rate, HSBC said on Friday.

No rush: BNM may stand pat at November meeting as inflation stays benign — HSBC

Hackers stole US$6.3 billion from Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, in what analysts say is the biggest crypto hack ever, an attack that could prompt investors to rethink the risks of owning digital assets.

The hackers behind the raid were from North Korea, according to US blockchain analysis firms TRM Labs and Chainalysis. The attackers targeted Binance wallets on 10 blockchains and shifted most of the funds in about 20 minutes, TRM Labs said in a statement.

Binance freezes assets after US$6.3 billion heist, crypto industry's biggest

MBSB Research remains positive on YTL Power International Bhd’s (KL:YTLPOWR) longer-term growth prospects, underpinned by the ramp-up of its data centre operations in Kulai, Johor, the planned expansion into Sedenak Tech Park West (STeP West), and rising opportunities in the power and digital infrastructure sectors.

MBSB Research sees potential for 4GW data centre campus at YTL Power’s Bukit Kerayong site

SINGAPORE (Oct 30):Oil prices rose on Friday — set for a fourth monthly gain — as an attack on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz highlighted the continuing supply risks from the US-Israeli war on Iran, which has entered its eighth month.

Oil set for fourth monthly gain as Hormuz tanker attack highlights supply risks from war

PPB Group Bhd (KL:PPB) could see weaker earnings for its third quarter ended Sept 30, 2026 (3QFY2026) following a sharp decline posted by key associate Wilmar International Ltd, said CIMB Securities.

PPB faces weaker 3Q after Wilmar's margins hit by costs, soybean crushing margins — CIMB Securities

SINGAPORE (Oct 30): Tech shares slumped in Asia on Friday, while the yen rose and bonds surged towards their biggest monthly gain in nearly three years, as investors scurried to safety against worries that huge and rising AI spending may not deliver sufficient returns.

Stocks slump, bonds leap as AI giants' spending spooks investors

MELAKA (Oct 30): The Melaka state election saw 189 nomination forms sold as of on Thursday (Oct 29) night, with 45 prospective candidates having paid their deposits, according to Election Commission (EC) chairman Datuk Seri Ramlan Harun.

Melaka polls: 189 forms sold, 45 deposits paid as EC prepares for smooth nomination day

(Oct 30): A US majority-owned startup plans to invest US$600 million in a rare-earth refinery in Malaysia, seeking to develop a new source of the critical minerals as Washington pushes to reduce its reliance on China.

US-owned startup plans US$600 mil Malaysia rare-earth refinery

Rakuten Trade Sdn Bhd’s online trading for Bursa Malaysia stocks has been disrupted for more than a week following precautionary measures taken in response to a cybersecurity attempt, with no confirmed date for services to resume.

Rakuten Trade’s Bursa trading has been down for over a week following cyberattack, with no restart date

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 30): All three audit committee members of Zetrix AI Bhd (KL:ZETRIX) and the majority of its board members resigned within a month, citing personal commitments.

The departure leaves the embattled company with only three directors remaining after four out of seven board ...

Zetrix AI loses entire audit committee, most board members resign

MyDCD Bhd may have 91% upside to its listing price though there are risks that investors of the mechanical and electrical engineering firm have to watch out for, according to an analyst.

MyDCD may have 91% upside, but watch out for risks, says analyst

For more than two months, Malaysia has been shrouded in cross-border haze that has grown increasingly severe. While haze is an annual occurrence in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Timor-Leste, this year’s episode has been described as the worst since 2015.

Choking fumes sweep across Malaysia

The number of Malaysians aged 65 and above crossed the one-million mark in 2002, accounting for 4.2% of the population. Back then, those aged 14 and below made up a third of the population.

Fastest ageing states as Malaysians grow older

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) of Melaka will open an operations room to allow the public to channel information and complaints regarding acts of corruption and abuse of power during the Melaka state election.

MACC opens operations room ahead of Melaka polls

KPJ Healthcare Berhad (“KPJ Healthcare” or “the Group”) has set a Southeast Asian record in robotic-assisted minimally invasive cardiac surgery (“MICS”), with its specialist team at Damansara Specialist Hospital 2 (“DSH2”) performing 35 procedures within 90 days.

KPJ Healthcare Sets Southeast Asian Record in Robotic Cardiac Surgery

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has defended the Confidence and Supply Agreement (CSA) signed between the federal government and opposition lawmakers, saying such arrangements are not unusual and follow a precedent established by previous administrations.

13MPs in support deal to receive allocations under Budget 2027 — Anwar

Financial resilience can mean different things to different people. For some, it is a day-to-day goal, stripping out the anxieties of “what-ifs” . For others, it is a chance to live the life they have always wanted. Yet, it can also be rife with uncertainty about a post-work future.

Building a tree that generations can sit under

Invest Johor has identified five key potential sectors for development at Nexus Sedenak, which is set to become a new industrial and supply chain hub under the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ).

