2022 Asia Economic & Entrepreneurship Summit News Clippings

31 May 2022, China Daily

Asia Economic and Entrepreneurship Summit opens in Kuala Lumpur

The Asia Economic and Entrepreneurship Summit opened in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday to explore the region’s economic and business disruptions and opportunities in post-COVID-19 recovery megatrends and shifts toward green technology, digitalization and innovation especially as Asia grapples with the new normal. The one-day forum, which is being held in a hybrid format, has been organized by the KSI Strategic Institute for Asia Pacific, Economic Club of Kuala Lumpur (ECKL) and China Daily Asia Pacific.

31 May 2022, China Daily

Asia's developing economies going greener with digital technologies

Developing Asia needs to focus on green technology, digitalization and innovative solutions as it gradually moves to rebuild the pandemic-hit economy, according to the participants of a regional forum held on May 31. But the new normal also means that Asia must take a new path to growth – one that is more equitable, environment-friendly and promotes a shared prosperity, according to government officials, senior company executives, civil society leaders and academic experts who attended in the Asia Economic and Entrepreneurship Summit (AEES) held in Malaysia. The AESS’ theme is “The Great Reset - Asia Megatrends and Opportunities Post COVID”. The one-day forum, held in a hybrid format in Kuala Lumpur, was organized by the KSI Strategic Institute for Asia Pacific, Economic Club of Kuala Lumpur (ECKL) and China Daily Asia Pacific.

01 Jun 2022, China Daily

Asia needs new path toward prosperity

Asia needs to exercise good governance and focus on green technology, digitalization and innovative solutions as nations gradually rebuild their pandemic-hit economies for a new era, a regional forum was told on Tuesday. For this to happen, Asia must take a new path to growth－one that is more equitable and environmentally friendly and which promotes shared prosperity, according to the government officials, senior executives, civil society leaders and academics who attended the Asia Economic and Entrepreneurship Summit in Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia. On the theme of "The Great Reset－Asia Megatrends and Opportunities Post COVID", the meeting was organized by the KSI Strategic Institute for Asia Pacific, the Economic Club of Kuala Lumpur and China Daily Asia Pacific.

31 May 2022, New Strait Times

Penang set to be an innovation supercluster for manufacturing

Penang is set to become an innovation supercluster for manufacturing, through the adoption of Industrial Revolution 4.0 and emerging technologies. Penang Yang di-Pertua Negeri, Tun Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak said the state is also developing another industrial zone on the mainland side of the state. He said the Batu Kawan Industrial Park, which is about 465.8 hectares in size, houses over 160 companies, both multinational companies (MNC) and local companies alike. "The Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone has become a game-changer for the regional electrical and electronics (E&E) ecosystem.

01 Jun 2022, The Sun

Malaysian Firms told to adopt digitalisation to compete globally

Malaysian companies must adopt digitalisation of their business model and enabling technologies in order to compete globally, said the Economic Club of Kuala Lumpur executive council member Tan Sri Rainer Althoff.

01 Jun 2022, Malaysian Reserve

Three major shifts to look out for Malaysia

“The advent of IR4.0 will shift manual labour jobs to automation, demographic changes will shift from Baby Boomers to Millennials and Zoomers, and the centre of economic and political power will shift from the west to Asia,” Penang Governor Datuk Seri Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak (picture) said in his speech at the annual Asia Economic and Entrepreneurship Summit (AEES) yesterday.

31 May 2022, Sin Chew Daily

槟元首：防后疫情时代“黑天鹅” 做好准备应对全球动荡

槟州元首敦阿末弗兹指出，在经历冠病疫情后，政府和企业须做好准备随时应对“黑天鹅事件”，勿要再像2020年般措手不及。 “在乌克兰发生的冲突也提醒了我们全球经济，甚至扩大至全球价值链脆弱性。” 他认为，政府及私人领域的领袖必须具有远见及策略，理解和预测全球的主要转变和趋势，以更好地为国家和公司做准备，以应对世界的动荡。

31 May 2022, Guang Ming Daily

檳元首：防後疫情時代“黑天鵝” 做好準備應對全球動蕩

檳州元首敦阿末弗茲指出，在經歷冠病疫情後，政府和企業須做好準備隨時應對“黑天鵝事件”，勿要再像2020年般措手不及。 “在烏克蘭發生的沖突也提醒了我們全球經濟，甚至擴大至全球價值鏈脆弱性。” 他認為，政府及私人領域的領袖必須具有遠見及策略，理解和預測全球的主要轉變和趨勢，以更好地為國家和公司做准備，以應對世界的動蕩。他今日在皇岦策略研究院與吉隆坡經濟俱樂部聯合舉辦的2022年亞洲經濟和創業峰會暨終身成就獎頒獎典禮上發表主題為“後疫情時代的新常態下，亞洲面臨的挑戰：領導、治理和安全”的演講時，這麼說道。