KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia must shift its mindset from being primarily a trading nation to positioning itself as a technology nation, aligning capital, policy and industry to unlock the full potential of its existing advanced capabilities, said Deputy Finance Minister Liew Chin Tong today. He said aligning policy, money and industry was critical because more could be achieved economically with better alignment. Liew said Malaysia already has very sophisticated and complex capabilities in parts of its industrial ecosystem, particularly in semiconductors and semiconductor-related equipment. There has not been a concerted effort to align and proliferate horizontal integration within the ecosystem, and the current priority should be to link more advanced capabilities across sectors, he said. He added that global conditions have created a window of opportunity for Malaysia to organise itself technologically.

Source: New Strait Times January 29, 2026 06:05 UTC