Thursday, June 7, 2012

Monorail, tram jobs up for grabs

Source From (Business Times): http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/6TRAM/Article/

Published: on 07 Jun 2012

THE proposed US$400 (RM1.27 billion) monorail and tram projects in Surabaya, Indonesia, are among the opportunities that are up for grabs for Malaysian entrepreneurs, especially Bumiputeras, said West Java Minangkabau Young Merchant president Drs Subarman H. Suhaimi Suan.

He said Malaysia's expertise in the public transportation sector such as monorail could be used to make the two projects successful.

"If there are interested parties from Malaysia who want to be involved in the project, we can take them directly to meet the Surabaya mayor," he said after a briefing on business opportunities in Indonesia at the Malay Businessmen and Industrialist Association of Malaysia's (Perdasama) office, here, yesterday.

Subarman led a delegation of seven young entrepreneurs from West Java here, which also saw the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two parties.

Elaborating, he said the monorail and tram projects, which is 40.7km for the north-south route and 22.7km for east-west route, were expected to start by the end of next year.

Subarman said the projects, which were at the proposal submission stage, were owned by the Indonesian government.

"We welcome Malay entrepreneurs from Malaysia to get involved in the said projects and indirectly empower the Malay region economy," he said.

Meanwhile, Perdasama president Datuk Moehamad Izat Emir welcomed the business proposals offered by the delegation and was proud that Malaysia was chosen as a business partner.

"This cooperation will strengthen the Malay economy. When this partnership is strong, there are no obstacles to success. I urge the Malay entrepreneurs to take advantage of these opportunities," he said.

Besides the monorail and tram projects in Surabaya, the delegation also gave a briefing on the Bandung Edutainment Square project, as well as the available opportunities in haj dan umrah management. Bernama

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