Visit of Mr Riaan Le Roux, Chief Operating Officer

and delegation from Trade and Investment

South Africa (TISA) to MASSA Secretariat

on 26 September 2013

Mr Riaan Le Roux, Chief Operating Officer and delegation from the Trade and Investment South Africa (TISA) visited MASSA Secretariat.  TISA is a division of the Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa tasked with growing South Africa’s exports and attracting foreign direct investments into South Africa.

Courtesy Call on President of MASSA by

Dr. Didar Singh, Secretary-General of Federation

of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI),

India on 30 September 2013

(right) Tan Sri Azman Hashim, President of MASSA and (left) Dr. Didar Singh, Secretary-General, FICCI, India

(right) Dr. Didar Singh, Secretary-General, FICCI, India and Mr George Abraham, Regional Representative of FICCI based in Singapore

(left to right) Mr George Abraham, Tan Sri Azman Hashim and Dr. Didar Singh

Dr. Didar Singh, Secretary-General of the Federation of Indian  Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), India made a courtesy call on Tan Sri Azman Hashim, President of MASSA at his office.  He was accompanied by Mr George Abraham, Regional Representative of FICCI based in Singapore at the meeting.

Members of MASSA EXCO present at this meeting were Tan Sri Dato’ Soong Siew Hoong, Dato’ J. Jegathesan, Datin Lalita Jegathesan, Assistant Consultant, JJ Ishwara Connect (JJIC), Malaysia and Mr Tan Kwe Hee, Group Advisor of Bina Puri Holdings Bhd. 

Malaysia-Vietnam Business & Investment Roundtable

with H.E. Hoang Trung Hai, Deputy Prime Minister of

Vietnam to Malaysia on 11 October 2013

ASLI and the Embassy of Vietnam in Malaysia jointly organised the Malaysia-Vietnam Business & Investment Roundtable with H.E. Hoang Trung Hai, Deputy Prime  Minister of Vietnam  at Carcosa Seri Negara, Kuala Lumpur.  The Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam delivered a Keynote Address with presentations from the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Ministry of Planning and Investment Vietnam at this event.

Tan Sri Dato’ Michael Chen Wing Sum, Vice-President of MASSA and Ms Florence Khoo represented MASSA at this event.

INTRADE Malaysia 2013 from 26 to 28 November 2013

MASSA Booth at INTRADE Malaysia 2013

Trade visitors making enquiries at MASSA Booth

Trade Visitors visited MASSA Booth

Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) with the support of  the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) organized the 7th International Trade Malaysia 2013 (INTRADE Malaysia 2013) at the Menara MATRADE, Kuala Lumpur. 

MASSA was one of the supporting organisations at this annual international trade and export exhibition.

YB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade and Industry (MITI), Malaysia officiated the Opening of INTRADE Malaysia  2013 with the themed “Revitalising Export Growth” for this year’s INTRADE Malaysia 2013.

 A total of 442 exhibition booths comprised 209 booths from Malaysian exhibitors and 233 booths from overseas exhibitors were taken up at this exhibition.

385 companies participated at INTRADE Malaysia 2013 with 181 Malaysian companies and 204 foreign companies from Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Ecuador, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Mauritius, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam and Zimbabwe.  8,594 trade visitors visited the exhibition. 

4 main industry clusters were the focus of this year’s exhibition, i.e. Building Materials, Electrical and Electronics and ICT, Manufacturing Support and Lifestyle.

Other programmes which ran concurrently during the exhibition were Incoming Buying Mission (IBM), Kuala Lumpur International Trade Forum 2013 (KLITF 2013) and FTA @ INTRADE besides business matching sessions for participating business people and trade  visitors.