Malaysia facing severe brain drain with 1.86 million already gone, says digital minister
By Opalyn Mok
Tuesday, 29 Apr 2025 5:06 PM MYT


Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo said Malaysia is facing a critical brain drain issue with 1.86 million citizens, or 5.6 per cent of the population, having left over the past 50 years. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

GEORGE TOWN, April 29 — Malaysia is facing a critical brain drain problem with 1.86 million Malaysians having left the country over the past 50 years, said digital minister Gobind Singh Deo.

Gobind said the 1.86 million Malaysians represented 5.6 per cent of the population, which is higher than the global average of 3.6 per cent.

“As such, the Madani government has developed several strategies to not only strengthen the nation’s talent ecosystem, but to retain them,” he said during his keynote address at the launch of 42 Penang Campus here today.

He cited the Malaysia Digital Economy Blueprint (MDEB) — which covers the development of digital talent — as an example.

“Then we have the National Semiconductor Strategy which aims to train 60,000 high-skilled semiconductor engineers,” he said.

He said the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone is also projected to create 100,000 high quality job opportunities in key sectors, and attract skilled knowledge workers through a 15 per cent tax rate for 10 years.

“The ministry, through our agencies, and industry players have also joined forces in creating talents and stop the talent outflow,” he said.

“In addition to keeping our homegrown talents, we are also keen on attracting foreign talents through special visa passes,” he added.

Gobind said the government is committed to creating real opportunities in the tech space so that Malaysians can take the lead in artificial intelligence (AI), and other digital innovations.

Digital investments contributed significantly to Malaysia’s GDP growth of 5.1 per cent in 2024, he said.

He added that total approved investments under Malaysia Digital amounted to RM163.6 billion — a 250 per cent increase from 2023 — and created over 48,000 jobs, representing a 109 per cent rise compared to the previous year.

He also said that institutions like 42 Malaysia can assist Malaysia in its quest to accelerate the country’s digital progress.

To note, 42 Penang is a peer-to-peer, project based and tuition-free model for students to master software development, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence through real-world projects, collaborative problem solving and mentorship from industry leaders.

Meanwhile, in his speech, Penang chief minister Chow Kon Yeow said the state is intensifying efforts through initiatives like the Creative Digital District, Penang Silicon Design @5km+ and the Digital Economy Master Plan 2.0, which will drive investments in cloud computing, cybersecurity, AI and smart manufacturing.

now we left with brain damage people

Blame your own self lah

Nons mostly move out coz strugggle for many years and still kena butt fuck

I’m considering to leave once my job taking care of my parents is done

water is wet

sinjiapor: sgd wangi mah. thank you so much

The more, the merrier.

Politicians : Smart Rakyat are a pain in the ass. Very hard for us to brainwash & songlap kaw kaw.

ok

Gaji private sector not competitive at all, especially low to mid level position; no wonder people are leaving.

PuAS: Hooray!

politician not like those with not much brain ?
easily triggered and controlled using R&R

Grass is green, water is blue... ...

Not brainless meh ?

I only like those who are loyal. I don't need smart people around me. Ini line siapa ya ?

This post has been edited by Roman Catholic: Apr 30 2025, 08:49 AM

still can post on internet I consider still got brain lulz

inb4 no brain to begin with

More brainless people means more Videos can see

We have tried to restarting with little success with talemtcorp last time. Did they ANSLyse the failure of talentcorp and take remedial issue to rectify the failure or they just think the problem n issue new solutions….and how
Much success do they expect from this new initiative. Easy to issue new action but what is the goal and what % of achievement is considered as success? Otherwise it is syiok sendiri….

every year talk about same topic

must be a nice filler subject during meetings

Ok nanti we together go see loktor.

dah semua jawatan2, position2, job2 that could be filled by these pandai2 people already filled with sub-par anak cronies, cables etc.....
gaji pun sikit, lancau la...people rather go work overseas with double or triple pay

wahh... we still got banyak lagi brainz...

when will it drain finish???

Make blue collar job average pay SGD 5000 then you baru come talk.

Tell us how you people struggle?

BRAINROT is the new trend!

TUNG TUNG TUNG TUNG TUNG TUNG TUNG TUNG TUNG SAHUR!!!!

Good lah, so mamakthir no need butthurt later complain Earth Prince land bought by non Earth Prince.

Win-win, what’s not to like?

This is what happen when you refuse to pay
When bangla is paid higher than locals

As long this doesn't change, it's very hard to have any improvement

blame ownself la for implementing policies that prioritizes paying cronies and kulitfication instead of talents. It's the governments own policy fault.
Now complaining? go and blame all the previous governments policies.

According to some k/tard
building up factory is more important than talent retention

Proud to be part of the 1.86 mil

When you have low wages and high taxes, of course talents would be gone.

