SINGAPORE: When 18-year-old Michael Ike Chukwuebuka saw a photo of the sea and sand turned black following an oil spill in June, he felt that it was a call to action.
Liew's latest book looks into the country’s potential for economic revival amid the current unprecedented global shifts.
It also draws a parallel between Malaysia’s first economic takeoff and the current potential for a resurgence. As aptly summarised in its preface, Liew points out that “In the second takeoff, Malaysia needs to be strategic.He further outlines that Malaysia should position itself in three “middles”, “an indispensable middle in the global supply chain; a middle power; and a middle ground in geopolitical terms”.
“We should not sell ourselves cheap. As Malaysia aims higher and aspires to be technologically more advanced, we no longer have to see ourselves as being in competition with Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, or the Philippines. The book recounts how Malaysia, once a manufacturing hub due to shifts in global economic dynamics, lost momentum after the Asian financial crisis of 1997. The author argues that similar global shifts today can again position Malaysia as an indispensable middle power in the global supply chain.
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