Invest Johor identifies five potential sectors at Nexus Sedenak under special economic zone with Singapore

The establishment of the Penang Technology Financial Centre (PTFC) positions the state strategically to capitalise on global geopolitical shifts and the artificial intelligence (AI) supercycle, further accelerating growth in the semiconductor and electrical and electronics sectors.

Penang tech financial centre to capitalise on geopolitical shifts, AI supercycle, says CM

The Home Ministry has stressed that the Refugee Registration Document (DPP) Programme is not a pathway for refugees to remain in Malaysia permanently, obtain permanent resident status or acquire Malaysian citizenship.

Refugee Registration Document not a pathway to permanent residency — Home Ministry

The flooding expected during this year’s Northeast Monsoon is unlikely to be as severe as the major floods that struck the country in 2021, which left several areas severely affected.

Flood situation expected to be better than in 2021

Steel pole manufacturer Mestron Holdings Bhd (KL:MESTRON) has secured a new feed-in approval (FiA) from the Sustainable Energy Development Authority Malaysia to expand the capacity of its biogas power plant in Gua Musang, Kelantan, boosting its approved electricity export capacity by 18%.

Mestron secures new feed-in approval to expand biogas capacity

More straightAs, less learning: What Malaysia's exams miss

A preview of the vehicles was recently held at the Mercedes-Benz Center in Singapore, showcasing the luxury automaker’s cutting-edge technology for the electric age and beyond.

Up close and personal with the new Mercedes-Benz electric GLC and CLA 200 AMG Line

Themed around a 'Dissident Chorus', this year's edition of the major South Korean art event gathered 46 artists from around the world to explore the politics of noise.

Busan Biennale 2026 delivers its most resounding edition yet through evocations of sound and sea

Arriving in China as part of its global tour, 'The Alchemy of Senses' gathered world-class talents to celebrate the signature scent.

Maison Francis Kurkdjian’s multisensory exhibition in Shanghai brings its iconic Baccarat Rouge 540 to life

The fourth edition of the bartending festival featured prominent industry talents and innovative drinks.

All the celebratory moments at Penang Cocktail Week 2026 

The recipients reveal their creative process, challenges in the industry and what they have learnt along the way.

UOB Malaysia’s 16th Painting of the Year winners on their victory and furthering their practice

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): Two additional general partners (GPs) have been named in Jelawang Capital Sdn Bhd’s inaugural 2025 Emerging Fund Managers’ Programme (EMP) cohort, more than 15 months after the first three were announced.

Two more firms named in Jelawang’s inaugural Emerging Fund Managers’ Programme cohort

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): Malaysia needs to ensure the investments it attracts translate into deeper local supply chains, higher-value jobs and greater participation by domestic companies, said UOB Malaysia CEO Datuk Ng Wei Wei.

Malaysia needs to turn foreign investment into stronger local supply chains

For much of the past two years, investors have asked when the US Federal Reserve would start cutting interest rates. After Jackson Hole, a gathering of central bankers, a more important question has emerged: are markets prepared for rates to remain higher for longer?

The message from Ja...

Pitfalls & Pitch Calls: Rate uncertainty and your portfolio

There is a peculiar feature of modern wealth. Some of the biggest things we aspire to own make surprisingly little financial sense. Take a car. In a city where ride-hailing is readily available, the mathematics of ownership can be difficult to justify once you add the purchase price, depreciation...

Wealth, by Design: Lifestyle tax: The price of the life we choose

Income funds took the spotlight for the third consecutive month. Five of the seven new funds launched from mid-August to mid-September were income or income-related funds, according to the Federation of Investment Managers Malaysia.

The seven funds were AHAM Shariah Gold Tracker Ringgit...

Funds: Seven funds launched from mid-August to mid-September

Tokenisation, the act of representing an asset or claim as a token on a distributed ledger or blockchain, has remained under the radar among local financial institutions. Until recently.

The catalyst, market observers say, came from Bank Negara Malaysia, when it launched the Digital Ass...

Cover Story: Banks shift tokenisation into higher gear

Transitioning from the entertainment industry to the food and beverage (F&B) sector is not easy, but when comedian Ajak Shiro heard his child express a desire to start a fried chicken business, he thought of making the idea a reality.

Ajak, whose real name is Mohd Hanaffi Razak, loo...

Private Deal: Celebrity-founded nasi padang restaurant chain Bumbu Babah aims to raise RM20 mil

Two veterans of Malaysia’s start-up and investment ecosystem — entrepreneur and investor Sivapalan Vivekarajah and former Pitch Platforms Sdn Bhd (pitchIN) chief operating officer Xelia Tong — are launching a RM50 million debut venture fund.

Main Market-listed automotive replacement-par...

Venture Capital: Cypress Asia launches RM50 mil debut venture fund with New Hoong Fatt as anchor investor

Halogen Capital, the country’s first licensed digital asset fund manager, is in the process of launching Malaysia’s first digital currency exchange-traded fund (ETF).