We are overtaxed because of Madani’s unnecessary wasteful expenditures.

the same issue for a decade but reported by different ppl only

so whats the solution..again?

majulah Singapore

Low wages i agree.

High taxes? Malaysia income tax is not high enough. Plus majority ppl (probably include the "real" B40) doesn't even 'qualified' to pay tax.

There was once hope....reformati, reformati, reformati. Hhgghh

Lol Malaysia is one of the top 5 with highest tax in South East Asia in terms of personal income tax (excluding those misc taxes which they keep on introducing).

This post has been edited by Cyberbullies: Apr 30 2025, 10:45 AM

I think figure over estimate.
Out of total 1.86million; 1.3 millions had claim British nationality not bcoz of brain or rich but long time ago we had that entitlement.
Now no more..

Better if he can give figure after 2000s, which is stillworking age & after British revoke our citizenship right..

This post has been edited by khusyairi: Apr 30 2025, 11:02 AM

Well, that's what we get for having 3R issues raised by Tun M here and there

Certain type must be happy to know so many have left.

He forgot to count the ones that are working overseas but keep IC for the tax relief lulz.

Malays (in smaller numbers so far) are leaving too. Some of my muslim cousins have been steadily making a life for themselves in other countries.

During last ramadan, the awek with whom I was working with to develop a pork-like flavoring additive using halal ingredients and methods contacted me. The project is dead. She decided to seek a better life elsewhere along with her partner because kena kecam teruk by the people around her and she can't tahan any more; she's a lesbian. There goes another intelligent and hard-working talent.

stupid race based policy & tongkat policy for type m are the root cause of this.
see how SG become 1st world country by completely separate race & religion from politics.
malaysia confirm will become a shithole country just like afghanistan.

We got new people coming in, apa sarahan

Post Merdeka, 1.3 million Malaysians had claims to (a form of) British Nationality: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1409722

But I don't think all 1.3 million of them took it up: https://www.loyarburok.com/2011/02/06/dual-...ens-malaysians/

Note that being eligible for British Nationality doesn't mean they had the right of abode in the UK: just ask the BN(O)'s and BOC's.

This idea of stealing brains and talents from other countries won't last and will just lead the world closer to World War even faster.

Look at what is happening in US and Europe right now?

They are now at the brink of a race war, unrest and unemployment everywhere.

In our country the brains are leaving because of the institutionalized R&R policies which were non favorable to the Nons, they flee to countries where their talents and skills are appreciated but in time history will repeat itself like what has happened to our country when their locals are sidelined for jobs having to compete with cheaper talents from 3rd world countries with R&R policies.

This also is known fact that those 3rd world countries which keeps exporting their talents will still continue to have exponential population growth and becomes unstoppable because 1st world countries are helping them relieve their excess burden to give them even more opportunities for their B40s to have more breathing space and breed even more.

In MY, after deduction/relief, i only pay less than 10% of my income, which is quite low already.
(Especially compare to my previous career back in Aust which i paid over 20%.)

For higher income (especially employee), expect to pay more taxes but still quite low.

Imagine those earning less than 100k, the taxes they pay are way too little. Don't forget the subsidies (tongkat) 'given' by the gov, it is basically 'peanuts'.

Money talks. People follow money. For own goods, retirement, etc.

Sudah dekad Kita bahas, tak bosan ke?

Solusi nia? Naik gaji? Gaji graduand 20 years ago Sama ngan 2025.

Apa Yang government buat? Apa business buat?

Support you, thats exactly what I done + divorced

It'll also soon happen to countries in the west such as America and Europe once they become truly multicultural like us.

We are more advance then them in terms of multicultural experimentation thanks to the Brits who introduced this idea to our country from colonial days.

Their founders and natives will start opposing the idea once they are kick out from their comfort chair.

SG is different because they are a small island which were already very developed when they obtained independence. All they needed was to keep the invitations to the world's wealthiest and sell the idea of efficiency/safety their economy is already secured.

It is still by far a majority Type-C nation with over 70% of its citizens?

U mean the banglas, Rohingyas and Palestinians?

Absolutely no problem

All that is left here are the trash

in another news: bangla and nepal brain drain. they achieve high salary in MY

it just how the world works

you pay much, you get much

Based on figure, which already discuss in British parliament & u can also google it.

1.3 million Malaysian had claimed British citizenship. As for now, only 16,000 stay in Malaysia.
Some stay in other country like Australia.
& of course 1.3 m is out of 10-15 million eligible (most already died & their children also not apply for it).

The point is, we lost 1.3 million population to British not bcoz of brain..

Brain drain is there (it is big issue) but not 1.86 million that migrate & give up citizenship over past 50 years..

