Landmark deal boosts Malaysia’s semiconductor hub dream


Historic partnership: Zafrul, Syed Alwi, Anwar, Sim and Jaffri at the MoU Exchange Ceremony.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s ambition to emerge as a global semiconductor hub received a boost as Collaborative Research in Engineering, Science and Tech­nology (Crest) and the Human Resource Development Corpo­ra­tion (HRD Corp) inked a memoran­dum of understanding (MOU) to launch the Engineering Talent for Semiconductor Industry (ETSI) Programme.

Held in conjunction with the Asean Semiconductor Summit 2025 and marking the first anniversary of the National Semicon­ductor Strategy (NSS), the MOU was signed by Crest chief executive officer Jaffri Ibrahim and HRD Corp chief executive officer Dr Syed Alwi Mohamed Sultan.

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