Insights in store for Malaysia investors at the Post’s China Conference
Two-day event caters to rising global interest in China’s Southeast Asian footprint with speakers including Malaysia’s economic affairs minister Azmin Ali and former Hong Kong chief executive Leung Chun-ying
International investors and diplomats in Malaysia are expected to carefully parse comments by government officials in a slew of high-profile business forums taking place in Kuala Lumpur this week.
Among them is the South China Morning Post’s flagship China Conference, which is taking place outside the newspaper’s Hong Kong base for the first time ever.
In a private dinner with keynote speakers at the forum, China’s ambassador to Malaysia Bai Tian said the event was occurring at a time of “flourishing” ties between the two countries.
The two-day Post event at the Kuala Lumpur Hilton beginning Wednesday will feature a keynote speech by Malaysia’s economic affairs minister Azmin Ali, a key lieutenant of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who is spearheading efforts to attract foreign investors to Southeast Asia’s third-largest economy.
Others speaking at the forum include youth and sports minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman; Shahril Ridza Ridzuan, the newly installed managing director of Malaysia’s state investment arm Khazanah Holdings; and Ming Maa, the president of the regional ride-hailing firm Grab.