Look East Policy Malaysia

Prime minister tun dr mahathir mohamad pointed to education training and investment as among the areas that malaysia and japan could benefit from working closely with each other.

Look east policy malaysia. Abstract upon becoming prime minister of malaysia in 1981 mahathir initiated the look east policy. Disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term. This policy looked at korea and japan and sought to use these countries as examples. By 2020 malaysia aims to become a high income nation and the.

Looking east also did not mean following all eastern habits blindly or trading solely with these countries it was learning the good values of the east particularly their work ethics and their technological skills. When japan started modernizing during the meiji restoration east asians who were then faced with aggressive european and american free traders to open their countries for trade looked at japan s handling of this problem. The policy was essentially an attempt to encourage the malaysian to change their traditional perspectives of western countries as role models and instead look towards the east. Lep 2 0 is facilitating access to japanese capital through samurai bonds and providing malaysia with investment skilled labour and technologies from japan.

Malaysia and japan will rejuvenate and upgrade the look east policy to deepen collaboration and strengthen business competitiveness for both countries. The policy was not only meant as an economic measure but also as a cultural policy to aid the poor malays. Look east policy malaysia instituted under prime minister mahathir mohamad. The people of east asia had been looking east long before malaysia adopted the look east policy.

The policy did not just focus on japan but south korea and taiwan as well. If an internal link led you here you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. In the early 1980s malaysia s look east policy brought the country closer to japan and successfully stimulated the economy. Kuala lumpur the star asia news network prime minister tun dr mahathir mohamad has announced that malaysia is renewing or to be more precise upgrading the look east policy he adopted as a.

In the early 1980s malaysia s look east policy brought the country closer to japan and successfully stimulated the economy. Mahathir mohamad on the 8th february 1982 during the 5th joint annual conference of majeca jameca in hilton hotel kuala lumpur. The look east policy lep is announced by former prime minister tun dr. By 2020 malaysia aims to become a high income nation and the government s look east policy 2 0 is further strengthening the country s ties to japan.