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...
TPPA Widens Opportunities For Bumi Contractors: PKMM
PASIR MAS, Feb 13 (Bernama) -- The Trans- Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) will widen opportunities for Bumiputera contractors with more investments coming into the country, says the Malay Contractors Association of Malaysia (PKMM).
"The deal will not limit opportunities for small Malay contractors or put pressure on them, the issue does not arise at all, as even before the TPPA Malay contractors had been investing abroad and foreign investors had been investing in Malaysia," Vice President Datuk Mohd Rosdi Abdul Aziz said.
He was speaking to reporters at a community service programme officiated by Pasir Mas Umno chief Datuk Hanafi Mamat at the Kampung Apa-Apa mosque in Tendong here today.
Rosdi, who is also Kelantan PKMM President, said the government should be applauded for highlighting protection of Bumiputera interests in the TPPA negotiations.
On Feb 4, Malaysia and 11 other countries -- Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam -- signed the TPPA, a multilateral trade pact that would widen market access, reduce tariffs and promote free trade.