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04 Sep 2018

Kerajaan Tumpu Laksana MA63 – PM

Kerajaan tumpu laksana MA63 - PM KUALA LUMPUR (1 September): Kerajaan akan memberi tumpuan terhadap pelaksanaan Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 (MA63) bagi memastikan rakyat di Sabah dan Sarawak mendapat layanan adil seperti penduduk di Semenanjung. Figure 1: PERDANA Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad menyampaikan ucapan di Majlis Perasmian Kongres Masa Depan Bumiputra Dan Negara (KBN) 2018 di Pusat Konvensyen Kuala Lumpur. Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, berkata perjanjian itu akan ‘dihidupkan’ semula supaya semua janji terbabit dapat dilaksanakan. “Walaupun sekian lama dikebelakangkan, kami sekarang ingin menghidupkan semula perjanjian semasa Malaysia ditubuhkan ini. “Kita akan memberi tumpuan kepada pelaksanaan perjanjian ini…

03 Sep 2018

By Abdul Qaiyum Alidin

Sabah, Sarawak To Get Same Benefits As Peninsular, says Dr M

Community Initiative, Digital Economy, Entrepreneurs, General, Industry 4.0, Sabah, Sarawak

Sabah, Sarawak to get same benefits as peninsular, says Dr M KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 1): The government will give focus on the implementation of Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) to ensure Sabah and Sarawak receive the same benefits as states in the peninsular. Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the agreement would be revived to honour all pledges outlined within it. Figure 1: The government will give focus on the implementation of Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) to ensure Sabah and Sarawak receive the same benefits as states in the peninsular. "Although it has been in the backseat for quite sometime,…

02 Sep 2018

By Abdul Qaiyum Alidin

Aerospace Centre Plan For Sabah

Aviation and Aerospace, General, Industry 4.0, Sabah

Aerospace Centre Plan For Sabah KOTA KINABALU (August 25): Sabah will soon have its own aerospace centre that will produce aircraft parts, among others, according to International Trade and Industry Minister Darell Leiking. Figure 1: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal(left) and Darell Leiking(right). "Aerospace industry in the country is monitored and coordinated by the National Aerospace Industry Coordinating Office (Naico) which is under the International Trade and Industry Ministry (MITI)," he said after a courtesy call on Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal, at the State Administrative Centre, Friday. "And this year, the industry managed to gain about RM13 billion in…

02 Sep 2018

By Abdul Qaiyum Alidin

Darell Wants To Push For Aviation Centre in Kota Kinabalu

Aviation and Aerospace, General, Industry 4.0, Sabah

Darell Wants To Push For Aviation Centre in Kota Kinabalu KOTA KINABALU (August 24): The International Trade and Industry Ministry (MITI) is looking into the possibility of establishing an aviation centre in the state. If this takes place, its Minister, Darell Leiking, said today that Sabah would become an aircraft spareparts producing state. He said the country’s aerospace sector expected to generate about RM13 billion in revenue this year. Figure 1: Darell Leiking (left), said today that Sabah would become an aircraft spareparts producing state. “So, I’m thinking of pushing for an aviation centre at KKIP (Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park),”…

29 Aug 2018

By Abdul Qaiyum Alidin

More Can Be Achieved In Auto Sector Between Malaysia, Indonesia

General, Industry 4.0

More can be achieved in auto sector between Malaysia, Indonesia KUALA LUMPUR (August 10): The Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI) and Institut Otomotif Indonesia (IOI) have today inked a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to further realise future potential of automotive industry collaboration between the two countries. Figure 1: Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI) and Institut Otomotif Indonesia (IOI) inked a new agreement to foster long-term collaboration in the area of automotive industry development. The collaboration between the two counties enable to further realise future potential of automotive industry. Picture by MAI. The MoA focuses on human capital development, supply chain development, identification…

29 Aug 2018

By Abdul Qaiyum Alidin

Unconventional Reform For Bumiputeras And National Agenda

Digital Economy, Entrepreneurs, General, Our Community, Sabah, Sarawak

Policy makers and CEP's think-tanks proposes unconventional reform that required in order to build greater future for the country especially Sabah and Sarawak and to achieve greater national development goals Figure 1: Dr Muhammed Abdul Khalid at his welcoming speech for the Pre-Congress of the Future for Bumiputeras & the Nation 2018 (Pre-KBN 2018). Putrajaya, 28 AUG: The 2018 Pre-Congress of the Future for Bumiputeras & the Nation (Pra-KBN 2018) took place in Putrajaya today on the theme “Addressing the Challenge Faced by Bumiputeras in the New Malaysia.” Pra-KBN 2018 was welcomed by the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisor, Dr Muhammed Abdul…

