Daily News on the Southeast Asian Region

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6 September 2021 (pm) - 7 September (am)

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This alert service contains articles focusing on Southeast Asia and special topics in line with the research interests of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.

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This issue of Daily News Alert includes the following commentaries and articles with citations attributed to ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute and its researchers. You can click on their names to go to these articles directly.

No. 1: Dr Jayant Menon, Visiting Senior Fellow
No. 31: Dr Ooi Kee Beng, Visiting Senior Fellow
No. 33: Dr Ooi Kee Beng, Visiting Senior Fellow
No. 34: Dr Ooi Kee Beng, Visiting Senior Fellow
No. 43: Dr Le Hong Hiep, Senior Fellow

Brunei Darussalam..

Cambodia ...............

Indonesia ................

Laos .........................

Malaysia ..................

Myanmar .................

Philippines ..............

Singapore ................

No. 1

No. 2-10

No. 11

No. 12-34

No. 35

No. 36-37

Thailand .................

Timor-Leste.............

Vietnam ..................

ASEAN/SEA ..........

Asia Pacific ............

South China Sea ....

Special Topics ........

No. 38-40

No. 41-43

No. 44-46

No. 47

No. 48-53

Cambodia

1. ‘Kingdom shouldn’t over rely on Belt and Road Initiative’

Khmer Times, 7 September 2021

Indonesia

2. Tourism Ministry prepares assistance for health, tourism workers

Antara, 7 September 2021

3. Govt working hard to minimize deviations in 2020 budget: minister

Antara, 7 September 2021

4. Asian Development Bank and Indonesia: Fact Sheet

Asian Development Bank, 7 September 2021

5. How the Taliban’s victory alters the terror threat in Indonesia

Arif Budi Setyawan is a repentant terrorist and the author of Internetistan.

Jakarta Post, 7 September 2021

6. How Kadin has become government’s political tool

Yerica Lai and Vincent Fabian Thomas

Jakarta Post, 7 September 2021

7. Indonesia looks for more funds as bill for China-backed rail project balloons by USD2 billion

Resty Woro Yuniar

South China Morning Post, 7 September 2021

8. Indonesia-China Bilateral Transactions Now Use Rupiah, Yuan

Whisnu Bagus Prasetyo And Jayanty Nada Shofa

Jakarta Globe, 6 September 2021

9. ‘Barbaric act’: Rights groups condemn mob attack on Ahmadiyah mosque

Yerica Lai

Jakarta Post, 5 September 2021

10. The COVID-19 Pandemic and Indonesia’s Fintech Markets

Eric Alexander Sugandi

Asian Development Bank, 31 August 2021

Laos

11. Laos Reopens Schools Online Across the Country Today

Phayboune Thanabouasy

Laotian Times, 6 September 2021

Malaysia

12. Malaysia putting priority on rebuilding economy to be on firmer footing -- Mustapa

Bernama, 7 September 2021

13. Does the Agong's appointment of PM preclude the appointment from being questioned or be subject to a vote of confidence in Dewan Rakyat?

