Thailand rekod pelaburan terbesar dalam 50 tahun

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Thailand records highest investment applications in 50 years

Published: 26 January 2015 6:38 PM

Thailand's investment agency said today total investment applications submitted to the country nearly doubled in 2014 as investors rushed to submit their proposals in December.

Foreign and Thai firms submitted investment applications worth a combined 2.19 trillion baht (US$67.2 billion) in 2014, with nearly two-thirds applying in December alone. It is said to be the highest amount per annum in 50 years.

"Most investors are planning to invest or expand their investment in the future so they have sped up their investment application more quickly in order to receive the benefits from the previous policies," Hirunya Suchinai, secretary general of the Board of Investment said in a statement.

In the early months of 2014, interest in Thai investment had been hit by months of political turmoil.

The army took power in a coup in May, saying it had to step in to restore order and business confidence. It has accelerated the process of project approvals in a bid to boost private investment, which remain sluggish.

The BOI announced its latest policies for this year on December 15.

Under the new strategy, the agency replaced the previous policy by gearing its incentives to more value-added sectors and provided special offers to those investing in the government's special economic zones and designated provinces throughout Thailand.

Among them will be tax exemption of up to 8 years, and exemption of import duty on machinery or raw materials for industries that focus on areas such as research and development, electronics designs, aircraft manufacturing and aircraft parts.

The BOI said 3,469 project applications were recorded in 2014 versus 2,237 in 2013. Project applications in December last year totalled 2,092, the highest monthly applications in 2014.

Most of the investment applications made in 2014 were from the service and public utilities sector that made up 37% of the total applications submitted to the country at 822 billion baht.

The other sectors are chemical products, papers, plastic sectors that submitted a total of 430 billion baht. – Reuters, January 26, 2015.

sebagai perbandingan malaysia merekodkan pelaburan luar sebanyak 12.3b USD pada tahun 2013

Loxlaxman

Wow .. sawadeeekapppp!!

HOHA

kalau malaysia nak ambek investment pon.. harap yg berteknologi tinggi sahaja... biar sikit janji berkualiti.

kalau kilang plastik, kilang tekstil.. tak payah lah.. banyak bangla nepal vietnam je nanti.

Muntz

Satu benda aku respek Thailand ialah diorg sangat mesra pelabur.

aks_berhad

Muntz replied at 27-1-2015 05:27 PM
Satu benda aku respek Thailand ialah diorg sangat mesra pelabur.

Muntz, mesra2 jgk...jgn sampai tergadai negara sendiri. Malaysia kena belajar dr kes ekonomi 1997 bilamana terlalu bergantung pd fdi pastu byk yg tarik pelaburan dr malaysia tahun tu.

Setuju dgn forumer sblm ni, kita malaysia dah kena start amik pelaburan berkualiti.. K-economy.

cicicumel

sakit hati aku baru balik darai Hadyai...rate sekarang makin teruk 8.9 je okay!... mmg rugi la kalau nak amik barang nak bisnes...sedih tol..  g ho chi minh baru2 plak ni deorang dh tak suka sgt amik RM....eiiii...

Modngengade

alar kalau sekadar pelaburan kilang kicap tk payahlah nak bangga sgt

zjen

pelabur asing suka thai pasal enjoy nitekelab sana,  nak main dgn pompuan ada,  nak main dgn lelaki ada,  nak main dgn pondan ada,  nak main dgn budak keci pon ada   .....    xde jabatan tangkap bogel yg kacau

lompatikam

kalau ikut mata wang thai sekarang nih utk dapatkan 100 bath kita kena keluarkan RM12. dah mcm kita makin ketinggalan pulak.

tekoyong

Ada tak rakyat thai yang komplen tanah tergadai?

atau ada tak rakyat thai kata " elehhh dapat tax exemption boleh la" macam yang macai cakap kat TRX?

dcruins

M'sia tiap tahun DDI(Domestic Direct Investment) nya lebih besar dari FDI, walaupun FDI tu penting, tapi DDI lebih diutamakan, ratio 70:30 tiap tahun. tahun lalu DDI dekat2 70% dan selebih nya FDI.

