Marcos on 3-day state visit to Malaysia

The Manila Times

Marcos on 3-day state visit to Malaysia  President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, July 26, 2023, delivers a speech at the Villamor Airbase in Pasay City before leaving for Malaysia. He said his three-day visit is an opportune time to harness the potential of a  revitalized relationship between the two countries.  VIDEO BY CATHERINE VALENTE  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net  Follow us: Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion  Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Check out our Podcasts: Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #DailyNews #Malaysia #Philippines #Bilateral #FerdinandMarcosJr #Diplomacy

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00:00 on the successful visit of the Malaysian Prime Minister

00:03 Davutogseli and Orin Graying to the Philippines in March 2023.

00:10 I believe that this is an opportune time

00:12 to harness the potentials of a revitalized relationship

00:16 between the Philippines and Malaysia.

00:19 The Philippines and Malaysia have long

00:21 enjoyed close economic ties, supported

00:24 by strong bilateral ties stretching back for decades.

00:29 Building on past successes, this state visit to Malaysia

00:33 aims to identify new areas of synergies

00:36 that can propel our partnership and serve

00:39 as a roadmap for our respective agencies

00:42 to work on for the mutual benefit of both our countries

00:47 and the peoples of the new century.

00:50 During this visit, I will have an audience

00:52 with His Majesty the King of Malaysia,

00:54 where we will discuss how we can further

00:57 deepen our partnerships through new areas of mutual interest.

01:02 I will also meet with His Excellency Prime Minister

01:05 Ang Moa to pursue areas of cooperation

01:08 in our agreed priority areas that

01:11 are aligned with our countries' respective economic agendas.

01:16 In order to assist our nation's project of economic growth

01:21 and to meet our economic target of 6.4% year-on-year GDP

01:26 growth this year, my visit will focus

01:30 on the renewed partnerships in the fields of agriculture,

01:33 food and security, digital economy, tourism,

01:37 people-to-people exchanges, as well as

01:39 explore new avenues for cooperation,

01:43 particularly in areas of the halal industry

01:46 and Islamic banking.

01:49 The halal industry is expected to grow

01:51 to a trillion-dollar industry in the international market,

01:55 as its global demand continues to expand.

01:58 Malaysia is one of the global leaders in this sector,

02:02 and this visit aims to forge synergies

02:06 with Malaysia for the Philippines

02:08 to enjoy a share of this market.

02:11 Given the multitude of sectors for economic cooperation

02:14 in Malaysia, I will be meeting with Malaysian business leaders

02:18 as well to showcase trade and investment opportunities.

02:23 I hope that through the investment forum, roundtable

02:27 discussions, and business meetings organized

02:30 by the Department of Trade and Industry,

02:33 we will build new bridges between our economies

02:36 and create inroads to new ventures

02:39 that will see our binational trade volumes

02:42 and investments increase.

02:45 And this brings me to my next point.

02:47 Malaysia is a host of thriving Filipino diaspora, many of whom

02:53 left their families to find work and live in Malaysia.

02:57 I will be meeting our hardworking kamabayans

03:00 in Malaysia to personally show the nation's care and protection

03:04 and reassure them that the government is continuously

03:07 working to ensure their safety and well-being.

03:12 It is also my belief that through the investments

03:15 we bring in from my various foreign visits,

03:18 soon our kamabayans will no longer

03:20 be forced to work abroad.

03:22 But we'll have a choice.

03:24 Go home and find suitable work in the Philippines

03:27 so that they may be re-remembered with their families.

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