1st Quarter Issue
NOTES FROM THE PRESIDENT
ELECTRONICS / SEMI CONDUCTOR INDUSTRY NEWS
- Unico Retrenches 800 Workers After Closing Unit
- Intel, Samsung Poised To Widen Lead
- Ministry To Conduct Specialised Electronics Training
- US Electronics Firms in Malaysia Expect 10 Per Cent Growth
- The Chips Are Down
- Hitachi, NEC Ask Intel To Invest In DRAM Chip Joint Venture
- Intel Sees Slow Start To Tech Spending This Year
- Singapore Chip Maker Chartered to Shut Plant, Cut 500 Jobs
- Agilent Sees Flat Growth This Year
- Agilent Tech Doubles Investments In Penang
INDUSTRY NEWS
- Labour Market Seen Improving This Year, Salaries To Grow At Modest Pace
- DOE Issues Publicity Rules For Firms
- Business As Usual for Industries on Silicon Island Despite War
ECONOMIC NEWS
- Stronger Economic Growth Expected in Second Half
- Factory Investments Up 14 Per Cent in 2002
- 4.5 pc Growth Seen For 2003
- Rest Of The News
- Limited Edition Pewterware to Mark Year of the Goat
- Twin Towers Malaysia
2nd Quarter Issue
NOTES FROM THE PRESIDENT
ELECTRONICS NEWS
- Producers of Computers, Electronic Goods Operating Normally
- Solectron Penang to Lay Off 180
- Kulim Hi-Tech Park Not Hurt by Slowdown
SEMI CONDUCTOR NEWS
- Semiconductor Sales Drop Amid Softening Demand
- Motorola: No Job Cuts Planned in Penang
- National Semiconductor Believes SARS Will Have Greater Impact Than Iraq War
- Intel Penang to Make Pentium M Processor
- AIC Sees Good Growth Amid Chip Industry Recovery
- Worst is Over for Industry, Says Unisem
- Motorola Expects Chip Sales to Hit US$2.1b This Year
ECONOMIC NEWS
- 4.1pc Economic Growth in Q1 Seen
MEMBER NEWS
- Island of Beauty Immortalised in Special Edition First Day Covers
- The Chimes of History
- Royal Selangor Decants in Style with Vinifera
3rd Quarter Issue
NOTES FROM THE PRESIDENT
ELECTRONIC NEWS
- NEC Malaysia to Raise Output
- Nippon Electric Closing Down Facility in Shah Alam
SEMI CONDUCTOR NEWS
- Chip Sales Move Out of Doldrums
- AKN Upbeat on Recovery of Global Semiconductor Industry
- Intel Continues Being Bullish About Malaysia
- Intel to Expand Capacity with RM152m Investment
- Semiconductor Sector in Asia to Expand by 14pc in 2003: Gartner
- Intel Represents the New Economy
- Semiconductor Sales Surge on Strong Demand for Chips
INDUSTRY NEWS
- US Investors in Electronics Sector Optimistic
- Industrialists in Penang Seek MSC Incentive
ECONOMIC NEWS
- Economy Expanding Faster Than Expected
- June Manufacturing Sales Rise 7.4pc to RM27.7b
- RM Peg to Stay Until There is Structural Change in Region
ASSOCIATION NEWS
- Association 13th AGM on 26th June 2003
4th Quarter Issue
NOTES FROM THE PRESIDENT
ELECTRONIC NEWS
- Amcham Expects Electronics Exports to Rise 8.8pc in 2004
- Samsung Malaysia Sees 2003 Sales Hitting RM1bil
- Philips Expects Market Share in Malaysia to Grow by 20pc Next Year
SEMICONDUCTOR NEWS
- Chipmakers Warned of Capacity Crunch
- Intel 3rd Quarter Earnings Double
- Sony to Slash 20,000 Jobs, Focus on High-End Chips
- Strong Demand for PCs Boosts Chips Sales
- ASE Boosting Chip Ops at Penang Plant
- 2003 Chip Sales Set to Rise 16%
- More Chipmakers Going 'Fabless'
- Semiconductor Sector Set to Boom in 2004
- Semicon Industry Poised for Upswing
- Micro-Mechanics to Open Chips Factory in China
ECONOMIC NEWS
- Growth Set to Accelerate With Global Economic Recovery
- Manufacturing Sector Forecast to Grow at 7.8pc
- GDP Growth to Expand 6pc
MEMBER NEWS
- Building Brand from Scratch
- Metal Reclamation May Expand Smelter Capacity
- Centre to Learn All About Pewter
- Metal Reclamation Confident of Doing Well Next Year with New Plant