SINGAPORE, August 10, 2022 - The Malaysian economy is recovering strongly from the COVID-19 disruptions in 2021 and early 2022.

Protected by its high vaccination rate, continuing nationwide inoculation program, and adequate healthcare capacity, Malaysia has progressively reopened its economy despite the resurgence of infections by the Omicron variant in early 2022. Economic growth should firm up further with the country’s transition to the endemic phase of COVID-19 from the beginning of April. In this respect, accommodative policy settings can be recalibrated to build more buffers against future shocks and safeguard financial stability. 

Selangor, 7 August 2022 – The job market is now preparing for the next generation, Generation  Z (Gen-Z), said to be born after the mid-1990s. Post pandemic, researchers have come to the  conclusion that higher salary is not the most important factor in employing and retaining the new  generation. According to the latest COVID-19 pulse survey from human resources consulting firm,  Mercer, that polled more than 850 employers globally, limited career advancement and  dissatisfaction with benefits have emerged as two of the primary drivers of higher-than-usual  attrition levels. With graduation season taking place in higher institutions across Malaysia, this  year’s group of graduates bring a unique perspective to the workforce, after being pushed to  emerge from the limitations of studying amid a pandemic.  

Environmental Sciences graduate, Damia Munira Bakhthiar, believes that work-life balance is  important. The University of Nottingham Malaysia (UNM) graduate is looking to be part of a healthy  and ethical company culture in which employees and the environment are respected. “I would like  the opportunity to keep learning and growing, so my employer of choice would be organisations  that offer capacity-building opportunities with experienced specialists, paired with the availability of  relevant facilities around the workplace to support my professional growth,” she explained. 

If there is one thing people living with migraine want you to know, it is that migraine attacks are anything but just a bad headache. Migraine attacks commonly involve a painful throbbing pain — most times on one side of the head, sometimes both, and can have far-reaching consequences across all areas of our lives.

Dr Raymond Tan, Consultant Neurologist from Sunway Medical Centre, Sunway City shares that migraine as an incapacitating neurological disorder, comes with wide range of symptoms, including blurred vision, nausea and vomiting, sensitivity to lights, noises, and scents, and — for some, aura or focal neurologic symptoms. Episodes as such can last between 4 to 72 hours in duration.