Liew Chin Tong Blog
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MP for Kluang • Political Education Director, Democratic Action Party
Liew Chin Tong Blog
2d ago
Malaysia is honoured to attend the Joint Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Women and Ministers Responsible for Trade. I am representing Malaysia’s Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz, who is traveling with the Prime Minister and therefore can’t join us today. Both Tengku Zafrul and I thank our Peruvian colleagues for hosting APEC ..read more
Liew Chin Tong Blog
4d ago
In his royal address to the Johor State Assembly on 9 May, His Royal Highness Tunku Ismail, the Regent of Johor expressed his hope: “Adalah menjadi keutamaan saya untuk memastikan semua Bangsa Johor mempunyai makanan di atas meja mereka, tempat tinggal, akses pendidikan berkualiti untuk anak-anak Johor serta akses kepada kemudahan asas dan kemudahan kesihatan ..read more
Liew Chin Tong Blog
1w ago
Thank you for inviting me to the launch of the Lam Manufacturing Malaysia Warehouse. I’m really glad to join you in celebrating this key milestone for Lam Research. I am on a three-day visit to the semiconductor sector in Penang and Kulim with MITI, MIDA, Khazanah, SIRIM officials, as well as representatives from the World ..read more
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1M ago
The Malaysia Steel Council (MSC) is a consultative body constituted by the MITI, government agencies and the representatives of the steel industry. MITI Minister Tengku Zafrul Tengku Aziz has kindly appointed me to chair the council from 2023. Since the previous Council meeting on 13 July 2023, there have been four key developments: Independent/Special Committee ..read more
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1M ago
I thank Datuk Tan Yew Sing, the relentless bridge builder, for inviting me to launch his book “Trail of Lights, Journey of Tan Yew Sing” as well as to say a few words at this “Way forward for private higher education institutions” forum. The book is a compilation of chapters telling Yew Sing’s remarkable life ..read more
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2M ago
Malaysia, Southeast Asia, and the world need a new trade agenda. It cannot be the regurgitation of old clichés but rather a fresh approach. The new agenda has to steer nations away from racing to the bottom but to push forward for the race to the top together. We must now accept that we are ..read more
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2M ago
I am deeply honoured to be invited to address the Fifth Cohort of the National Resilience College. The NRC is designed to provide courses for a select group of senior officers of Brigadier General and Colonel in rank or equivalent with the aim of broadening their horizons, prompting them to think and act like statesmen ..read more
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2M ago
Geopolitical tensions and wars are now dominating headlines. Yet three decades ago, the world was a much more optimistic place. The idea of Asia Pacific, and the idea of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), reminds us that there is an alternative vision of a peaceful, prosperous and collaborative Asia Pacific. And that amidst the contemporary ..read more
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2M ago
Semiconductors are the most strategic goods of our time, akin to the new oil. Although one would assume that such a strategic sector would attract a lot more attention, up until recently it was only treated as a private investment, with Malaysia Investment Development Authority (MIDA) taking up the minimal role of a facilitator. Now ..read more
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2M ago
The urgent need for green transition is pushing for greater demand for critical mineral resources across the world. As a country with significant deposits of critical minerals, Malaysia needs a lot more policy dialogues about the subject, and at a much faster pace. There are four areas that the Malaysian government should focus on: For ..read more