Reversing brain drain into brain gain

Moving up: The creation of more high-skilled jobs is key for Malaysia to become a high-income nation. – 123rf.com

FLORENCE Tan, Penny Wong and, most recently, Fakhirah Khairuddin, have become household names in Malaysia of late – all for achieving admirable success abroad.

These Malaysia-born professionals may be outliers in the country’s talent landscape – after all, how many Malaysians can work for US space agency Nasa like Tan, for one – but their stories have again cast a spotlight on our brain drain issue.