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13 Mar 2019

Malaysia suspends Boeing 737 MAX 8 operations with immediate effect

Aviation and Aerospace, Industry 4.0, Smart City

File photo shows Boeing 737 MAX aircraft parked at a Boeing production facility in Renton, Washington. KUALA LUMPUR: The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) has suspended the operations of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft flying into and out, as well as transiting in Malaysia effective immediately until further notice. This is in the wake of two fatal crashes involving the aircraft in less than five months, its chief executive officer, Ahmad Nizar Zolfakar said yesterday. CAAM also clarified that no Malaysian carriers were operating the Boeing 737 MAX 8. Malaysia joins countries such as Singapore, China, Indonesia and…

13 Mar 2019

By Naziatul Assiqin

Usahawan Muda Diminta Bekerjasama Dengan MED

Community Initiative, Digital Economy, Entrepreneurs, Industry 4.0, Our Community, Smart City

Usahawan muda harus bekerjasama dengan Kementerian Pembangunan Usahawan (MED) dan agensi-agensi di bawahnya secara aktif bagi membantu meluaskan perniagaan mereka di luar pasaran tempatan. Menterinya Datuk Seri Redzuan Yusof berkata kemeterian menerusi agensi di bawahnya sentiasa membantu usahawan muda terutamanya golongan yang memulakan perniagaan buat pertama kali dan ingin mengembangkan perniagaan mereka di dalam negara dan rantau ini. ''Jangan tunggu kami (agensi di bawah kementerian) untuk datang kepada anda (usahawan). Kamu mesti proaktif dan berunding dengan kami untuk membantu perniagaan anda.Agensi di bawah kementerian akan menyadiakan latihan dan kaedah sesuai dalam membantu meningkatkan perniagaan anda,'' katanya kepada pemberita selepas menyampaikan…

13 Mar 2019

By Naziatul Assiqin

Usahawan muda perlu teroka peluang ke Asean

Community Initiative, Digital Economy, Entrepreneurs, Industry 4.0, Our Community, Sarawak, Smart City

KUALA LUMPUR 4 Mac- Kerajaan menggesa golongan usahawan muda di negara ini mengintai peluang yang lebih luas dan menjalinkan kerjasama dengan usahawan dari negara Asean bagi tempoh beberapa tahun akan datang. Malah Menteri Pembangunan Usahawan, Datuk Seri Mohd. Redzuan Yusof berkata, golongan tersebut juga perlu bersama-sama dengan kementerian itu dan juga pelbagai agensi lain bagi memperluaskan perniagaan ke peringkat antarabangsa pada masa hadapan. Katanya, kementerian itu mahu mewujudkan dan membangunkan perusahaan berasaskan inovasi ke peringkat lebih tinggi yang mampu bergerak pantas. “Sasaran ini boleh dicapai menerusi pembangunan teknologi terkini dan pelbagai aplikasi baharu yang lain. “Oleh itu, usahawan muda perlu…

13 Mar 2019

By Naziatul Assiqin

Malaysia-ASEAN Entrepreneurs day: Students capture the spirit of entrepreneurship

Community Initiative, Digital Economy, Entrepreneurs, Industry 4.0, Our Community, Smart City

KUALA LUMPUR, 8 March 2019 – Instilling entrepreneurship mindset and qualities among students may be considered paramount or of similar importance with equipping them with the knowledge of their fields. Students should not therefore confine their minds in wanting to become mere job seekers, rather, they should step forward to become job creators. Hari Usahawan Malaysia-ASEAN (HUMA) – Malaysia-ASEAN Entrepreneurs Day 2019 was held on Tuesday (5 March) at Mahkota Hall, SME Corp, Platinum Sentral. It was a collaboration between Malaysian Association of ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs (MAAYE) and the Entrepreneurship Secretariat of IIUM’s Student Representative Council (SRC) 2018/2019. Its aims…

13 Mar 2019

By Naziatul Assiqin

Come forward if you have any startup ideas — Gobind

Digital Economy, Entrepreneurs, Industry 4.0, Sabah, Sarawak, Smart City

KUALA LUMPUR (March 4): The Pakatan Harapan (PH) Government is willing to listen to any quarters, including the B40 and M40 groups, and help them with startup ideas and proposals in order to increase their income, said Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo. He said the Ministry and its agencies, such as Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation Sdn Bhd (MDEC) and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), would look into the proposals and then decide on how to help these groups — from taxi drivers to FELDA settlers and farmers — to realise their ideas of introducing any application…

13 Mar 2019

By Naziatul Assiqin

Grab confirms $1.46B investment from SoftBank’s Vision Fund

Digital Economy, Industry 4.0, Smart City

Grab has become the newest addition to the SoftBank Vision Fund after it announced today that it has pulled in a $1.46 billion investment from the super fund. The Southeast Asian ridesharing company said the new money will be used to further its super app strategy, which is aimed at making its service a daily app for consumers, but it is also likely to be used to battle rival Go-Jek. The deal — which was first reported by TechCrunch in December — takes Grab’s ongoing Series H round to $4.5 billion. Other investors in that round include Toyota, Booking Holdings, Microsoft and…

