Economic slowdown likely to be moderate


The economy in Malaysia may slow slightly in the second half of the year, but there are sectors that will continue to do well, or even excite. This is the view of fund managers at the roundtable discussion on theeconomy and stock market. The fund managers are ASM Asset Management Sdn Bhd chief investment officer ZALINAH A. HAMID, Kumpulan Sentiasa Cemerlang Sdn Bhd research director CHOONG KHUAT HOCK, Capital Dynamics Sdn Bhd managing director TAN TENG BOO, and TAN KOK KHENG who resigned as UOB-OSK Asset Management Sdn Bhd CEO last month and is now setting up his own asset management company.StarBiz associate editor C.S. TAN and reporter YEOW POOI LING moderated the discussion. 

StarBiz: How do you see the economy in the second half of the year? 

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