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GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS NEWSLETTER
ISSUE 01/2014
CONTENTS
Impact of Competitiveness
4
Snap shot on Workshop & Exhibition
5
and Launching of Mobile Apps
Advertorial : Impact of Communicable
7
Diseases on Business
Mr. Thierry Gieger’s Technical Visit to
8
Malaysia on MCR
Program Briefing on Malaysia
9
Competitiveness Report (MCR) Methodology
for Competitiveness Data Providers
Executive Opinion Survey (EOS) Sessions
10
Topline Report
12
PEMUDAH Journalism Competition 2013
16
MPC in the Media
18
Book Review : Creative Conspiracy
20
GC Assembly : Community Respect
21
Puzzle Moment
22
PEMUDAH Journalism Competition 2014
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Impact of Competitiveness
“Comprehensive assessment of
Malaysia's
operating
environment and the outlook
for its leading sectors are
formed by bringing together a
wealth of data on global
markets that affect Malaysia, as
well as the latest industry
developments that could
impact Malaysia's industries.
Dato’ Mohd Razali
Hussain—Enhancing
Malaysia’s Competitiveness :
The Impact of
Competitiveness
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This unique integrated
approach has given us an
impeccable track-record for
predicting important shifts in
the markets, ensuring the
nation is aware of the latest
market opportunities and
risks in Malaysia before your
competitors.”
Workshop and Exhibition
on Enhancing Malaysia’s Competitiveness, Issues and
Challenges : Impact of Communicable Diseases
Launching of Mobile Apps
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Enhancing Malaysia’s Competitiveness, Issues and
Challenges : Impact of Communicable Diseases
Tuberculosis
Malaria
HIV
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Advertorial
By Sherilyn Pang
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MPC engages participants in first round of workshop in the Klang Valley
he Malaysia Productivity Corporation
(MPC), in providing value-added
information on productivity, quality,
competitiveness and best practices
research activities and databases, has once
again gathered public interest with their latest
workshop held in the Klang Valley recently on
Feb 20.
The ‘Workshop & Exhibition on Enhancing
Malaysia‘s Competitiveness, Issues and
Challenges : Impact of Communicable
Diseases on Business’ sought to shed light on
the effects that infectious diseases such as
HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria could
pose to overall economic competitiveness in
Malaysia.
The Director General of MPC, Datuk Mohd
Razali Hussain, in his opening address said,
“Health is an important factor in enhancing
productivity and competitiveness which will
ultimately improve the standard of one’s living
and quality of life.” He also said that the
engagement with Ministry of Health (MoH) in
this workshop is a dedicated communication
effort by MPC in spreading the message on
the prevention of communicable diseases in
order to pave the way for business cost
reduction and performance enhancement at
the workplace.
MoH Senior Principal Assistant Director of
Disease
Control
Dr
Anita
Suleiman,
commenced the presentation on ‘Halting And
Reversing
Communicable
Diseases
in
Malaysia’ focused on HIV/AIDS as one of the
most common diseases in Malaysia. The
presentation ended with the strong take-home
message: “HIV is preventable. AIDS does not
kill, but stigma and discrimination do. HIV/
AIDS will not transmit by supporting your
employees”. This was then followed by
presentations on TB and malaria.
Source: SME Malaysia - 12 March 2014
The workshop-cum-exhibition at MPC
Headquarters was also aimed at disclosing
the survey result on Malaysia’s competitive
performance based on reports by
international organisations, particularly the
IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2013
published by Institute for Management
Development
(IMD)
in
Lausanne,
Switzerland,
and
the
Global
Competitiveness Report 2013-2014 by the
World Economic Forum (WEF).
Malaysia was ranked 15th out of 60
economies in 2013, and in addition to that
achieved Top 10 positions in Business
Efficiency and Economic Performance, as
revealed by the IMD World Competitiveness
Yearbook 2013. The top ten most
competitive nations are USA, Switzerland,
Hong Kong, Sweden, Singapore, Norway,
Canada, UAE, Germany and Qatar.
Malaysia, in the Global Competitiveness
Report 2013-2014 by the World Economic
Forum (WEF), secured the 24th place
among 148 countries surveyed, making the
top 20% of the most competitive countries
worldwide. The country also secured the
7th place in the Asia Pacific region.
The IMD Report determines overall
competitiveness of nations by utilizing four
input
factors,
namely
economic
performance,
government
efficiency,
business efficiency and infrastructure.
The Global Competitiveness Report 20132014 by WEF analyzes 12 pillars of
competitiveness which include among
others health and primary education,
macroeconomic
environment,
higher
education and training, and labour market
efficiency. MPC Senior Manager of the
Global
Competitiveness
Department
Zainon Bakar in her introductory session
said, “Being competitive among countries
means bringing more investments into a
country, subsequently contributing to more
job opportunities and a sustainable
economy in the long run. This is our
ultimate goal for competitiveness, not only
individually, but globally.”
MPC will be organizing the same
workshop in Penang, Johor, Kuantan,
