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The Swedish produced reality TV series Robinson, Survivor in the US, has made a number of Malaysian islands off the Mersing coast well known and more importantly well visited by …
Robinson series boosts travel to Malay islands Read MoreThe smell of spices from various pots and sizzling pans fill the room. It is lunch hour and the place is packed and noisy. At one table, a man in …
Little Asia in Stockholm Read MoreThe agribusiness company Syngenta is using the EU approval of the dangerous pesticide paraquat to put pressure on Malaysia to lift the ban and phase out of paraquat the country …
Swedish Society for Nature Conservation attacks pesticide supplier in Malaysia Read MoreDanish suppliers of medicine and hospital supplies Missionpharma on July 3 this year signed a cooperation agreement with Danish biotech company ViroGates ApS to obtain the exclusive rights to distribute …
Missionpharma to distribute ViroGates’ new, low-cost HIV-test next year Read MoreDanish pump manufacturer Grundfos has been listed as one of “Ten Great Places to Work For in Europe” in a survey conducted by the renowned US business magazine, Fortune. To …
Grundfos listed in “Ten Great Places to Work For in Europe” Read MoreThree Malaysian students from Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Victoria won the National Science Quiz 25 September. Soon they will enjoy their prize, a trip to Stockholm and attend the Nobel Prize …
Students win trip to Nobel Prize award ceremony Read MoreThe Swedish wireless network solution provider Aptilo Networks has, through its Malaysian consortium with Mutiara.com, been awarded a 1000 hotspot contract for northern Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur and Penang, according to …
Aptilo clinches major hotspot deal Read MoreThe Malaysian-Swedish Business Association (MASBA) on October 30, 2003 launched its new website, which have packed many improved features and functions under a clean and user-friendly design. The URL remains …
MASBA launches new website Read MoreDiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd, Telenor’s mobile phone operation in Malaysia, recorded a higher pre-tax profit of MYR120.1 million for the nine months ended 30 September 2003, representing an improvement of …
DiGi’s 9-month net profit increases 10.5% Read MoreNorway’s exports of traditional commodities (all commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates) to Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand all fell …
Exports to major ASEAN countries declined Jan-Sept 2003 Read MoreVaria Perdana Sdn Bhd – a joint venture between Norwegian offshore drilling contractor Smedvig asa and its Malaysian counterpart Crest Petroleum Bhd – on October 8 entered into agreements to …
Smedvig strengthening joint venture in Malaysia Read MoreSeveral Swedish Companies participated in this years major Air and Marine Defence Material Exhibition in Langkawi, LIMA 2003, from 30 Sept – 5 Oct, 2003, reports the news page of …
Swedish companies at Malaysian Defence exhibition Read MoreMalaysia will link up with the world’s largest research centre in Sweden to expand its research in biosciences and biotechnology, Malaysian newspaper The Star reported citing Health Minister Datuk Chua …
Malaysia to link up with Karolynska Institute in Sweden Read MoreSwedish defence systems company Bofors Defence AB and Malaysia’s PSC Defence Technology Sdn Bhd (PSCDT) will in the second half of October establish a joint-venture company, Bofors Defence Asia Sdn …
Bofors to establish joint venture with PSC Defence in Malaysia Read MoreJyske Bank will this November go on a tour of South East Asia to visit Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. The bank will this year be represented by Mr. Mads …
Jyske Bank (Schweiz) to visit South East Asia again Read MoreThe Malaysian shipyard Penang Ship Building – Naval Dockyard Bhd and the Swedish defence systems provider Bofors Defence confirm talks on setting up a joint venture in Malaysia. It is …
Bofors Defence announces joint venture plans with Malaysian partner Read MoreSell harder! That is the message Swedish exporters active in five major Asean markets – Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand – should get after reading the latest market survey …
First half year 2003 fall in Swedish exports to five main Asean markets Read MoreMalaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad was optimistic when he left Sweden Wednesday morning 24 September after a hectic three-day official visit. “I hope that from now on …
Tight and eventful schedule marked Dr Mahathir’s visit to Sweden Read MoreMalaysia’s number three mobile phone operator DiGi.Com Bhd., which is 61 percent owned by Norway’s Telenor ASA, said on September 22 that its users had alredy grown over two million, …
DiGi.Com’s customers grow over 2 million Read MoreEAC has signed an agreement with Alpharma ApS which is expected to lead to a legally binding agreement for the acquisition of the full ownership rights of the Dumex trademark …
EAC acquires the Dumex trademark on a global basis Read MoreThey moved abroad because of the adventure: How would it be to live and work somewhere else? They are mostly well educated and thought it might strengthen their skills and …
Danes of no return Read MoreFor those who wish express their sympathy to Sweden’s Foreign Minister, Mrs Anna Lindh, who died Thursday 11 September, following a brutal stabbing attack in Stockholm the day before, books …
Book of Condolences opened at Swedish Embassies Read MoreTrade consellors and export advisors from the Danish embassies in Indonesia, Singapore, New Zealand, Australien, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand will jointly visit five Danish cities from 10 -14 November this …
Asean/Oceania export counsellors on tour Read MoreHaving been the largest automotive market in ASEAN for six consecutive years, Malaysia certainly has ample opportunities for Swedish companies in the automotive sector, especially automotive components. The Commercial Section …
Swedish Embassy’s report on Malaysian automotive sector Read MoreCommercial Officer of the Embassy of Sweden in Kuala Lumpur, Ms Tee-Jean Teh, will be in Sweden from 5-12 September. She will spend Friday 5 September in Gothenburg before leaving …
