Thursday, December 10, 2009
Venue: Westin San Francisco Market Street
50 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Time: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
 
Featuring:
Keynote Address by the
Hon. Mustapa Mohamed
Minister of International Trade & Industry.
One-on-one meetings with members
of the Malaysian Delegation.
Address by Guest Speaker on his experience
of doing business in Malaysia
 
Malaysian Industrial
Development Authority
Malaysia External Trade
Development Corporation
Malaysian Professional & Business Association
California-Asia Business Council
Semiconductor Industry Association
Center for
International Trade Development
Linkedin Malaysia Executive Forum
 
Please register using the attached form and fax to (408) 392 0619 or mail to the address below by November 30, 2009
Malaysian Industrial Development Authority
226 Airport Parkway, Suite 480
San Jose CA 95110
Tel: (408) 392 0617/8
Fax: (408) 392 0619
Email: midasanjose@aol.com
Population:...............................................27.7 million
Nominal GDP:..........................................US $150.9 billion
Real GDP growth rate: .............................4.6 percent
Per capita income: ...................................US $7,246
Inflation (p.a.): ........................................5.4 percent
Unemployment Rate: ...............................3.3 percent
Merchandise Exports: ...............................US $189.6 billion
Merchandise Imports: ...............................US $149.0 billion
Foreign Reserves: ......................................US $91.4 billion
Traditional:
Rubber-based products, palm-oil based products, wood-based products, oil and gas, textile/apparels, plastics, building materials.
Expanding:
Advanced electronics, bio-technology, medical devices, opto-electronics, aerospace, instrumentation, industrial machinery and system, information hardware and software, transportation equipment, chemicals, tele-communication equipment, food processing.
TOTAL AREA: 330,000 square kilometers (127,000 sq. miles)
POLITICAL STRUCTURE: A federation of 13 states
SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT: Parliamentary democracy with
a constitutional monarch
FEDERAL CAPITAL: Kuala Lumpur
MAJOR ETHNIC GROUPS: Malays, Chinese, Indians, Kadazans, lbans
MAJOR LANGUAGES: Malay (offi cial language), English, Mandarin, Tamil
MAJOR RELIGIONS: Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism
TIME: GMT + 8 hours, US Eastern Standard Time + 12 hours
CLIMATE: Equatorial - warm and sunny throughout the year. Daily temperature ranges from 33ºC (90º F) in the afternoon to 22ºC (70º F) during the night.
EXCHANGE RATE: US$1 - RM3.50 as of July 1, 2009