Sabah and Sarawak. The android
application
for
Productivity
and
Competitiveness Statistics was launched
by the Director General of MPC on the
same day, and is now provided free to
public access.
To download the application on your
smartphone, iPad and tablet, just key in
‘Malaysia Productivity Corporation’.
To participate in the workshop or for
further
information,
log
on
to
www.mpc.gov.my or call Azimah at 0379600173, or email azimah@mpc.gov.my
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Mr. Thierry Gieger’s
Technical Visit to Malaysia on MCR
10—12 March 2014
Malaysia Competitiveness Report (MCR)
determines Malaysia’s Competitiveness by
the
regions
and
states.
The
report
provides a base line competitiveness data
for policy makers.
MCR computes a total of 100 indicators
comprising qualitative and quantitative
data, serves as a benchmark and identifies
best practices for enhancing Malaysia's
competitiveness.
The report includes write ups on state
profiles where issues and challengers are
being highlighted.
Mr. Thierry Gieger, of World Economic Forum
(WEF) on a technical visit to MPC, PJ8 to
review Malaysia Competitiveness Report (MCR)
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Program Briefing on Malaysia
Competitiveness Report (MCR) Methodology
for Competitiveness Data Providers
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EOS SESSION
10
EOS SESSION MPC HQ, KL
EOS SESSION MPC HQ (PLPS)
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EOS SESSION GAMBANG, KUANTAN
EOS SESSION SARAWAK
EOS SESSION SABAH
EOS SESSION PENANG
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Environmental
Performance Index 2014
TOPLINE REPORT
Summary by Aiman Zakarwan
M
alaysia was ranked 51st out of
environmental
178 countries compared to 25th
ecosystems. Within these two policy objectives
position in 2012. The drop
the EPI scores country performance in nine
mainly caused by Ecosystem Vitality. Despite
issue areas comprised of 20 indicators.
the
significant drop there is a tremendous
Indicators in the EPI measure how close
improvement in Child Mortality coming at 34th
countries are to meeting internationally
position compared to 52nd position in year
established targets or, in the absence of
2012. The Environmental Performance Index
agreed targets, how they compare to the
(EPI) ranks how well countries perform on high
range of observed countries.
harm
and
protection
of
-priority environmental issues in two broad
policy areas: protection of human health from
Energy
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Source: Environmental Law & Policy (YCELP) and International Earth Science
Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University
TOPLINE REPORT
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2014 Index of
Economic Freedom
Summary by Shanthini Tamadoram
M
alaysia’s overall economic
freedom score in 2014 is 69.6
(2013: 66.1), making its
economy the 37th out of 178 (2013: 56th out
of 185) freest countries in the 2014 Index. At
69.6, Malaysia’s score is above the world
average of 60.3 placing Malaysia in the
Moderately Free group of countries.
Malaysia score is 3.5 points higher than last
year, with impressive improvements in
seven of the 10 economic freedoms
including Financial Freedom, Investment
Freedom, Labor Freedom, and Business
Freedom. Malaysia’s performance in the 10
Economic Freedoms.
Among the 10 economic freedoms, Freedom
from Corruption, Government spending,
Business
Freedom,
Labor
Freedom,
Monetary Freedom, Investment Freedom
and Financial Freedom are the seven
components that showed improvement in
scores apart from the Fiscal Freedom and
Trade Freedom which showed a decline and
Property Rights remained unchanged from
the previous year’s score. Malaysia scores
above the world average in 9 out of 10
economic freedoms which are Property
Rights, Freedom of Corruption, Fiscal
Freedom, Government Spending, Business
Freedom, Labor Freedom, Monetary
Freedom, Trade Freedom and Financial
Freedom.
The
Investment
Freedom
component is the only component that
remained unchanged .
Malaysia’s Economic Freedom
Performance 2014 and 2013 Comparison
Category
RULE OF LAW
GOVERNMENT
SIZE
REGULATORY
EFFICIENCY
OPEN MARKETS
10 Components
Overall
Property Rights
Freedom from Corruption
Fiscal Freedom
Government Spending
Business Freedom
Labor Freedom
Monetary Freedom
Trade Freedom
Investment Freedom
Financial Freedom
Source: The Heritage Foundation
Changes
in Rank
19
-1
2
-10
2
14
12
18
-2
15
28
2014
Ran
k
37
51
56
57
66
21
36
21
90
96
41
Score
69.6
55.0
44.3
84.6
75.6
85.6
78.5
81.0
76.4
55.0
60.0
2013
Ran
k
56
50
58
47
68
35
48
39
88
111
69
Score
66.1
55.0
43.0
85.1
73.5
79.9
72.3
79.8
77.0
45.0
50.0
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TOPLINE REPORT
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QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS BY SUBJECT
(February 2014)
Summary by Hasliyanti
E
ight Malaysian universities have been named among the global top 200 in at
least one of the 30 disciplines covered in the QS World University Rankings by
subject. Among the eight universities, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
performed the best by making it into the top 50, ranking 28th in environmental sciences.
USM also ranks within the top 100 in computer science and information systems,
chemical engineering, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering. Two private
universities, Multimedia University and Universiti Teknologi Petronas made it in this
