Nearly two million Malaysians reside abroad, most of them in Singapore. What’s behind this brain drain?
The Malaysian government can make citizen's foreign spouses more welcome to continue their careers in the country, says the writer.showing that over one million of its nearly two million diaspora reside in Singapore, it set off yet another round of hand-wringing over the country’s decades-long brain drain problem, and much eye-rolling among my friends.
And of course, Malaysia can always improve on correcting the push factors that nudge its citizens across the border. It is a long list of fixes – from devising socio-economic policies that produce quality education and less corruption as well as offering job and business opportunities based on merit and ability, not ethnicity and political connections.But there is also a lot to be said for setting aside the complaints and soldiering on with the cards you have been dealt, wherever you are.
V met her husband, an academic from the European Union, in London and decided to stay put after getting a finance job there and paying back her bond. Another common theme that emerged from my unscientific study is what I refer to as the three Fs: family, friends and food. Not necessarily in that order and not necessarily in the way you would imagine.
Having friends in Malaysia adds to this “sense of community and belonging”, she said. “It is our home. There is love for the country irrespective of the challenges.”
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