Meeting with H.E. Ntsebe Kokome, High Commissioner of the
High Commission of the Kingdom of Lesotho to
Malaysia on 28 September 2012

H.E. Ntsebe Kokome, High Commissioner of the High Commission of the Kingdom of Lesotho to Malaysia visited ACCCIM’s office. YBhg Tan Sri Dato’ Soong Siew Hoong, Executive Adviser of ACCCIM and EXCO member of MASSA and Ms Ng Su Fun, Executive Secretary of MASSA met Her Excellency to discuss joint collaboration on events and activities for ACCCIM and MASSA members.

Courtesy Call on H.E. Khamphan Anlavan, Ambassador of the Embassy of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic at the Lao Embassy on 28 September 2012

YBhg Tan Sri Dato’ Soong Siew Hoong, EXCO member of MASSA and Executive Adviser of ACCCIM and Ms Ng Su Fun, Executive Secretary of MASSA paid a courtesy call on H.E. Khamphan Anlavan, Ambassador of the Embassy of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic at the Lao Embassy. Amongst other discussions, ACCCIM and MASSA raised the proposal to organise a Trade and Investment Mission to Vientiane, Laos for MASSA and ACCCIM members in December 2012.

6th International Trade Malaysia 2012 (INTRADE Malaysia 2012) from 27 to 29 November 2012 at Menara MATRADE, Kuala Lumpur

MASSA, as one of the supporting organisations, also participated in the 6th International Trade Malaysia 2012 (INTRADE Malaysia 2012) organised by Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) with the support of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), Malaysia at Menara MATRADE, Kuala Lumpur.

YB Dato’ Jacob Dungau Sagan, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), Malaysia officiated the Opening of INTRADE Malaysia 2012 which carried the theme “Energising Export Growth”.

A total of 435 exhibition booths were taken up by 377 companies participating in INTRADE Malaysia 2012. Approximately 8,500 trade visitors attended this exhibition.

Participants comprised 282 Malaysian companies and 102 foreign participants from 15 countries, namely Bangladesh, Ecuador, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Nigeria, Philippines, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, UAE, USA and Vietnam.

Four specific industry sectors were the focus of this year’s exhibition, i.e. Automotive, Electrical & Electronics (E&E), Information & Communication Technology (ICT) and Manufacturing Support and Lifestyle.

Other programmes which ran concurrently during the exhibition included the Incoming Buying Mission (IBM), FTA @ INTRADE and KL International Trade Forum (KLITF). Business matching sessions were also organised for participating business people and trade visitors.