Digi business marketing and operations head Steven Soon (second from left) delivering his speech as (from left) Johor South SME Association advisor Teh Kee Sin, RHB Bank Bhd commercial banking head Azlina Safian and PKT Logistics Group Sdn Bhd chief operating officer P’ng Tean Hau look on duri...
One for the album: (From left) Teh, Soon, Azlina and P’ng posing for photograph after their panel discussion session at the SOBA LAB programme at Trove Hotel in Johor Baru.JOHOR BARU: Digitalisation is the way forward for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and they have to start planning now,...
Unofficial figures show that some 300,000 Malaysians commute daily from Johor to Singapore to work. — FilepicJOHOR BARU: The state government is looking at the positive angle when it comes to the high number of Malaysians, including Johoreans, working in Singapore.Johor education, human resour...
An SME expo showcasing the productsKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's small business sector experienced positive business conditions in 2018 and confidence in business and economic growth is at its highest point since 2012, according to new survey data released today by CPA Australia. The findings from CPA A...
KUALA LUMPUR: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) should capitalise on the RM517mil funding made available by Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Bhd’s (MIDF) and Malaysian Technology Development Corp (MTDC) under the Soft Loan Scheme for Automation and Modernisation (SLSAM).MIDF group ma...
PETALING JAYA: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng is tabling Budget 2019 in Parliament, the first federal budget by the Pakatan Harapan government.The tabling of the Supply Bill (Budget) 2019 will commence before Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof, and will be debated by the Members of Par...
KOTA BAHARU, Jan 31 (Bernama) -- The strengthening of the manufacturing sector over the last 40 years enables Malaysia to better face the economic challenges this year, says Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) Chief Executive Officer Datuk Azman Mahmud.
Foreign investors are still keen to operate in Malaysia due to the country's investor-friendly policies, he said.
"We acknowlegde we will face a challenge with investments this year amid the uncertain global crude oil prices, but the government has measures in place to ease the pressure.
"We have an advantage with a manufacturing sector that has been operating for some time, with a well-developed infrastructure, training centres, telecommunications system and banking," he told reporters after opening a seminar on the food industry supply chain here.
Some 240 operators of small and medium entreprises from Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang, as well as the Malaysian Development Finance Bhd's Marketing and Product Development Head in the Development Finance Division, Fadzlan Abu Bakar, are attending the one-day event.
Azman said some foreign companies are interested in investing in Malaysia with the lower costs of operation amid the fall in the ringgit's value, with several keen to make the country their regional hub.
Meanwhile, Fadzlan said MIDF, which has received a RM750 million allocation under the 11th Malaysia Plan, will help manufacturing companies facing high labour costs with modern equipment and machinery aid.