fraziali ismail : closing ceremony of the project greenback 2. 0 kota kinabalu welcoming remarks by mr fraziali ismail, assistant governor of the central bank of malaysia ( bank negara malaysia ), at the closing ceremony of the project greenback 2. 0 kota kinabalu, kuala lumpur, 14 february 2020. * * * before i begin, i would like to convey my deepest condolences to the family members and friends of those who were involved in the boat crash incident near pulau tanjung aru, yesterday. let us pray for the safety of the victims as well as the search and rescue team. ladies and gentlemen, after we concluded project greenback in johor bahru more than two years ago, bank negara malaysia together with the world bank sat down to choose the second “ remittance champion city ”. among others, we considered ipoh, butterworth and kota kinabalu. we discussed long and hard, and weighed our options. our assessment suggested that ipoh and butterworth would have presented us with a rather similar case study to johor bahru. this is in view of the similar profile of the target groups who are largely made up of urban migrants, therefore exhibiting similar remittance behaviors. the odd for success would have been easier and kinder to us. but our intention has never been about replicating our experience in johor bahru. kota kinabalu offers a much more exciting proposition. this is despite our full cognisance of the challenges ahead of us, such as geographical barriers and connectivity issue. the more we thought about it, the more we were adamant to take this ‘ road less travelled ’, premised on a very clear objective which was to test how digitalisation and technology could be leveraged as a driver for inclusive financial services. our work under project greenback 2. 0 were not limited to the city of kota kinabalu alone. we covered keningau, inanam, tenom, kunak, tawau. some of these areas are remote, and admittedly, only a few of these i have visited myself. our work also brings us to this beautiful city of sandakan, where we gather this evening. it is my great pleasure to extend a warm welcome to all of you to the closing ceremony of the project greenback 2. 0 kota kinabalu. our utmost appreciation goes to our guest of honor, yang berhormat dato ’

encik adnan zaylani mohamad zahid : prevention of corruption in project management opening remarks by mr encik adnan zaylani mohamad zahid, assistant governor of the central bank of malaysia ( bank negara malaysia ), at the malaysian anti - corruption commission ( macc ) talk entitled " prevention of corruption in project management ", kuala lumpur, 3 april 2017. * * * it is my great honour and pleasure to welcome officers from the malaysian anti - corruption commission ( macc ), particularly the speaker for today, assistant commissioner mr mohan munusamy. a warm welcome is also extended to the project teams comprising the steering committees, contractors and consultants. my appreciation also goes to all my fellow bank staff who are here today. in more recent times, the bank and macc have collaborated on a number of fronts. the recent strategic cooperation between the bank and macc, together with lhdn to combat financial crime, particularly corruption, signifies our commitment to work together in this area. from the bank ’ s perspective, this demonstrates our effort to instil integrity for and beyond our regulatees in the financial market. integrity is taken very seriously at the bank where we continually and consciously maintain the highest standards, given that we enforce these standards on our regulatees in our supervisory capacity. we proactively manage integrity hazards and corruption risks and tackle those risks pre - emptively. corruption is not simply a crime on its own. its consequences can be far - reaching in terms of economic losses and irreparable reputation damage. thus, we must actively keep abreast of the management of integrity risks. as an institution, we have been blessed to have had pioneers who upheld the highest standards of excellence in our corporate conduct. the late tun ismail ali, the first malaysian governor from 1962 to 1980 was well known as a person of the highest integrity. i can recall his younger brother relating an episode in this regard. an aspiring architect at that time, he was told by the late tun ismail, not to ever set foot in the bank while he was the governor. uncompromising and unyielding, we certainly should strive to assimilate tun ’ s values and standards. indeed, we are fortunate that his successors have continued his trademark standard of integrity, to the extent that it is deeply ingrained in our corporate dna today. the bank does not tolerate any wrongdoing which may tarnish its reputation, given that our solid