WWWalker's Malaysian Business

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Internet Service Providers

From November 2015 to May 2016, we used TPG for ADSL and phone but found their support was poor so stopped using them. TPG uses a Filipino call centre.

Mobile

TPG started its own mobile carrier which is being merged with Vodafone.

Computer Hardware

Dell manufactured PCs, server racks and networking equipment in Malaysia.

Software Houses

Malaysia has a host of local and international software houses.

WiFi

Malaysia has installed WiFi hotspots across its country.

Finance

• 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal (1MDB)
  • 1MDB: The case that has riveted Malaysia 7/16
  • US Department of Justice alleges $3.5bn USD was misappropriated by prime minister from 1MDB into his personal bank account when it which was meant to pay off loans to build financial hub in Kuala Lumpur

Fruit Pickers

In December 2018 in Harcourt Victoria several Malaysians worked on apple farm thinning apples with me.

Links

• MAFTA
  • MAFTA - Craig Emerson, Trade Minister, 1/1/13
  • MAFTA - DFAT
  • Malaysia-Australia Free Trade Agreement (MAFTA) May 2012
• IT
  • TPG - large Australian ISP - owned by Malaysian David Teoh billionaire
  • More for less - reconfigurable antenna arrays 11/13
  • Potential Benefits of the Wireless Village Programme in Malaysia for Rural Communities / Hamizah Sahharon, Siti Zobidah Omar, Jusang Bolong, Hayrol Azril Mohamed Shaffril and Jeffrey Lawrence D`Silva, Journal of Applied Sciences Volume 14 (24): 3638-3645, 2014
  • Malaysian Government is to setup 4000 wifi villages by 2012 - 23 Nov 2011
    • currently 1400 in Perlis, Sabah, and Sarawak
    • $3 USD/mth subscription
    • knowledge economy
  • Malaysian Government will setup database for social issues - 11 Aug 2011
  • Software engineers in Malaysia - LinkedIn
  • Malaysian Software Engineering Interest Group
• IP
  • Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO)
  • Malaysian Government will setup database for registered trademark owners - 21 Oct 2011
• demography and politics
  • Ketuanan Melayu doctrine that Malays are superior by race not merit to all other races in Malaysia; Singapore was formed due to this racial prejudice as Chinese were second class citizens
  • Politics of Malaysia - Shariah law and Westminster system
  • Corruption in Malaysia - intertwined system with lack of transparency, giving large contracts to large corporations with no tendering
  • History of Malaysia - Muslim since 14th century, British had Penang, independence in 1955
  • Malaysian population: 28M in 2010, GDP growth 6% pa
• Malaysian fruit picker slavery in Australia
  • Australian slavery inquiry told fruit pickers 'brainwashed' and trapped in debt 10/17

Updated 6 Apr 2019 23:01