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MISC Launches New Service Loop
MISC Bhd is launching a new service, called the Malaysia East Asia Service (MES). It offers the fastest transit carriage and cargo service from Japan, China and Taiwan to Ho Chi Minh City and Jakarta.
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Business community to be part of planning policies: Gondal
The Federal Minister for Food & Agriculture, Nazar Muhammad Gondal has said that the government will take the business community on board before planning any policy. He said that the government is to play the role of a facilitator and no policy can practically succeed without the consultation of all the stakeholders.
MCCI to work with SMEDA to support SMEs
Multan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) will collaborate with Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) to uplift the SME sector in southern Punjab.
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State Bank of Pakistan to adopt AAOIFI Shariah standards
State Bank of Pakistan has decided to gradually adopt Shariah standards issued by the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI). The standards will cater to the need of local environment and that of Islamic banking industry in the country, said an SBP circular here on Saturday.
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1Malaysia a Strong Brand To Promote Products Abroad
The 1Malaysia concept can be a strong brand to promote local products abroad, said Federal Territories and Urban Well-being Minister Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin.
Promoting Halal food
AYS Sdn Bhd, which produces the first microwaveable Halal frozen ready-to-eat Malaysian meals under the Sri Kulai brand, hopes to penetrate the overseas market by middle of this year.
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Bigger role for Brunei on Halal map?
Brunei could become a more prominent hub for Halal products despite its low population density with limited demand and supply of agricultural products and machinery, said a top official from China. Xie Kun, the Vice Secretary General of China Asean Chamber of Agricultural Commerce (CACAC) and the President and Editor-in-Chief of CACAC Information Magazine, said Brunei could serve as a transit point of agricultural products from China and Asean nations.
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Govt in process of setting up Halal certification body
Cambodia’S government could set up a body to certify Halal food in the country as early as this year, the official in charge of the proposed Cambodian Halal Institute said. The Ministry of Commerce is working in consultation with the Cambodian Muslim Development Foundation under orders from Prime Minister Hun Sen on a certification body, which will most likely be set up by sub-decree, Sop Ra, deputy director general of domestic trade at the Ministry of Commerce said.
Carrefour to Open Three New Hypermarkets This Month
Carrefour Malaysia will open three additional hypermarkets in the Klang Valley by end-January, Marketing and Communications Director for Malaysia and Singapore Low Ngai Yuen said.
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2009 YEAR IN REVIEW: Sowing the seeds of Bruneiās future food security with Laila
The first visible first step of the year towards cultivating and developing the country’s local rice production was germinated on March 4, when His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam granted an audience to the Philippines Secretary of Agriculture at Istana Nurul Iman to personally receive an update of the progress thus far of the cooperation between the Philippine government and the Ministry of Industry & Primary Resources through the introduction of a hybrid high-multiple-yielding paddy variety, dubbed ‘Brunei Darussalam Rice 1′, or simply `BDR1′, from the Philippines.
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