Dulu M'sia pun fokus FDI jer memanjang, tapi hari ni, domestic investor lebih diutamakan, hanya ini cara nak maju dan tak terlalu berharap dengan FDI, kita nak tarik FDI yang tertentu jer.




Higher investments in M'sia, projects value at RM172.3bil in Jan-Sept
Tuesday, 9 December 2014, The Star
By: ISABELLE LAI

http://www.thestar.com.my/Busine ... e-months/?style=biz

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia recorded a total of RM172.3bil of investments in the services, primary and manufacturing sectors from January to September this year, marking an increase of 9.1% from RM158bil a year earlier, said Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.

The International Trade and Industry Minister said the investments in a total of 4,103 projects had created 144,400 jobs, including high demand for skilled talent.

He said foreign direct investment (FDI) had increased to 30.5% or RM52.5bil from 28.5% or RM45bil last year, while domestic direct investments (DDI) made up the remainder at 69.5% or RM119.8bil compared with 71.5% or RM113bil last year.

Mustapa said the services sector was the largest contributor in terms of investments, number of projects and employment opportunities, accounting for 83.4% of total projects approved.

“The services sector continues to spearhead the Malaysian economy, comprising 56% or RM96.6bil of total investments. This amounts to 3,422 projects and the creation of 77,800 jobs,” he said at a media conference organised by the Malaysian Investment Development Authority yesterday.

The services sector was followed by the manufacturing and primary sector respectively at 36.9%(RM63.5bil) and 7.1%(RM12.2bil).

For the manufacturing sector, Mustapa said that the approved investments from January to September this year had already exceeded 2013’s achievements as it had increased 21.9% to RM63.5bil from RM52.1bil.

This represents 619 projects and the creation of 65,400 jobs – skilled workers (40,470), managerial, technical and supervisory (14,940) and general workers (9,990).

Overall, he said the top five industries, making up 78% of the total approved investments within this sector, were petroleum products (RM15.7bil), chemical and chemical products (RM10.4bil), basic metal products (RM9.5bil), electrical and electronics (RM9bil) and transport equipment (RM5.4bil).

“Domestic investors also continued to increase their share to 44.9% or RM28.5bil. Malaysia remains a favourite FDI destination, recording 55.1% or RM35bil for this sector,” he said.

Out of the RM63.5bil invested in the manufacturing sector, he said 60% comprised new projects while the remainder were for expansion or diversification of projects.

lkick2113

tekoyong replied at 27-1-2015 06:03 PM
Ada tak rakyat thai yang komplen tanah tergadai?

atau ada tak rakyat thai kata " elehhh dapat tax ...

ye la yong......kalau macai siam cakap tanah tergadai aku rasa tak dapat dia FDI mcm ni.......sedangkan kat JB pon org singapore labur dalam sektor hartanah pon dah meroyan lobai bodo....belum lagi gomen bagi incentive reduce tax or apa2 lagi subsidi...nanti lobai bodo kata org luar dibagi subsidi, rakyat sundri dianak tiri....



lkick~nak lawan thailand kunun.....

lkick2113

kenapa malaysia mengejar DDI????

THE domestic debate on whether a country should focus on foreign direct investments (FDIs) or direct domestic investments (DDIs) is gaining traction as Malaysia moves towards increasing private investment under the 10th Malaysia Plan. Questions are being raised on the impact and contribution of FDIs versus domestic investments on the economy.

Before I go any further, some definitions are in order. What is FDI? What is direct investment abroad and what is domestic investment?

FDI is defined as a long-term investment in a foreign country. It has three components, namely equity capital, reinvested earnings and intra-company loans. Domestic investment is investment by local companies in the domestic market. Cases where Malaysian conglomerates invest overseas are known as direct investments abroad.

