Malaysia Minister of Housing and Local Government Nga Kor Ming ruffled some feathers with a speech eight years ago where he had rousingly asked Singaporeans to work in Malaysia.
In an interview with Malaysian news site Oriental Daily published on Friday (June 26), Nga reflected on his statement, adding that it was not intended to be negative.
He explained the speech was said during a time when Malaysia was in “dire need of rebuilding”, and that it was intended to incentivise and motivate Malaysia into striving for progress, so that Singaporeans would want to work in Malaysia.
“This vision has gradually been turning into reality,” Nga said in Mandarin, citing H&M shifting its Southeast Asian headquarters from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur, along with Gardenia moving its production to Malaysia as two examples of this shift in movement.
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