Commercial Officer in Malaysia to visit Sweden Read MoreA catalogue with Swedish companies operating in Malaysia has been produced by the Embassy of Sweden in Kuala Lumpur. It is now made available for download as a pdf-file. This …
Swedish companies in Malaysia online Read MoreJebsen & Jessen Group of Companies South East Asia (JJSEA) will on January 1 next year embark on a corporate realignment expected to sharpen its business focus and maintain its …
Jebsen & Jessen SEA to enhance focus and quality Read MoreOn 29 July Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson opened its state of the art regional hub in Cyberjaya, along Malaysia’s Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC), in presence of the Prime Minister of …
Ericsson opens regional hub in MSC Read MoreCharlotte Donvang Parks, one of the most high-profile Danish women in Thailand, is in September leaving for Malaysia, where she and her husband David lived before moving to Thailand six …
Charlotte Donvang Parks moving to Malaysia Read MoreThe planned opening 14 August of IKEA’s new, 35,881 square metres, store in Kuala Lumpur’s Mutiara Damansara went smooth. “The very first visitor arrived at 4 am and the crowd …
New IKEA store in KL opened Read MoreThe Royal Customs Department in Malaysia began to introduce a new drug detection device from Sweden, Alpha Six, in stages on August 1. It can scan through building walls, vehicles, …
Customs introduces Swedish drug detection device Read MoreDiGi.Com Berhad (DiGi), Telenor ASA’s mobile operation in Malaysia, on July 22 announced higher revenue of MYR 793.0 million for the first half year ended 30 June 2003, an impressive …
Telenor’s DiGi sees 33% revenue growth in H1 Read MoreOne year after the implementation of a new Danish immigration law, pressure is mounting on Danish Minister for Integration, Mr. Bertel Haarder to revise parts of a law approved by …
Danes should not marry non-Danes Read MoreNorway’s trade of traditional commodities (all commodities excluding ships and oil platforms, for exports also excluding crude oil, natural gas and condensates) with Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia slipped in …
Norway’s half-year trade with major ASEAN countries slipped Read MoreScandinavians are used to relax on short cruises and being spoiled on huge state-of-the-art ferries that cross the Baltic and North seas. And when Star Cruises introduced a similar concept …
Asia fastest growing cruising market in the world Read MoreStar Cruises was incorporated in September 1993 to tap Asia-Pacific’s potential as an international cruise destination. Nine years later it had grown to became the world’s third largest cruise company …
From zero to third largest cruise company in nine years Read MoreThe Swedish government has decided arrange referendum 14 September 2003 on the introduction of the euro. All Swedish citizens who, according to the Elections Act, fulfill the requirements to vote …
Sweden holds referendum on Euro introduction Read MoreMr. Karsten Holst Thomsen has since July 1, 2003 assumed the responsibilities as manager of the International Seamen’s Centre, Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia. A reception was held by …
Danish Manager of Seamen’s Centre in Malaysia Read MoreVice Admiral (Rtd) Tan Sri Dato’ Seri A. Wahab Nawi, Chairman of Ericsson (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., has been awarded the Royal Order of the Polar Star, Commander First Class, by …
Ericsson’s Malaysian chairman awarded royal Swedish decoration Read MoreAsian Development Bank (ADB), a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific, will administer a new DKK20 million (US$3.2 million) cooperation fund financed by …
Denmark provides second technical assistance fund Read MoreDanish hotel executive Jan Bundgaard has recently been appointed the general manager of The Westin Kuala Lumpur, which is due to open on September 6 this year. In this role …
Danish executive appointed GM of Westin KL Read MoreDiGi Telecommunications company on 27 May signed a strategic agreement with Siemens Malaysia to spend between 100 and 200 million ringgit on boosting its technological capabilities amid stiffer competition. …
DiGi in strategic partnership with Siemens Read MoreThe World Health Organization (WHO) has already removed Singapore from the list of areas with recent local transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and no longer recommends exit screening …
Singapore removed from WHO’s list of SARS-hit areas Read MoreStein Vangen, the Norwegian pastor at the Norwegian Seamen’s Mission in Singapore since October 2002, will this autumn start in a full time job visiting the Norwegian communities in South …
Norwegian Priest in Singapore appointed new regional duties Read MoreThe East Asiatic Company Ltd. A/S (EAC) is setting up a new, shared IT platform to serve the group’s head office in Singapore and Denmark and Nutrition companies in Malaysia, …
EAC’s shared IT platform to optimize group’s operations Read MoreDanish Interior decoration company Great Outdoors headquartered in Aarhus Denmark has decided to postpone their plans for establishing an office in Kuala Lumpur. Among others because Vietnam has demanded a …
Great Outdoors postpones Malaysia office Read MoreIn order to keep Danish companies informed about the development in the health care sector in Malaysia, the Danish Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has had an interview with the purchasing …
Malaysia Health Care 2003 Read MoreViking Cup, the annual encounter of all Viking football teams from Asia, has been postponed this year to 25-28 September 2003 due to the uncertainties surrounding the SARS virus. …
Viking Cup moved to September due to SARS Read MoreDanish senior executive of United Plantations Bhd., Tan Sri B. Bek-Nielsen, recently joined Malaysia’s latest effort to clear up negative perception among northern Europeans about palm oil industry, saying it …
Bek-Nielsen joins Malaysian effort to clear palm oil misconception Read MoreEAC Nutrition’s unit in Malaysia, Dumex (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., was awarded the 2003 Best Employer in Malaysia at an award event in Kuala Lumpur on May 5. The first-prize is …
Dumex Malaysia Best Employer 2003 Read More