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We would like to bring your attention to an unique business trip to Germany in June 2012. This delegation to Germany will provide you a wide view into the research & development of Green Technology with a focus on Solar and Green Technology in Germany. 

Highlights of the trips are: 

1.  Visits “Intersolar 2012”, world’s largest solar trade fair

2.  Training modules on:

             a) PV Installation

             b) Green (Sustainable) Buildings/Townships

             c) Biomass (Bio-energy) – waste to energy 

3. Company / side visits & Presentation /Business matching

4. Visit to the famous solar power plant at the highest mountain in Germany    

In 2010 and 2011, MGCC organized very successful delegations to Germany in the area of solar and green technology. The programme was catered to participants to include a match-making session with German companies and three specific tailor-made training modules on PV installations, Green Townships and Green Buildings, each for a duration of 1 ½ days, besides visit to the largest solar exhibition, Intersolar Europe and several other highlights. A visit to Freiburg, as a role model of photovoltaic-city also offered practical examples of photovoltaic installations to the participants. Please find the information on our last year programme, the photoprotokoll on the great trip at our website.

MGCC, The Malaysian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, together with Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM)  & Malaysian Photovoltaic Industry Association (MPiA) has the pleasure to invite you to attend  the information briefing session on the Greentech Delegation to Germany, June 2012 at the following venues which is of preference to you. Please click here for the list of dates/venues. 

For further questions, contact Ms Sherena Wong at 03-92351800 Ext 1806 or sherena.wong@malaysia.ahk.de. Please confirm your attendance by returning the filled REPLY FORM to us to confirm your seat.

Please click here for the detailed programme of the delegation to Germany.

The Prime Minister’s Innovation Award (AIPM) was introduced in 2010 as the premier public sector awards. The AIPM is a prestigious recognition based on significant innovations and have high impact to the governance and public sector services. AIPM enables the Government to recognise innovations that contribute to the high-income economy.

Participation of the AIPM is made through a process of nomination by a Search Committee, chaired by the Chief Secretary. The members of Search Committee include the top government officials and prominent individuals from the private sector, academia and non-governmental organisations. The role of the Search Committee is to ensure that only the most qualified candidates are shortlisted for AIPM.

The AIPM evaluation criteria covers four main aspects (Appendix A) which emphasise the outcome and impact of an innovation as follows: 

         i.            Innovative – shows innovative features such that the implementation methods or experiments are truly leading edge, comprehensive organisational change or effective mobilisation of technology; 

       ii.            Relevance – shows the changes which are consistent with the national agenda such as contributions to the high value added economic development, significant cost savings to the government operations, significant government revenue generation, unique collaboration with the people, effective nation building efforts and others; 

      iii.            Significant – shows the significant and high impact outcome or potential outcome whether at local, national or even global; and 

     iv.            Effectiveness – shows real benefits of a sustainable outcome and covers a period of time that clearly demonstrates its effectiveness. 

Elements of collaboration and engagement with various stakeholders in terms of innovation should be emphasised.

AIPM can be awarded to the category of agency/organisation, individual or civil servants team. Only one winner will be chosen for AIPM. Commensurate with the level of AIPM as a prestigious award, the AIPM’s winner will be rewarded a cash prize of RM1 million.

MEF invites members to submit their nomination of the potential Government agency or individual public sector employee to be considered as the recipient for the AIPM 2011 Award based on any interaction and collaboration of services provided by the Government agency or individual public sector to your organisation. Nomination has to be made via Appendix B and submitted to the AIPM Secretariat via email i.e. wkmooi@mampu.gov.my not later than 15 March 2012.

Social media, ranging from Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin to Social CRM, wikis and collaborative project management, is re-shaping business, marketing, relationships and careers. Every business executive needs to know the basics to make informed choices about emerging strategies, customer acquisition and retention, and internal operations. Illustrated with case studies, this one-day workshop provides an overview of the social media landscape, providing the knowledge to evaluate activities and allocate resources.

The question is no longer whether you do social media. Now, it only matters how well you do it. Seats are limited for this informative and timely workshop. Sign up today, and learn what you need to know about this business imperative.

Workshop participants will be able to understand:

• Why social media needs to be a component of corporate and career strategies

• Major success factors for social media

• Key features of Facebook and how to apply them

• How video, blogging, microblogging (Twitter) and other tools can drive perceptions and strengthen

relationships

• How to measure social media

• What’s next for social media

DATE: 19 April 2012

TIME: 9am – 5pm

TARGET- GROUP: CEOs, Managing Directors, Executives and Heads ofDepartments

VENUE: Boardroom MGCC

FEE: 1,499.00 RM (HRDF claimable)

For further information and registration, please contact Mr. Tim-Niklas Schöpp at +60 3 9235 1820 or Email: tim-niklas.schoepp@malaysia.ahk.de

Please click here for more information.

Registration form

The Malaysian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MGCC) and the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Climate Protection, Energy and Regional Planning of the German Federal State of Rheinland-Pfalz will be organising a half–day workshop ‘From Waste to Value - Concepts for the use of biomass from palm oil production and from other industries’. The topics of the workshop, supported by the German Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, will be presented by Prof. Dr. Roland Kubiak from RLP AgroScience GmbH.  

Date: 19 March 2012

Venue: Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur (Function Room Opal/Pearl, Lobby level)

Time: 9.30am – 1.00pm 

Participation is by invitation only. 

Prof. Dr. Roland Kubiak will be presenting on the following topics at the workshop.

