Manufacturing Malaysia’s Future: Hope or Hype?

Fulcrum editor Lee Hwok Aun and Malaysia Studies Programme Coordinator Francis Hutchinson speak with Liew Chin Tong, Malaysia’s Deputy Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry. Their conversation spans Malaysia’s challenges in engineering a second industrial take-off, implementing reforms, and navigating global uncertainties.

1:18 – Malaysia and Singapore at this historical juncture

3:31 – Scepticism and optimism in politics; Malaysia’s second take-off

9:28 – Malaysia’s potential second take-off compared to the first (late 1980s-1997)

13:28 – Maintaining neutrality and multilateralism in the current global milieu

22:22 – Rafizi Ramli’s resignation as Minister of Economy

23:43 – Policies in the second half of the Madani government’s five-year term

29:20 – Reformasi generation perspective on the state of reforms

36:15 – Top priority institutional reform

41:41 – Relations within the Unity Government coalition

46:33 – Perikatan Nasional’s cohesion and electoral competitiveness

50:57 – When will state elections and 16th General Election happen?

Dialogues at Fulcrum is a podcast published by ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.