Visit Secret Garden

Ask you friend to bring you to the Secret Garden in Sembulan when you come to Kota Kinabalu for some business or visit with your family.You can take you dinner or lunch or even breakfast there as well as do you business talk there. Nice place to visit.

Watch Out For Borneo International Fair 2009

(Photo of Borneo International Fair 2008 - the First One)

BIF 2009 has been schedule end of 2009. Details will be let known in due course.

Sabah Bumiputera Chamber of Commerce is the main Organizer for BIF 2009.

Tough...Tough

Next 2 years, from 2009 are going to be tough for business. The world is going on a recession. So are we. Many people especially those in the private sector are going to lose their jobs. It is difficult to reduce the jobs at the public sector.

What do we do if the prices of oil palm and palm oil do not improve? The industry will be affected so are other sectors like the realty sector. Oil palm planters were the buyers of shops and offices. What happens now? Would they be able to pay their loans? Or are we going to face sub-prime problem when people are unable to pay their loans? Let us wait and see what the Ox year can do for us.

One District One Industri

SDSI 2008 was held at Wisma Tun Fuad Stephens from December 19-21,2008. SDSI showcased the products from the Districts; mainly snack foods, noney, handicraft

Food & Beverage expo 2008

One District One Industry Expo 2008

The One District One Industry Expo starts on December 19 and runs until December 21 at the Wisma Tun Fuad Stephens, Karaminsing. The One District One Industry Expo showcases the products from Sabah.

One District One Industry is commonly known as Satu Daerah Satu Industri (SDSI) and there are more than 30 districts in SABAH.

The organizer is the Department of Industry Development and Research of SABAH

Well done to the Deparment for organizing this expo and helps the developement of Sabah as a Development Corridor.

Renewing Passport

It took exactly 2 hours to renew a Malaysian International passport. The delivery system has really improved. You need to have the necessary document including a copy of your identity card, two colored photos with blue background and the form.

It costs RM300 for a 32 pages passport.

Nonetheless the machine to renew the passport online was out of order at the Kota Kinabalu Immigration Office. It has to be repaired to make it work again.

Food & Beverage Expo 2008

This event is on December 18-21, 2008. Department of Industrial Development and Research Sabah has been very kind in sponsoring the booths to enable the participants to showcase their products at Sabah Trade Centre.

Venue; Likas Kota Kinabalu

Join in the mood and make some money as well as build up your networking.

International Power Boat Race

The 2nd International Power Boat Race is happening on 12-14 December 2008 at the Kota Kinabalu Promenade Seafront.

This is the type of event that Kota Kinabalu needs to attract more international tourists to boost its tourism industry.

5.5% Growth For Malaysia

Malaysia is expected to post growth of 5.5% in 2008 said the Right Honorable Prime Minister of Malaysia

Nonetheless we must be prudent in our spending as 2009 could be an year of challenges. We must prepare from now