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WebGuide - Malaysia

The following WebGuide, compiled by Summer Intern Kevin Reigel and the Ypsilanti U. S. Export Assistance Center, is meant to provide an overview into the many sources of information which must be considered in making a business decision.  Your feedback is appreciated to keep this as comprehensive a document as possible.  For a copy of the Country Commercial Guide, prepared annually by the US Commercial Service, Malaysia please click here. 

Airlines

AirAsia http://www.airasia.com 
Airlines Directory Malaysia http://www.geocities.com/
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines - Malaysia http://malaysia.klm.com/ 
Malaysia Airline home page http://www.malaysiaairlines.net/ 

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Banks

Bank of America Malaysia Berhad, Wisma Goodhill,Jalan Raja Chulan, 50200 Kuala Lumpur, Tel: (603) 2039-4200   Fax: (603) 2039-4249 http://www.bankofamerica.com
Bumiputra Commerce Bank, 6 Jalan Tun Perak, P.O. Box 10753, 50050 Kuala Lumpur, Tel: (603) 2693-1722   Fax: (603) 2693-2663 or 2697-0389, E-mail: callcenter@bcb.com.my http://www.bcb.com.my
Citibank Berhad, Level 35 Menara Citibank, 65 Jalan Ampang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur, Tel: (603) 383-0000, Fax: (603) 2710-6428 http://www.citibank.com.my
J.P. Morgan Chase Berhad, Level 26 Menara Dion, Julan Sultan Ismail, 50250 Kuala Lumpur, Tel: (603) 2270-4111   Fax: (60)(3) 2270-4110 http://www.jpmorganchase.com
Malayan Banking Berhad (MAYBANK), Merara Maybank, 100 Jalan Tun Perak, 50050 Kuala Lumpur, Tel: (603) 2070-8833  Fax: (603) 2070-2611, E-mail: maybank@go.jaring.my http://www.maybank2u.com.my/ 
Public Bank Berhad, 27th Floor, Menara Public Bank, 146 Jalan Ampang, 58200 Kuala Lumpur, Tel: (603) 2147-6340   Fax: (603) 2163-9917 http://www.publicbank.com.my
RHB Bank, Tower 2 & 3, RHB Center, 424 Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur, Tel: (603) 9287-8888, Fax: (603) 9287-9000, E-mail: publicaffairs@rhb.com.my http://www.rhbank.com

In addition to the following links, the following guide may be of help: Questions for Your Banker.  It has links to several directories of worldwide banks.

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Business with Malaysia

Doing Business Abroad: Malaysia http://www.jadedragon.com/
Doing Business in Malaysia http://www.mia.org.my/
Doing Business in Malaysia http://www.internationalist.com/
DOING BUSINESS IN MALAYSIA - Information for entrepreneurial small ... http://www.msi-network.com/
DoIR - Export and Trade - Doing Business with Malaysia http://www.indtech.wa.gov.au/
Getting Through Customs http://www.getcustoms.com/
Malaysia Business Etiquette, Culture - Doing Business in Malaysia http://www.executiveplanet.com/
Malaysia Business Guide - Doing Business in Malaysia http://www.us-asean.org/

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Chambers of Commerce

American-Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM), Crista Peterson, Executive Director, AMODA 11.03 Level 11, 22 Jalan Imbi, 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tel: (603) 2148-2540, Fax: (603) 2142-8540, E-mail: crista@amcham.com.my:  http://www.amcham.com.my

Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry,  Stuart Forbes, Executive Director, Tel: (603) 6201-7708    Fax: (603) 6201-7705/7706, E-mail: micci@micci.po.my.  Mailing Address: P.O. Box 12921, 50792 Kuala Lumpur, Street Address: C-8-8, Block C, Plaza Mont'Kiara, 2 Jalan 1/70C, Mont'Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur

http://www.micci.com/ 

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Directories and Databases

Indexes of Malaysian companies in a variety of ICT catagories http://www.malaysia-best.com/
Kompass - fee based but extensive free information http://www.kompass.com/ 
Index of Asian business directories http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/

