MELAKA 8 April – Melaka melonjak ke kedudukan ketujuh tertinggi ba­gi jumlah pelaburan diluluskan dalam sektor pembuatan pada tahun lalu berbanding ke-10 pada 2013. Menteri Perdagangan Antara­bangsa dan Industri, Datuk Seri Mus­tapa Mohamed berkata, se­banyak RM4.44 bilion jumlah pelaburan telah diluluskan oleh Lembaga Kemajuan Perindustrian Malaysia (MIDA) di negeri ini tahun lalu. Menurutnya, pelaburan berke­naan termasuklah dalam sektor pengangkutan (RM3.32 bilion), pro­duk elektrik dan elektronik (RM880 juta), penerbitan dan percetakan (RM160 juta), perabot dan perkakasan (RM40 juta) dan pembuatan makanan (RM40 juta). “Jumlah pelaburan berkenaan ju­ga merupakan yang tertinggi per­nah dicatatkan di negeri ini malah ia yakin dapat terus ditingkatkan pada masa akan datang,” katanya. Beliau berkata demikian ketika ditemui pemberita sempena pro­gram Turun Padang ke Melaka di Seri Negeri, Ayer Keroh, di sini hari ini. Yang hadir sama Ketua Menteri, Datuk Seri... Read More

KUALA LUMPUR: Shell Refining Company (Federation of Malaya) Bhd will make a decision on its refinery in Port Dickson by end-June, said Shell Malaysia Ltd (SML) chairman Iain Lo. Lo is also chairman of Shell Refining Co. “The decision has not been made yet whether it is a sale or conversion, I believe we will try to make a decision and bring it to shareholders at the AGM at the end of June,” he told reporters at the officiating ceremony of Menara Shell yesterday. Lo said the board of Shell Refining Co is proactively investigating long-term options including potential sale of the refinery assets and conversion of operations to a storage terminal. “Shell Refining Co is a business that’s very, very challenging, we’ve had losses the last four years now. So the board has decided that something has to be done about it. Clearly, operating as a refinery, as a going concern, we see it as quite a challenge because the refining environment globally is very challenging. Refining... Read More

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is still an attractive investment destination amid slumping oil prices and volatility of the ringgit. Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) Secretary-General Datuk Dr Rebecca Sta Maria said foreign investors still viewed Malaysia as an investment destination of choice due to its conducive business environment. She said when an investors decided to locate their business in Malaysia, it was not just about the oil prices or the ringgit value, but also the business environment. It is about how easy it is to do a business here, how is the bureaucracy. If you can put that in place and make it easy (for them) to do business, it (falling oil prices and ringgit value) will not be an issue,” she told reporter after the opening of Shell Malaysia new office, Menara Shell, here yesterday. Commenting on Miti’s briefing on investment in Melaka on Wednesday, she said many foreign investors had shown interest to expand their businesses in Malaysia due to... Read More

Kuala Lumpur, 1 April 2015 - Chemical Company of Malaysia Berhad (CCM) was the sole and honoured recipient of the Halal Excellence Award 2015 presented by the Halal Industry Development Corporation (HDC) today. The award marks another meaningful acknowledgement for CCM’s continued commitment to Halal for more than 15 years. The Minister of International Trade and Industry, YB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed presented the award at the prestigious World Halal Conference Appreciation Dinner. The Halal Excellence Award is an esteemed award in the Halal industry introduced to honour and recognise both individuals and organisations that have demonstrated exceptional contributions and achievements for the development of the overall Halal industry. CCM, one of Malaysia’s top 20 GLCs, takes its role in championing Halal seriously and has been actively involved in the development of the world’s first Halal pharmaceutical standards, and subsequently voluntarily coming forward to be tested... Read More

Kuala Lumpur, 1 April 2015 - Chemical Company of Malaysia Berhad (CCM) was the sole and honoured recipient of the Halal Excellence Award 2015 presented by the Halal Industry Development Corporation (HDC) today. The award marks another meaningful acknowledgement for CCM’s continued commitment to Halal for more than 15 years.

The Minister of International Trade and Industry, YB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed presented the award at the prestigious World Halal Conference Appreciation Dinner. The Halal Excellence Award is an esteemed award in the Halal industry introduced to honour and recognise both individuals and organisations that have demonstrated exceptional contributions and achievements for the development of the overall Halal industry.

CCM, one of Malaysia’s top 20 GLCs, takes its role in championing Halal seriously and has been actively involved in the development of the world’s first Halal pharmaceutical standards, and subsequently voluntarily coming forward to be...

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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: The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is not seeking “perfection” in the current round of talks, only what is “doable.” Director general Roberto Azevedo told a media briefing here on Wednesday that it was pushing for “doability” rather than perfection for the Doha Round of trade negotiations in the hope that it would be concluded in the foreseeable future. “Let’s go for what is doable; let’s not go for what is perfect or for what is desirable. Instead let’s go for what can be done at this point in time,” he said. “I think that the message is resonating and members are beginning to engage on that basis at this point in time.” Azevedo, a Brazilian, is on a two-day working visit in the country where he will pay a courtesy call to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and participate in a roundtable session organised by the Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia on “The Role of the WTO for the Future”. The Doha Round, or... Read More

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Kuala Lumpur: Industri biomass di negara ini dijangka mengalami pertumbuhan rancak tahun ini berikutan peningkatan pelaburan yang menggalakkan pada tahun lalu iaitu dengan 12 projek biomass diluluskan bernilai RM82.9 juta.

Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri (MITI) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed berkata, daripada jumlah itu, pelaburan domestik mencatatkan sebanyak RM71.1 juta manakala pelaburan asing bernilai RM11.8 juta.

Beliau berkata, pelaburan dalam projek biomass yang diluluskan oleh Lembaga Pembangunan Pelaburan Malaysia (MIDA) itu juga meningkat berbanding 11 projek yang diluluskan pada 2013 dengan nilai RM54.6 juta.

“Potensi dalam industri biomass sangat besar dan kita percaya dengan harga kompetitif yang ditawarkan, ia dapat menarik lebih ramai pelabur, sekali gus merancakkan pertumbuhan industri ini.

“Biomass juga dijangka menyumbang tambahan sebanyak RM30 bilion kepada jumlah keluaran dalam negara kasar (KDNK) terutama penggunaan biomass daripada aktiviti...

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