Embassy Events - Economy - Archive 2011

Trainees January 2011

Malaysia: A top Destination for German Trainees

The meeting of German trainees working in Malaysia in the residence of the German Ambassador on 14 January 2010, was once again a great success. Ambassador Dr. Guenter Gruber, supported by Economic Co...

Roundtable 2011 January

German Business Roundtable - An Introduction to the Car Manufacturer Bufori

The first Roundtable function of the year was held at the Residence of the German Ambassador. The star of the evening was the Bufori car parked in the Residence's driveway. Mr. Felix Haller, General ...

Budget Committee 2011

Palm Oil can be produced sustainably

A delegation of the Budget Committee of the German Federal Parliament visited Malaysia from 6 to 8 January 2011, before travelling on to Brunei and Indonesia. The experts on agriculture MP Mr. Georg S...

ASEAN

Germany: A Reliable Partner for ASEAN

German Members of Parliament are convinced that ASEAN has to have a bigger role in German awareness, especially when compared to China and India.  The ASEAN caucus of German parliament, headed by MP ...

Lecture

Inaugural Lecture of "The International Business Review Thought Leadership Series" at the German Residence

On 21 March 2011, the German Ambassador's speech on the topic "Climate Change And Its Global Impact - Germany's Perspective" opened the series of "IBR's Thought Leadership" lectures. 40 distinguishe...

SEA Healthcare Show 2011

Healthcare: A Growth Market in Southeast Asia

29.03.2011. Ambassador Dr. Guenter Gruber and Deputy Health Minister, Datuk Rosnah bt. Abd. Rashid Shirlin, visited the Southeast Asian Healthcare Show on the first day of the trade fair. Each year, ...

Zwick

Quality matters!

"Everything has to be tested to ensure consistent quality. That is an important step to achieve a high-income society", Ambassador Dr. Guenter Gruber pointed out in his speech at the opening of the Zw...

Sabah 3

The Floating Classroom - Part 3

When Ambassador Dr. Gruber visited Sabah in November last year, the schoolboat was recognisable but still under construction. It was officially launched on 22 March 2011  and now shuttles between the ...

SGL Carbon 2011

World's leading Carbon Products' Manufacturer

On 6 April 2011,  Ambassador Dr. Gruber and a delegation from the German Embassy visited the SGL Carbon plant in Banting, Selangor. The production site, located in Jalan Graphite, was built in 2009. T...

Wardrobe Project 2011

A Safe Haven for Children

On April 12th, Ambassador Dr. Gruber and a delegation from the Embassy visited the „Pusat Aktiviti Kanak-Kanak“ which is run by the Nur Salam Yayasan Foundation in Kuala Lumpur's Chow Kit area. On thr...

BMG 2011

A "Healthy" Cooperation - German Deputy Minister of Health visits Malaysia

The German Deputy Minister of Health, Mrs. Annette Widmann-Mauz, and a delegation of about 20 German business representatives from the healthcare sector, visited Malaysia from 2 - 4 May  2011. The pu...

Golf 2011

The 4th German Ambassador's Golf Tournament

The 4th German Ambassador's Golf Tournament took place on 12th May 2011 on the challenging Glenmarie Golf and Country Club in Shah Alam. 128 players, representatives and guests of the eleven German...

Baden-Wuerttemberg 2011

Baden-Wuerttemberg - The Centre for Health Care Companies in Germany

A group of 15 company representatives from the health care sector, accompanied by a political delegation, visited Kuala Lumpur at the beginning of July. The delegation actively participated in the "A...

Chin Project 2011

Bathrooms and Blackboards

The contrast is quite stark -  just two storeys above busy and noisy Jalan Imbi, the visitor steps into one of the schools of the Chin Student Organisation. Here, up to 80 children refugees from Myanm...

Roundtable September 2011

Volkswagen hosts German Business Roundtable

Many new and familiar faces met up on 22 September 2011 at Wisma Volkswagen in Bangsar, on the occasion of the „German Business Roundtable“, a regular event organised by the Economics Department of th...

Oktoberfest 2011

Prosit and a Bavarian Yaaaaaam Seng at the German Ambassador's Oktoberfest 2011

The recipe for a rocking Oktoberfest seems simple enough and has been proven to work for over a 100 years: Bavarian beer, hearty food and hot and “barnstorming” music are the basic ingredients for Ger...

Sustainable Mobility 2011

1st Malaysian-German Sustainable Automotive Mobility Conference

Kuala Lumpur, 18 October 2011 The target of the German Government in the field of climate change, green technologies and sustainable energies for the year 2050 is ambitious: Decreasing greenhouse gas...

Delegation Saarland 2011

The Saarland: German "Cili Padi" in Kuala Lumpur

Deputy Minister Joachim Kiefaber from the Ministry of Economics and Science of the Federal State of Saarland visited Malaysia from 12.11. - 16.11.2011. Representatives of 13 companies were part of his...

Embassy Events - Economy - Archive 2011

Oktoberfest 2011

Embassy Events - Economy - Archive 2010

Baden-Wuerttemberg 2010

Looking back at the year 2010, find here a selection of interesting events, organised by the Economic Department.