year’s ranking. The rankings are based on research citations, alongside reputational
surveys of over 90,000 academics and graduate employers worldwide. Overall, the
performance of Malaysian institutions has improved compared to last year.
8 Malaysian universities make it to the top 200 in QS rankings by subject 2014
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Source: QS World University Rankings®
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WEBOMETRICS RANKING OF WORLD UNIVERSITIES
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Summary by Hasliyanti
he "Webometrics Ranking of World Universities" is an initiative of the
Cybermetrics Lab, a research group belonging to the Consejo Superior de
Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), the largest public research body in Spain.
This first edition, 22000 HEIs (Higher Education Institutions) ranked in January 2014
University Science of Malaysia is ranked 582th out of 22000 HEIs with a score of 814th
Presence Rank, 971st Impact Rank, 572nd Openness Rank and 480th Excellence Rank .
Among Asia countries, University Science of Malaysia ranks 111th out of 7,508
institutions. The top three institutions are National Taiwan University, University of
Tokyo and Tsinghua University China . UTM ranks the third highest among Malaysian
University listed by the Webometrics Ranking of World universities, Jan 2014 edition
which was announced on Feb 2014. The Webometrics ranking of world universities
website is an initiative of the Cybermetrics Lab in Spain. The Webometrics rankings are
updated every six months.
10 Malaysian Universities in Webometrics Ranking of World Universities
Source: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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PEMUDAH Journalism Competition 2013
Judges Briefing Session
6th & 28th February 2014
The panel of judges comprised of Mr. David Anthony Jones—Chairman of PEMUDAH FGPR), Dato’ Chamil Wariya—
Chief Executive of Malaysian Press Institute (MPI), En. Saiful Bahri bin Kamaruddin and Ms. Anne Edwards. The
Winners were selected based on 3 Categories namely article written in English Language Printed/Online, Bahasa
Malaysia Language Printed/Online and Broadcasting category.
PEMUDAH Journalism Competition 2013
Award Ceremony,
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27 March 2014, PICC, Putrajaya
Oliver Christopher Gomez (Malaysia SME)
Rupa Damodaran (News Straits Times)
Champion, English Category
2nd Prize, English Category
Sakini Mohd Said (Bernama)
Che Wan Mohd Badrul Amin B Che
Merit, Bahasa Malaysia Category
(Berita Harian)
Merit, Bahasa Malaysia Category
Gan Ai Leng (TV3)
TV Broadcasting Category
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MPC IN THE MEDIA
Malaysia SME—Galley
April 05—April 18, 2014
“Far and away
the best prize
that life offers
is the chance
to work hard at
work worth
doing.”
– Theodore
Roosevelt ...
Daily Express (KK)
28 March 2014
MPC IN THE MEDIA
Berita Harian
28 March 2014
Borneo Post
(Kuching)
28 March 2014
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Harian Metro
28 March 2014
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BOOK REVIEW
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CREATIVE CONSPIRACY:
THE NEW RULES OF BREAKTHROUGH COLLABORATION
PRESENTED BY WAN KHAIRUNNISA AZMI
Thinking of the to-do list at work and chances are the most important tasks
required of us is to work with others—and the success of those endeavors
depends
on
the
effectiveness
of
our
collaboration.
creative
According to management expert Leigh Thompson, collaboration that is
conscious, planned, and focused on generating new ideas builds excitement
and produces what she calls a “creative conspiracy.” Teams that conspire to
organize themselves, motivate one another, and combine their talents to meet
challenges are the hallmark of the most successful organizations.
In this book, Thompson reveals the keys to the kind of
collaboration that allows teams to reach their full
creative potential and maximize their results. She also
reveals a host of surprising findings; for example:

Left to their own devices, teams are less creative
than individuals.

Providing “rules” to teams actually increases
inventiveness

Striving for quality results in less creativity than
striving for quantity

Fluctuating membership enhances a team’s
innovation

Most leaders cannot articulate the four basic rules
of brainstorming
Thompson combines broad-ranging research with real-life examples to offer strategies and practices
designed to help teams and their leaders capitalise on what actually works when it comes to creative
collaboration. Creative Conspiracy challenges managers to adopt an unconventional approach to leading
teams that, done right, will lead to the creative success of every team—and every organisation .
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GC ASSEMBLY : COMMUNITY RESPECT
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AGENDA
Ketibaan Warga
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Nyanyian lagu Negaraku dan Seribu Impian
Bacaan Ikrar
Pengenalan Bahagian
Ulasan Tema
Aktiviti GC & MPC Bulan Mac
2014
Kuiz
Majlis Bersama Jabatan
Pengenalan Warga Baru
Productivity
Champion
Launching of The Core
Values Pamphlet
Perutusan Dato’ KP
Sambutan Hari Lahir Warga
Penutup
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“One of the most sincere forms of
respect is actually listening to what
another has to say.” - Bryant H. McGill
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