Halal Industry Development Corporation (HDC) dengan kerjasama Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM) dan Kerajaan Negeri Pahang akan menganjurkan “Program Transformasi Halal” (PTH), di Gambang, Pahang pada 30 & 31 Julai 2011. Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak akan merasmikan majlis penutup pada 31 Julai 2011.   Objektif utama PTH adalah untuk: i) mewujudkan peluang perniagaan berteraskan Halal serta meningkatkan aktiviti keusahawanan. ii) meningkatkan lagi pelaburan domestik di Malaysia melalui penglibatan industri yang lebih agresif iii) mewujudkan sumber baru dalam usaha meningkatkan modal insan serta peluang-peluang berteraskan Halal.   Program ini menampilkan segmen Ekonomi, Pendidikan dan Edutainment (Hiburan berteraskan Pendidikan) di dalam industri Halal. Satu pameran besar-besaran yang melibatkan lebih daripada 100 ruang pameran dan astaka dapat dikunjungi oleh orang ramai. Di samping itu seminar bertajuk ‘Program Transformasi...

Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade and Industry (MITI) made a five-day working visit to Brussels and London from 11-15 July 2011 in conjunction with the official visit of Prime Minister to the United Kingdom from 12-15 July 2011.   The visit was successful in further strengthening and enhancing economic, trade and investment relations with Belgium and the United Kingdom. The Minister held bilateral talks with Mr. Karel De Gucht, EU Trade Commissioner on 11 July 2011 in Brussels. Among the topics discussed were Malaysia-European Union Free Trade Agreement negotiations, halal issues and WTO Doha Development Agenda negotiations. He also held business meetings with the Belgian companies, who have shown their interest to invest and expand their operations in Malaysia where the Minister assured that MIDA will provide assistance to them.   In London, the Minister attended a Roundtable Session with captains of the industries. Issues highlighted include...

The US-ASEAN Business Council conducted its annual Senior Executives Business Mission to Malaysia from 19-21 July 2011 aimed at promoting stronger business-to-business linkages between Malaysian and US multinational companies (MNCs). The delegation comprised of 43 senior business executives representing 20 US MNCs and to date, it is the largest delegation to Malaysia. This visit demonstrated that there is a growing interest by US MNCs to invest in Malaysia. On 20 July 2011, the delegation met Dato’ Jacob Dungau Sagan, Deputy Minister (Industry) and several views on bilateral trade and economic issues were exchanged. Issues related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) were also discussed. The Deputy Minister also took the opportunity to brief the delegation on Malaysia’s reform agenda, in particular the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) and Economic Transformation Programme (ETP). The US delegation applauded Malaysia’s approach to engage more private sectors in...

The International Greentech & Eco Products Exhibition & Conference Malaysia 2011 (IGEM 2011) will be held from 7-10 September 2011 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC). IGEM 2011 is organised by the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water (KeTTHA) with the theme “A Green New Deal: The Next Frontier”. This event is endorsed by MITI.   The objectives of IGEM 2011 are to:

The IGEM 2011 will continue to focus on sustainable energy, renewable...

The Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, YB Dato’ Mukhriz Mahathir led a Trade and Investment Mission to Tokyo and Osaka, Japan from 17-21 July 2011. He was accompanied by a 48-member delegation from the various State Governments and private sector representatives. The Mission was a follow-up to the working visit to Osaka by YB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade and Industry on 29 June 2011. The mission highlighted Malaysia’s support in Japan’s rebuilding efforts following the March 11 natural calamities. In Tokyo, the Deputy Minister had two sessions of Round Table Meetings with captains of industries, Japanese importers as well as trade associations. The Deputy Minister also met with eight Japanese companies to discuss ways in which Malaysian companies can participate in Japan’s rebuilding efforts. At a seminar in Osaka which was attended by 270 Japanese participants mainly from the E&E, automotive and trading industries the...

The 43rd ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Meeting was officially declared open by H.E. Professor Dr. Boediono, Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia in Manado in Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia.Following the opening ceremony, H.E Dr.Mari Elka Pangestu, Minister of Trade Indonesia chaired the 25th ASEAN Free Trade Area (AEM-AFTA) Council Meeting, the first of the series of meetings that will be held over the next three days. The focus of the discussions by Ministers at the AFTA Council Meeting was on initiatives aimed at further facilitating trade within the region. The initiatives discussed include elimination of non-tariff barriers that impede trade, simplification of rules and procedures of doing business and enhancing use of ICT in customs clearance of goods within the region. Y.B. Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade and Industry represented Malaysia at the 25th AEM-AFTA Council Meeting. The Ministers agreed that there is a need to institute an...

