KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 — Activities in the manufacturing sector are expected to remain moderate in the first half of this year (1H 2023) as manufacturers continue to brace for challenging business conditions, particularly in the pressure on inputs costs, increased costs of energy, and ringgit fluctuations, said the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) president Tan Sri Soh Thian Lai.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) has welcomed the government’s initiative to introduce the Foreign Worker Recruitment Relaxation Plan and Illegal Immigrant Recalibration Plan 2.0 to meet the immediate labour needs of the economic sectors.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 — Greater openness in government administration is vital to ensure public trust and collaboration towards achieving overall economic growth and well-being, said the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 — The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) welcomes the government’s announcement to ease the hiring rules for foreign workers and the extension of the recalibration programme under the Illegal Immigrant Recalibration Plan 2.0 (IIRP 2.0).

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) has urged the government to appoint a single ministry as the full custodian to manage foreign workers to improve the efficiency of the entire system.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) has called on the government to reintroduce the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the upcoming Budget 2023.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 18 — The increase in electricity tariff surcharge by more than 44 per cent for medium voltage (MV) and high voltage (HV) users will pose major concerns and challenges to this category of users for the next six months, said the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 — The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) is encouraging small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to adopt the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) to enable them to leverage the global market and free trade agreements (FTAs).

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 — The manufacturing sector may face a downturn in the first quarter of next year (Q1 2023) due to global uncertainties, said the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM).

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 — The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) said this is not the right time to impose any upward revision of the electricity tariff, especially for the manufacturing sector.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 — Priority should be given to strengthening the economy and restoring more favourable business conditions, given the weak domestic and external environments brought about by Covid-19, the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 25 — The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) opined that it is critical and expeditious for Malaysia to have a foreign worker recruitment policy based on a system that supports sector- and company-demand based requirements in order to accelerate business and economic recovery.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 1 — Business activity slowed down markedly in the first half (H1) of 2021 as the tightening of Covid-19 lockdowns put further strains on the manufacturing sector, according to a biannual industry survey.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 28 — The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) has proposed to the government to consider state or area-specific lockdown measures to break the chain of Covid-19 infections.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) urged the government to allow activities in the import and export sectors — including ports, warehousing and transportation of goods — to continue during the total lockdown period.

By Norrasyidah Arshad SABAK BERNAM, March 27 — The Selangor government and the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) are assessing the suitable mechanism and formats to provide Covid-19 vaccine to industrial workers. Selangor Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said the move aims to...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 — The Malaysian manufacturing sector activity picked up slightly and cautiously in the second half of 2020 (2H2020) after experiencing a slow 1H2020, according to the latest FMM-MIER Business Conditions Survey.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) has lauded the government for allowing businesses to function during the nationwide state of emergency which is expected to last until August 1, 2021.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 — The SME Association of Malaysia is concerned that another round of movement control order (MCO) might lead to folding of more local businesses and increased unemployment in the country.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 — The extension of the Wage Subsidy Programme for another three months until December 2020 provides the much needed support for industries in sustaining their business and safeguarding employment.