Nivas Ragavan News Today

PETALING JAYA: A trial run involving enterprises for the MyInvois e-invoicing system should be held to identify potential issues before it is officially implemented, say leading trade groups.

PETALING JAYA: Despite a three-week extension for Visa with Reference (VDR) applications for employers to use up existing quotas, stakeholders say a fresh quota is needed to address the shortage of workers.

PETALING JAYA: Harsher penalties alone under new amendments to the Environmental Quality Act will not spare the country’s water sources from pollution if there is a lack of manpower to enforce the provisions, said stakeholders and trade groups.

PETALING JAYA: Four years have passed since the Covid-19 movement control order (MCO) was imposed, and yet it is still not business as usual for several sectors of the economy.

NON-bumiputra business leaders hope that the bumiputra economic agenda will uplift all communities and synergise collaborations between all races, says the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM).

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia should consider lifting the freeze on the hiring of foreign workers quota in view of the Migrant Repatriation Programme that starts on March 1, say trade groups.

PETALING JAYA: The business community does not favour foreigners over Malaysian workers, says the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM).

PETALING JAYA: Language, culture and stability alone will not be enough to convince foreign investors to flock to Malaysia, say business leaders and economists.

Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Nivas Ragavan suggested that the government go for a progressive wage model in 4D sectors (dirty, dangerous, difficult and demeaning) in order to attract local workers first.

PETALING JAYA (ANN/THE STAR) – The impact of the Malaysian government’s decision to float the prices of chicken and eggs, expected to be announced today, may take some time, says an industry expert. Federation of Livestock Farmers Associations of Malaysia deputy president Lee Yoon Yeau said any impact could only be seen after a period […]