Thursday, December 17, 2015

INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY A NECESSARY FOR MALAYSIA TO SURVIVE POST 2020?


PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today said the upcoming discourse to deliberate on Malaysia's new direction post Vision 2020 will stress on the need for innovation and creativity.
Speaking at the Prime Minister's Innovation Award (APIM) 2015 presentation , he said Malaysia needed to focus on innovation and creativity in order for it to survive in a very competitive world.
"We are looking at a very challenging world with uncertainties. The post Vision 2020 discourse must start now and not in the year 2020. 
The aspects of creativity and innovation are very important dimensions in the discourse," he said.
The prime minister added the government had taken all the necessary measures including allocating funds to various agencies that drove the country's innovation and creativity.
Najib also expressed his hope that all government agencies would take up restructuring measures to optimize the government's spending by being more focused and by ensuring there would be no overlapping roles.

Source: New Straits Times

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