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CM Leads Trade Mission to Three European Countries

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SHAH ALAM, 1 Oct: Chief Minister, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim is leading a the Selangor government trade and investment mission to Belgium, Switzerland and Germany which began on 29 September and will end on 7 October.

The mission arranged by the Selangor State Investment Centre (SSIC) aims to attract investment and promote Selangor as a major investment destination in Malaysia to industries and entrepreneurs in Belgium, Switzerland and Germany.

In Belgium, the Selangor government delegation will visit Essenscia which is the Belgian Chemical and Life Sciences Industries Federation representing 800 companies from the sector and will hold discussions with the Managing Director of Essenscia, Yves Verschueren.

The delegation will also visit the Bekaert Company headquarters, a leading manufacturer of steel wire transformation and coatings, the Emulco Company laboratory, and hold discussions with the Chairman of Emulco, Jean Vanhoebost. They will then visit the headquarters of Oleon – an oleochemical product manufacturer which has a factory in Port Klang.

In Switzerland, the Chief Minister and his delegation will visit SR Technics, an aircraft maintenance company, and hold discussions with the Senior Vice President of the Component Maintenance Division, Christof Spaeth.
They will also visit the Zeochem headquarters – high quality molecular sieves and chromatography gels. In addition, the Chief Minister will also be taken to the headquarters of Nestle, a global food manufacturing company, and hold discussions and dialogues with the Swiss Association of Machinery Manufacturers.

The delegation will then go on to Germany and hold meetings with Hensen trade and Invest – a government agency for enhancing trade for the region of Hensen, and visit the Hensen Industrial Area. They will also visit the Wurth Group – a leading manufacturer in assembly equipment such as screws – which has 400 subsidiary companies in 80 countries and hold meetings and dialogues with the Ostwestfalen Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Also participating in the mission is the Chairman of the Selangor State Standing Committee Investment, Industry and Trade, Ean Yong Hian Wah, the Chief Executive Officer for SSIC, Hasan Azhari Idris, the Assistant Manager of SSIC, Sven Schneider and the Senior Manager for the Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) Business Development, Puan Norzila Sidek.

The Chief Minister and the delegation are scheduled to return to Malaysia on 7 October.

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OFFICE OF THE DATO’ MENTERI BESAR OF SELANGOR

CM Congratulates Team on Defending the Sultan of Selangor Cup

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SHAH ALAM, 29 Sept: The Chief Minister of Selangor, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, congratulated the Selangor football squad from defending the 12th Sultan of Selangor Cup after defeating Singapore 3-2 at the Shah Alam Stadium last night.

“Congratulations to the Selangor football team for defeating Singapore in the Sultan of Selangor Cup!” he said through his facebook page last night.

Abdul Khalid accompanied DYMM the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah who consented to watch the match which featured the two traditional rivals of the Malaysian League some time ago.

In last year’s edition, Selangor re-claimed the trophy with a 3-1 win after defeating Singapore after three-consecutive years of drought.

The team, coached by P Maniam, emerged champions with two goals from import striker Francis Forkey Doe and and one from the import defensive player, Adam Griffith.

Despite struggling with the issue of the resignation of the head coach, Irfan Bakti Abu Salim, the Read and Yellow team played superbly to not disappoint over 50,000 spectators who were in attendance that night.

Team of 11 consisted of Asharuddin Putra Omar, Norazlan Razali, Mohd Amri Yahya, Mahali Jasuli, Adam Griffith, Forkey Doe, S.Kunalan, K.Gurusamy, Mohd nashriq Baharom, Mohd Fitri Shazwan and S.Veenod.

The Selangor team took home the trophy and a cash prize of RM50,000 which was presented by the Sultan after the game.

That night, local football fans were also treated to a game between the Selangor Veterans team and the Singapore Veterans team. Singapore Veterans won 1-0.

Selangor Fulfils Election Manifesto through a Five-Year Action Plan

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The Selangor Government has drafted a Five-Year Action Plan to raise the socio-economic status of the people in Selangor to ensure that the people’s standard of living reflects a developed state.

The Five-Year Action Plan is based on strategies and measures proposed in the Selangor Pakatan Rakyat Manifesto for the 13th General Election (GE-13), which was recently discussed and debated at public dialogue sessions held by all 12 Local Authorities in Selangor.

