Opening Remarks by The Rt. Hon Mr. Lim Guan Eng,Chief Minister of Penang @ PSAP & PIAP
On June 9, 2016 at Jen Hotel
Dato-Dato,
Members of Penang Services Advisory Panel and Penang Industry Advisory Panel,
A very good afternoon to everyone,
On behalf of the state government, I would like to thank everyone for taking your time to attend this meeting. This has been the 8th year since PSAP and PIAP was established, and I am grateful for the continuous support from the members of both panels to support the state government.
For some of you who are new to PSAP & PIAP, the advisory panels were established in 2008 to provide opportunities for the industry and services sectors to update on the current trends and discuss on issues faced by the sectors, and to share on the moving forward plan for the sustainable growth of the two key sectors. Both the manufacturing and services sector are the engines of growth of Penang’s economy, contributing 46.3% and 48.1% respectively to the state GDP.
Last year, Penang recorded the highest Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) compared to the other states, attracting RM4.5 billion in investments and we are proud that Penang has contributed more than 20% of the total FDI in Malaysia with total of 107 new and reinvestment projects.
Penang’s future economic success is to seek convergence between manufacturing and services sectors. The State Government recognised the need to diversify the state’s economy and make it less dependent on the E&E sector, hence expanding the contribution of the services sector, especially the Global Business Services (GBS) industry.
As of today, there are more than 26 GBS companies in Penang with world-class companies such as AMD Global Shared Services, Air Asia Global Shared Services, Citigroup, Dell, IHS – serving their global operations. In addition to this we have also launched the Penang Accelerator for Creative, Analytics & Technology (@CAT) in October 2015 with the focus of promoting creative and technology startup entrepreneurship as a new engine of growth for the State.
CAT is crucial towards Penang not being left behind in the 4th Industrial Revolution of Big Data Analytics or B.D.A, Cloud computing and Internet of Things (IoT). To be left behind by the 4th Industrial Revolution means death for Penang’s future.
Recognizing Penang as the Global Electronics Manufacturing Hub, the iconic SEMICON South East Asia has moved from Singapore by choosing Penang as the host location for the last two years. In conjunction with the international event, investPenang as the supporting partner has organized a series of networking events for the business community to interact. In view of the overwhelming success, SEMI has confirmed to make a comeback next year. Even though the expo just ended 2 months ago, the exhibition booths are now selling like hot cakes again with more than 40% of booth space sold out.
With the Malaysian economy affected by various external factors, and Penang along with it, we have to come up with some forward planning to help cushion the impact. Therefore, we would like to welcome valuable inputs, feedbacks, advices and suggestions from you with regards to technology, business, market trends, opportunities and best practices in the industry to support the state government’s initiatives to propel the economy through 2016.
I hope that this annual meeting will continue to be the platform for the state to harness the breadth and depth of the skills and expertise of the advisory panel members. Hopefully, by the end of the day, we will be able to have a fruitful discussion and gather some thoughts on how we can further enhance the competitiveness of Penang to position Penang as a location of choice for live, work and play.
Once again, welcome on board and let’s move forward for a brighter and fruitful second half of 2016. Thank you.
photo_1: To CM’s right is Dato’ Faudzi Naim Hj Noh – Co Vice Chairman of PSAP. To CM’s left are Dato Lee Kah Choon, Director of InvestPenang and Dato’ Dr Ooi Eng Hock , Member of PIAP
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槟首席部长2016年6月10日之新闻稿
槟城州首席部长林冠英于2016年6月9日在槟城服务业咨询委员会暨槟城工业咨询委员会大会的演讲稿
今天已经是槟城服务业咨询委员会暨槟城工业咨询委员会成立八周年，我在此要感谢两个委员会的委员们支持州政府。
至于你们当中有新加入的委员，我在这里向你们报告这两个委员会双双皆成立于2008年，目的是让工业及服务业能跟进时下的新趋势及商讨两个产业中所面对的课题，分享如何携手迈步前进，打造这两个产业的永续成长。如今制造业与服务业是槟城经济的双火车头，分别占了州内国民生产总值的46.3%及48.1%。
去年，槟城是外国投资最高的一州，吸引了45亿令吉的外资投资额，我们为槟城107项新外资及外资再投资计划能在去年占据全马来西亚外资整体投资20%感到自豪。
槟城未来经济的成功得靠制造业与服务业的汇流。州政府深知州内经济必须多元化，必须减少以来电子与电气工程，因此服务业得在州内扩展，特别是新兴的全球商业服务（GBS）这项产业。
截至今天，已经有26家世界级的全球商业服务进驻槟城，当中有超微（AMD）全球商业共享服务、亚航（AirAsia）全球商业共享服务、花旗集团（Citigroup）、戴尔（DELL）及知名商业信息服务商IHS皆在槟城操作他们的全球业务。此外，我们在2015年10月也推展了“槟城创意、分析与科技新创加速器”或简称@CAT新创加速器，以集中推广创意与科技新创企业作为州内经济的新火车头。
@CAT新创加速器对于槟城的前途非常重要，它将协助槟城免于在大数据分析（Big Data Analytic）、云端电脑（CLoud Computing）及物联网（IoT）的第四波工业革命中被抛在后头。如果我们被第四波工业革命抛在后头，槟城的未来将会死路一条。
槟城作为全球电子产业枢纽，东南亚指标性的半导体产业展（SEMICON）已经连续2年选择在槟城办展。作为协办伙伴，槟城投资机构InverPenang也趁着国际盛会举办了一系列的业界联系扩展活动，促进业界交流。基于展会非常成功，半导体产业占主办者决定将会在明年回来槟城主办。即便今年的展会才结束两个月，明年的展会摊格已经如卖蛋糕般热销40%。