The logistics segment has seen substantial growth in recent years, due primarily to various government development programmes, strong external trade growth and a steady stream of foreign investments. The industry is expected to grow to RM129.93bn ($41.9bn) by the end of 2012, up 10.3% on the previous year, according to statistics from Frost and...
Naturally endowed with thousands of kilometres of rivers, abundant sunshine, a vibrant agricultural sector producing plenty of biomass and even the odd geothermal hotspot, Malaysia’s renewable energy (RE) segment has the ability to transform the country’s energy sector. According to the Sustainable Energy Development Authority Malaysia (SEDA...
Under the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP), the government’s long-term development strategy, the tourism industry is set to bring in RM168bn ($54.2bn) in revenues by 2020, three times as much as in 2010. While a substantial percentage of this new income is expected to come from a steadily increasing number of new visitors over the next eight...
The scope of Malaysia’s ICT ambitions is well captured by Cyberjaya, a technology centre launched by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in 1996 as an answer to Silicon Valley. The idea behind this smart city was to move past reliance on the primary and heavy industrial sectors to a service-driven model, as in the West and the Asian tigers of Hong Kong...
With communications as a key part of Malaysia’s current national development plans, the media and advertising sectors have seen major new interest from both investors and legislators. This renewed emphasis on the creative industries, with content generation and other value-added services brought to the fore, bodes well for the future of the sector, which is trying to make...
Requiring sophisticated manufacturing techniques, skilled labourers, reliable power supply and developed infrastructure, solar manufacturing fits neatly into the Malaysian government’s strong push into the development of value-added industrial capabilities. In addition, the government implemented a new feed-in tariff renewable energy incentive...
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