10 Mar 2019

By Abdul Qaiyum Alidin

The Best of StartUp Borneo Featured at HUMA’19

Aviation and Aerospace, Community Initiative, Digital Economy, Entrepreneurs, Farming & Agriculture, FinTech, Fishing, Industry 4.0, Kalimantan, Sabah, Sarawak, Smart City

Sempena MALAYSIA-ASEAN ENTREPRENEUR'S DAY 2019 atau HARI USAHAWAN MALAYSIA ASEAN 2019, komuniti StartUp Borneo diketuai oleh Abdul Qaiyum Alidin dan wakili Timogah, MyAgro, Borneo Skycam, ISparks, dan juga Bugaga Teraphy telah berkesempatan membuka pameran pada 5Mac2019 di ibu pejabat SME Corp di Kuala Lumpur.Turut mengunjungi dan melawat pameran dari komuniti StartUp Borneo adalah tetamu kehormat pada hari itu iaitu YB Datuk Seri Redzuan, Menteri dalam Kementerian Pembangunan Usahawan (MED).Para hadirin juga ramai mengerumuni pameran dari komuniti StartUp Borneo untuk mengetahui perancangan serta pembangunan komuniti startup yang bakal diusahakan. Komuniti StartUp Borneo akan terus dibangunkan terutamanya bermula di Kuching dan seterusnya…

10 Mar 2019

By Naziatul Assiqin

Oil and gas sector hires more local graduates, trims forex losses

Industry 4.0, Renewable Energy, Sabah, Sarawak, Smart City

KUALA LUMPUR: Skilled local workforce has helped major oil and gas (O&G) cushion the global weak oil prices, ringgit fluctuations and foreign exchange (forex losses) over the past few years. Analysts said companies such as Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas), Sapura Energy Bhd, Alam Maritim Bhd, Barakah Offshore Bhd and others has hired local professionals and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) graduates to reduce costs, which is part of the companies' cost cutting measures. Sunway University Business School Professor of Economics Dr Yeah Kim Leng said the O&G sector is a very specialised high technology sector which requires a…

10 Mar 2019

By Naziatul Assiqin

Cessna hantar terus hasil pertanian Sarawak ke Singapura

Aviation and Aerospace, Digital Economy, Entrepreneurs, Farming & Agriculture, Industry 4.0, Sarawak, Smart City

SIBU: Kerajaan Sarawak telah menempah pesawat jenis Cessna melalui Hornbill Skyways yang bakal digunakan untuk membawa produk pertanian ke Singapura dan pasaran strategi lain di rantau ini, kata Ketua Menteri di sini, semalam. “Ia akan membawa tiga kontena bagi setiap penerbangan,” kata Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg pada sesi dialog anjuran Dewan Perniagaan dan Perindustrian sarawak (SCCI). Jelasnya, kerajaan Sarawak komited untuk menyediakan persekitaran kondusif selain giat merangsangkan kegiatan pertanian bagi manfaat petani di luar bandar. Ujarnya, pesawat itu nanti akan digunakan untuk menghantar produk pertanian dari kawasan pengeluaran, terus ke pasaran yang akhirnya mendatangkan kesan besar kepada bidang pertanian…

10 Mar 2019

By Naziatul Assiqin

Hari Usahawan Malaysia-ASEAN 2019

Community Initiative, Creative Arts & Design, Digital Economy, Entrepreneurs, Farming & Agriculture, FinTech, Fishing, Industry 4.0, Kalimantan, Our Community, Renewable Energy, Sabah, Smart City

Persatuan Usahawan Muda ASEAN Malaysia (MAAYE) dengan kerjasama Kementerian Pembangunan Usahawan akan mengadakan Hari Usahawan Malaysia-ASEAN 2019 pada 5 Mac ini dengan sasaran 300 usahawan belia ASEAN daripada 10 negara akan hadir dalam pelbagai sesi perkongsian ilmu perniagaan. Penganjuran Hari Usahawan Malaysia-ASEAN 2019 ini juga akan menyaksikan tiga sesi forum serta Mesyuarat Agung Tahunan Kali Ke-4 Majlis Usahawan Muda ASEAN (AYEC) diadakan di antara semua wakil negara yang hadir iaitu Malaysia, Thailand, Singapura, Brunei, Indonesia, Filipina, Kemboja, Laos, Myanmar dan Vietnam. Program tersebut dijadualkan berlangsung seawal jam 8.30 pagi bertempat di Dewan Mahkota SME Corp, Platinum Sentral dengan upacara perasmian…