WASHINGTON, July 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In anticipation of possible legislative action in both the House and Senate on a multi- year surface transportation authorization bill, two former U.S. DOT Secretaries sent letters of support for federal teen driving legislation last week to Congressional leaders urging enactment of the Safe Teen and Novice Driver Uniform Protection (STANDUP) Act, H.R. 1515 and S.528. The bipartisan legislation is also endorsed by more than 150 national, state and local organizations including parents, teens, the American Academy of Pediatrics, MADD, emergency doctors and nurses, law enforcement, first responders, consumer, health and safety groups, and insurance companies and trade associations representing domestic and international auto manufacturers. House an...
IT appears that the concerted anti-software piracy campaigns, carried out by the Ministry of Domestic Trade And Consumer Affairs, are bearing fruit, albeit slowly. According to figures released by the third annual Business Software Alliance (BSA) and IDC Global Software Piracy study, Malaysia's software piracy rate recorded a reduction of one percentage point to 60%. This translated to a loss of US$149 million to the local software industry. `The reduction is expected as efforts to reduce software piracy in Malaysia have been sustained, with the Ops Tulen campaign being its flag bearer since 2002. This is testimony to the focused and committed efforts of the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs,' says Tarun Sawney, Business Software Alliance (BSA) Director - Anti-piracy, Asia...
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THE Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affair's Sikap Tulen campaign has seen over 700 local companies heeding the call for businesses to use 100% legal software and conduct regular self audits to review their software assets and ensure compliance. The push to use original software and self audit is initiated by the Ministry and the Business Software Alliance (BSA). These 700 companies are participants of the BSA Software Audit Program, and have submitted their Software Declaration Forms and software license schedules for every premise and branch using computers and servers. Each of these companies will receive an acknowledgement letter endorsed by the Ministry and BSA if found to be compliant. The companies will also be given a one-year immunity from BSA-initiated Ministry raids.
DELL has opened its first retail outlet in Malaysia. The outlet is a result of a partnership with TecAsia Sdn Bhd, the retail arm of Mesdaq- listed FTEC Resources Bhd. Officiating the launch was Datuk Mohd Shafie Apdal, Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs. Also present were Pang Yee Beng, General Manager of Dell Malaysia; B K Tang, Managing Director of FTEC Resources; and Datuk Danny Ooi, founder of the Malaysia Book of Records.
THE world's corporate registrars with jurisdiction in business registration and regulatory control will convene in Kuala Lumpur from April 17 for the annual `Corporate Registers Forum (CRF) 2007'. The CRF is an international non-profit organisation for administrators of corporate and securities registers with the aim of providing delegates with the opportunity to review the latest developments in corporate business registers internationally, and exchange experiences and information on the present and future operation of the corporate business registration systems. Members include Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Cook Islands, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, Samoa, Singapore, Tonga, South Africa, the United Kingdom and Vanuatu. This year's conference, jointly organised by the...
What's happening with the Goods & Services Tax in Malaysia? Are we any closer to implementing it? WHERE are we at with the elusive Goods & Services Tax (GST) in Malaysia? The much-talked about GST has been toyed with for many years now, the idea having first taken root in the 1993 Budget when the-then Finance Minister announced the impending introduction of a Sales and Service Tax (SST). Following this announcement, SST did not materialise, and many years later, it made a re-appearance in the form of the GST in the 2005 Budget proposals, and was to have been introduced with effect from Jan 1, 2007. However, this did not materialise and GST remained dormant until it resurfaced again in December 2009. This time, the Government appeared more intent on introducing GST as evidenced by the re...
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This spring, as American drivers faced record-high prices at the gas pump, Republican lawmakers thought their stars had finally aligned. By preying on the panicky public consumer, and emphasizing the need to increase domestic drilling, they thought they could pass the energy bill -- and have a ready-made election-year platform: "I'm glad oil prices are up, I'm glad gas prices are up," Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., told the press in March. "I'm sorry I'm not running this year. [Pete Domenici] and Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., dropped some of the bill's more controversial aspects, including a provision that would have exempted MTBE gasoline-additive producers from liability for groundwater contamination. Then they split the energy package and attached portions of it onto a sure-to-pass bill draf...
... onto a sure-to-pass bill drafted to end a trade dispute among U.S. manufacturers, the European Uni...
...The Minister of Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs has indicated that the ...
WASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton launched high-level talks with the Chinese on Monday by pointedly criticizing Beijing's crackdowns on democracy advocates, arguing that long-term stability depends on respecting human rights. At the same time, the world's two biggest economies clashed over America's massive trade deficit with China. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said it would be in China's self-interest to allow its currency to appreciate at a faster rate and allow Chinese consumer interest rates to rise. The stronger yuan and higher Chinese interest rates would help boost domestic demand and help lower America's trade deficit, which hit an all-time high with China last year.
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