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189148
Fri, 06/17/2011 - 06:34
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AFRICA CAN GAIN FROM MALAYSIA'S TRANSFORMATIONAL POLICIES
African nations attending the Langkawi International Dialogue 2011 can use Malaysia's transformational leadership initiatives and transformational policies to tailor-make their own policies to suit their domestic needs to tackle head-on global challenges and new realities.
Foreign Minister Anifah Aman said Kuala Lumpur stands ready to share its experience in implementing the Government Transformation Programme, Economic Transformation Programme and New Economic Model premised on the inclusiveness of the 1Malaysia concept.
He said this was a crucial ingredient in order to achieve their visions to become developed countries.
"Given the challenges that governments face today with global developments and rise in commodity prices, governments cannot operate under the business as usual mode, but embrace change," he told Bernama in an interview Thursday prior to LID2011 to be held here from June 19-21.
Anifah said that the theme "Enhancing Smart Partnership for Socio-Economic Development" chosen by Prime Minister Najib Razak himself would set the tone for discussions among leaders and some 500 participants.
Malaysia has decided that LID2011 will focus on socio-economic and
development issues to reflect the current global challenges and new realities.
"We believe that new and innovative ideas on transformation and
socio-economic policies will emerge from LID2011 by offering Malaysia’s home-grown concepts and pillars of 1Malaysia which focus on People First, Performance Now."
"The GTP, ETP and NEM could serve as a case study for other participating countries of LID to consider in their efforts to transform their own administrations and societies," he said.
"Sharing transformational experiences and case studies will help us all," he said.
During the Southern Africa International Dialogue (SAID) in Munyonyo, Uganda, in 2009, most of the participating African countries expressed their interest to learn more about the four pillars for Malaysia's socio-economic development.
Asked how Malaysia's policies would suit Africa, Anifah said Malaysia and Africa share a lot of similarities as developing countries.
"If you look at the demography of African states, they are also based on multi-ethnic and pluralist society. Some countries in Africa have developed and modelled their National Visions based on our Vision 2020," he said.
LID2011 will include programmes such as the inaugural Malaysia-Africa Business Forum, which has been the "missing link" in previous LIDs, and also "Dialogue in the Field" whereby all participants would be involved in field visits and workshops at various venues such as PROTON, SIRIM and Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) so that they could expand the networking among the experts.
As to the tangible benefits from the smart partnership dialogues, Anifah said it has significantly increased commercial linkages, whereby trade between Malaysia and Africa last year alone rose 39 per cent to RM25 billion (US$8.213 billion).
Apart from trade, Malaysia’s higher education institutions have gained from Africa with the number of African students studying in higher education institutions locally having increased significantly.
He cited how Lim Kok Wing College University has established its campuses in several African countries, namely Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland.
As to the companies participating at the Business Forum and Exhibition which will begin on Friday, he said they include big Malaysian companies such as Puncak Niaga, Syabas, UMW, Malaysia Smelting Corporation, Malaysian ResourcesCorporation Bhd, Sunway Group and Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Bhd.
They are mostly involved in water treatment engineering, property
development and investment, tin metal and tin-based products, automotive, equipment, manufacturing and engineering and oil and gas industries.
From Africa, the companies include Sahel Invest Management International (Gambia), Consolidated Tyre Services Limited (Zambia), APIIT & UCTI (Tanzania) and Grain Marketing Board (Zimbabwe).
These companies are in construction and professional services, building materials and agro-based products.
"African countries and companies can use Malaysia as a gateway to the larger Asean market which has a consumer base in excess of 580 million people," Anifah added..
Foreign Minister Anifah Aman said Kuala Lumpur stands ready to share its experience in implementing the Government Transformation Programme, Economic Transformation Programme and New Economic Model premised on the inclusiveness of the 1Malaysia concept.
He said this was a crucial ingredient in order to achieve their visions to become developed countries.
"Given the challenges that governments face today with global developments and rise in commodity prices, governments cannot operate under the business as usual mode, but embrace change," he told Bernama in an interview Thursday prior to LID2011 to be held here from June 19-21.
Anifah said that the theme "Enhancing Smart Partnership for Socio-Economic Development" chosen by Prime Minister Najib Razak himself would set the tone for discussions among leaders and some 500 participants.
Malaysia has decided that LID2011 will focus on socio-economic and
development issues to reflect the current global challenges and new realities.
"We believe that new and innovative ideas on transformation and
socio-economic policies will emerge from LID2011 by offering Malaysia’s home-grown concepts and pillars of 1Malaysia which focus on People First, Performance Now."
"The GTP, ETP and NEM could serve as a case study for other participating countries of LID to consider in their efforts to transform their own administrations and societies," he said.
"Sharing transformational experiences and case studies will help us all," he said.
During the Southern Africa International Dialogue (SAID) in Munyonyo, Uganda, in 2009, most of the participating African countries expressed their interest to learn more about the four pillars for Malaysia's socio-economic development.
Asked how Malaysia's policies would suit Africa, Anifah said Malaysia and Africa share a lot of similarities as developing countries.
"If you look at the demography of African states, they are also based on multi-ethnic and pluralist society. Some countries in Africa have developed and modelled their National Visions based on our Vision 2020," he said.
LID2011 will include programmes such as the inaugural Malaysia-Africa Business Forum, which has been the "missing link" in previous LIDs, and also "Dialogue in the Field" whereby all participants would be involved in field visits and workshops at various venues such as PROTON, SIRIM and Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) so that they could expand the networking among the experts.
As to the tangible benefits from the smart partnership dialogues, Anifah said it has significantly increased commercial linkages, whereby trade between Malaysia and Africa last year alone rose 39 per cent to RM25 billion (US$8.213 billion).
Apart from trade, Malaysia’s higher education institutions have gained from Africa with the number of African students studying in higher education institutions locally having increased significantly.
He cited how Lim Kok Wing College University has established its campuses in several African countries, namely Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland.
As to the companies participating at the Business Forum and Exhibition which will begin on Friday, he said they include big Malaysian companies such as Puncak Niaga, Syabas, UMW, Malaysia Smelting Corporation, Malaysian ResourcesCorporation Bhd, Sunway Group and Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Bhd.
They are mostly involved in water treatment engineering, property
development and investment, tin metal and tin-based products, automotive, equipment, manufacturing and engineering and oil and gas industries.
From Africa, the companies include Sahel Invest Management International (Gambia), Consolidated Tyre Services Limited (Zambia), APIIT & UCTI (Tanzania) and Grain Marketing Board (Zimbabwe).
These companies are in construction and professional services, building materials and agro-based products.
"African countries and companies can use Malaysia as a gateway to the larger Asean market which has a consumer base in excess of 580 million people," Anifah added..
