Business Opportunities & Risks
Where a Malaysian firm can move and where it can be hurt: market access, supply-chain position, competition, regulation and financing. Every claim names the mechanism and the exposure — an opportunity with no named buyer and a risk with no named channel are both left out.
Analysis
Penang named world's cheapest city for digital nomads, study finds
Penang tops a 2026 study of 26 cities as the most budget-friendly base for digital nomads, with monthly costs of €850 (about RM3,860) including rent. The DE Rantau Pass allows eligible remote workers to stay 12 months. Malaysian tourism and creative-economy stakeholders can use the ranking to
Penang targets one-year timeline for technology finance centre, sets up implementation office
Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow told the state legislative assembly on 30 October 2026 that the state hopes to establish the Penang Technology Finance Centre within one year, down from the original two-year timeline. A RM100 million strategic fund involving Khazanah and InvestPenang is targeted