KUALA LUMPUR: Investment, Trade, and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz announced today that new key initiatives will be unveiled to enhance Malaysia’s semiconductor sector’s global footprint.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will make the announcement this afternoon at SEMICON Southeast Asia 2024.
“It will be about strengthening our position in the semiconductor space and emphasising the importance of semiconductors and the role that Malaysia can play in the global value chain,“ he told reporters after today’s launch of SEMICON Southeast Asia 2024.
Tengku Zafrul expressed confidence in Malaysia’s robust semiconductor foundation, asserting that the time is ripe to elevate the country into a genuine semiconductor powerhouse and a regional manufacturing hub.
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