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10 Jul 2018

StartUp Borneo Visits To Kalimantan Barat Could Attract New Investment For Malaysia and Indonesia

Aviation and Aerospace, Community Initiative, Entrepreneurs, Farming & Agriculture, Kalimantan, Our Community

KALIMANTAN BARAT (23 April 2018): StartUp Borneo visited the operation site for MyAgro, an integrated agro-business and agro-tourism center in Pontianak, Kalimantan Barat. The visit to MyAgro operation center was organized by Pak Uray Tiar Fahrozi. Pak Uray Tiar Fahrozi is the Chief Executive Officer of MyAgro and a member of HIPMI KALBAR (Himpunan Pengusaha Muda Indonesia - Kalimantan Barat). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi6Ru9o9ZgY&feature=youtu.be The visit was set up in order to explore potential new collaboration between Malaysia and Indonesia. StartUp Borneo together with MyAgro had also conducted an extensive field visit to see a local breeder in Pontianak and a special dialogue…

20 Jun 2018

By Abdul Qaiyum Alidin

Alibaba’s Jack Ma and Malaysia PM Mahathir Mohamad talk tech, jobs and future as China deals come under scrutiny

Aviation and Aerospace, Digital Economy, Entrepreneurs, General, Industry 4.0, Smart City

Alibaba’s Jack Ma and Malaysia PM Mahathir Mohamad talk tech, jobs and future as China deals come under scrutiny KUALA LUMPUR (18 June 2018): Alibaba Group’s efforts to undertake an intensive transfer of technology and skills to Malaysia are aligned with Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s hopes for the Southeast Asia economy to transit into high-income status quickly, the Chinese conglomerate’s co-founder Jack Ma said on Monday. Ma was speaking to the media after a meeting with Mahathir in Kuala Lumpur – the first by a Chinese entrepreneur since the country’s landmark election on May 9 in which the veteran politician…

20 Jun 2018

By Abdul Qaiyum Alidin

Jack Ma: It was Dr M’s MSC that inspired me to start Alibaba

Aviation and Aerospace, Digital Economy, Entrepreneurs, General, Industry 4.0, Smart City

Jack Ma: It was Dr M's MSC that inspired me to start Alibaba KUALA LUMPUR (18 Jun 2018): The inspiration to form Alibaba was inspired by Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC), says Jack Ma. The Alibaba founder and executive chairman said that he read about MSC in a newspaper 20 years ago and found the idea inspiring. "I thought, 'Wow, this is a genius idea. If Malaysia can do this, why can't China. Why can't I do this myself?' "So Malaysia inspired me to create Alibaba," he said during the launch of an Alibaba Group office in Kuala Lumpur on…

01 Jun 2018

By Abdul Qaiyum Alidin

Internship Programmes Provide Job Opportunities

Aviation and Aerospace, Community Initiative, Industry 4.0, Our Community, Sarawak, Smart City

Internship programmes provide job opportunities MIRI (25 May 2017): Weststar Aviation Services (WAS) – as one of the leading oil and gas transportation service providers in South East Asia (SEA) – is providing job opportunities through internship programmes to locals where it operates. WAS domestic operations general manager, vice-admiral (R) Datuk Jamil Osman said as of 2017, a total of 750 graduates of mid and high education have undertaken the internship programmes with WAS – the outstanding ones absorbed into working for it. “Internship programmes are part of WAS’ strategies of investing in human resources, not only within the company but…