Private sector must embrace new technologies to accelerate economic recovery –PM 15 Apr 2021 / 14:15 H. Bernama KUALA LUMPUR: The private sector must embrace new technologies in order for the country to accelerate its economic recovery, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pix). He said the COVID-19 pandemic had been an enabler for hastening the adoption of digital solutions, and it had also demonstrated the importance of upgrading and strengthening the technology and infrastructure to ease the process of doing business. “This includes reducing our reliance on unskilled labour as we move swiftly into a phase of automation and digitalisation,” he said in his speech during the dialogue session with industries organised by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry here today.