Malaysian Web Yellow Pages

http://www.geocities.com/
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Financing Agencies

Biotech venture capital fund http://www.ventureworthy.com/
Cat.com: Services>Financing>Malaysia http://www.catfinancial.com.my/ 
IBM Global Financing - Malaysia http://www.ibm.com/
irasia.com - Venture Capital Firms in Malaysia http://www.irasia.com/
Malaysian Venture Capital Association http://www.mvca.org.my/ 
Microsoft Hosts First Venture Capital Summit in Malaysia http://www.microsoft.com/
Personal | Loans http://info.maybank2u.com.sg/
venture capital malaysia http://investorz.net/

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General Country Information

Jump site to a variety of information regarding Malaysia http://www.malaysia-best.com/

Malaysia Online

http://www.mol.com

Limited Malaysian Company Listing

http://asiaep.com/my/
About's guide to Malaysia http://geography.about.com/ 
Fodors is known for being the best site for travel offering hotel, restaurant reviews and their series of mini-guides to specific destinations. http://www.fodors.com/
Lycos Guide for Malaysia http://travel.lycos.com/

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Intellectual Property Rights

Recording Industry of Malaysia http://www.rim.org.my 
Lawyerment is a leading Malaysian legal site for consumer & small businesses.  Guide to IPR http://www.lawyerment.com.my/

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Malaysia's Economic Outlook

Biotech venture capital fund http://www.ventureworthy.com/
Cat.com: Services>Financing>Malaysia http://www.catfinancial.com.my/ 
IBM Global Financing - Malaysia http://www.ibm.com/
irasia.com - Venture Capital Firms in Malaysia http://www.irasia.com/
Malaysian Venture Capital Association http://www.mvca.org.my/ 
Malaysian Venture Capital Association http://www.mvca.org.my/
Microsoft Hosts First Venture Capital Summit in Malaysia http://www.microsoft.com/
venture capital malaysia http://investorz.net/

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Malaysia's Government

Department of Statistics
http://www.statistics.gov.my/ 
Employees Provident Fund
http://www.kwsp.gov.my/ 
Immigration Department
http://www.imi.gov.my/ 
Inland Revenue Board
http://www.hasil.org.my/
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange    (KLSE)
http://www.klse-ris.com.my/ 
Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE)
http://www.matrade.gov.my/ 
Malaysia Industrial Development Authority (MIDA)
http://www.mida.gov.my/ 
Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) http://www.might.org.my/ 
Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC) http://www.mtdc.com.my/ 
Ministry of Energy, Communications and Multimedia http://www.ktkm.gov.my/ 
Ministry of International Trade and Industry, (MITI)
http://www.miti.gov.my/ 

MASTIC is the Malaysian Science and Technology Information Centre. Commissioned in 1992 under the auspices of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), we are the national reference centre for strategic scientific and technological information.  

 http://www.mastic.gov.my/ 
Prime Minister's Department
http://www.pmo.gov.my 
The Parliament of Malaysia
http://www.parlimen.gov.my/ 
Federal Government Budget
http://www.treasury.gov.my/
Putrajaya
http://www.putrajaya.net.my/ 

