Sabah Development Cooridor Players At BITF 2009

SEDIA Is The Authority

CEO SEDIA made it very clear that SEDIA is the authority on the Sabah Development Corridor and it is a private sector initiative besides SEDIA own projects.

Price Of Crude Oil Increases

Crude Oil pric increase from USD40 to more than USD80 resulting in the incrase in the price of petroleum said the Minister of Consumer Affairs and Cooperative of Malaysia.

8% Growth

YAB Prime Minister Of Malaysia, Datuk Najib Tun Razak stated that Malaysia must achieve 8% annual growth to achieve a developed nation status by 2020. Should the global economy improves by 2010 resulting in the increase of our exports we could possible achieve this goal.

Is There A Place For Building Materials Supplier?

A new kid on the block in as far as suppliers of building materials are concerned. Koperasi Usahawan Koridor Sabah Bhd was established to act as a major supplier to the many projects that are going to be implemented int the Sabah Development Corridor.

Agropolitan

Sabah State Government is vigorously promoting 5 Agropolitan projects under the Sabah Development Corridor or SDC. Rice planting is being promoted especially in Kota Belud, a district in the North West of Sabah. Agropolitan projects come under the Agriculture sector of the SDC and Halatuju.

Promoting Products From Rural Area

DUID or Dewan Usahawan Industri Desa was also busy organizing an Expo at the Sabah Trade Centre Likas to promote products from the rural area of the various states in Malaysia. The expo ended on July 5, 2009. There had been many expo in June and July 2009 in Kota Kinabalu and they were all looking for markets for their members and exhibitors.

Campaigning

The Buy Malaysia products campaign kicked off at Kota Kinabalu. The exposition which started on July 4 was held at the Town Padang and ends on July 7,2009. The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs who is the organizer had done a good job in trying to reduce the costs of prices of local products particularly those produced by SDSI producers. SDSI is One District One Industry product.

Buy Malaysia Products Campaign

Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Malaysia is organizing an expo at Papar Town Padang starting on May 10-14, 2009 to promote the Malaysian products.

Papar is a town about 30 minutes drive from Kota Kinabalu by road. You can go to the Beach called Pantai Manis. You will bypass Papar if you drive straight to Beaufort, Sipitang, Brunei, Miri.

Visit Of Prime Minister To Sabah

We look forward to the visit of the the Right Honorable Prime Minister of Malaysia to Kota Kinabalu on May 5, 2009.He is promoting 1-Malaysia.We have no problem with his noble idea but we must have the sincerity when we Walk The Talk (reminder to the Implementers of this idea). Normally it is the politics that divide us.

Walk The Talk

A Deputy Minister for Transport suggested that Sabah major districts be linked by rail network similar to those cities in Europe and other places in the world. This ides need further deliberation as it is a good idea to implement. Now Deputy Minister please 'walk the talk'.

Local Contractors Got Their Share

YAB Chief Minister of Sabah announced the allocation of projects to local contractors under the Sabah Development Corridor Congratulations for getting the projects, done by open tender.Who says the Government is not sensitive to local interests?

Ultimate Destination For Business, Culture And Nature

That is Sabah, The Land Below The Wind. The November 13-16, 2009 d;">BORNEO INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR 2009 is scheduled on at Likas Sports Complex Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, MALAYSIA. Organized jointly by the 3 Chambers of Commerce from Sabah this is the 2nd of its kind after the 1st successful Fair in 2007.Showcasing Multi-sector Products and Services from BORNEO this Fair is expected to showcase the Sabah Development Corridor too.

PETRONAS Meets Entrepreneurs

PETRONAS meets the Business Community at Le Meridian Hotel Kota Kinabalu Apirl 15, 2009 at 2pm. Such a meeting could further enhanced the Bumiputera participation in the Oil & Gas Industry in Sabah.

CIMB at 1-BORNEO

CIMB is opening a new branch at 1-BORNEO on April 6,2009. YAB CM officiates the opening at 10.15am.

Stimulus Package of Malaysia

Malaysia had introducted two Stimulus Package amounting to RM60 Billion that will end in the yar 2010.The package will be released in four trenches and now the Government is calling for detailed projects to implement.We could see some more announcements regarding these stimulus package.

Griffith University and Canadian University Dubai Representatives Dinners with Sabah Foundation Director

Sabah Foundation Leads The Way Forward

Sabah Foundation leads the way in Education sector of the Sabah Development Corridor. Its subsidiary, KKYS Sdn Bhd through Kolej Yayasan Sabah signed a few MOUs with foreign as well as national institution of higher learning including the Canadian University of Dubai and Griffith University Dublin. This week Sabah Foundation signs with University Kuala Lumpur.

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Happy Birthday

Wishing all Kota Kinabalu residents Happy City Day on 2nd February 2009.

Buy Malaysian Products Campaign

The Buy Malaysian Products Campaign was launched on January 16,2009. 1 BORNEO was the venue in Kota Kinabalu.

An Expo was held on January 17-18,2009 to mark this occasion.

Ownership of Sabah Development Corridor

Now that the Sabah Development Corridor has an 'owner' through SEDIA which represents the Sabah State Government, let us see what other incentives do the State Government offers, especially in the other sectors of the economy.

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SEDIA

Sabah State Government now established an agency to manage Sabah Development Corridor. It is called SEDIA. Sedia in Bahasa Malaysia means Getting Ready. SEDIA is Sabah Economic Development and Investment Authority.