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The banking sector is Malaysia is very stable and growing steadily. We expect growth 9-10% this year. The regulatory framework is very good: the Islamic Financial Services and Financial Services Acts of 2013 were passed last year, taking into account all that has happened in the West in 2008. Assessment of the banking sector and economy by Tan Sri Dr. Mohd Munir Abdul Majid, Chairman of Bank Muamalat and Chairman of ASEAN-BAC Malaysia.
Malaysia is at the centre of ASEAN. Every country ASEAN country will also benefit from an integrated ASEAN economy.
ASEAN is moving in the liberalised direction. There are some gaps, some cracks in between as it moves towards liberalisation.
ASEAN is an inter-governmental organisation, so the sovereignty of the government is preserved.
The surrender of sovereignty is a sensitive thing to relatively new countries, and it may or may not happen in the distant future. But what can happen in the medium term is a commitment to give away, without formal giving away, on an issue-by-issue basis as a certain right.
With free trade, there will be the suppliers across the value chain to the finished product, which would be based in some ASEAN country chosen by the investors. ASEAN population is already the third largest in the world with over 600 million after China and India. Also, the larger ASEAN economy is worth US$ 2.4 trillion and is an upwardly mobile consumer market.
Marcopolis.net has complied the latest ranking of the top telecom companies in Malaysia. Currently, the largest telecom operator in Malayisa is Maxis with 38.1% market share, followed by Celcom with 33.7% market share and Digi with an estimated 28.2% market share.
The government has invested about 50 billion in funding for the development of rail infrastructure, since 1990. The Prime minister announced last year that they would spend another 160 billion Ringgits until 2020.
Electricity consumption is still linked to economic growth activity in this country. At the moment we are growing at about 3.5% per annum and sometimes that creeps up a bit further depending on the general investment climate and economic development.
Our journey started with the creation of the Malaysia Computer Emergency Response Team or MyCERT (www.mycert.org.my) on 13 January 1997 as a unit under MIMOS Berhad (www.mimos.my).
