Syukurlah kita dapat bertemu di majlis ini bagi meraikan pimpinan yang kita hormati dan sanjungi Tengku Zafrul yang telah memberi sumbangan dan jasa bakti, bukan sahaja kepada MITI tetapi juga kepada negara. Jasamu sepanjang perkhidmatan akan sentiasa dikenang. Izinkan saya bermula dengan serangkap pantun: Tunjuk…
I refer to the press statement issued jointly by the Members of Parliament for Pandan Dato’ Seri Rafizi Ramli, Wong Chen (Subang Jaya), and Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad (Setiawangsa). Let me address the misleading views that the three MPs had expressed. In that statement they…
The tariff deal Malaysia’s Agreement on Reciprocal Tariff (ART) with the United States is the best we have gotten in this difficult situation to protect our economy and our sovereignty. However, there are those who still oppose the deal. Generally, there are three types of…
For those interested, after Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim presented Budget 2026 in his capacity as Finance Minister yesterday, I would recommend that you read the various books and documents that constitute the Budgetary process. I was first elected to the Parliament in 2008.…
Is an inclusive, unifying, and all embracing Malaysian nationalism possible? As someone who grew up in the 1990s when Vision 2020, Bangsa Malaysia, and Malaysia Boleh were buzzwords, my answer is “yes”. For me, even back then, those were not mere catchphrases but real hope…
One evening in my first year in Canberra at the Australian National University, a lecture by Professor Brij Lal (1952-2021), an academic of Fijian-Indian origin, made me ponder. The British began ruling Fiji in 1874, the same year the Pangkor Treaty was inked. The Indians…
As the political calendar enters half-time, all leaders in the Unity Government need to embrace the idea that government could be a force for good, and therefore strive to do good more aggressively, and with transformative outcomes. When Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim took the oath…
It is my pleasure to welcome all of you to the seminar on “Legal Appetite for Sanctions and Tariffs Risks”. Shifting Dynamics in Global Trade Years later, when we look back in hindsight, historians would probably agree that 2025 is the start of a new…
MITI, together with MATRADE and other agencies under MITI, are responsible for export of services. This year, we are working with Ar Adrianta Aziz, the president of PAM (Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia) on promoting the export of architectural services, and specifically we are working together to…
The theme of today’s event, “building a globally competitive partnership”, is both timely and relevant. We are living in a time of profound and rapid change, change that has outpaced our expectations. In the face of such transformations, we must act decisively, seize emerging opportunities,…