Keynote Speech at the Standard Chartered Global Research Briefing 2024

By the end of 2024, I hope we can build a national consensus among ourselves and influence global corporate decision makers that:

1.⁠ ⁠Malaysia is the next Asia hub for high-end manufacturing, and not low-end labour-intensive manufacturing, as envisaged by the New Industrial Master Plan 2030.

2.⁠ ⁠Malaysia is the next Asia hub for high-end services.

3.⁠ ⁠Malaysia becomes the fastest green transition nation in the region.

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