In this episode, we’re back with financial experts Hann Liew and Sani Hamid. Our discussion centered upon the recent wage report released by the Department of Statistics, which highlights the alarming wealth gap between the rich and the poor. We also addressed the question of whether Malaysians are underpaid, and the possible solutions that can be implemented in order to resolve this crisis. Finally, we talked about investing in general – what details that newbies should look out for and how to plan their personal finance journey.

Quick facts:

• The recent quarterly wage report released by the Department of Statistics showed that the median salary of formal employees increased from RM2,400 to RM2,600 y-o-y in March, representing an 8.3% y-o-y increase.

• When tabulated into a horizontal bar chart, we can see that 82% o ...