Bintulu Port Acquired: RM1.8 billion
12 - 18 January 2026. Issue 72.
This week’s big headline: the Sarawak government went shopping and bought a port! The Bintulu Port will generate steady cash flow, anchor new industries, and strengthen Sarawak’s economic sovereignty. In development terms, this is nation-building infrastructure.
The federal government is reviewing limits employment policies on skilled foreign workers (aka ‘expats’, as opposed to ‘migrant workers’). Such policies should be reviewed regularly as economic realities change. The challenge is to tweak the policies in a way that is fair, humane while staying competitive, as they affect lives and livelihoods of people. I’m sure our own Dr Sim heartily agrees.
In this week’s infographic, we look at some grimmer statistics. Childhood stunting due to undernutrition has popped up on the radar and Malaysia is not doing well. Nearly 1 in every 4 children are affected. We need to pay serious attention to this to change the trend.
In A String of Thought, I get lyrical about changing the tune of a common refrain: ‘This is Sarawak’. It’s time for it to mean something different.
Read A String of Thought here:
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