The government has approved 40 projects related to the aerospace industry with a total investment value of RM3.8 billion from 2017 until June 2021, which created 4,563 job opportunities.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said these jobs were mostly highly skilled jobs taken up by Malaysian technicians and engineers, leading the way forward for high value and skilled employment in the country.
“Going forward, the government will continue to promote and facilitate high quality foreign direct investments into Malaysia,” he said during the keynote address at a virtual webinar titled ‘Bolstering Malaysia Aerospace Industry in the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) held today.
As outlined in the National Investment Aspiration (NIA) framework, the focus would be on attracting high quality investments, he added.Read more