 

LANDING in Balikpapan after a 2-hour direct AirAsia flight from Kuala Lumpur makes you realise how close you are to some of Indonesia’s most bustling cities. My trip to Balikpapan was sparked off by a meeting I had some four months earlier with the city’s personable mayor, Bapak Rizal Effendi in Jakarta at a lunch for editors from Indonesia’s largest newspaper group, Jawa Pos. He convinced me that it is important to promote Malaysia in cities outside Jakarta. At the time I promised him that I’d visit his city the premier commercial hub in the booming natural resource province of East Kalimantan within the next four months. It wasn’t easy to arrange but with the Asean Economic Ministers’ Meeting set for Manado, I was able to pack in a quick trip to Pak Rizal’s home city. With a population of just over 600,000, Balikpapan is a thoroughly business-focused city framed by the Makassar Straits on one side and countless rolling hills on the other. There is an...

The investigation on the imports of hot rolled coils (HRC) into Malaysia pursuant to the Safeguards Act 2006 was initiated on 1 May 2011 upon receiving a petition for an investigation submitted by Megasteel Sdn. Bhd. The company claimed that the imports of HRC into Malaysia have increased from 2007 to 2010 and have caused serious injury to the domestic industry in Malaysia.   Pursuant to section 20 of the Safeguards Act 2006, the Government has completed the investigation and has made a preliminary determination that there was an increase in imports by 35% during the period of injury determination i.e., from 1 January 2010 to 30 September 2010. However, the increased in imports have not caused or threaten to cause serious injury to the domestic industry.   Based on the preliminary findings, the Government decided to terminate this investigation on the imports of HRC into Malaysia on 22 August 2011, the day the notice of negative preliminary determination is published in the...

Pelancaran laporan Kedudukan Daya Saing Malaysia (GCR) 2011 -2012 telah berlangsung pada 7 September 2011 bertempat di Kementerian Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri oleh YB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri. Malaysia berada pada kedudukan ke-21 di kalangan 142 buah negara, meningkat lima anak tangga berbanding tahun lepas (GCR 2010-2011: ke-26/139). Pencapaian indeks skor yang lebih tinggi kepada 5.08 (GCR 2010-2011: 4.88 ) berbanding skor maksimum 7 menggambarkan asas ekonomi Malaysia yang kukuh dan perubahan positif dalam persepsi responden.Malaysia mengatasi lima negara yang sebelum ini berada di kedudukan lebih baik iaitu Israel (ke-22), Luxembourg (ke-23), Korea (ke-24), New Zealand (ke-25) dan Emiriah Arab Bersatu (ke-27). Di kalangan negara di Asia Pasific, Malaysia adalah yang keenam paling berdaya saing selepas Singapura, Jepun, Hong Kong, Taiwan dan Australia, manakala di kalangan negara ASEAN pula di tempat kedua selepas...

Persidangan CEO Forbes Global 2011 telah berlangsung pada 12 – 14 September 2011 di Shangrila Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. Persidangan tiga hari itu dianjurkan dengan usahasama kerajaan Malaysia, Julius Baer, EMR Corporation, Tata Consultancy Services, Corporate Executive Board, ADS Securities , Steinway Lyngdorf, Royal Falcon Fleet, Research In Motion, FICOFI dan Weber Shandwick. Ia berjaya menampilkan nama-nama besar dari pelbagai industri antaranya Naib Pengerusi Tata Consultancy Services, S. Ramadorai selain bakat-bakat tempatan yang mencipta nama di peringkat antarabangsa, Pengarah Urusan Khazanah Nasional, Datuk Seri Nazir Razak dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Kumpulan AirAsia, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes.Penganjuran program sebegini bakal mempromosikan keupayaan Malaysia di mata dunia dalam menawarkan peluang-peluang pelaburan yang lebih baik berbanding pesaingnya selain meningkatkan lagi perdagangan ketika wujud persaingan yang sengit. Prestasi perdagangan negara amat menggalakkan...