Future direction of technology development and its challenges for Malaysia

Abstract

Malaysian economy has an excellent growth record for the last nine years under an aggressive development strategy of Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. Despite the global economic recession, economic growth of Malaysia continues to gallop at an average of about 8 per cent, since 1985. A decade of continuous economic growth is a pleasure, enjoyed by the whole population, has also put tremendous strain on the infrastructure of the country. However, Malaysia is fortunate that the government has reacted very quickly to tackle some of the infrastructural bottleneck that could stifle the economic growth. The continuous upgrading of the road systems, port development, telecommunication, power supply, airport development are some of the examples that the Government has TAKEN IMMEDIATE ACTION in order to meet the challenges of the economic development of the country.