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Tan Ai Leng

Tan Ai Leng

MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT

Tan Ai Leng is Malaysia correspondent at The Business Times, where her reporting encompasses a diverse array of subjects within the country. Her prior experience includes a role at The Edge Malaysia.

emailaileng@sph.com.sg
Malaysia’s business conditions remain stable, but factors such as rising input costs and delayed payments are increasingly squeezing vulnerable SMEs.

Malaysian firms turn to short-term borrowing as cash buffers shrink: Bank Negara

2026-10-05T07:42:03.000Z
MAB Engineering, the MRO arm of Malaysia Aviation Group, will be able to leverage Sepang Aircraft Engineering’s Airbus A320 expertise and dedicated paint hangar.

Malaysia Aviation Group to acquire Sepang Aircraft Engineering from Airbus

2026-10-01T07:54:25.000Z
The coming Budget 2027 will be the second under the 13th Malaysia Plan, the country’s five-year development blueprint.

Malaysia Budget 2027: Anwar faces cost-of-living and deficit test before election

2026-10-01T03:08:04.000Z
Malaysia, driven by Resorts World Genting, leads Genting Berhad’s earnings. Singapore follows closely as the second-largest overall contributor.

Genting Singapore trails MBS, but helps anchor Malaysian parent group’s finances

2026-09-27T23:00:00.000Z
Malaysia’s durian market is confronting a supply surge, as years of heavy plantation investments yield a domestic glut and test farmgate prices.
BRUNCH

After the gold rush: Malaysia’s durian industry gets thornier

2026-09-25T07:30:00.000Z
Expanding coalition divisions now threaten the political stability of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government.

Malaysia’s coalition strains grow, but investors hold their nerve

2026-09-23T08:42:53.000Z
From left: Nomura Asset Management’s Hasif Murad, Leslie Yap, Takeshi Kawamoto and Mohd Aris Mohd Sharif at the media briefing in Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysia should bump up incentives to woo advanced chipmakers: Nomura analyst

2026-09-21T09:10:46.000Z
TRX is KL’s premier onshore financial district, designed to cluster leading banks, tech innovators, professional services and top-tier talent.

TRX and Labuan IBFC join forces to boost Malaysia’s regional financial ambitions

2026-09-18T08:11:37.000Z
The MRO facility of Asia Digital Engineering in Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The company expects to reach 20 maintenance lines by end-2027.
INSIDE ASEAN: MALAYSIA

Malaysia’s aircraft servicing sector is taking off, but can it move up the value chain?

2026-09-17T23:00:00.000Z
With a data centre boom under way, semiconductor, tech and digital players are racing to get a piece of the growing AI pie.
INSIDE ASEAN: MALAYSIA

Beyond servers: Malaysia targets bigger share of AI economy

2026-09-16T23:00:00.000Z
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