MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-BRI-STORY-SHARING SESSION

MALAYSIA-KUALA LUMPUR-BRI-STORY-SHARING SESSION

(240715) -- KUALA LUMPUR, July 15, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz, Malaysia's minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, speaks at the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) cooperation story-sharing session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 15, 2024. People-to-people engagement adds soul to Malaysia-China shared connection, bringing the two countries closer, Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz, the minister of Investment, Trade and Industry said on Monday at a BRI cooperation story-sharing session. TO GO WITH "People-to-people connections inseparable from BRI: Malaysian official" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cheng Yiheng)

Malaysia outlines expansionary national budget with eye on welfare, economic growth

STORY: Malaysia outlines expansionary national budget with eye on welfare, economic growth DATELINE: Oct. 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:30 LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Malaysia Parliament House 2. various of the interior of parliament house 3. various of the arrivals of officials 4. various of the budget presentation (courtesy: RTM) STORYLINE: The Malaysian government led by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Friday proposed an expansionary national budget aimed at helping the country recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The budget for 2023 has been allocated 372.3 billion ringgit (80.06 billion U.S. dollars) compared to 332.1 billion ringgit (71.42 billion U.S. dollars) allocated for 2022. In his budget speech at the country's lower house of parliament, Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz said the government will seek to insulate the country against uncertainties caused by the global situation, including disruptions caused by the conflict in Ukraine, a sluggish

SWITZERLAND-DAVOS-WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

SWITZERLAND-DAVOS-WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

(220525) -- DAVOS, May 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Malaysian Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2022 in Davos, Switzerland, May 24, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)