While Malaysia boasts a growing cohort of tech-savvy consumers, many in the ICT industry see a shortage of skilled labour as one of the primary obstacles to growth in the sector. Malaysia ranked 36th out of 60 countries on the Global Talent Index compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit in 2009, and it was projected to drop to 39th place by 2015...
Uniting the states of Terengganu, Pahang, Kelantan and the Johor district of Mersing under its remit, the East Coast Economic Region (ECER) covers the entire eastern half of Peninsular Malaysia. Despite its size, this is a comparatively underpopulated and spread-out region. At 66,000 sq km of territory, the ECER covers some 51% of the land area...
Like many economies trying to escape the middle-income trap, Malaysia has sought to increase its research and development (R&D) capacity and spur innovation as a means to reach the next level of development. Building on its strengths, Malaysia has focused its energies on its traditional cash crops (oil palm, rubber and rice) and on electronics,...
As a country containing a variety of religious orientations and ethnic and cultural groups – along with three major languages in addition to English – Malaysia often poses a major conundrum to advertisers and advertising agencies. They face the dilemma of whether an advertising campaign should try to appeal to all groups and be available in all...
As hot as Malaysia’s local construction market may be over the next several years, it cannot obscure the fact that the country has fewer than 30m people and a modest GDP of $278bn. At the same time, the total value of work done abroad is still dwarfed by the local market, and just a few companies are big enough to do major international jobs....
Over the past decade Malaysia’s tourism sector has become an increasingly important contributor to the economy. In 2011 the country welcomed 24.7m visitors and pulled in RM58.3bn ($18.8bn) in tourism receipts over the course of the year, up from just 12.7m visitors and RM24.2bn ($7.8bn) in receipts in 2002, according to data from the Malaysia...
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