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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. receives Dato’ Seri Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi, the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, for a courtesy call at the Palace. Presidential Communications Office 

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1728950745827MARCOS MALAYSIA.jpg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. receives Dato’ Seri Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi, the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, for a courtesy call at the Palace. Presidential Communications Office</div>MANILA — The Philippines and Malaysia have agreed to strengthen collaboration on education and disaster response, Malacañang said Tuesday. The agreement was made after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. welcomed Dr. Ahmad Zahid Bin Hamidi, Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Rural and Regional Development, in Malacañang.During Hamidi’s courtesy call, Marcos noted that the Philippines’ “very good workforce” was young, hardworking, and well-trained. “Filipinos are used to working with foreign entities because of our diaspora. But we have to train them. After COVID, everything is new. The technologies are different,” the President said, as quoted by PCO.According to the Palace, Hamidi said Malaysia wanted to learn from the Philippine education system, as he noted his country’s focus on encouraging students to choose Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). In terms of disaster response cooperation, Hamido mentioned a Malaysian special group called SMART Team, which could be sent to the Philippines during typhoons and disasters with the President’s approval.“Of course, that is a very generous offer of assistance. Yes, thank you. Actually, we can organize that as soon as everyone is ready for that,” Marcos replied. The Philippine leader visited Malaysia in July 2023. In March that year, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim reciprocated with an official visit to the Philippines. <div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/07/27/23/marcos-gets-285-m-investment-pledges-in-malaysia-visit">Marcos gets $285-M investment pledges in Malaysia visit</a> <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/26/23/marcos-meets-with-malaysian-king-prime-minister">Marcos meets with Malaysian king, prime minister</a></div>Malaysia was the Philippines’ ninth largest trading last year, with total trade amounting to $8.15 billion, the PCO said. <div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/10/10/-foreign-direct-investments-up-in-july-1130">Foreign direct investments up in July</a> <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/10/10/marcos-jr-calls-for-public-private-collaboration-to-boost-asean-digital-economy-1110">Marcos calls for public-private collaboration to boost ASEAN digital economy</a></div>

The Philippines and Malaysia have agreed to strengthen collaboration on education and disaster response, Malacañang said Tuesday.

The Philippines and Malaysia have agreed to strengthen collaboration on education and disaster response, Malacañang said Tuesday.

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