Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has welcomed more German businesses to take advantage of Malaysia’s strategic location in Southeast Asia and its developed infrastructure as a preferred investment destination.
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00:00 Good evening, Najibudin from Newsreels Times.
00:07 My question is for Datuk Sri Anwar. Can you share a little bit with us
00:12 on the latest progress and developments on trade and investments by Germany to
00:16 Malaysia
00:16 and perhaps can you also elaborate somewhat on the administration's
00:20 challenge with regards to
00:22 the shift towards renewable energy in Malaysia.
00:25 Now for His Excellency Chancellor Schultz, the question is you had in 2022
00:31 spoke of a
00:32 "Zeitenwende" to signify a shift in German foreign and security policies
00:37 but with your greater focus now on Southeast Asia
00:40 or rather ASEAN context in general, how does Germany view Malaysia in terms of
00:45 bilateral
00:46 importance, trade as well as on regional issues?
00:50 Thank you. Well, within European Union,
00:55 Germany of course our largest trading partner and
01:00 you have invested a substantial
01:03 amount close to 15 billion dollars and in our discussions
01:08 as I mentioned in Finian and many
01:11 leading German companies, I am of course
01:14 extremely glad that they have chosen Malaysia to be
01:18 an important hub, center of excellence, training and important hub
01:22 in the region. So I look forward to further collaboration on this subject.
01:26 Although we have also said that training should be the focus,
01:31 we have 1,000 students here throughout
01:35 Germany, you have a few hundred in Malaysia, which is
01:38 something welcome but of course
01:42 working with many of the German companies for training and for
01:47 initial exposure
01:48 and in terms of renewable energy
01:51 there has been our thrust, our focus now and we are fortunate because we can,
01:56 we are strong in solar, strong in green
02:00 and strong in terms of our capacity to export
02:04 renewable energy which we have done so into the capital of Indonesia,
02:08 the new capital to undersea cable
02:12 to Singapore and one dedicated to
02:16 peninsular Malaya. So there is huge potential, that is why you can see this
02:20 mushrooming of data centers and AI into the region
02:25 in Malaysia.
02:26 [silence]