Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today played down fears over Sri Lanka's stalled peace process as he sought deeper trade links with the rest of Asia.
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Malaysia's seven-year-old hi-tech Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) has surpassed expectations and will be expanded and linked with similar cyber-cities worldwide, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said today.
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Malaysia has bought the rights from a Japanese firm to the world's smallest microchip that can be embedded in everything from currencies to human bodies and will boost the global anti-terror war, says premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
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Asian nations need not fear China's growing military and economic power because it has no tradition of foreign conquest and its burgeoning market offers vast opportunities, says premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
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German luxury car maker BMW unveil plans to expand in Malaysia as part of moves to strengthen its presence in Asia where it plans to double sales to 150,000 units in the next five years.
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Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad proposes a currency basket of the euro and the US dollar for oil trades to hedge against a weak greenback and manipulation by currency traders.
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National carmaker Proton is gearing up for greater foreign competition as motoring-crazy Malaysia prepares to slash tariffs on car imports by 2005 under a regional free trade area.
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Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, a fierce critic of Western dominance in world affairs, leaves this week to join a dialogue on the sidelines of the G8 summit in one of his last international appearances before stepping down in October.
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A new generation of politicians is beginning to take over Malaysia's ruling political parties ahead of Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's retirement and impending general elections.
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The government introduces new measures to bolster the ailing stock market and the slowing economy amid fears of war in Iraq, but analysts say these measures will make little difference.
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Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, in his first day as acting prime minister, gives a no-holds barred speech calling shy Malaysians to stop relying on government contracts and concessions, and to root out corruption.
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Western nations were attacked Thursday for "racist" policies in the war against terrorism as the 114-nation Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) began a conference expected to be dominated by the Iraq crisis.
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Economists predict that the economy is likely to grow only moderately over the next few years until it can sharpen its competitiveness.
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