The action plan was drafted during the three-day Executive Councillors’ retreat in Bangkok, where all EXCOs voiced issues that needed to be given priority, target groups, special programmes and the projected financial implications as part of the implementation strategy.

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Among others, the EXCO has decided to:

1. Continue efforts to finalise the restructuring of the water industry and the distribution of water shares to the people of Selangor.

2. Giving rebates or other types of incentives to civil servants who use public transportation to commute from work at the SUK Building and to provided shuttle buses from public transportation networks especially from the Bus Terminal at Section 1 and the KTM Station at Section 19 to the SUK Building under the Selangor Public Transport Council which will be set up soon.

3. Centralise all entrepreneurship activities and programmes under the Selangor State Entrepreneurship Centre as a one-stop agency for entrepreneurial development.

4. Implement new policies for Affordable Quality Homes (AQH) through a semi-autonomous unit under the Selangor Housing and Property Board (LPHS).

5. Build an integrated database for all state-funded programmes, including welfare recipient’s statistics, and to introduce new programmes or enhance existing programmes to change the welfare mind-set to a Workforce mind-set.

6. Conduct a comprehensive study with the objective of establishing the Selangor Halal Scientific Laboratory to address the issues of halal certification.

7. Enhance the strength of community programme policies funded by the state government.

I would like to thank all EXCOs, senior state government officers and employees for their support, commitment and high level of discipline throughout the three-day session which took place, and as a result, we are able to showcase an action plan with a list of programmes or measures which will be undertaken in the short, medium or long term.

Although its implementation will not be easy, I am sure that we will all work hard to ensure that the people will eventually become the largest recipient from this action plan.

We also held a discussion with a company that owns many shopping malls in Thailand, the Central Pattana Group, which has invested RM500 million through subsidiary companies in Malaysia to build a shopping centre at i-City Shah Alam as move to make Shah Alam a new shopping paradise in this region.

The Selangor State Government is committed to manage state assets and resources entrusted by the people for the good of the people, especially to help the people of Selangor who are marginalised and less fortunate in line with the Merakyatkan Ekonomi Selangor agenda.

YAB TAN SRI DATO’ SERI ABDUL KHALID IBRAHIM

DATO’ MENTERI BESAR OF SELANGOR

CM: Devise Strategies that Maintains Excellent Performance

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KLANG, 18 September: The strategic location of the Klang Valley has made Selangor a major contributor to the country’s economy, said Chief Minister, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.

According to him, the state is in a strategic position which is often the major destination of investors from within the country and abroad to invest in Selangor.

Abdul Khalid said that even though Malaysia is experiencing slow economic growth this year, Selangor will continue to devise new strategies to maintain the excellent performance achieved in the past year.

“We are not just lucky, but the strategic location of Selangor has resulted in many investors coming to this state.

“As an effort to boost economic development in Selangor and Malaysia, investment in the state should be expanded with a variety of investment activities and with various sectors involved so that it can be improved even more,” he said.

Abdul Khalid said this in a response to the statement by the Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz, who said that Malaysia experienced slow economic growth for the second quarter of this year.

This has resulted in BNM having to review the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter of this year by only targeting 45 compared to 6% at the beginning of the first quarter of this year.

Earlier, Abdul Khalid officiated the new office building of YKGI Holdings Berhad, as well as the launch of the latest product of the company at the Sungai Puloh Industrial Area in Kapar, Klang, near here on 13 September.

Also present was the Executive Councillor in charge of Investment, Industry, New Village Development and the Whitening of Illegal Factories, Ean Yong Hian Wah, the YKGI Group Managing Director, Datuk Soh Thian Lai, and the Advisor of YKGI, Datuk Wahab Hamid.

Meanwhile, Abdul Khalid in his speech said that throughout the past five years, Selangor has managed to bring in 1,429 manufacturing projects from within and outside the country with a total capital investment of up to RM49.7 billion.

Last year, Selangor became the major contributor of investment in Malaysia by receiving RM11.7 billion from the total investment approved through the manufacturing sector.

Abdul Khalid said that the iron and steel project in this country has also received a total capital investment up to RM2.1 billion throughout the past five years.

