The first step taken by Malaysian Government towards introducing Biotechnology in Malaysia was the launching of National Biotechnology Policy on 28th April 2005. It is expected that Malaysia as one of the Asian Country well know with Technology advancement would contribute approximately five percent to the country’s Gross Domestic Product in years to come. Personally, being a fresh graduate in Biotechnology I encounter difficulties to be employed in a research industry or even a job related to the field I had pursued. But rest assured the advancement in this industry would be favoring more jobs to the graduate’s years to come. Malaysian Government had made investment to construct a world class research facility in four main Biotechnology applications which is Agribiotechnolgy, genomics, pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals. This was done by creating excellent research industries based in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and also BioValley Malaysia in Dengkil with strong affiliation with Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). The support given by the Government is further boosted under the 9th Malaysia Plan (2006 – 2010) whereby nearly RM 2.1 billion have been allocated for the success in this industry. Thus, with all these steps being taken by the government, I believe soon Malaysia will become a well known country not only in its advancement in Technology but also in Biotechnology. This blog is created for you to find the resent updates in Biotechnology as well as the recent jobs available in this field because Malaysia needs the mind of young Scientist.
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