Columns/Op-Eds

    Expert Opinion

JCI Fellows occasionally issue opinions letters and editorials in their own professional capacity to media and platforms.

    Thematic

This section archives and collects a curated range of these pieces where such supports JCI objectives.

Might #Undi18 disempower the youth?

Governance Studies Ops
Prof Wong warns that the influx of eight million new voters will worsen the malapportionment of parliamentary constituencies.

Closing in on a solution

Special Studies Ops
Prof Leong Choon Heng gives the reasons he is optimistic that we will be able to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

my Say: Malaysia, truly the world

Education & Social Studies Ops
Governance Studies Ops
Dr. Ooi Kee Beng weighs in on the factors of conflict in Malaysia.

Commentary: Why Mahathir leaving may not solve Malaysia’s problems

Governance Studies Ops
Prof. James Chin weighs in on the current Malaysian political transition.

Little things also need to be done to draw in tourists

Special Studies Ops
NEXT year is Visit Malaysia 2020. It will certainly be an excellent way for us to celebrate an important milestone...

Decentralising Malaysia’s education system

Education & Social Studies Ops
Governance Studies Ops
The next stage in Malaysia’s catching-up process requires that economic growth...

Decentralisation - the key strategy for New Malaysia

Governance Studies Ops
Malaysia has once again been given the chance to re-make itself...

Caution and foresight necessary with ECRL

Economic Studies Ops
The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) is a 688.3km-long double track rail system planned to be commissioned in 2024...

Should businesses worry about middle income trap?

Economic Studies Ops
Of the many challenges facing the Malaysian economy, the middle income trap has become an overarching theme in the country’s growth narrative...

Competing in product space and economic complexity

Economic Studies Ops
A long-standing and dominant idea about how industries prosper and countries become rich is they are able to transfer resources from activities...

Consumer spending key to economy’s resilience

Economic Studies Ops
Malaysia’s higher-than-expected gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 5.6 per cent in the first quarter has been accompanied by the further strengthening...

Embracing SDGs makes good business sense

Special Studies Ops
A year has passed since the momentous 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was adopted by 193 countries...