JANUARY 2017MITI BRAINSTORMING
MITI’s Annual MITI Brainstorming was held on
10 January 2017, at Perdana Hall, MITI. The
participants;
which
comprised
topmanagement as well as younger officers
amongst the MITI family discussed sevenpresentations focusing on the way forward for2017 which covered programmes, strategies,targets, focus areas and activities; inclusivefrom Industry 4.0, Achieving RM 2 trillion
GDP in 7-8 years to core MITI subjects on
Trade, Services, Investments, SMEs andFTAs.
YB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister ofMITI along with the top management of MITI
also engaged with young MITI officers, callingfor fresh new ideas in dealing with theuncertainty in the economic environment.
Speakers from Bank Negara Malaysia, theAcademy of Sciences and the National
Innovation Agency Malaysia also shared theirknowledge and expertise on the latest
developments in the economy, smart
community 2050 and innovation.

THE STEEL NOTICE BOARD|January 20172CEO MANDATE
FOR 2017
In conjunction with Perhimpunan Perdana
MITI on 24 January 2017, top management ofMITI and Head of Agencies are invited to givespeech on mandate for 2017. CEO of MSI, Mr
Jarrod Lim in his speech expressed his believethat we need to enhance our strength andcommitment to the market to face thechallenges in 2017.

CSC STEELMSI WITH YOU

On 18 January 2017, a delegate from CSC Steel dropped by at MSI’s office for acourtesy visit. The delegate was greeted by Mr Jarrod Lim, the CEO of MSI.

MELEWAREn Azlan Abdullah, CEO ofMelewar
IndustrialGroup
received a visit from MSI on 16January 2017. The visit was togain insights on the iron and steel
industry, as well as theconsolidation
effortasintroduced by MSI last year.

LION GROUP
Mr Jarrod Lim, CEO of MSI paid acourtesy visit to Lion Group on 17
January 2017. The Chairman of The
Lion Group shared his view ofconsolidation of the iron and steel
industry and his future plan for theCompany.

THE FEDERATION OF MALAYSIA HARDWARE,
MACHINERY, AND BUILDING MATERIALS DEALERS’ASSOCIATION (FMHMBA)
The Federation of Malaysia Hardware, Machinery, and Building
Materials Dealers’ Association (FMHMBA) is one of the longest
established association in Malaysia, with approximately 3,000
members. On 19 January 2017, Mr Jarrod Lim, the CEO of MSI
paid a courtesy visit to the association and was greeted by thePresident, Mr Loh Foo, together with the committee members.

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3MSI BRIDGING GAPS:PREPARATION MEETING ON SPECIALISED BUILDING MATERIALS SUPPLYCHAIN CONFERENCE 2017
MSI is always looking for ways to bridge the gaps between
the industry and the end-users. Specialised Building
Materials Supply Chain Conference which is going to beheld on 16 March 2017 at MIDA is one of such ideas toconnect the construction materials suppliers with the megaprojects in Malaysia. The first preparation meeting was heldat MIDA on 23 January 2017. Other than MSI, MITI and other
Government agencies, MSA, MISIF, MSMDA, BMDAM andFMM were amongst the associations present to show theircommitment to the programme.

PERHIMPUNAN PERDANA MITI

As an agency of MITI, MSI also attended Perhimpunan
Perdana MITI held at Dewan Perdana, MITI Tower on 24January 2017. The gathering is held as a channel for YB Dato’
Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of MITI to express his newyear resolution for the ministry and agencies. During theevent, videos of MITI and agencies’ programmes in 2016 as
well as the top management’s 2017 mandate was shown.
MITI also took the opportunity to launch its own MITI
Glossary containing acronyms used within the ministry.

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