This post has been edited by khusyairi: Apr 30 2025, 11:54 AM

Is this what we call Rohingya/Bangla Brain Drain?



Indonesia Foils Attempt by 68 Rohingyas, Bangladeshi Migrants to Illegally Cross Into Malaysia
https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/202...malaysia/174788

it's a fact politic without influence of race & religion policy is the best way to make a country maju. malaysia is failing in many aspects. the culture of tongkat is one of the main cause of malaysia failure.

This post has been edited by steevan1000: Apr 30 2025, 11:58 AM

Wakil Kaum dan Kerpercayaan despise smart rakyat, preferably only simpleton and sheeps 😁

No such thing in mentioned in the British parliament hansard. 1.3 million being eligible doesn't mean 1.3 million took it.

Being a UK citizen doesn't allow to stay in Australia. UK citizens have to migrate to Australia the same way as us Malaysian citizens

CUKC status is not hereditary, like BN(O). Even if both parents are CUKC/BN(O), the offspring will not be CUKC/BN(O). In limited circumstances the offspring can be BPP or BOTC, but only if they are not eligible for another citizenship, and it doesn't entitle them to migrate (trying to migrate with a BPP or BOTC is worst than as a Malaysian passport holder)

Bully talented non-muslim summore la. See what happens.

This is actually what the Communism ideals and utopia was as some say the father of the European Union Richard von Kalergi and Stalin wished for.

A World without races, religions and different cultures.

The Eurasian-Negoid race that look like ancient Egyptians.

USA is already almost there what happened today?

The top 1% holds the wealth of almost the entire country, growing homeless and store thieves/loots everywhere.

There are many poor B40 talented Nons around but also they also feel that their lives are wasted getting no where despite trying the best everyday.

No country will be able to continue taking in talented brains forever doing white collar jobs. Someone has to do the dirty 3D jobs for an economy to thrive.

Do not let the elites fool you in their games. The rich and wealthy can always obtain the best education certs/qualifications they want and migrate anywhere in the world to live if they want.

It is the poor who cannot afford proper education despite talented will always be looked upon as unskilled poorfags.

What happened to our country today will soon happen also in the West once the migrants outbreed them and take over their local jobs.

It is an unsustainable idea in the long run.

Why you think countries like Brunei don't have R&R issues like us? Also Bhutan? In terms of "controversial" definition of brains and talents they got more than Malaysia?

But they don't have one problem that Malaysia, Western countries and other countries have. A growing population of foreigners that seek to replace their own locals.

all plans meaningless without addressing root reason

Brunei R&R ?

wiki: Brunei is one of seven monarchic dictatorships in the world.

monarchic dictatorships = .........

i tot DAP wan to build malaysia for malaysian where everyone is treated fairly and equally.. and they know how to do if they win power..

this minister don know?

he not part of the whatapps group ar?

You got hear local Bruneians complaining about mistreatment and ditindas? Complain about food inflation and unemployment?

Happy only despite simple economy. Income tax free, big cars, cheap gas, plenty of affordable food, despite no nightlife entertainment..

They also not complaining only foreigner like you trying to make up excuses for them.Their Nons community free to work outside their country and study SJKC schools no stress or complain ditindas..many of their Type-C ended up working in TW and China.

monarchic dictatorship



This post has been edited by Redhunt: Apr 30 2025, 01:05 PM

Loyalty itu paling penting.

For those who missed out on Brunei food scene and low inflation prices:

Bukan anak itu rezeki problem, football team family?

Negara kecik senang urus less to feed, more jobs available?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Brunei/comments/17...more_impact_to/

https://borneobulletin.com.bn/combating-inflation/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Brunei/comments/s2...ation_is_crazy/

https://english.news.cn/20220707/1035113a18...a07d687e/c.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/Brunei/comments/vw...ts_out_you_can/

https://borneobulletin.com.bn/consumers-bus...food-imports-2/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Brunei/comments/wf...m_kaizen_sushi/

https://www.facebook.com/infountukkitabersa...68726260104774/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Brunei/comments/q4...ased_in_prices/

https://borneobulletin.com.bn/healthy-diet-...est-in-asean-2/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Brunei/comments/eb...e_our_money_is/

https://web.archive.org/web/20201229064046/...on-food-prices/

Looks like we have the same purpose.

I am not sure how long lives my parents are.

Worried as time comes, my age becomes too old to leave.

GROCERY SHOPPING WITH PRICES IN BRUNEI 2 WEEKS SUPPLY !!

Dare to complain?

With same purchasing power as Singaporeans, what's stopping Bruneians from flying out to nearby Asian countries to flex their purchasing power?

Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia..even as far as China and Taiwan Japan.

