"Firstly the electronics industry is low on industrial pollution; secondly it's a labor-intensive industry that fully utilizes the abundant local labor market." Thus Chou Pang-ch'uan, investment director of the Malaysia Friendship and Trade Center, explains the warm welcome the industry gets from the Malaysian government. The presence of large American and Japanese firms encouraged smaller businesses.
「一來電子業的工業汙染小，是政府鼓勵發展的項目；二來它屬於勞力密集的工業，而當地豐沛的勞動力可充分利用」，馬來西亞友誼及貿易中心投資部主任周邦銓道出大馬政府對電子業「情有獨鍾」的原因。