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UPDATED 8.05PM | It will continue to drive the country's digital economy.

He says sector expected to generate 500,000 jobs by 2025.

Finance Ministry report also says more companies will adopt digitalisation.

Community involvement in digital economy also provides wider opportunities in job market, says minister.

Digital economy is expected to contribute 22.6pct to GDP by 2025.

Govt will encourage 875k micro, small, medium enterprises to use e-commerce, says Muhyiddin.

Panel saw government participants from Ethiopia, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, and the Philippines.

'Reinvent’ mission includes bringing in exceptional talents, says its CEO Surina Shukri.

Over 95pct of world’s voice and data traffic rely on undersea cable networks.

In this way govt can implement master plan in a holistic manner which safeguards workers interest, it says.

MDEC aims to do this using 4IR tools for digitisation and digitalisation of economy as part of new norm.

M'sian entrepreneur Vijay Eswaran also says the bloc must act in unison to compete with countries like the US and China.

BAC Education pledges to provide digital skills training for thousands of Malaysians this year with a holistic solution designed to bridge the skills gap and to bring both Malaysian employees and enterprises into the digital economy.

Malaysia 5.0 is a new narrative for Malaysia as an innovation economy that can compete in a disruptive technology world.

With the potential collapse of traditional economic activities such as tourism and services, digital services might save the economy.