Bruneian Ringgit is now higher value than AUD and JPY

Due to their low population density there, landed homes, low rise apartments, cars, fuel, food is still sufficient for all their citizens.

Nons Bruneians aren't really complaining when everyone has enough to eat, low local unemployment rate, affordable holidays and little competition.

No income tax, plenty affordable food & housing, high purchasing power.

Complain for what?

sooner or later meresiah nons gonna be those that come back for nostalgia and cheap food.

there no brain drain issue, theres only economy issue, if economy good there will be no brain drain but brain influx
time to stop the R&R propaganda, gomen only need do one job is to bake a bigger cake not slicing the cake thinnier to feed more people

This post has been edited by jay: Apr 30 2025, 01:42 PM

Wait till the unrest and race war happens there, they'll surely miss their own home country.

Meanwhile in China..

The Return Wave: Why 80% of China's Top Graduates Are Returning Home
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-08-29/The-r...RciUg7ok/p.html

Top Mathematician Kenji Fukaya Leaves US To Join China's Tsinghua University Amid Rising Tensions
https://www.benzinga.com/news/24/09/4093990...rising-tensions

Top chip designer Sun Nan leaves US and finds ‘room to play’ in China
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/art...room-play-china

China is experiencing the OPPOSITE - Brain GAIN.

Many don't understand the brain drain is not about R&R. The real reason is the money offer and quota filling.

Overpopulation is the biggest contributor to R&R issue because the locals who can't compete wants their share to be guaranteed.

China does not have multiculturalism issues and a declining birth rate problem. Therefore paying their own citizens well and giving them enough spaces to breath i will lure talents back to their country.

Can Malaysia follow?

no gobind...its actually trouble drain away...good for nation...we should train 100k penunggang that specialised in 3r, fitnah, tuai and sex.

Our country can spend to pay competitive world level salaries for those earning in US and Singapore a not?

Are we willing to take in the best top scholars across the world regardless of R&R and leave the useless to rot? Do away with exclusive tongkat and quota?

What is the problem? Overpopulation? Cannot afford to pay as much as other countries? Too many useless grads from paper mills just for pride sake but can only do monkey job but still need to keep them in employment?

Why Brunei don't have this problem?

By the way education system is also overrated today because many are from paper mills and opportunities are only held by the privileged rich.
Hard work alone won't get you far. Generational gap replacement is also getting much narrower, population keeps increasing, unofficial retirement age is also becoming earlier and life expectancy is also decreasing.

Orang kiter pegang

With book like this becoming official policies and people including Type C keep voting the author to be leader of the country, what can you expect?

The local natives getting advice from a Keralan mamak? What could go wrong?

No wonder the West is also in a big mess today with their changing society and population.

Trying to take in the spillover of countries which cannot control their own local population out of compassion and slowly ended up replaced themselves for jobs and birth rates?

So kick out those who are not 'native' enough. Well that worked for Burma and Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Cannot later international NGOs such as UN says you committing genocide to your own people even recent new citizenship recipients.

Already too late we already let them in and given them citizenship so they done claim.

Ah yes the Ibrahim Ali talking point: "The Chinese in Malaysia are a mistake that need to be rectified"

The CommunistsZionists already taught them well how to evade race identification already.

Now they identify themselves as British and Canadians nationalities instead of bringing up race already wherever they hold citizenship of the country.

Interestingly mamak also used this tactic to take control of the ultra nationalist party of this country.

Strangely 95% of them will still vote for the person saying this. This is a crazy world we living in

cukur mereka sudah balik tongsan
bumi ni milik siape

More Malaysian non's outside of China than who have managed to settle in China.

Ask a type-C in Malaysia: how many people they know who have migrated to Australia/New Zealand/UK, vs those that have migrated to China

skills change with every generation.

Those that left 50 years ago, won't be equipped with current gen skill set.

Half of jobs for next gen probably hasn't even been invented yet.

Today got social media influencer, sustainability officers, AI specialists etc. Next gen would have new jobs.


In that context, it is irrelevant what happened in the past. Its what will happen in future that makes the difference.

So if you're local Non already passed mid age, no job underemployed, low chance of opportunity to migrate, no money what else you hope for in life?

Only way is survive and lie flat wait to die in an ageing society. What is life meaning and hope?

And yet:

smart one chase away
bodo one keep
pikachu face later

That is why I said generational gap displacement is getting wider and a growing population.

"Unofficial" unemployable retirement age is now getting earlier and human life expectancy is decreasing due to early removal from workforce.

We are not like Japan, 80+ still employable not because they can't find replacements but they have a duty to keep all citizens alive/going in society.

Still employable and have their place in society.

Unlike countries with uncontrollable population with growing youth replacements to feed.

I nominate this for haiku of the year