November was an extremely busy month for MASSA. Thanks to INTRADE Malaysia 2007, which was a resounding success, MASSA was privileged to host a number of incoming business delegations. These include visitors from Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Bosnia & Herzegovina to name a few. We sincerely hope that member’s meetings with these delegations have been fruitful.

MASSA was also privileged to co-organise a luncheon for the President of Uruguay. Uruguay is a small but surely emerging economy in South America that can be Malaysia’s launch pad into South America. We thank H.E. Pablo Sader for contributing an informative article on his beloved country in this edition. We have also featured our Malaysians doing business in the Republic of South Africa.

MASSA’s ongoing collaboration with the Bangladesh-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BMCCI) is staging “Showcase Malaysia 2008” in Dhaka, Bangladesh in March 2008. This inaugural event is held to bring together a wide range of Malaysian products and services for the Bangladeshi market. A population of 140 million people with increasing purchasing power is a market that has enormous potential and growth opportunity for our products and services. We look forward to your participation in this event.

Overall, this year has been a busy and productive one and we owe it to our members and their participation.

We would like to record our appreciation to the sponsors who have made the four publications of our newsletter for 2007 possible.

As we herald in the New Year, we in the Editorial Team wish all members and readers Season’s Greetings and a Happy & Productive New Year!

Hamidah Tun Ghafar
Editor