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  Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) founder Richard Chang said that more can be done to attract Chinese investors. He said that he personally knows of several Chinese companies that were interested in investing in Malaysia during “A Dialogue with Dr Richard Chang” held at Wawasan Open University's Homestead Mansion last Saturday (17 August). He believes that Malaysia is ready to move out of providing services to delve into Intellectual Property (IP) and product design. He said that the semiconductor industry started in the USA and moved eastwards until it reached Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and China, with some of the backend technologies in Malaysia. “China treasures the long-term cooperation and friendship with Asian countries, especially Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. There is a lot of potential due to the “very good relationship” with China. “If you ask me, how to do it? Just think about how Taiwan did it,” he said, adding that ...

Exchanging oranges for limes, but still better than nothing. Chief Minister of Penang, Lim Guan Eng is expected to propose on behalf of Pakatan Rakyat, Law Choo Kiang as Speaker and Ustaz Maktar Hj. Shapee as Deputy Speaker for the Penang State Assembly tomorrow (28/6/2013). Both are second term PKR state assemblyman for Bukit Tambun and Sungai Bakap respectively. Deputy Chief Minister 1 for Penang, Rashid Hasnon will second the motion. Lim had also, in his press release, made known that prior to the final decision, Penang PKR chairman, Dato Mansor Othman was unanimously proposed and supported by the Penang EXCO, consisting of both DAP and PKR members, for the Speaker post. He attributes the change to a consultation with Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim, PKR’s de facto leader and Parliamentary Opposition Leader. The initial move to propose Dato Mansor may be politically correct, or reversely, simply an olive branch from DAP to iron out the outburst of the ‘Tokong’ issue which emerged s...