The call for the Malaysian society to be a highly-technocratic one is not a new notion. In his Vision 2020 working paper in 1991, former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad highlighted the need to establish ‘a scientific and progressive society’ as the sixth challenge out of nine outlined in the national agenda.
In Budget 2011 tabled by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak last year, the government would provide the ‘Entrepreneurship Enhancement Training Programme’ to train 500 new technopreneurs and attract more investors.
Additionally,the Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC) would be provided with a start-up fund amounting to RM100 million to furnish soft loans that allowed loan repayments only after companies had generated income.
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