OPENING REMARKS DELIVERED
BY H.E. AMBASSADOR YEAN YOKE HENG
AT THE MEETING BETWEEN
PERAK STATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
AND THE CROATIAN CHAMBER OF ECONOMY, ZAGREB, REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2012
MS. SUNCANICA SKUPNJAK-KAPIC
MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
CROATIAN CHAMBER OF ECONOMY,
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS,
CROATIAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT, COMPANIES IN CROATIA AND
MY FELLOW MALAYSIANS
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
AT THE OUTSET, I WISH TO EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO MY COLLEAGUES FROM MALAYSIA AND EXPRESSED MY APPRECIATION TO THE CCE FOR ORGANISING THIS MORNING EVENT. I HOPE TODAY’S OCCASION WILL BE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL FOR BOTH PARTIES IN ENHANCING THE BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN MALAYSIA AND CROATIA AND TO EXPLORE NEW AREAS FOR ECONOMIC COLLABORATION. THE AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN THE CCE AND THE NCCIM ON 18 APRIL 1996 COULD SERVE AS A PLATFORM FOR ANY FUTURE BUSINESS AND TRADE COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES.
2. THE HONOURABLE PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA, YAB DATO’ SRI MOHD NAJIB TUN ABDUL RAZAK HAS ENVISION GREEN TECHNOLOGY AS THE NEW GROWTH ENGINE FOR MALAYSIA AND RENEWABLE ENERGY, SPECIFICALLY SOLAR POWER, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF MAIN PROJECTS UNDER MALAYSIA’S ETP. AN ESTIMATED RM 5.7 BILLION (EURO 1.42 BILLION) OF INVESTMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE MADE UNDER THIS PROGRAMME BY THE YEAR 2020. IN ADDITION TO SOLAR POWER, MALAYSIA HAS ALSO ABUNDANT BIOMASS FROM OUR OIL PALM PLANTATIONS AND HYDRO POWER. WE NEED TO HARVEST AND EXPLOIT THESE ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERY WHICH CAN PROLONG THE OIL AND GAS RESERVES IN MALAYSIA AND IN THE LONG RUN TO AVOID/REDUCE FURTHER THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE. I HOPE THIS VISIT WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF ACTUALISING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CCE AND NCCIM AND FURTHER EXPAND NOT ONLY COLLABORATION IN THE RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR BUT ALSO OTHER BUSINESS ACTIVITIES, INVESTMENTS AND JOINT VENTURES BETWEEN OUR TWO COUNTRIES IN INDUSTRIES SUCH AS ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, WOOD PRODUCTS, MACHINERY, APPLIANCES AND PARTS AND THE SERVICES SECTOR. IN THE 2012 BUDGET, MALAYSIA IS LIBERALIZING FOREIGN PARTICIPATION IN 17 SUB-SECTORS WHICH WILL OPEN UP 100% FOREIGN OWNERSHIP IN PRIVATE HOSPITAL SERVICE; MEDICAL AND DENTAL SPECIALIST SERVICE; ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING, ACCOUNTING, TAXATION AND LEGAL SERVICES, COURIER SERVICES; EDUCATION AND TRAINING AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES.
3. TOTAL TRADE FROM JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 2011 BETWEEN MALAYSIA AND CROATIA IS VALUED AT EURO 42.83 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF 17.6% COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD IN 2010. THIS IS VERY ENCOURAGING AND I HOPE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN TRADE AND INVESTMENTS, BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES IN THE FUTURE.
4. I WISH YOU SUCCESS IN YOUR DELIBERATIONS TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN OUR ECONOMIC RELATIONS WHICH WOULD LEAD TO AN ENHANCEMENT IN OUR BILATERAL RELATIONS.
THANK YOU.
UVODNI GOVOR
NJ.E. VELEPOSLANIKA YEAN YOKE HENGA
NA SASTANKU DELEGACIJE IZ PERAKA I HRVATSKE GOSPODARSKE KOMORE
ZAGREB, REPUBLIKA HRVATSKA
1. VELJA?E 2012.
G?O SUN?ANICE SKUPNJAK KAPI?,
DIREKTORICE SEKTORA ZA ME?UNARODNE ODNOSE
HRVATSKE GOSPODARSKE KOMORE,
PREDSTAVNICI MINISTARSTVA VANJSKIH I EUROPSKIH POSLOVA,
HRVATSKE BANKE ZA OBNOVU I RAZVOJ,
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KOLEGE IZ MALEZIJE
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HVALA.