Muhyiddin launches MSDN

Aussie connection: Muhyiddin meeting scientists and Malaysian students after launching the MSDN in Gold Coast. With him is Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin (second from left). — Bernama

GOLD COAST (Australia): The Malaysian Scientific Diaspora Network (MSDN) has been launched here, serving as a key platform to connect Malaysian scientists worldwide and promote collaborative research in their areas of expertise for the country's benefit.

Launched by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who is currently on a nine-day working visit to Australia, the MSDN inititiave is part of the national agenda to tap local talents abroad.