27 Aug 2018

By Abdul Qaiyum Alidin

MEA anjur Kongres Masa Depan Bumiputera Dan Negara Bulan Depan

Digital Economy, General, Sabah, Sarawak

MEA anjur Kongres Masa Depan Bumiputera Dan Negara Bulan Depan KUALA LUMPUR (27 Ogos): Kementerian Hal-Ehwal Ekonomi (MEA) akan menganjurkan Kongres Masa Depan Bumiputera & Negara (KBN) 2018 pada 1 September ini di Kuala Lumpur. Kongres itu bertujuan menjadi wacana kepada usaha kerajaan untuk menggubal Agenda Pemerkasaan Ekonomi Bumiputera yang baharu. Figure 1: KBN 2018 disasarkan untuk menghasilkan resolusi yang boleh membantu kerajaan merangka strategi jangka pendek, sederhana dan panjang. Menterinya, Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali berkata, KBN juga mengenalpasti fokus bidang pertumbuhan baharu untuk diceburi oleh Bumiputera, di samping menjalin kerjasama strategik pelbagai pihak bagi menyokong agenda pembangunan ekonomi Bumiputera.…

27 Aug 2018

By Abdul Qaiyum Alidin

Putrajaya Anjur Kongres Masa Depan Bumiputera September Ini

Entrepreneurs, General, Sabah, Sarawak

Putrajaya anjur kongres masa depan Bumiputera September ini PETALING JAYA (27 Ogos): Kementerian Hal Ehwal Ekonomi akan menganjurkan Kongres Masa Depan Bumiputera dan Negara 2018 (KBN 2018) pada 1 September ini di ibu negara. Figure 1: KBN 2018 disasarkan untuk menghasilkan resolusi yang boleh membantu kerajaan merangka strategi jangka pendek, sederhana dan panjang. Menterinya, Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali berkata, kongres berkenaan bertujuan sebagai wacana kepada usaha kerajaan untuk menggubal agenda pemerkasaan ekonomi bumiputera yang baharu. “Kongres ini juga mengenalpasti fokus bidang pertumbuhan baharu untuk diceburi oleh bumiputera di samping menjalin kerjasama strategik pelbagai pihak bagi menyokong agenda pembangunan ekonomi bumiputera.…

26 Aug 2018

By Abdul Qaiyum Alidin

Mahathir Advisers Propose Review of Malay Privileges To Spur Economy

General, Sabah, Sarawak

Long-standing Bumiputra policy favors ethnic majority, from scholarships to contracts KUALA LUMPUR (August 20): Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's hand-picked advisers have recommended changes to Malaysia's Bumiputra policy, a set of affirmative action measures designed to lift the social welfare of the majority ethnic Malays. The policy, introduced in 1971, grants a wide range of privileges -- from scholarships to access to government contracts -- based on ethnicity rather than merit. Figure 1: Daim Zainuddin, head of the Council of Eminent Persons, speaks to the press in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 20. Past attempts to revise the policy have been met…

26 Aug 2018

By Abdul Qaiyum Alidin

Kongres Masa Depan Bumiputera Akan Diadakan, kata Azmin

Community Initiative, Digital Economy, Entrepreneurs, General, Our Community, Sabah, Sarawak

Kongres masa depan Bumiputera akan diadakan, kata Azmin KUALA LUMPUR (1 Ogos): SATU kongres masa depan bumiputera dan negara akan diadakan dalam tempoh terdekat sejajar dengan agenda memperkasa ekonomi bumiputera, kata Menteri Hal Ehwal Ekonomi Mohamed Azmin Ali. Figure 1: Kerajaan pimpinan Pakatan Harapan juga mengambil pendekatan agihan keadilan untuk kaum lain, kata Menteri Hal Ehwal Ekonomi Mohamed Azmin Ali. “Kita akan mengumpulkan pakar ekonomi daripada pelbagai sektor untuk membincangkan langkah yang akan diambil untuk memperkukuh keadaan ekonomi bumiputera,” katanya ketika menggulung perbahasan usul menjunjung kasih titah ucapan Yang di-Pertuan Agong bagi kementerian itu di Dewan Rakyat, hari ini. [Source:…