Malaysia pushes talent development to boost chip sector

Employers point out gap between academic training and industry needs

20241211 Malaysia chip plant AT&S

An AT&S plant in Penang: The Austrian company designs and manufactures printed circuit boards and integrated circuit substrates in Malaysia. (AT&S)

NORMAN GOH and HAKIMIE AMRIE, Nikkei staff writers

KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia is rushing to foster engineering talent to meet the country's ambition to become a major player in the global semiconductor industry.

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