August 2016

THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MoU)
SIGNING CEREMONY BETWEEN SEGi UNIVERSITY AND
BAHRU STAIINLESS
On 28 July 2016, MSI witnessedthe memorandum of understanding (MoU)(MoU
signing ceremony between SEGiUniversity andnd Bahru StainlessSta
at the invitationof SEGi University. Through the MoU, both parties will beexploring
opportunities for cooperation and collaboration in the following areas:•industrial internship training and employability;•collaboration on integrated design projects;•collaboration on research projects related to engineeringdevelopment; and•industrial attachments for SEGi lecturers

MSI & Related Events inSeptember 2016
FMM 4R ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE
2016: MAKING 4RS WORK FOR
MANUFACTURERS
6 September 2016
The Royale ChulanDamansara,
ChulanDamansara PJ.
T: +603 – 6286 7200 (Ms Wan Haslina)
E: haslina@fmm.org.my
BORDER TRADE INITIATIVES TOSABAH IN CONJUNCTION WITH SABAH
INTERNATIONAL EXPO
15 – 18 September 2016
Sabah
T: +603 – 62077110 (Ms. Zuhanis)
E: zuhanis@matrade.gov.my
MISIF/BAHRU STAINLESS SDN BHD
WORKSHOP
26 – 27SeptemberSeptember 2016
Pasir Gudang, Johor
T: +603 - 5513 3970 (Ms. Norlian)
E: norlian@misif.org.mynorlian@misif.org

COURTESY VISIT TO MISIF
On August 4, 2016, Mr Jarrod Lim
made a courtesy visit to MISIF, locatedat the Worldwide Business Park, ShahAlam. Mr Jarrod discussed areas ofmutual working relationship concernedwith Iron and Steel Industry. The
photo captures Mr Jarrod Lim with Mr
Frankie Wee (CEO of MISIF) and his
officers Ms Ng Mor Kiang and Ms
officers,RahanaRahana.

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ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
******************IRON & STEEL TRADE MISSION TO MYANMAR
The activity is postponed to October 2016.
MSI will keep all updated.

August 2016

COURTESY VISIT TO MSMDA
Mr Jarrod Lim paid a courtesy call on where he was given an introduction
to MSMDA and as well the association’s activities including its
publication handbook. The group photo taken during the visit.
(Standing L-R)
R) Ms Rowena Heng, Mr Wong Chee Keong, Mr Koay Chee Kiang
and Dr Peter Thong(Sitting L-R) Mr Leong Yit Ket, Mr Ooi Hung Hock (President), Mr Jarrod andMr Loh Foo.

2ND WORKSHOP FOR DEVELOPING CURRICULUM OF COMPETENCY UNIT FOR FORMING
SUB-SECTOR
The second workshop to develop the curriculum for the “forming” subsub
sector based on the NOSS of the “forming” sub-se
sector was held from 57 August 2016. The group of experts in the area of iron & Steel met andcame up with the Curriculum of Competency Unit (COCU) that willcontribute towards the development of the National Curriculum forskills training to be adopted by both the public and private institutions,as required by the National Skills Development Act 652 (NASDA Act652). Once again, MSI would like to thank those companies who havegiven their support for this programme by allowing their staff to attend
the workshop;; and of course the panelists themselves for theirunwavering commitment and dedication MSI hopes the industry
players will continue to back MSI in carrying out its planned activities.

NBOS DAYOn the 14 August 2016, Datuk J. Jayasiri,, KSU MITI,MITI Senior Officers of MITI and top management of MITI Agencies attended thelaunching of National Blue Ocean Strategy (NBOS)(N S) at Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC). A national level event
organised by the Malaysian government aimed at “Transforming
Transforming Nations through Creativity and Innovation” NBOS is aprogram based on the principal of high impact, low cost and rapid execution. Over 3,000000 participants from around the world
attended the conference, including national leaders from Commonwealth Memberember countries, ASEAN nations and members of
the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC).

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August 2016

RECOGNITION OF PRIOR ACHIEVEMENT (RPA) PROMOTIONAL SEMINAR - PENANG
A second Promotional Seminar on the “Scheme of Recognition of PriorAchievement (RPA)” also known as “Pengiktirafan Pencapaian Terdahulu” (PPT)
jointly organized by the Malaysia Steel Institute and Department of Skills
Development, Ministry of Human Resources (MOHR) on 18 Aug 2016 at Pearl
View Hotel, Penang. This activity fits well with MSI’s strategic thrust on Human
Resource Development - to scale up the skills of the persons employed by theiron and steel industry, enhance workforce competency towards achieving thegoals set in line with the Ministry of Human Resource.
The event was attended by more than 31 participants comprising mainly of HR& management level personnel
onnel from the iron and steel mills. Presentations
Presentati
were made by experts from En. Faisal bin Ahmad on “Pentauliahan Pencapaian
Terdahulu (PPT)”, En. Mohd Baktiar on “Sistem Persijilan Kemahiran Malaysia(SPKM)” and Mr. Rajasurian on “SistemLatihan Dual National (SLDN)”(The Q & A session saw numerous questions posed by enthusiastic participants
and these were fully clarified by the speakers.
MSI CEO on his speech

From left: En Faisal (MOHR), Mr Jarrod Lim (CEO of MSI),
En Mohd Bakhtiar (MOHR) and Mr Rajasurian (MOHR)(Participants of the seminar give full attention to thetspeaker

On behalf of BOD, management and staff of MSI,
we would like to wish all Malaysian

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