tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post2133262854297415902..comments2023-10-02T18:02:52.243+10:00Comments on 3 Word Slogan: Malaysia a ‘New Dawn’Cartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-11300692419764064462008-03-14T19:19:00.000+10:002008-03-14T19:19:00.000+10:00Lindsay you keep on with these fascinating insight...Lindsay you keep on with these fascinating insights. I'm inclined to invite you in as a guest blogger on these issues. You have a great understanding of the issues.<BR/><BR/>Will this move give Rio any strength against BHP?Cartledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-10933637595783309262008-03-14T18:58:00.000+10:002008-03-14T18:58:00.000+10:00I am very pleased to confirm Rio Tinto and Cahya M...I am very pleased to confirm Rio Tinto and Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad US$2bn aluminum smelter project in Similajau, has been granted to day a manufacturing license by the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority, an agency for the Malaysian Government.<BR/>It is expected contribute up to RM2.4bn to GDP, and nearly 5000 new jobs. <BR/>Rio is responsible Austraian corporate citizen; personally I lindsaylobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774918551798647046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-8740438963567948242008-03-11T17:48:00.000+10:002008-03-11T17:48:00.000+10:00Lindsay, i can't tell you how pleased I am to have...Lindsay, i can't tell you how pleased I am to have someone locally with a good handle on economics/markets and can tell the difference.<BR/>I have been distracted lately, but want to look more closely at some of Australian economic dynamics.<BR/>I guess if I can get my head around the questions you might just straighten me out :)Cartledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-56110008594368634312008-03-11T17:35:00.000+10:002008-03-11T17:35:00.000+10:00Indeed Malaysia is a country hugely dependant upon...Indeed Malaysia is a country hugely dependant upon foreign trade which represents 180% of their GDP and probably the most vulnerable country imaginable to an American recession after Canada and Mexico.<BR/><BR/>Notwithstanding exports contracting 15% last year, Malaysian GDP growth remained a strong six per cent, supported by heavy internal infrastructure spending.<BR/><BR/>But the cost of lindsaylobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774918551798647046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-72390464825811389862008-03-11T05:26:00.000+10:002008-03-11T05:26:00.000+10:00Thanks Lindsay. I was under the impression the sam...Thanks Lindsay. I was under the impression the same dynamic of International pressures were at play in Malaysia. Still I will always bow to greater knowledge.Cartledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-60172860774178519602008-03-10T13:59:00.000+10:002008-03-10T13:59:00.000+10:00I hope they get through it okay, it sounds like go...I hope they get through it okay, it sounds like good news. But the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index slumped 7.2%(greatest fall since 1998)after the announcement so they need to take decisive action to bring calm from an economic perpective. <BR/><BR/>The sitaution is not helped by extremely poor data coming out of the US on reducing payrolls, suggesting recession over there and sending Asian & lindsaylobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774918551798647046noreply@blogger.com