M’sia FDI at record high

Investment figures: (from left) International Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Ong Kian Ming, Leiking and Mida CEO Datuk Azman Mahmud with the Mida report.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s approved foreign direct investment (FDI) hit an all-time-high in 2018 and broke the RM80bil mark, even as global FDI figures dipped to the lowest levels in a decade.

However, the country’s domestic direct investment (DDI) continued to fall for the fourth consecutive year in 2018, across the manufacturing, services and primary sectors.