The labs initiated by PEMANDU have identified 131 projects, also referred to as Entry Point Projects. These are projects which will be launched in the next five years. It is hoped that the implementation of these projects will help stimulate private investment.

By definition, Entry Point Projects are just the beginning, and going forward, there will be other investments which might result from their implementation. What is interesting is the following:

* That a large proportion is private investment, i.e. 92 per cent, with projects requiring public sector funding amounting to only 8 per cent; and

* About 80 per cent of these projects are domestic investments with the remainder coming from FDIs.

Looking at these numbers, questions may be asked as to whether FDIs are necessary. Or can we ignore FDIs completely and depend only on domestic investments?

Let us begin by looking at the role of FDIs in Malaysia's economic development. Malacca had been a leading centre of commerce and trade between the 14th to the 19th centuries. Its strategic location in the Straits of Malacca made it a coveted settlement. Traders from China, India, the Middle East and neighbouring regions converged into the thriving port for trade and commerce. As early as the 14th century, Malacca had attracted FDIs in services.

Later in our history, we had the British coming to Malaya to invest in rubber and tin. British investments in these two commodities resulted in the laying of railway tracks and the construction of roads to transport commodities to the markets. This in turn opened up the country for development. We also earned valuable foreign exchange for these exports and a significant cross-section of "Malayans" benefitted in the form of higher income. Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang grew as a result of booming trade in these commodities. This is a very simple illustration of the benefit of foreign investments.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Malaysia began to attract investments in the electronics sector. We have a growing population and the farms and tin mines can no longer absorb the surplus labour from the rural areas. Fortunately, the factories in Penang, Shah Alam and Johor were able to provide job opportunities for our young people. Without FDIs, our unemployment rate would have jumped to more than 20 per cent. The young boys and girls who worked in these factories were able to send money home, thus providing income support to their families.

We also have been attracting investments in the services industry. Foreign banks opened up branches in Penang and Kuala Lumpur. There were also investments in transport and logistics. All these have provided job and business opportunities for our people.

Of course there are also downsides to FDIs. There was not much linkage with the domestic economy. In the early stages, there was little value-added as components were mainly imported. In the 1970s and 1980s, many FDIs were only in assembly-type operations. We became more dependent on foreign labour, and remittance abroad kept on growing. Large multinational corporations became complacent as the government was quite generous in approving applications for foreign labour. In a way, this has created a vicious cycle of dependence on foreign labour which is extremely difficult to break.

All told, FDIs on balance have played an important role in our country's development. We liberalised foreign equity requirements in 1988 which further stimulated FDI flows. We were considered as one of the tiger economies, and this status was achieved partly because Malaysia was one of the major destinations for FDIs.

Questions have been raised as to whether FDIs continue to be relevant. These questions have been asked because of the following:

* The lack of linkages with the local economy;
* In some cases, imported components remain high;* Dependence on foreign labour has increased;

* Dependence on foreign labour has increased;

* Domestic wages have been depressed;

* Our failure to effectively move up the value chain;

* The volatile nature of FDIs especially in the earlier days, some FDIs were footloose in nature;

* Greater competition from China and some neighbouring countries; and

* The apparent neglect of domestic investments.

Our position is that Malaysia will continue to need foreign investments. But FDIs of a different kind. We have been talking about quality FDIs. But, what are quality FDIs?

Quality FDIs are those which generate more benefits and spin-offs to the local economy. They will have to possess the following features:

* Strong linkages to the domestic economy including SMEs in terms of local sourcing;

* Investments which are more capital-intensive which will not require too much foreign labour; and

* Investments which are knowledge-intensive, which will pay higher wages.

This will be our focus going forward. In other words, we have to be selective because our wages are higher compared with those in neighbouring countries. We have decided to attract these kind of industries to the country. Some might say that we have also failed to attract quality investments. This is not entirely true.

