E Hun Tan

Executive Director of @inforefsa. Food junkie, Travel junkie, Culture junkie. Wondering through life staying hungry, staying foolish. Views are my own.

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In REFSA's latest report, authors Yee Hoi Mun and @ehun Tan E Hun aims to kickstart discussions on why and how the government and the private sector should look into analysing viability of converting vacant office buildings into housing options.

https://t.co/9bdZzqVObA

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In my latest article, I argued that manufacturing the mature and advanced semicon chips are equally important, that understanding the strategic and economic differences is crucial for Malaysia to formulate an appropriate national semiconductor strategy.

https://t.co/Y6SKWf5HME

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To revitalise Kuala Lumpur, there must be a clear focus to bring people back to live, work and play in the city through restoring the inner city with a dense urban fabric.

https://t.co/bXgaTFLRtx

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Malaysia with its unique resources, strategic geographical location and vibrant demography is a global player and a great partner to a lot of aspects in these areas. Glad to see and engage in these important workstreams by our Malaysian embassy in Belgium.

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Ended this week meeting H.E. Dato' Mohd Khalid Abbasi Abdul Razak, Ambassador of Malaysia to Belgium and Luxembourgh, Head of Mission of Malaysia to the EU; Najwa Musyrifah Ramli, Deputy Chief of Mission; and Zaireen Omar, Minister (Economic Affairs), Belgium.

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Continued engagement on topics such as CBAM , ESG requirements and palm oil policies are crucial and must continue. The implications rising from global tussles to dominate supply chains, e.g. the semicon ecosystem creates opportunities for deeper economic cooperation.

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Insights gained from this tour will aid us in forming national strategies on developing coherent policies that promote complementary efforts from the various regions in Malaysia, leverage our strength and capitalise on specific high-value segments within chip-making.

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Two weeks ago, the team in @inforefsa organised a Selangor/Negeri Sembilan Semiconductor study tour to continue enhancing our knowledge and policy deliberations in this sector. This is further to a similar tour held in May focusing on the Penang/Kulim region.

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Many think of Penang/Kulim clusters as success stories. But we should not forget that other regions within Malaysia are also embedded within the supply chain and form an integral part of enhancing the resilience of the E&E sector in Malaysia, semiconductors included.

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Last Monday @inforefsa held a Geoeconomics Dialogue focusing not just on geopolitical externality factors, but also the fast changing geoeconomic development that poses huge opportunities to seize upon and risks that we as a country have to navigate.

Great conversation overall!

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Glad to moderate a book signing & conversation at MPH, The Exchange TRX for @LiewChinTong's new book titled "Second Take Off - Strategies for Malaysia's Economic Resurgence".

Hope such conversations will trigger a broader shift of mindset in how we can create a better society!

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Lastly, we need to double down on improving the efficiency of our public service delivery, from how cross-ministry programmes are coordinated to how public resources are being funded, monitored and spent. Tracking these deliverables and outputs ensures accountability too

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In part II of my article, I focus on green projects and climate agenda, improve our social well-being and strengthen governance to nurture sustainable economic development.

https://t.co/91dyDI0ltL

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Tying with issue of wages, key to increasing individual well-­being is lessen the feelings of economic precariousness and increase predictability in people’s lives. Social security system continues to play a part, but other public goods such as robust housing provision is vital.

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Now is the time for deeper reforms to take place. An article I wrote about how Malaysia can build its long-term economic strength by strengthening its fiscal position and implementing labour reforms to enhance our domestic workforce.

https://t.co/ymctU8FBhg

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...such dialogues provide further insights into understanding the pain points, opportunities and challenges in expanding bilateral local currency settlements.

These efforts serve as crucial enablers to further promote financial and economic integration regionally.

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Earlier this week I joined a dialogue hosted by Minister Counsellor Sun Shuqiang of the China Embassy in Malaysia to explore how Malaysia and China can promote and smoothen cross-border local currency settlements in ringgit and renminbi 1/4

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...has facilitated the access of Malaysian financial institutions into the Chinese financial market. As we continue to see a growing share of Malaysia’s trade settlements being carried out in domestic or Chinese currency rather than US dollars in recent years... 3/4