“A total of RM1.5 billion comes from domestic projects and the rest are projects of foreign investors totalling to RM9.5 billion. The number of jobs created is 3,237 places,” he added.

CM: PM Must Explain NEP Failure

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BANDAR UTAMA, 18 SEPTEMBER: Despite provisions of billions of ringgit, with various rhetoric to empower Bumiputera development, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has been urged to provide accurate explanation as to why the New Economic Policy (NEP) previously failed in placing the majority in a proud place.

Chief Minister, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said that the public is questioning why the Bumiputera status remains fragile with the socio-economic gap widening, and requiring support from the Government despite the NEP being implemented for a long time.

“The government should review the existing shortcomings prior to coming up with a new policy,” he said.

Abdul Khalid said this in response to the announcement by the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Abd Razak on new measures and strategies to empower the Bumiputera community’s economy through the establishment of the Bumiputera Economic Council.

Abdul Khalid said that efforts to develop the socio-economy of Bumiputeras will not be achieved if the Government still gives opportunities to the ‘rentier class’ such as previous policies.

Abdul Khalid added that the Government should formulate a policy that is concerned about the Bumiputera community and not continue the political survival of any individual.

“Part of the New Economic Policy has provided opportunities to the ‘rentier class’. They do not carry out projects given and instead, carry out projects by way of joint ventures, where most of the work is done by non-Malays.

“Great profits that are not based on ‘value for money’ will cause contracts to be sold (alibaba),” explained Abdul Khalid,

CM: Gather Talented Engineers to Plan the State’s Development

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BANDAR UTAMA, 16 Sept: The Selangor Government wants to gather as many talented engineers as possible to help in the planning or urban development in the state.

Describing it as important, the Chief Minister, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, said that the need is becoming more urgent, especially in Selangor as it is rapidly developing.

“It is one of the challenges for Selangor to grab opportunities presented in the Greater Kuala Lumpur-Klang Valley plan.

“Talented engineers can help the state government develop infrastructure and efficient transportation system in major cities in the Klang Valley,” he said.

Abdul Khalid said this at the closing ceremony of the Engineering Invention and Innovation Expo (EINIX) 2013 organised by the Institute of Engineers, Malaysia here at the 1Utama shopping complex yesterday.

He hopes that the Institute of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) is able to produce more talented engineers to help the state government realise an efficient network of infrastructure and public services.

“This is a challenge to IEM. Perhaps, IEM is able to find and feature more engineers through the organisation of this expo,” he said.

IEM which was established in 1959 is a professional body that serves over 30,000 members in Malaysia and abroad.

Themed ‘Commercialisation of Engineering’, EINIX was organised in conjunction with the Malaysian Engineering Week 2013 to showcase the creative inventions and innovative products from undergraduate and postgraduate students.

This year’s EINIX saw a total of 22 participants from eight local and international universities.

CM, 1,5000 Klang Citizens Celebrate Lantern Festival

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KLANG, 14 SEPT: Despite the changing times, for the Tiong Hua community, the full moon which shines during the Mid-Autumn Festival still mean togetherness, family and unity.

Celebrated at the end of the harvest season, this festival celebrates separated families and reunion. This festival also commemorates the work of the peasant group, that struggles throughout the year and takes this opportunity to jointly share the harvest.

These beautiful values prompted the Chief Minister, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim, along with 1,00 citizen of Klang to celebrate the festival at Bandar Bukit Tinggi, Klang, despite the occasional drizzle throughout the night.

The banquet which was enlivened with the presence of citizens of Klang, from senior citizens to young children, including the Klang Member of Parliament, Charles Santiago, Member of the Datin Paduka Central Council, Dr Tan Yee Kew and the Chairman of the Bandar Bukit Tinggi Residents Association, Gan Ee Chai.

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After giving a casual speech, Abdul Khalid, who is also the Port Klang Assemblyman, and the people celebrated with lion and dragon dances. Various firecrackers flooded the celebration with different colours and sounds.

Although special lanterns could not be released into the air because the rain did not allow it, the public respectively carried small lanterns hung at the end of short sticks. Lanterns were also hung at permitted areas. Indeed, this festival cannot be separated with lanterns, which brings a variety of meanings according to different beliefs and local history.

