GEORGE TOWN, April 21 -- Penang has the potential and duty to become a regional education hub, said Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow at the Empowering Education Summit 2025.

He highlighted institutions like Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang Skills Development Centre (PSDC), and the Penang STEM ecosystem as key anchors.

"Let us make Penang a testbed for cross-border skill certification, especially in green technology, robotics, and chip design-areas where our industries are actively growing," he said during his opening addresss at the Empowering Education Summit 2025 at Jen Hotel here.

Chow also pointed to decades of close industry-academia collaboration with global industrial giants like Intel, AMD, and Bosch.

The state, he said, ca...