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| Investing in Malaysia | |||||||
Investing in Malaysia is not as popular as other southeast Asian states because of restrictions on foreign ownership. For example, when tendering state contracts, the government gives preference to businesses owned by ethnic Malays. Malaysia investment is further discouraged by the country's low ranking in the 2010 Index of Economic Freedom by The Heritage Organisation, scoring poorly in terms of investment freedom and capital flows. The following is designed to provide definitive information prior to making an investment in Malaysia, and how Healy Consultants assists in this area:
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| 1. | For entrepreneurs investing in Malaysia, Healy Consultants will supply tailored macro- and micro-economic data on legal, financial and economic aspects of Malaysia investment.
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| 2. | Before investing in Malaysia, Healy Consultants provides project development assistance, including preparing feasibility studies related to the Malaysia market, conducting Malaysia market surveys, preparing strategic business plans and offering corporate governance support services.
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| 3. | The most popular company type for entrepreneurs investing in Malaysia is a limited liability company (LLC). An LLC can obtain a government trade license, obtain local visas, rent Malaysia business premises and open a local corporate bank account.
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| 4. | Although Malaysia government fees and company incorporation procedures are transparent, Healy Consultants minimises unwanted surprises for our clients by providing a detailed roadmap prior to them investing in Malaysia. This includes setting out an expected timeline for the Malaysia investment process, as well as expected costs.
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| 5. | As part of the process of investing in Malaysia, Healy Consultants will open a multi currency corporate bank account for our clients with leading international retail banks in Malaysia, such as HSBC, Standard Chartered and Citibank.
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| 6. | To facilitate the strategy of investing in Malaysia, Healy Consultants introduces clients to corporate finance houses and individuals. Furthermore, Healy Consultants assists entrepreneurs making an investment in Malaysia to raise finance by helping them list on global stock exchanges.
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The Malaysian government offers few concrete incentives for entrepreneurs investing in Malaysia. However, high value, capital intensive sectors such as information and communications technology (ICT), electronics and biotechnology are growth sectors, and many entrepreneurs have focused their Malaysia investment strategies in these sectors.
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| 8. | Some projects require foreign investors to obtain pre-approval when looking to invest in Malaysia. | ||||||
| 9. | Before our client makes an investment in Malaysia, Healy Consultants can arrange tailored orientation programmes in the country, including familiarisation tours of key points of business interest, arranging meetings with banks to facilitate Malaysia investment, as well as viewings of office and residential properties in major cities including Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Johor Bahru. Furthermore, some clients request our assistance with setting up meetings with government authorities and ministries.
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| 10. | Entrepreneurs relocating to Malaysia to oversee their Malaysia investment request Healy Consultants' assistance, including:
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| 11. | Other services provided by Healy Consultants to support investing in Malaysia include:
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For more detailed information on establishing a company in Malaysia please refer to Healy Consultants' Asia Business Setup guide. | |||||||
| Contact Us | |||||||
For more information on investing in Malaysia, email email@healyconsultants.com or call us in Singapore at (+65) 6735 0120. | |||||||
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