Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Chamber Wants Government To Set Aside 30 Pct Of Projects In Nusajaya For Malays

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 (Bernama) -- The Malay Chamber of Commerce Malaysia (DPMM) wants the government to set aside 30 per cent of the projects in Nusajaya to the Malays.

Source from (Bernama): http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/newsbusiness.php?id=921828
Published: January 16, 2013

Its president, Datuk Syed Ali Alattas, said a roundtable, comprising representatives from the chamber and government agencies and Johor leaders was needed to discuss the issue.

"A summary of the study by the chamber's Research and Development Foundation and the National Economic Action Council found that living standard of the Malays in Johor has fallen and the economic gap has widened," he told a media briefing here today.

-- BERNAMA

DPMM mahu 30% projek Nusajaya milik Bumiputera

KUALA LUMPUR - Kerajaan digesa mengkaji semula projek Iskandar Malaysia dengan menyediakan memperuntukkan kira-kira 30 peratus projek di Nusajaya kepada orang Melayu.

Source from (Utusan Malaysia): http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/Ekonomi/20130116/ek_03/Utamakan-Melayu-di-Iskandar

Published: January 16, 2013 Source from (Sinar Online): http://www.sinarharian.com.my/bisnes/dpmm-mahu-30-projek-nusajaya-milik-bumiputera-1.121717
Published: January 16, 2013

Nusajaya

Presidennya, Syed Ali AlAttas berkata, ini kerana pembangunan di Iskandar Malaysia telah meminggirkan orang Melayu, justeru kerajaan perlu bersikap tegas dalam isu pembahagian tanah dan juga projek bagi memastikan kepentingan Melayu terus terpelihara.

"Menerusi Resolusi Kongres Ekonomi Melayu peringkat Zon Selatan yang diadakan di Johor Bahru pada 6 Januari lalu, didapati kedudukan ekonomi dan prestasi orang Melayu di negeri itu jauh ketinggalan.

"Kongres kesal di atas kemerosotan jurang ekonomi orang Melayu yang semakin besar di Johor," katanya pada sidang akhbar di pejabatnya di sini hari ini.

Dalam masa sama, Syed Ali turut mencadangkan agar 30 peratus projek pembangunan di Pengerang diberikan kepada orang Melayu.

"Sehubungan itu, DPMM merancang untuk mengadakan satu mesyuarat meja bulat di antara agensi, jabatan serta beberapa tokoh di Johor untuk membincangkan isu tersebut," katanya.

Sejak 2006, Iskandar Malaysia telah mencatat pelaburan sebanyak RM105.14 bilion dan 154,000 peluang pekerjaan dalam pelbagai sektor.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

STR Batik Tumpu Pembuatan Pakaian Batik

KUALA TERENGGANU, 14 Jan (Bernama) -- STR Batik Sdn Bhd, pembuat dan pengedar batik yang berpengkalan di sini, akan memberi perhatian kepada pembuatan pakaian batik siap untuk mempelbagaikan produk batik keluarannya.

Source from (Bernama): http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/bm/newsbusiness.php?id=921549
Published: January 15, 2013

Pengarah Urusannya, Wan Ruzima Wan Abdullah berkata ini kerana pembuatan batik terlalu perlahan berikutan persaingan batik tiruan, yang harganya jauh lebih murah daripada batik tempatan.

"Kita banyak memberi fokus kepada batik pakaian siap kerana ia lebih mudah dan laris di pasaran berbanding batik," katanya kepada Bernama hari ini.

Wan Ruzima berkata STR mempunyai sebuah kilang menjahit di nombor C-98 Kampung Chendering, 21080 Kuala Terengganu dan juga bilik pameran di PPA 44, Pasar Besar Kedai Payang dan beribu pejabat di nombor 1113-F, Jalan Tok Adis, Kuala Ibai 20400 Kuala Terengganu.

Katanya STR sekarang banyak membuat rekaan fesyen terbaharu, terutamanya untuk menarik golongan remaja mencintai batik.

"Hatta pakaian tidur pun kita buat dari batik," katanya, sambil menyatakan bahawa golongan remaja sekarang lebih gemar dan cenderung kepada pakaian ala barat daripada pakaian baju kurung atau kebaya.

Pada masa yang sama, katanya pihaknya mencari idea-idea baharu untuk bersaing di pasaran global dan menganjurkan pertunjukan fesyen.

"Batik boleh dipakai sepanjang masa seperti baju kurung, kebaya dan lain-lain dan sesuai dalam semua majlis dan keadaan," katanya.

Beliau berkata STR pernah memperagakan pakain batik di London pada 2011 apabila kerajaan negeri melalui Yayasan Pembangunan Usahawan (YPU) mengadakan pertunjukan di sana.

Sehubungan itu, Wan Ruzima mencadangkan kerajaan negeri supaya memberikan sedikit perhatian kepada industri batik bagi memastikan industri itu terus bernafas pada masa depan.

"Sekarang ini tidak ramai lagi tinggal pengusaha batik di negeri Terengganu kerana banyak antara pengusaha itu yang sudah gulung tikar," katanya.

-- BERNAMA 

Mydin To Spend RM450 Million To Set Up Three Hypermarts In Sarawak

KUCHING, Jan 14 (Bernama) -- Mydin Mohamed Holdings Bhd is investing about RM450 million to set up a hypermarket each in Isthmus, Samariang New Township and Vista Tunku, Sarawak over the next 30 months.

Source from (Business Times): http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/14MYDIN/Article/
Published: January 15, 2013

Source from (Bernama): http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/newsbusiness.php?id=921526
Published: January 15, 2013

The hypermarkets are at Vista Tunku and Bandar Baru Samariang in Petra Jaya and at the Isthmus in the Demak Laut industrial area.

Construction of the hypermarkets has begun with the market in Vista Tunku, designated a "mothership" by Mydin's managing director Da-tuk Ameer Ali Mydin, targeted for completion in the middle of next year.

The other two are to be completed in 2015.

The state's largest conglomerate, Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd (CMSB) invited Mydin to open two of the hypermarkets - at Bandar Baru Samariang and the Isthmus.

Ameer told journalists after signing two agreements - a lease agreement and heads of agreement with Projek Bandar Samariang Sdn Bhd and CMS Land Sdn Bhd respectively yesterday - said the openings are long-term projects.

Projek Bandar Samariang is a wholly owned subsidiary of CMSB while CMS Land is a joint-venture company between CMSB and the Sarawak Economic Development Corp (SEDC).

Ameer also said Mydin is also "seriously" looking into opening similar hypermarkets in the major towns of Sibu, Bintulu and Miri.

"There is a lot of potential there (the towns)," he said after the signing ceremony that was witnessed by State Urban Development Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg.

Datuk Richard Curtis, group managing director of CMSB, said bringing in Mydin was a "win-win situation for everybody".

"We hoped to help them expand in other parts of the state," he added.

"In attracting Mydin to Isthmus and Bandar Samariang, we had to meet some tough criteria, such as land availability for the development, community population size and that we had to have a clear vision of development for these two areas."

The rapidly growing integrated township of Bandar Samariang is now home to over 25,000 people.

That, Curtis said, "more than meets the community size development requirements".

The Bandar Samariang hypermarket would be sited on a prime 3ha site at the Bandar Samariang commercial centre.

The single-storey development would have a total floor area of 10,777 sq m - about 4,000 sq m for the hypermarket, 1,514 sq m of mall space and 603.87 sq m for the food court.

The hypermarket at the Isthmus is larger - a two-storey building with a total floor space area of 28,568 sq m. The hypermarket takes up 5,862 sq m.