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  • Saturday, 15 Apr 2017

Economists say extra incentives needed to push economy up the value chain

IS the reason for Malaysia’s private investment growth slowing down since 2013 really due to escalating costs, or is it because businesses are less competitive? After all, Malaysian businesses and consumers have had to live with rising costs for some years now, as subsidies are either being abolished or lowered.

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