Liew Chin Tong Blog
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MP for Kluang • Political Education Director, Democratic Action Party
Liew Chin Tong Blog
16h ago
Getting Malaysians and Chinese to understand each other’s economy is crucial for Malaysia’s future. It is important for Malaysians to understand contemporary China while China’s policy makers and business community have a clear idea about Malaysia’s unique role. The size of the Chinese economy is extremely large and each of its intended and unintended actions ..read more
Liew Chin Tong Blog
16h ago
May I thank Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association and SEMICON Southeast Asia for generously inviting me to deliver a closing speech at the SEMICON Southeast Asia 2024. Your effort in bringing together so many like-minded industry leaders is commendable. Let me put it this way, Malaysia’s semiconductor industry is now very different compared to just three ..read more
Liew Chin Tong Blog
4d ago
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is the world’s largest trade agreement. The agreement includes ASEAN states and China, Japan, as well as Korea. It took years for nations to negotiate and there were high hopes that the agreement would spur Asian and ASEAN trade. However, utilisation of RCEP has been low and Intra-ASEAN trade has ..read more
Liew Chin Tong Blog
2w 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
2w 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
3w 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
malaysiana
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
malaysiana
2M 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
malaysiana
3M 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
malaysiana
3M 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