More R&D to stretch rubber industry further


Impressed: Muhyiddin trying on a pair of rubber gloves. Looking on are Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok (second from right) and Top Glove chairman Tan Sri Lim Wee Chai (left). — Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: Five new research and development facilities for the rubber production sector are in the pipeline, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

He added that this was a part of the Government Economic Transfor­mation Plan’s efforts to promote the rubber industry, especially in the production of rubber gloves, as a key driver of the economy.

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