Wan Junaidi: New incentives for FRIM scientists being drafted


KUALA LUMPUR: Some 200 local scientists with the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) may soon get to reap profits of their discoveries, said Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (pic).

The Natural Resources and Environment Minister said a mechanism is being drafted to implement the new incentives to spur commercialisation of research under FRIM Inc which was set up in 2017.

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