The country's halal industry players are advised not to be too open about sharing knowledge, strategies and marketing tactics with other countries to maintain Malaysia as the world's leading halal product certification and production leader, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Ahmad Zahid who is also the chairman of the Halal Industry Development Council emphasised that excessive information sharing may cause other countries to imitate Malaysia's approach, thereby affecting the country's position as a leader in halal products since 1974. "For example, Malaysia used to be the number one producer and exporter of rubber and palm commodities in the world, including the leader in Islamic banking. But we are forced to accept when we fall behind compared to the neighbouring countries because we share too much knowledge and strategies," he said when officiating the 2024 Halal Ecosystem Transformation Workshop at a hotel in the federal capital this morning Ahmad Zahid said the attitude of being too 'kind' to share knowledge, technology and knowledge needs to be controlled for the sake of the country. "If we are too kind to share everything....in the end we are left behind," he said. The Halal Ecosystem Transformation Workshop 2024 is a programme jointly organised by the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI), Halal Development Corporation (HDC), Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM) and the Bumiputera Economic Congress secretariat, was attended by approximately 100 participants including the Minister at Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Dr Mohd Na'im Mokhtar and MARA chairman Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki. Source: BERNAMA News Agency