Excerpt taken from an article originally written by Cindy Yeap, and published by Edge Malaysia.

PATRICK Y-Kin Grove

Technopreneur, co-founder and group CEO of Catcha Group. He is also master developer of Kuala Lumpur Internet City, site of the private-public Digital Free Trade Zone.

Malaysia, in particular, has tremendous potential to be the leader of the digital revolution in Asean. However, in order to leap ahead of our neighbours — for example, Singapore, whose government has been very welcoming of tech businesses — the government and tech leaders need to work hand in hand. Here are our five big ideas for making Malaysia the leader of the Asean digital revolution.