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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian companies should pay local engineers better in order to prevent more engineers from migrating abroad, says Deputy Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Liew Chin Tong who went to Singapore, if they were offered two-thirds of Singaporean salaries, they would rather stay in Malaysia.
“Technical and Vocational Education and Training institutions and universities should offer courses that are required by the industry,” added Liew in responding to Mohd Isam Mohd Isa , who asked about Putrajaya’s measures to prevent brain drain involving local engineers. “The investment spillover is expected to place Malaysia as an important international investment destination in developing the global chip industry.
“As a comparison, the amount of approved investments at the E&E industry is way more than the approved investments in 2022, with a difference of about RM55bil.
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