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By Anas Alam Faizli Malaysia is not short of plans. Nor is it short of capital. Malaysia’s major institutional funds collectively manage close to RM2 trillion, a figure broadly comparable to the size of the economy itself. Yet national investment in research and development remains at approximately 1% of GDP, far below leading economies such as South Korea, which consistently …

Imagine 10 jumbo jets crashing every week for a year or the whole population of Petaling Jaya dying every year. The loss of life would be equivalent to the 210,000 – 440,000 deaths due to medical errors in the United States annually, based on a report from the Institute of Medicine (2013). Healthcare in America is failing, although ironically it …