Yesterday, Bait Al Amanah, with support from AstraZeneca Malaysia, hosted an event titled “Parliamentary Engagement Roundtable (Post-Budget 2027): Strengthening Healthcare Financing for Access to Innovative Medicines”. Ten days after Budget 2027 was tabled, we brought parliamentarians from both Houses into one room with officials, clinicians, academics and fellow think tankers. The question was simple: is Malaysia investing enough in health, and in the right places? We covere

Budget 2027 puts RM510 billion of spending and investment on the table. The more useful question is what each ringgit delivers: better jobs, more productive businesses and stronger domestic industries. That was the message from Bait Al Amanah senior analyst Ng Sze Fung, in comments reported by The Sun on 14 October. In his words: Budget 2027 should ultimately be judged not by how much the government spends, but by whether that spending delivers better jobs, more productive bu

Our Research Officer Thaha Albana Turmuzi on why Malaysia should seek transparency, not assume a threat.

In this speech delivered at the 5th International Symposium on Islamic Culture and Civilization on 8 May 2026, our Founding Director, Dr. Abdul Razak Ahmad, explores the essential role of minorities as partners in national development. Moving beyond academic theory, Dr. Razak highlights the significant commercial and intellectual contributions of Muslim communities in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, while issuing a sobering call to action regarding the persecution of the Rohing

Keynote Address by Dr. Abdul Razak Ahmad In this keynote address delivered for the "From Policy to Practice: Peacebuilding, Education, and Displacement in Myanmar and the Region" workshop held at Taylor's University on 5 May 2026, our Founding Director, Dr. Abdul Razak Ahmad posits the crisis in Myanmar as a human tragedy that challenges the values of the ASEAN Charter. He highlights that while political reconciliation is the long-term goal, the region has an immediate moral

We are proud to highlight the recent participation of our Founding Director, Dr. Abdul Razak Ahmad, as the guest speaker for the MiDAS Talk Series 1/2026. Hosted by the Malaysian Institute of Defence and Security (MiDAS), the session delved into the theme: “Understanding the Middle East: Current Realities and Tomorrow’s Prospect.” During this session, moderated by Col. Dr. Ts. Maimunah Binti Omar, Dr. Abdul Razak shared profound geopolitical analyses drawn from his extensive

Bait Al Amanah, in partnership with the Australian High Commission in Malaysia, recently hosted a closed-door workshop titled “Shaping Indigenous-Inclusive Governance: A Malaysia-Australia Exchange” on 12 December 2025 in Kota Kinabalu. The workshop brought together 45 participants from academia, government institutions, community leadership, think tanks, and civil society to identify practical approaches for advancing Indigenous-inclusive governance through comparative learn

We are honoured to have our Founding Director, Dr. Abdul Razak Ahmad, as the guest speaker for Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB)’s Economics Scholars Series No. 4/2025. On 10 December 2025, Dr. Razak visited Menara Merdeka 118 to deliver a specialised talk titled "The State of Security in the Middle East". Drawing on his extensive expertise in international relations and his contributions to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he provided the PNB team with critical insights into