PUTRAJAYA, April 22 — Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah today stressed that the ‘Look East Policy’ will be enhanced under the Pakatan Harapan government.
“Perhaps under the previous administration not much focus was given to the ‘Look East Policy’.
“Now this will be the focus but with some innovations such as the establishment of the Japanese University in Malaysia.
“Previously, we were looking at Korean and Japanese technology but now we want to emulate their work culture and discipline,” he said in a joint interview arranged to commemorate Pakatan Harapan’s first anniversary in power
The ‘Look East Policy’ was introduced by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad when he was the fourth prime minister at the end of 1981 and elaborated on in early 1982.
It has run a course of more than three decades.
The idea was to emulate the work ethic of the East Asian countries, such as Japan on some vital aspects of their disciplined society and governance systems.