Its founder and CEO Hann Liew says the firm is preparing a shariah-compliant Bitcoin ETF, potentially giving millions of...

TheWall: Halogen aims to go mainstream with ETF, starting with digital assets

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 25): Khazanah Nasional Bhd’s venture capital fund-of-funds, Jelawang Capital Sdn Bhd, has appointed Howard Soh as CEO, effective Oct 1.

Soh’s appointment comes about 15 months after former CEO Bryan Lim left Jelawang and its parent, Khazanah, at the end of June 2025, ...

Jelawang Capital appoints new CEO Howard Soh after long vacancy

As an economist, one is a heavy user of macroeconomic data of the country one is studying. For a Malaysian, that generally means those put out by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM). The department has, as everyone knows, a new head, and when she made her first announcement of Malaysia’s...

My Say: No better time to substitute exports of intermediate goods

FROM a single casino in Genting Highlands, established by the late Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong in the 1960s, the Genting group has grown into a diversified conglomerate with interests spanning gaming, hospitality, leisure and property. It now has gaming operations in multiple markets worldwide.

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Cover Story: As the group expanded, so too did its debt burden 

Summary


	Long considered a safe- haven stock by retail investors, Genting Bhd’s status as a cash cow diminished after the company called for...

Cover Story: Debt repayment looms for Genting

GENTING Bhd (KL:GENTING) made a cash call on Oct 9 to raise RM1.25 billion — 53 years after its first one.

The conglomerate, which was listed in 1971, called for a rights issue in 1973.

At that time, Genting’s call for more cash from shareholders was acceptable. It was a perio...

Cover Story: No further fundraising planned for now, says Genting 

Economic growth no longer guarantees job growth. In an era of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven efficiency, the connection between economic output and employment is fraying.

While business leaders rightly celebrate upticks in business growth, the employment market is wrestling with an...

Growing Champions: Connecting genuine growth with employment opportunities

I ran into Adrian Ng last month while renewing my passport at the Kelana Jaya Immigration Office.

“How is your team?” he quipped.

“You mean our team?” I replied. Borrowing Umno’s familiar rallying cry, I added: “It is still dulu, kini dan selamanya (then, now and fore...

My Say: Manchester United, a team lost in transition

Taiwan reported its fourth straight quarter of double-digit economic growth, the longest such stretch in nearly 39 years, as the artificial intelligence (AI) boom increasingly spills over into stronger domestic demand.

AI darling Taiwan extends economic growth run unseen since 1987

Britain was singled out for praise by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this month for the boldest deficit-reduction plan of any Group of Seven nation. Bolder still is its decision to deliver the whole squeeze with higher taxes, as economists warn that Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

Britain’s plan to tax its way out of debt tests the limits

BYD Co’s latest earnings signal that this year’s surge in car exports won’t be enough to recapture lost momentum in Chinese auto stocks.

BYD earnings dampen hopes Chinese car stocks will reverse rout

Indonesian stocks were set to post their worst month in nearly two decades on Friday, after a downgrade warning from MSCI deepened a market rout that left the rupiah hovering near record lows.

Indonesian shares head for worst month in 18 years, AI retreat hits Korea, Taiwan

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Oct 29): The United States plans to soon ban Chinese telecom firms from direct access to US phone numbers on national security grounds — a measure designed to prevent scam-related robocalls.

US plans to ban Chinese telecom firms from direct access to US phone numbers

BP plc said profit surged to the highest in 18 years as soaring refining margins boosted earnings, while a sharp drop in net debt moved the British energy major closer to a position where it could restart buybacks.

BP profit hits 18-year high as oil refining margins surge

GDANSK (Oct 30): German sportswear maker Puma narrowed the guidance for its 2026 operating loss on Friday, with the midpoint of the range weakening slightly amid muted consumer demand.

Puma narrows 2026 operating loss forecast amid softer consumer demand

Nvidia Corp chief executive officer Jensen Huang said the chipmaker’s dealings with Megaspeed International were “normal and not unusual” following a New York Times report that one of the Singapore firm’s executives is under investigation for spying on behalf of China.

Nvidia CEO says ties to Singapore company in spy probe were ‘normal’

LONDON/BENGALURU (Oct 30): AstraZeneca on Friday launched an unexpected restructuring drive aimed at investing in its new drug pipeline, hoping that annual savings of about US$1.5 billion from the plan will keep the drugmaker on track to achieve its long-term ambitions.

AstraZeneca launches US$1.5 bil annual savings plan to invest in drug pipeline

TOKYO (Oct 30): Japan's Panasonic Holdings said on Friday that operating profit at its energy unit surged to 55.6 billion yen (US$352 million) in the second quarter from 1.2 billion yen a year earlier, boosted by higher sales of in-vehicle batteries and data centre energy storage systems.

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