Category: Business News
Transfer of Technology Seminar and Exhibition
Perak Academy marked its 10th Anniversary by organising the Transfer of Technology Seminar and Exhibition 2012 in conjunction with Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) in Kinta RiverFront Hotel. In his welcome address, Lee Chee Meng, Chairman Board of Governors, Perak Academy said that the aim of the seminar is to introduce investment opportunities available in [...]
Tenth Anniversary Perak Lecture
Tan Sri Lee Oi Hian was the guest speaker at the Perak Academy’s 10th Anniversary Perak Lecture series held at the Kinta Riverfront Hotel recently. The talk was a continuation of a seminar cum exhibition on investment opportunities in oil palm-based technologies held at the same venue earlier in the day. The 250-odd audience consisted [...]
MICCI Highlights Issue of Royalty on Minerals and Gas Supply
The MICCI Perak Branch recently gave a media statement which was read out by its Chairman Leong Hua Kooi. The statement highlighted the problems faced by mineral related industries specifically the Quarry Operators and Cement and Kaolin manufacturers on the issue of Revised Royalty on Minerals Act. According to Leong, two dialogue sessions were held [...]
State-Wide Transformation Approach
Perak became the first state to advocate the State-Wide Transformation Approach (S.W.A.T.) programme, in line with the Government Transformation Programme. Taking some three and a half months to prepare, with the assistance of the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) and the Prime Minister’s Department, it was launched by Chief Minister Dato’ Seri [...]
Investing in Gold
Triplenine Goldworld Gallery Sdn Bhd held a ceremony at its office in Greentown Business Centre, Ipoh recently. The purpose was threefold, to celebrate the company’s first anniversary, to launch the sale of one-gram gold bars and to initiate a campaign to educate Perakeans on ways to invest in gold. According to the Perak Branch Managing [...]
PESDC Achieves ISO Certification
The Perak Entrepreneur and Skills Development Centre (PESDC), located at Pengkalan 2 Industrial Estate, has achieved ISO 9001: 2008 Certification. The Certificate was presented to PESDC Chairman Dato’ Gan Tack Kong (pic, left) by SIRIM Perak Chief Khairul Aimy Kamaludin (pic, right) during the centre’s career fair. Gan, in his address, affirmed that ‘achieving ISO [...]
New Lifestyle Property Development
Ipoh SOHO or Small Office Home Office, a new lifestyle property development was introduced in Ipoh on 29 July 2011 with a ground breaking ceremony. The project, IPOH SOHO, was launched by established property developer Kinta Saujana Sdn Bhd and is located at Jalan Sultan Idris Shah (Hugh Low Street) immediately after the Sultan Yussuf [...]
Taiwan to Explore Investment Opportunities in Perak
InvestPerak, the Investment arm of the state government organised a business luncheon at Tower Regency Ipoh recently to welcome delegates of the SME Inter-Industry Association of Taiwan. Present at the event were Director of SME Corporation Perak, Mohd Faiz Mohd Yunus and Perak Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (MIDA) Director, Nor’Aini Mat Talha. InvestPerak, whose task [...]
Andaman Group Moves into Ipoh
Andaman Group of Companies recently announced the soft launch of its latest development, TAIPAN@Ipoh Cybercentre, its first foray into the Ipoh property market TAIPAN@Ipoh Cybercentre will provide the initial commercial/business centre as an avenue for commercial activities within the township of Bandar Meru Raya, a 1,600-acre integrated, self-contained township located at the North Ipoh Growth [...]
Ipoh Shoe City – in Two Years
The ground-breaking event to start the establishment of Ipoh Shoe City will be held next month at its site at Pengkalan Industrial Area (Promistar). This was announced recently by Dato’ Dr Mah Hang Soon, State Exco for local government, after a meeting with members of the Perak Footwear Industry Association (PFIA) and local officials. The [...]