AT a recent roundtable discussion hosted by the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (Mida) on the issue of declining domestic direct investment (DDI), it was highlighted that there is a need to boost local small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
THE investment flows of Malaysia’s domestic direct investments (DDIs) have not been very encouraging. This is not an of late occurrence owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. In fact, as the data suggests, DDI has been diminishing since 2015.