This book,the first of its kind, offers readers an unprecedentend assessment of potential business oppprtunities in Sarawak,Sabah and Labuan, East Malaysia. Located in the northern part of the island of Borneo, amidst one of the most exotic and pristine tropical settings in the world, they form the the central hub of of an age-old commercial and trading region reaching over 100 million consumers in Brunei,Malaysia,Indonesia and the Phillippines
In Business Opportunities in Sarawak, Sabah and Labuan,the fourteenth volume in the Nanyang Business Report Series, the edition present a blend of the federal and state government investment initiatives designed to propel the natural resourcerich economies of Sarawak and Sabah into the realm of hightech global and regional competition for the 21th century. Equally appealing, complementary efforts to shape the island of Labuan into a world-class offshore financial haven, complete with leading-edge information, electronic and multimedia technologies, are evaluated in the context of ongoing commercial and service applications.
1. Sarawak, Sabah and Labuan: Unique Lands of Opportunities
2. Trade
3. Foreign Direct Investment
4. Labour and Employment
5. A Strategic Re-Evaluation of Trade, Foreign Direct
Investment and Labour
6. Timber, Oil and Gas Industries
7. Labuan as an Offshore Financial Centre
8. Labuan: ASEAN's Very Own Offshore Tax Haven
9. Commercial Agriculture and Fisheries Development in East
Malaysia
10. Tourism in East Malaysia
,etc.