On June 26, Ambassador Miyagawa attended the “Healthcare National Key Economic Area Progress Update” hosted by YB Datuk Seri Dr. S.Subramaniam, Minister of Health.

Malaysia is focusing on healthcare industry as one of the National Key Economic Areas in the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) which aims to elevate the country to developed-nation status by 2020.

During the conference, the Minister of Health announced that Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation’s project of constructing a new medical devices factory in Penang was accredited as one of the Entry Point Projects under the ETP.