KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Feb 26 (NNN-Bernama) — Domestic and foreign direct investments in Malaysia hit RM235.9 billion in 2014, up 7.52 per cent, from RM219.4 billion received in 2013, said International Trade and Industry Minister Mustapa Mohamed.
Domestic Direct Investments (DDIs) accounted for RM171.3 billion or 72.6 per cent of total investments, a bulk of which was in the manufacturing, services and primary sector, while the remaining RM64.6 billion or 27.4 per cent came from foreign direct investments (FDIs).
In 2013, DDIs stood at RM159.94 billion while FDIs amounted to RM59.45 billion.
Mustapa said the country’s investment performance in 2014 exceeded the average annual investments target of RM148 billion set under the 10th Malaysia Plan.
The ratio of FDIs and DDIs was in line with the government’s drive to actively promote domestic investments, as outlined in the Economic Transformation Programme and the 10th Malaysia Plan, he said at a press conference to...
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June 12, 2015 , by admin2
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 April (Bernama) — Syarikat Jerman mengharapkan Komuniti Ekonomi ASEAN (AEC) 2015 sebagai visi ekonomi serantau yang bersepadu apabila ia terus meninjau peluang pelaburan di sini.
Duta Jerman ke Malaysia Holger Michael berkata syarikat Jerman menunjukkan minat yang semakin meningkat di ASEAN secara umumnya, dan Malaysia khususnya sejak ia mengambil alih jawatan pengerusi ASEAN pada tahun ini.
Dalam ASEAN, Malaysia merupakan rakan dagang kedua terbesar Jerman dengan hubungan dua hala yang kukuh, katanya pada sidang media selepas menghadiri dialog antara Kementerian Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri dan Dewan Perdagangan dan Industri Malaysia-Jerman (MGCC) di sini hari ini.
Sehingga Disember 2014, sebanyak 387 projek pembuatan bernilai RM26.8 bilion dari Jerman dilaksanakan di Malaysia, terutamanya dalam bidang elektrik dan elektronik, kimia dan produk kimia, produk petroleum, produk getah dan gas asli.
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 (Bernama) — The Performance Management and Delivery Unit (PEMANDU) has played a crucial role in attracting more investments, said International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.
“We have done very well in investments, we surpassed our RM148 million per annum target,” he said after the launching of the Government Transformation Programme and Economic Transformation Programme 2014 Annual Report in Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday.
PEMANDU, which introduced the programmes, also monitors their progress.
“Compared to before, the situation is more orderly, systematic and efficient, through the transformation brought about by the programmes,” Mustapa said.
Among others, he said, the government has introduced a number of projects that have resulted in 1.5 million jobs being created, important to young people and enabling the country to achieve full employment.
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Kuala Lumpur: Organisasi Perdagangan Dunia (WTO) menjangkakan Agenda Perbangunan Doha atau Perbincangan Doha dapat dimuktamadkan dalam masa terdekat apabila ahlinya mula menunjukkan keterbukaan untuk menerima isi kandungan dalam perbincangan itu yang tertangguh sejak 2008 di Doha.
WTO yang dianggotai 161 negara termasuk Malaysia antara ahli yang terbabit dalam Agenda Pembangunan Doha bagi membincangkan pelbagai isu dagangan antarabangsa antaranya akses pasaran, perundangan WTO, isu pembangunan, kemudahan dagangan dan perkara lain. Namun, ia ditangguhkan pada 2008 apabila terdapat beberapa perkara yang tidak dipersetujui ahlinya.
Ketua Pengarahnya, Roberto Azevedo berkata, sikap keterbukaan yang semakin baik dan meningkat dalam kalangan negara ahli membolehkan beberapa perkara tidak dipersetujui dapat dimuktamadkan.
Beliau berkata, namun, jangkaan tempoh masa atau sasaran untuk memuktamadkan agenda itu tidak dapat diunjurkan buat masa ini.
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KUALA LUMPUR: TB Supply Base Sdn Bhd (TBSB), which has received interest from over 100 companies to utilise its facilities in Tok Bali, Kelantan, will spend RM100 million in 2015 for civil works and to build facilities such as additional warehouses, Customs and Immigration building, new offices, canteen, rigging loft, crew jetty and helipad.
TBSB is ultimately owned by Kelantan royalty Tengku Rozanna Petri and Tengku Rozlynda Petri Tengku Mohd Nasrun, through Forlenza Holdings Sdn Bhd. Forlenza through Matrix Reservoir Sdn Bhd, owns a 99.99% stake in TBSB. TBSB’s directors include Tengku Datuk Mohamad Rizam Tengku Abdul Aziz (also the chairman), Tengku Rozanna Petri and Shankar Ray Shi-Wan.
TBSB is a logistics hub located in Tok Bali, Kelantan specifically catered to providers of support services to the offshore oil and gas industry. It has invested RM90 million to date since June 2014, for facilities like warehouses, revamp works and wharf. TBSB is located on a 328 acres site.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 (Bernama) — The Tok Bali Supply Base project in Kelantan can attract up to RM1 billion in investments within the next three years. Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said the project would have a spin-off effect on the surrounding Tok Bali area and the state itself. “This is a very important project for Kelantan. This is what the Kelantanese are yearning for,” he told reporters during a briefing Monday. Mustapa said Tok Bali Supply Base Sdn Bhd (TBSB), the operator of the supply base, has invested about RM90 billion to construct it and is expected to spend an additional RM100 million this year with its partners. He said TBSB is currently in talks with a pipe specialist company to set up a pipe-coating operation at the port, with an investment of about RM340 million over the next two years. He added that the company would occupy as much as 32.37 hectares of the port land with the objective of creating a facility...
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