KUALA LUMPUR: Khazanah Nasional Bhd is intensifying efforts to strengthen Malaysia’s industrial capabilities, talent pipeline and strategic infrastructure as global supply chains continue to shift amid geopolitical tensions and trade fragmentation.
In The Khazanah Report 2025, managing director Datuk Amirul Feisal Wan Zahir said Malaysia’s next phase of development would depend not only on attracting investments but also on ensuring they translate into stronger domestic capabilities, deeper industrial linkages and higher-value economic activities.
“The next phase of development, however, will depend not on attracting more investment alone, but on whether those investments strengthen firms, deepen industrial linkages and build higher-value capabilities.
“Otherwise, the economy risks remaining active without becoming meaningfully stronger,” he said.
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