Grow the economy, protect the environment


THE Covid-19 pandemic respects no barriers and has dispersed rapidly across the globe. It has left many countries, including Malaysia, economically traumatised.

Malaysia’s economy dipped into its first contraction since the 2009 global financial crisis in the second quarter of this year as the coronavirus pandemic despoiled business activity, prompting Bank Negara Malaysia to precipitously cut its GDP forecast for this year to between -3.5% and -5.5%.

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