Once upon a time, in Pingxi, the village people released lanterns into the air to bring good news to neighbouring villages that they were protected from rogues.

In this celebration, Khalid and attendees carried lanterns and walked around Bandar Bukit Tinggi to meet and mingle with the people of Klang. Perhaps he also brought good news to the people of Selangor that we are one big family, and that their welfare is protected under the State Government under his leadership.

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CM Willing to Meet Jalan Teratai Vendors

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KLANG, 14 SEPT: Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim yesterday expressed willingness to meet with Jalan Teratai vendors here in Meru to solve the problem of stall placement faced by these vendors.

The Chief Minister intends to meet with the vendors shortly after the 2014 Selangor Budget is tabled in November.

“I have no problem to meet with them (vendors) after the State Budget is tabled in November.

“We will explain what we can give to help them solve this problem,” he said when met after the State Government Manifesto Dialogue with the people here at Hamzah Hall.

Previously, the Klang Municipal Council (MPK) demolished the stalls at Jalan Teratai which were built illegally after receiving complaints from the owner of the land.

MPK also intends to hold a second phase of operation on houses owned by local residents which have been renovated illegally to be used as a shop and rented out to foreigners.

Water Restructuring to be Completed Later This Year

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SHAH ALAM, 11 SEPT: The restructuring of the water industry in Selangor will be completed before 31 December this year after the State Government received confirmation from the Central Government.

Chief Minister, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said that the matter was decided by the Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water (KeTTHA) in a letter dated 9 September 2013.

In the letter, the Minister of KeTTHA, Datuk Seri Maximus Ongkili stated that the Ministry has considered all the arguments and facts presented by the State Government and is confident that it can be resolved.

“The State Government thanked the Ministers involved personally and gave their commitment to ensure that the water management will be handed back to the State Government in accordance with the Water Services Industry Act (Wasia) 2006.

“We reiterate our readiness to take over the water operations as soon as possible seeing that the solution to this problem has nearly been achieved,” he said in a press conference at the Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Building in Shah Alam.

The letter also stated that the Ministry will hold a meeting with the share owners of the concession companies at the latest next week to discuss the process and procedures of the water restructuring which will be implemented.

“We (the Federal and State Government) have the same goal to settle this matter for the restructuring of the water industry in the state of Selangor,” he added.

Also informed is the provision of free water which will continue in the next few years as contained in the Selangor Pakatan Rakyat (PR) manifesto should the water industry restructuring be completed.

CM: KUIS Aims to Achieve University Status in 2016

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BANGI, SEPT 10: To continue efforts to strengthen knowledge, the Selangor International Islamic University College (KUIS) seeks to achieve full university status by the year 2016.

Chief Minister, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said that as a move to realise the plan, efforts to offer graduate and doctoral degrees are being pursued.

“This effort will begin with upgrading works and adding several new programmes at the undergraduate level in order to be competitive and keep pace with the changing times.

“In addition, diploma and degree students are also expected to make KUIS their preferred institution to further their studies in their masters degree as well as their doctorate in philosophy,” explained Abdul Khalid who is also the Chairman of KUIS.

Abdul Khalid said this at a press conference after the First Session of the 16th time of the KUIS Convocation Ceremony today.

KUIS which is wholly owned by MAIS was established in 1995. KUIS offers over twenty courses covering a variety of subjects such as Islamic studies, business studies, Islamic banking, language and communication, information technology, multimedia, nursing and education.

KUIS is now actively improving the quality of learning at the institution in line with the entry target of 6,000 students next year.

This year’s edition saw a total of 1,896 students from six faculties eligible to receive their respective Diplomas and Degrees which was presented by Abdul Khalid.

Also present at the convocation was the Exco in charge of Education, Dr Halimah Ali, the Reactor of KUIS, Assoc Prof Datuk Dr Abd Halim Tamuri, members of the Selangor Islamic Religious Council (MAIS) as well as parents and family members of the students graduating.

The convocation this time also awarded diplomas to 500 teachers of Al-Quran and Fardu Ain (KAFA) classes from around Selangor who were enrolled in the Teaching Diploma programme.

The Teaching Diploma for KAFA teachers is part of on-going efforts in promoting Islamic education for the children of Selangor.

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