Manufacturing sector to remain key driver of M'sian economy


GEORGETOWN: The manufacturing sector will remain the key driver of the Malaysian economy with exports of electrical and electronics (E and E) products expected to increase five per cent this year.

He said despite the uncertainty in the global economic environment, the Malaysian economy had demonstrated deep resilience, underpinned by comfortable levels of reserves, low external debt, low unemployment and healthy inflows of foreign direct investments.

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