Dr. Syed Hussein Mohamed , Chairman , Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission , Level 11, Menara Dato' Onn, Putra World Trade Center, 45, Jalan Tun Ismail , 50480 Kuala Lumpur , Tel: 60-3-442 6600 , Fax: 60-3-442 3337 , e-mail: chairman@cmc.gov.my 

 http://www.cmc.gov.my

BY Datuk Leo Moggie anak Irok, Minister , Ministry of Energy, Communications and Multimedia, LG, 1st & 3rd Floor, Wisma Damansara, Jalan Semantan , 50668 Kuala Lumpur , Tel: 60-3-257 5000, Fax: 60-3-255 7901

http://www.ktkm.gov.my 
MIMOS Berhad was established as the Malaysian Institute of Microelectronic Systems on 1 January 1985. MIMOS became a full-fledged department of the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment in 1990. In January 1995, MIMOS was appointed the Secretariat to the National IT Council.  Contact: The Corporate Communications Department, MIMOS Berhad, Taman Teknologi Malaysia, 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tel: +60-3-8996 5000, Fax: +60-3-8996 0527, E-mail : ccd@mimos.my  http://www.mimos.my/ 

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Market Research

Export.Gov research from the US Dept. of Commerce - access restricted to US firms. http://www.buyusainfo.net/
Strategis market research from the US Department of Commerce http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/
Industry reports by country from Asian - Oceanian  Computing Industry Organization http://www.asocio.org/

American University MBA Report

http://gurukul.ucc.american.edu/

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Michigan Exports

Item 2002 2003 2004 2005
Total 138971819 112887901 107150107 76433815
325 Chemical Manufactures 20994575 18609637 22790710 23695269
333 Machinery Manufactures 12642284 20666731 13300623 17315723
326 Plastic & Rubber Products 1658625 11603207 26856226 13260754
334 Computers & Electronic Prod. 95064846 29306888 11688949 9071791
322 Paper Products 597412 1127549 1376787 2701318
990 Spec. Classification Provisions 447475 2513045 1603821 2105166
336 Transportation Equipment 1210040 20674160 24746492 1477017
335 Elec. Eq.; Appliances & Parts 711194 1640691 348907 1296132
311 Processed Foods 1974909 2705884 692274 1037920
337 Furniture & Related Products 155207 431105 201375 763319
332 Fabricated Metal Products 1497149 1235586 1248124 694067
321 Wood Products 6536 142337 139389 594150
339 Misc. Manufactures 175058 243439 215701 417442
511 Publishing Industries 0 0 40726 406151
327 Non-Metallic Mineral Mfgs. 359184 513353 1084896 390722
323 Printing & Related Products 338930 470512 349590 327132
910 Waste & Scrap 11354 174132 116769 288711
324 Petroleum & Coal Products 548503 237153 133672 259505
331 Primary Metal Manufactures 367697 228576 171577 204982
920 Used Merchandise 0 172000 0 58000
313 Fabric Mill Products 26471 87099 11201 39248
111 Crop Production 52259 69739 12500 17052
314 Non-Apparel Textile Products 22453 0 8108 8650
112 Animal Production 0 0 0 3594
212 Mining 40002 0 11690 0
113 Forestry & Logging 0 28742 0 0
312 Beverage & Tobacco Products 16158 0 0 0
316 Leather & Related Products 10505 0 0 0
315 Apparel Manufactures 42993 6336 0 0

