Malaysia Up Five Rank In The World Bank Doing Business Report 2012

 Statistics
Oct 282011
 

Washington DC – The World Bank has recently published its report "Doing Business 2012" comparing 183 countries.Ten topics are included in the aggregate ranking on the ease of doing business and other summary measures. The goal is to provide an objective basis for understanding and improving the regulatory environment for business.

Malaysia has moved up five notches to 18th place in the Report 2012, ahead of  economies such as Germany, Japan, Taiwan and Switzerland. This is also a result of the work of a Special Taskforce to Facilitate Business (PEMUDAH) which has been installed in year 2007 with the goal to address bureaucracy in business-government dealings.

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Posted by Dr. Klaus Brachetti on 28.11.2011

Malaysia To Be Fully IPv6-Ready By Next Year

 Business, Politics
Jun 092011
 

Cyberjaya - Malaysia aims to be Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) ready for the public sector by year-end and for the entire nation by the end of 2012, said Information, Communication and Culture Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Rais Yatim.

IPv6 is needed to support the fast pace of Internet use growth and the explosion in the use of wireless products, quality services, inbuilt security features, enhanced mobility and the need for more IP addresses to facilitate its wider use.

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Posted by Dr. Klaus Brachetti on 09.05.2011

NAUE GmbH & Co KG opens factory in Banting

 Industry
May 292011
 

Banting – The German NAUE GmbH & Co KG just opened a new production facility in Banting (Malaysia). In the new 5000 sqm facility NAUE is going to produce geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) which is used as a liner to protect the soil in project like roads, landfill, ground water protection and terrain maintenance.

Alexander Naue – NAUE GmbH & Co KG’s Managing Director and shareholder -  mentioned that Malaysia had been chosen to set up the wholly owned factory to be operated outside Germany due to its strategic location.

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Posted by Dr. Klaus Brachetti, 28.08.2011

Timeframe for Malaysia-EU FTA

 Politics, Regulation
Mar 162011
 

Kuala Lumpur - During a 2 days visit of the EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht a time frame for the discussion between Malaysia and the EU regarding a Free Trade Agreement has been set. Following the current plan the discussions should be finalised by June 2012, propelled by the negotiations between Malaysia and US regarding a FTA.

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Posted by Dr. Klaus Brachetti, 16.03.2011

Inflation in Malasyia under Control

 Statistics
Jan 242011
 

Kuala Lumpur - The recently published figures for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Malaysia for December show an increase of 2.2% on a year to year basis. This leads to an overall inflation rate for 2010 of 1.7%. The  price controls and subsidies for foodstuffs show effect. According to researches Malaysia is one of the least affected economies in Asia.

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Posted by Dr. Klaus Brachetti, 24.01.2011

Record Number of Vehicles sold in 2010

 Automotive, Industry
Jan 242011
 

Kuala Lumpur – According to the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) the number of vehicles sold in Malaysia increased by 13% to an all-time high of 605,156. This positive trend is considered to continue in 2011 supported by the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP) and the Economic Transformation Programme’s (ETP) projects mentioned the MAA President Datuk Aishah Ahmad.

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Posted by Dr. Klaus Brachetti, 24.01.2011

PayPal is opening Regional Customer Support Centre in Malaysia

 Industry
Jan 162011
 

Kuala Lumpur – PayPal Inc, an online payments and money transfer service provider, has announced the opening of a regional customer support centre in Malaysia and plans to hire over 300 employees over the next three years. As main reasons for chosing Malasyia were mentioned the  “highly-skilled, globally competitive and multi-lingual workforce, in addition to a world-class business environment and technology infrastructure”.

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Posted by Dr. Klaus Brachetti, 16.01.2011

Malaysia and Singapore want to reduce Roaming Charges

 Politics
Jan 162011
 

Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia and Singapore are currently in negotiations to reduce the roaming charges according to Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim, the Malaysian Minister for Information, Communications and Culture. The new roaming rates should lead to lower prices and higher transparency. As it is the first in the region it is expected to trigger off more agreements of this kind in the whole ASEAN region.

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Posted by Dr. Klaus Brachetti, 16.01.2011

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