摘要：Competitive advantage in today’s globalized economy lies principally in fostering the skills, knowledge, creativity and competencies of people and these cuts across nations, regions, sectors and organizations. This is very significant as it is explicit recognition that individual human development is fundamental to our collective development as societies. As the success in the 21st century is driven by excellence in engineering and technology innovation, by pushing the boundaries of knowledge and braving through discoveries of new, innovative and improved product and processes, we, as technical universities must play key role in fostering these skills and provides the best effort to be the pillar for these success. While we face significant competition for developing and instilling the engineering and technology skills within our region, other nations are also putting in place measures to boost and strengthen their capacity. Hence we must seize every opportunity to stand at par with other countries, while making sure sustainability and dynamic growth of Malaysia economy.