Philip TN Koh

Edge Markets, 7 September 2021

14. Vote of confidence not on Dewan Rakyat agenda, says MP

Free Malaysia Today, 7 September 2021

15. Umno and the shadow of #KerajaanGagal

Imran Ariff

Free Malaysia Today, 7 September 2021

16. Titah Tuanku patik junjung (sepenuhnya) [I Uphold Your Highness's Command (fully)]

Mohsin Abdullah

Free Malaysia Today, 7 September 2021

17. No to food baskets, yes to welfare and pension reforms

Minderjeet Kaur

Free Malaysia Today, 7 September 2021

18. Malaysia, more than ever, needs Cabinet that works

Joe Fernandez

Jakarta Post, 7 September 2021

19. A new era in the Malay heartlands — Murray Hunter

Malay Mail Online, 7 September 2021

20. Govt’s confidence and supply deal with opposition on brink of collapse, sources reveal

Malaysian Insight, 7 September 2021

21. Tajuddin or Azeez to lead Perikatan backbenchers, says source

Diyana Ibrahim

Malaysian Insight, 7 September 2021

22. Opinion Malaysia’s political pendulum has already swung back to Umno. Is Muhyiddin next?

Sophie Lemière

South China Morning Post, 7 September 2021

23. Adly Zahari takes over as Amanah vice president

Bernama, 6 September 2021

24. Malaysia opposition rebukes AG’s suggestion that Ismail Sabri need not table confidence motion in parliament

Channel News Asia, 6 September 2021

25. Academic reforms that collapsed when PH govt fell

Nicholas Chung

Free Malaysia Today, 6 September 2021

26. Four new shariah laws in the works, says deputy minister

Free Malaysia Today, 6 September 2021

27. PM Ismail Sabri says people to receive more assistance after special Covid-19 aid

Malay Mail Online, 6 September 2021

28. Undi percaya PM: Kesimpulan Peguam Negara tidak masuk akal [PM confidence vote: AG's conclusion does not make sense]

Komuniti Perintis untuk Parlimen Profesional

Malaysian Insight, 6 September 2021

29. MCA proposes Bill targeting anti-party hopping, MPs who commit misdemeanours

Star, 6 September 2021

30. Malaysian PM Ismail left with slim majority as PH offers only to abstain in confidence votes

Shannon Teoh

Straits Times, 6 September 2021

31. Editorial: Deepening the Here and the Now

Ooi Kee Beng

Penang Monthly, 1 September 2021

32. The Middle Bank Can Anchor a Green Future For Penang

Zulfigar Yassin

Penang Monthly, 1 September 2021

33. Farizan bin Darus: Disruptions Await Society and the Civil Service (Part Two)

[Link to Part 1]

Ooi Kee Beng

Penang Monthly, 1 September 2021

34. Are We Witnessing the Bankruptcy Proceedings of the Malay Agenda?

Ooi Kee Beng

Penang Monthly, 1 September 2021

Myanmar

35. NUG Questions ASEAN’s Ceasefire Agreement With Myanmar Junta

Irrawaddy, 6 September 2021

Philippines

36. Warped priorities

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 7 September 2021

37. Polite populism: From Jokowi to Isko

Richard Heydarian

Philippine Daily Inquirer, 7 September 2021

Thailand

38. Wary senators may reject charter bill

Bangkok Post, 7 September 2021

39. An absence felt: Thai foreign policy’s decade of retrenchment

Benjamin Zawacki

New Mandala, 6 September 2021

40. Protesters are back, and angrier, as govt fumbles on Covid

Muktita Suhartono and Hannah Beech

New York Times, 5 September 2021

Vietnam

41. All-round report on Vietnam’s startup ecosystem to be unveiled

VietNamNet, 6 September 2021

42. Pro-competitive policies in logistics sector can help Vietnam recover from the pandemic

VietNamNet, 6 September 2021

43. The economy that covid-19 could not stop

Economist, 2 September 2021

ASEAN/Southeast Asia

44. ASEAN ministers to hasten implementation of initiatives for regional recovery

Bernama, 7 September 2021

45. Youth Ministers launch report on how young people see ASEAN

ASEAN Secretariat News, 6 September 2021

46. Welcoming a New Era of Economic Collaboration between Penang and Indonesia

Stephen Lai

Penang Monthly, 1 September 2021

Asia Pacific

47. The Bankable SOE: Commercial Financing for State-Owned Enterprises

Asian Development Bank, 7 September 2021

Climate Change/Environment

48. Matching strategic and defence policy to the climate challenge

Brenda Sargeant

Interpreter, 7 September 2021

49. Commentary: How ride-hailing will change to help countries meet climate goals

Andrew Chan is Managing Director, Transport at Grab Singapore.

Channel News Asia, 6 September 2021

50. Civil Society Groups Across Asia demand the ADB recalibrate its Draft Energy Policy in line with climate and community realities

International Rivers, 2 September 2021

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) / Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)

51. Indian youth preferences on foreign policy: RCEP is missed

Gurjit Singh

Jakarta Post, 7 September 2021

COVID-19 and structural crises

52. Opinion: Covid-19 and the structural crises of our time

Lim Mah Hui is an economist and former banker. Michael Heng Siam-Heng is a retired professor of management. They are the authors of a forthcoming book, 'Covid-19 and the Structural Crises of Our Time', to be published by the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.

Bangkok Post, 7 September 2021

Islamic militancy

53. Why it could be good for Southeast Asia if the Taliban consolidated power

[Link to a 20-minute interview: Taliban’s Afghanistan & Terror In ASEAN: Indonesian Reformer]

Neo Chai Chin and Bryan Kwa

Channel News Asia, 7 September 2021

Public Health

54. The World Isn’t Ready for the Next Outbreak: The Case for a Pandemic Trust Fund

Andrew C. Heinrich and Saad B. Omer

Foreign Affairs, 6 September 2021

Supply chain

55. Your food prices are at risk as the world runs short of workers

Nation, 6 September 2021

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