TANJONG KARANG, Aug 22 (Bernama) — Twenty community markets will be built nationwide from this year to encourage Malaysians to venture into business, especially agriculture-based industries, said Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Datuk Seri Noh Omar. He said the markets, to be developed by the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama),...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 (Bernama) — Pertubuhan Usahawan Generasi Muda Berjaya (GMB), a non-profit organisation, aims to open 20 Killiney Kopitiam outlets throughout the country by mid next year. Killiney Kopitiam is a Singapore-based food and beverage chain. GMB president Agil Faisal Ahmad Fadzil said of the 20 outlets, 10 would be restaurants in...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 (Bernama) — Maxis Bhd aims to work closely with the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) to establish joint programmes to promote adoption of cloud computing services for independent software vendors. Maxis Senior Vice President of Business Services Fitri Abdullah said the telecommunication company’s collaboration...

SEREMBAN, Aug 22 (Bernama) — The Negeri Sembilan Federal Agriculture Marketing Authority (Fama) plans to open three K-Shoppe agro bazaars in every parliamentary constituency in the state. Twenty-four bazaars will be opened in the eight parliamentary constituencies in the state to help 240 entrepreneurs. State Executive Councillor for Agriculture...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 22 (Bernama) — Seventeen small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) received their audit reports under the guidance of the Halal Industry Development Corporation (HDC) at an audit presentation and seminar today. The event, hosted under Halal Business Transformation Programme, aims to boost competitiveness among SMEs and to facilitate...

SINGAPORE, Aug 22 (Bernama) — Singaporean entrepreneurs, including start-ups, are urged to be ambitious and take the opportunity to capture the global market share. In stating this, Minister of State for Trade and Industry Teo Ser Luck said: “As you advance in your career as an entrepreneur, I encourage you to dream big and think global,...

Date: 7 – 10 September 2011 Time: 10.30am – 6.00pm Venue: Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Admission: FREE! In response to the many global challenges towards our natural environment today, coupled with the urgent need to be energy efficient and to achieve energy independence, IGEM-Renewable Energy 2011 is organized...

KUALA LUMPUR: 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) has announced the appointments of several local and foreign companies to develop the Kuala Lumpur International Financial District (KLIFD). Eleven companies covering various fields including sustainability, infrastructure engineering, landscape planning and traffic management were appointed based on their...

WOOLWORTHS has poached an executive from British giant Tesco to run its supermarket division, following the resignation of Greg Foran. Tjeerd Jegen, currently chief executive at Tesco Malaysia, would take up his new role at Woolworths before the end of the year, a company spokesman said. The 40-year-old Dutchman began his career as a management trainee...

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 19, 2011): The chief executive officer of the Malaysian External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade), Datuk Noharuddin Nordin, has been appointed as the director-general of the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (Mida), effective tomorrow. He succeeds Datuk Jalilah Baba who will go on mandatory retirement tomorrow, said...