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                                <title><![CDATA[ Who benefits more from Johor-Singapore economic zone? ]]></title>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Anwar's escapades abroad and a leadership in question ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ P Ramasamy ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ A troubling pattern has emerged: Anwar’s overseas travels seem to correlate with his waning popularity at home. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ FDI not the be-all, end-all for economy, experts warn ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2024 03:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ They remind the government of the downside of foreign direct investments as well. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Malaysia records RM42.8 billion approved investments from January to March 2022 ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:54:43 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Foreign direct investments comprised the bulk at 65% or RM27.8 billion. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Agong welcomes Malaysia’s investment success post-pandemic ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2022 09:33:49 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ He says Malaysia achieved its total export target of RM1.25 trillion for 2025 last year, four years ahead of schedule. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Huge jump in FDI in first half 2021 with record RM107.5 billion total investments ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2021 01:28:20 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ This augurs well for Malaysia’s path to economic recovery some five months after the launch of the National Investment Aspirations framework. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ European circuits board giant picks Malaysia in RM8.5 billion boost to pandemic recovery ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2021 06:40:56 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The plant in Kedah is expected to generate 5,000 high-impact jobs. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Approved investments up 95% to RM80 billion for first quarter of the year ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2021 03:34:24 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The investments involve 993 projects and are expected to generate 32,557 job opportunities. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Putrajaya eyes high-quality investors as it seeks to reverse impact from global FDI drop ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 04:11:16 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Some 240 high-profile foreign projects worth over RM80 billion are being eyed, with more than half to be implemented in the coming year. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Malaysia must refresh its FDI strategy ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Geoffrey Williams and Nur Muhammad Tajrid Zahalan ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 15:01:13 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The dramatic fall in foreign direct investment in 2020 is due to short-term factors but it is a warning that Malaysia must revise its FDI strategy to face regional competition. ]]></description>
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