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Miscellaneous

Colleges and Universities International Islamic University Malaysia http://www.iiu.edu.my/ 
Colleges and Universities Northern University of Malaysia http://portal.uum.edu.my/ 
Colleges and Universities Universiti Malaysia Sarawak http://www.unimas.my/ 
Colleges and Universities Universiti Pertanian Malaysia http://www.upm.edu.my/ 
Colleges and Universities Universiti Sains Malaysia http://www.usm.my/ 
Colleges and Universities Universiti Teknologi Malaysia http://www.utm.my/ 
Colleges and Universities University Malaysia Sarawak http://www.unimas.my/ 
Search Engines CARI!! http://www.cari.com.my/ 
Search Engines Catcha http://www.catcha.com.my/ 
Search Engines Find search engines across the world with Search Engine Colossus http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/ 
Search Engines Malaysia Directory http://www.malaysiadirectory.com 
Search Engines Malaysia Search Engine – Malaysian Search Engine http://www.malaysiasearch.info/ 
Search Engines Malaysia Search Engines http://www.searchengineguide.com/
Search Engines Search Malaysia .net - Malaysia web crawler and Malaysia search engine. http://www.searchmalaysia.net/ 
US Subsidiaries APC, Malaysia, Unit 6.02, 6th Floor, Menara HeiTech Village, Persiaran Kewajipan, USJ1, Subang Jaya, Selangor 47600, Malaysia http://www.apc.com/my/ 
US Subsidiaries Cisco Systems Malaysia, 10-01D Level 10, Tower D, Uptown 5, 5, Jalan SS 21/39, Damansara Uptown.,  47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan. Malaysia.  Gen Line : (6) 03 7723 8600, Gen Fax : (6) 03 7723 8700  http://www.cisco.com/my/ 
US Subsidiaries Dell http://www1.ap.dell.com/ 
US Subsidiaries HP http://welcome.hp.com/
US Subsidiaries IBM World Trade Corporation, Plaza IBM, No. 1 Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad, Taman Tun DR. Ismail, 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tel: (60) 3 7177788, Fax: (60) 3 7172188, E-mail:  direct@my.ibm.com  http://www.ibm.com/my/ 
US Subsidiaries Ingram Micro http://my.ingrammicro.com/ 
US Subsidiaries Oracle http://www.oracle.com/ea/ 

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Newspapers

Chinese Newspaper Homepage http://www.tunl.duke.edu/
Daily Express, Sabah, Malaysia -- News Headlines http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/ 
HeadlineSpot.com: Malaysia News http://www.headlinespot.com/
Malaysia Kita-Newspaper and magazine http://www.geocities.com/
Malaysia News.Net http://www.malaysianews.net/ 
Malaysia Newspapers - Malaysia Newspaper & News Media Guide http://www.abyznewslinks.com/
Malaysia newspapers - news from Malaysia http://www.thelocalpapers.com/
Malaysian Newspaper http://taliblatif.tripod.com/
Malaysian Newspapers and News Sites http://www.world-newspapers.com/
New Straits Times - Malaysia News Online http://www.nst.com.my/ 
Newspaper links sorted by Region Asia Country Malaysia... http://www.mediaworld.info/
Newspapers in Malaysia - News and newspaper archive from Malaysia http://www.newspaperindex.com/
The Star Online - Malaysia News http://thestar.com.my/ 
Utusan Malaysia Online http://www.utusan.com.my/ 

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Transportation

Asia Transportion - Costs - Times - Long Distance Transportation ... http://www.backpackwithus.com/
Freight & Forwarding Exporter http://www.skm.trade-india.com/
Taxi, Car, Bus & Train Booking & Rental Services Service Providers from Indi... http://dir.indiamart.com/
Wonder-Working International Logistics Limited - Cargo, ocean shipping, forwarder, sea transportion, air ... http://www.alibaba.com/

In addition to the following links, the following guide may be of help: Questions for Your Forwarder.  It has links to several directories of worldwide freight forwarders and logistics companies.

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Travel and Tourism

Malaysia Home Page http://www.visitmalaysia.com/ 
Tourism Malaysia - Intro http://tourism.gov.my/ 
Tourism Malaysia Official Homepage http://www.tourism.gov.my/
Tourism Malaysia Official Homepage http://www.tourism.gov.my/
Travel To Malaysia, Travel Malaysia, Travel & Tourism in Malaysia http://malaysia.tourism-asia.net/ 

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US Government

US Commercial Service Malaysia http://www.buyusa.gov/malaysia/en/ 
US Dept. of State's Background Notes http://www.state.gov/l 
US Dept. of State's Consular Information Sheet http://travel.state.gov/
US Embassy Kuala Lumpur http://usembassymalaysia.org.my/ 
CIA Factbook http://www.odci.gov/
US Dept of Energy's Country Analysis Brief http://www.eia.doe.gov/

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Date Updated: March 27, 2007

 

 

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