Six reasons why Malaysia must focus on Apec 2020


Malaysia is a trading country. Its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is slightly above one third of a trillion USD, which means Malaysia has a lot of room to grow.

After all, Indonesia made it as a trillion dollar GDP. Although Indonesia has 10 times the population of Malaysia, Putrajaya is the first country in the Malay archipelago to have tackled poverty systematically and strategically.

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