• organic waste as a basis for high value bio-chemicals
• organic waste as a source for de-centralized energy production
• new alternatives for the improvement of the soil-water household  and  plant protection

Dr. Roland Kubiak holds a degree in Agriculture Sciences by the University of Bonn. He is the Managing Director of Rheinland-Pfalz AgroScience GmbH and Director of the Institute of Ecology (Rheinland-Pfalz) as well as a private lecturer at University Koblenz-Landau. His main research focuses are environmental management, applied ecology and plant protection products. 

A full-day Business Matching session will also take place on the same day. MGCC Members are invited to sign up should they be interested in meeting with the participating German companies. 

Please click here for the company profiles and registration form. 

For further information, please contact Jenn Lew at Tel: 03-9235 1843 or email jenn.lew@malaysia.ahk.de.

ZAB on drive around Asia to promote business district around Brandenburg.

The 13^th Asia-Pacific Conference of German Business (APK) will be held from 1-3 November 2012 in Gurgaon, Delhi, India. This event is organized biannually in Asia since 1986 and has evolved into the largest networking event in the region, attracting political as well as business leaders. More than 700 decision-makers attended the last APK held in Singapore in 2010.

The organizers of the APK include the German Chambers of Commerce abroad (AHKs), the Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business (APA) as well as the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi). The Indo-German Chamber of Commerce (IGCC) is the local host and organizer of the 2012 event.

For more information and to register for the event, please click here.

Die Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft ASEAN strebt mit seinen 10 Mitgliedsländern und knapp 600 Millionen Menschen bis 2015 eine volle Liberalisierung des südostasiatischen Marktes an. Durch die dynamische Wirtschaftsentwicklung, das wachsende Netz von Freihandelsabkommen sowie die Verflechtungen mit China und Indien ergeben sich in ASEAN neue Perspektiven und vielfältige Entwicklungspotenziale. Neben dem Industriestandort Singapur, bieten auch Schwellenländer wie Indonesien, Malaysia, Thailand und Vietnam deutschen Unternehmen attraktive Geschäftsmöglichkeiten. 

Gemeinsam mit den Auslandshandelskammern in ASEAN, dem German Centre und dem Ostasiatischen Verein (OAV) laden wir Sie herzlich zum Wirtschaftstag ASEAN ein. Nutzen Sie die Gelegenheit sich mit unseren Wirtschafts- und Rechtsexperten auszutauschen. 

Veranstaltungsort: IHK Region Stuttgart, Kronenstraße 25, 70174 Stuttgart

Datum: 19. März 2012

Uhrzeit: 13:00 Uhr bis 18:00 Uhr

Anmeldeschluss: 12. März 2012

Teilnahmeentgelt: 100 Euro

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The Institute of Taxation Sdn. Bhd. in collaboration with RKT Tax Consultants Sdn. Bhd. is organising a Workshop on Employer’s Tax Responsibilities – Managing Short Term and Long Term Assignees on 16 February 2012 (Thursday) at Sunway Putra Hotel ( Formerly known as The Legend Hotel), Kuala Lumpur.

Due to globalization, mobilization of foreign employees has been an incoming trend. Therefore, organisations have to be aware of the tax compliance and immigration issues to manage short term and long term assignees to avoid penalties and / prosecution for non compliance.

This workshop will enlighten you on the employer’s responsibilities in relation to tax and immigration issues. This workshop will also enable you to gain better knowledge on the following topics:

• Definition of “deemed employer”

• How to avoid the “ accidental expatriate” trap

• Expatriate taxation and tax treatment of short term and long term assignees

• Important issues to consider in relation to secondment of employees overseas

• Immigration issues – visa requirement

A special fee for MGCC’s member is RM400 per person. (normal fee is RM450). The workshop is limited to 50 participants to ensure interactive discussion. There will be case studies for participants to enhance their understanding on the above major issues covered.

For more information and to register, please click here.

BERJAYA University College of Hospitality (BERJAYA UCH) and Gastronomic Educational Centre Koblenz EV (GBZ); which is an institution under the Chamber of Commerce Koblenz, Germany entered into a Memorandum of Understanding on 9 January 2012. The purpose of the signing is for both parties to establish a closer working relationship through collaborating in different areas of mutual interests. The areas include student and staff exchange, academic cooperation in teaching and learning methodologies, academic training and skills development support.

The significant signing of the MoU was witnessed by Alexander Stedtfeld, Executive Director of Malaysian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MGCC). Mdm Mae Ho, Chief Operating Officer of BERJAYA UCH, is confident that this mutual agreement will uplift the standards of Culinary Arts in the country. “We are more than happy to have GBZ as one of our esteemed academic partners. The elements of goodwill corporations will definitely bring greater success to both parties,” exclaimed Mdm Mae Ho as she foresees a huge target market due to the large educational needs in Culinary Arts present along with a growing Culinary Arts industry here in Malaysia.

“The signing of today’s MoU will definitely provide a better future to Malaysia’s culinary arts industry,” said Alexander Stedtfeld. “There are so many passionate and talented chefs in Malaysia who, through this vocational system of GBZ, will be guided to a more successful career in the culinary arts industry,” he added.

At the MoU signing ceremony - from left: Christopher Walter Harris (Head of the School Of Hospitality Management, BERJAYA UCH), Justin Yeoh Saik Chooi (Director of Marketing & Business Development, BERJAYA UCH), Chef Jochen Kern (Director of the School Of Culinary Arts & Global Chef Academy, BERJAYA UCH), Mae Ho Seok Khen (Chief Operating Officer, BERJAYA UCH), Alexander Stedtfeld (Executive Director, MGCC), Tim-Niklas Schöpp (Deputy Head of Education & Training, MGCC), Natalie Klaas (Communications Assistant, MGCC)