Going forward, we are going to focus more and more on domestic investment. I am not saying that FDIs are no longer relevant. They continue to be important, but given the competitive environment and our large domestic savings, we need to motivate our own people to put more money into the country.

However, it is acknowledged that domestic investments cannot create as much impact as FDIs for the following reasons:

* Our people do not possess sophisticated technology as the Japanese and Germans;

* Our domestic companies do not have extensive overseas marketing network;

* We do not have many regional and global companies; and

* Our domestic market is relatively small.

Notwithstanding the above, we have examples of Malaysian companies investing overseas with high level of technology. But we do not have enough of them.

Despite these constraints, we believe there is potential to boost domestic investments. These will be in the area of infrastructure development, resource-based industries and in property development. Some of our investors are beginning to develop capabilities in the area of manufacturing.

How do we get our entrepreneurs to invest more in the country? We know that a number of our large corporations including government-linked companies have invested large sums both locally and overseas. Khazanah, CIMB Bank, Maybank, YTL, Genting, Petronas, Sime Darby are among some of our companies which have sought opportunities abroad.

While we are not preventing them from going abroad, we have to further improve the domestic investment climate, to motivate them to invest more locally. We have to continue reducing red tape and bureaucracy and making government rules and procedures more transparent. But above all, we have to create more opportunities for them to invest in the domestic economy.

The writer is the Minister of International Trade and Industry

saladin780

Muntz replied at 27-1-2015 05:27 PM
Satu benda aku respek Thailand ialah diorg sangat mesra pelabur.

Aku plak kagum ngan thai ni..dah ada rampasan kuasa..pm dah brp kali bertukar...tp negara dorg bleh kata aman2 adja..ekonomi pun not bad

AbukRokok

cicicumel replied at 27-1-2015 05:41 PM
sakit hati aku baru balik darai Hadyai...rate sekarang makin teruk 8.9 je okay!... mmg rugi la kalau ...

kene la start mengeksport pula
ringgit jatuh kan baik utk eksport

bangcak

lkick2113 replied at 27-1-2015 06:11 PM
ye la yong......kalau macai siam cakap tanah tergadai aku rasa tak dapat dia FDI mcm ni.......seda ...

Telend mmg bangang n ketinggalan masih bergantung pada invest mesen ngan raw material.
Dorang taktaw ka jaman skang tgh viral invest tanah sendiri??

lkick2113

saladin780 replied at 27-1-2015 06:28 PM
Aku plak kagum ngan thai ni..dah ada rampasan kuasa..pm dah brp kali bertukar...tp negara dorg ble ...

cer ko baca sikit berapa banyak subsidi kerajaan thai bagi kat rakyat compare kerajaan malaysia bagi kat rakyatnya...hehehe

dan ada sebab kenapa malaysia lebihkan DDI compare to FDI cer baca post aku #13

lkick2113

bangcak replied at 27-1-2015 06:43 PM
Telend mmg bangang n ketinggalan masih bergantung pada invest mesen ngan raw material.
Dorang tak ...

lobai bodo pi baca post #13 dan #11 ok....

saladin780

lkick2113 replied at 27-1-2015 06:45 PM
cer ko baca sikit berapa banyak subsidi kerajaan thai bagi kat rakyat compare kerajaan malaysia ba ...

Ok thank u..nti aku baca

flying_cow

tekoyong replied at 27-1-2015 06:03 PM
Ada tak rakyat thai yang komplen tanah tergadai?

atau ada tak rakyat thai kata " elehhh dapat tax ...

Macam mana rakyat Thai nak complain tanah tergadai sis? Bukan ke tanah di Siam tak boleh dijual ke orang asing? Tak macam di Malaya ni ha, sesiapa nak beli tak kira la orang asing pon bulehhh..siap freehold lagi. Tak cukup tanah, kita tambak & jual ke tanah besar China. Seriously, polisi pemilikan harta di Malaysia ni terlalu liberal.