Pleased to report back that to have participated in the most intensed appeal for an out right miracle for recovery was amazing, and it were to materialize in due course, i know my efforts of arranging such a meeting would be eternal to most parties involved in this mega project, and never more humble than GPLM's CEO 's pitch at that meeting that day, in a very contradicting way, of saying , our problem is that to apportion this big cake...as in what is really your problem, theres enuff here for everyone..and more..
But as my friend, the brother, cited, theyre pros with god knows what up their sleeves,and to put high hopes with Dato's ending remark of what can we really do for you... ended the meeting with such coldness and uncertainty on GPLM's side.For the commoner like me though , it was a great success.So when the Yang Mulia Tunku, said, that was their best treatment of us in meetings, i smiled, knowing that Dato' has really made an about turn of this place.
Everything was served in one tray with nothing spared.Funding,funding,funding was abundant we reassured,milestones tabled out,turnkeys reaffirmed,an exodus of business opportunities from Gulf States was in a nut shell , again on fundings reassured,but this time to the officers, to last but not least the sad state of MIDA's role of crushing the millions of investments coming in from the Arabs partners into the company left the CEO nearly tearful into saying what have i done wrong to Malaysia Dato? I am 10 million less in ringgit Malaysia, with no problems from the MB s office, EIA or PMO but MIDA or MITI..and my office sealed because i used GCC - ASEAN without permission?
This was ultimately all for Malaysia,and even offered MIDA the role of procurement for this project ...and i am nearly broke or bankrupt..at that point , an officer interjected,was it necessary for them to check with MIDA...a tinge of agreement could be the hint there , but wasnt that their actual role as in to facilitate foreign investments and how many of these low dirty tactics have they pulled...how did they get way with these up to now, and where are the real guardians of the innocenses , too busy hedging their funds all over the world...persons after persons are put on death penalty everyday, but isnt this the biggest bethrayal of them all, one nothing less of treason. True, kampong dot com may let this be another food for the addicts, but the case here is so demeaningly insulting that the addict might not even need a lawyer..
Okay, from responses, the camp is split , one for the "rights" of all the people and the other for the people's "rights" are all ours , dont you get it,and with awakenings happening at each corner in the country with strong messages shown already in about half of the country, this time it will be nearly all, graveyards included,kid you not ...i can only read whats seen or staged, but with Dato's parting encore of just wanting two simple things replied in fourteen days and badgering all her officers to voice concerns then to which there werent real any, justice was served.
And Who cares if MIDA's shouting about this Dato" they might need the practice for court or then after...The Buck Stops Here, dats all.
And We Just Want To Move Forward,Please.
or maybe we dont need any more fdi's yaz?
ReplyDelete...are u for real...dude>>???>>haha
ReplyDelete...hearrd that too may foreign countries involved,so wats there for us local business units..
ReplyDelete...on two main counts..specialization and maybe barters as these are all for exports nothing local..
ReplyDelete..n y u involved..??..nothing automotive here..n too big for ur current set up..
ReplyDelete..future..in energy or own wings to fly...hoo knows..with new townships, they need workshops,rite..haha
ReplyDelete..but really, SAPURA coming into this??they are more than muscular to come in ..
ReplyDelete...first rite of refusal to Dato' , way back in October ..he has other interests i guess..
ReplyDeleten they ok with it..o u , i mean..
ReplyDeleteten fold or more at least, they get the hint..haha
ReplyDelete...we ll see...
ReplyDelete...please ..by all means...ha ha ha...
ReplyDeleteBy Syed Akbar Ali
ReplyDeleteFirst of all congratulations are due to Ms Rebecca Sta Maria for being appointed the KSU of the Ministry of International Trade & Industry or MITI. Rebecca is 53, which means she can actually serve a five year term until she is 58. That is sufficient time to make an impact.
Rebecca, here is my wish list for you : before you retire please get at least three major foreign steel millers to open steel mills here. If you cannot get those five million tonne capacity monsters, then go for the specialist steel manufacturers.
You know for example the weapons grade steel makers (steel used to make artillery guns and so forth). Bukan kita nak perang dengan siapa pun but specialty steels are an entirely different technology that requires higher levels of skills (Don’t forget : we want to move to a higher income economy). Weapons grade steel millers produce lots of other specialized steels.
And also other specialty steel makers for manufacturing high pressure boilers, making turbine blades and so forth. There is much diversity in the steel industry, so lets please diversify and move to higher income. If your people need free advise, I will be glad to assist.
We also need a thousand fold increase in processing our own rubber into high value downstream products. Medical catheters, engine seals, valve seals, neoprene rubber products, synthetic rubber manufacturing (which uses natural rubber too). The same goes for palm oil. Takkan sampai tua nak potong buah saja. We need to go fully downstream into more intermediate and end products. The potential is limitless. And we control the supply of the raw material. These are industry categories.
Other than industry categories, we need to bring world class names to move to Malaysia – tak kira apa industry dia. Please make this your special assignment. For example over the next five years get Lego (toys), Boeing (airplanes), IBM (computers), Mercedes, Scania, MAN, Nokia, Adidas, Bell Labs, GM Labs, Kellogs, Reebok, Rolex, Seiko, Casio, Caterpillar, Komatsu, John Deere, Sikorsky, Agusta etc to make major investments here. Either new manufacturing plants, research labs, assembly plants or whatever but let it be major investment involving high technology.
We really need to focus on these target groups and get them over here. Now Rebecca while on the throne of thought recently I ran into this train of thought. How can we get all these people to come here? The answer came to me instantly. We have to ask them : What can I do for you to make you invest a billion US Dollars in my country?
Then tell your boys to have their Buku Tiga Lima ready. Whatever they want, please write it down carefully and then work quickly and diligently to give it to them. If they want cheap land give it to them (rent it to them cheap for as long as they need). If they ask for money like Government grants, tax breaks, training grants etc work out a workable package lah). If they need reserach facilities, marry them with the thousands of universities, colleges, community colleges, institut kemahiran and what not that we already have in the country.
Really our country Malaysia has everything they will need. It is just a matter of packaging things properly, putting the horse before the cart (or putting the cart behind the horse) and stuff like that. If your boys need assistance in this area, saya boleh tolong juga, to share ideas. We have to move to a high income economy. So please be sharp. Chop chop.
glad u understand our predicament..Mr Syed,Dato Rebecca is indeed a breath of fresh air in our services..well done!
ReplyDeletetill dato Jalila comes in da way and bring her buku lima boys..hahaha
ReplyDelete....i can see this in third world countries or iron fisted communists turned democratic ones it seems, but here, after the "socialists" period..unthinkable ..till now....guess we d hav to really make em smell da coffee guyzz..
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