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MEETINGS & EVENTS 2016

24 February Mr Hitendra Joshi, AMMI Chairman and several AMMI members
met up with senior officers from MIDA. The objec ve of this
Mee ng with MIDA Regional
Establishment & Supply Chain mee ng was to follow up with interested members on the
Division, Penang Principal Hub Incen ve Scheme which MIDA presented during
the AMMI Q2 Progress Mee ng in 2015.

Mr John Ward, AMMI Vice-Chairman, a ended the mee ng. Mr Ward 9 March
suggested to explore poten al collabora on with MIDA on the training
of fresh graduates and quality assurance (QA) specialists or a achment MIDA’s Medical Device
of fresh graduates with the industry. AMMI also agreed to take up the Investment Advisory Panel
Chair for the Sub-Industry Working Group (Medical Devices) under the (MDIAP) Mee ng,
Industry Skills Commi ee. Kuala Lumpur

4 April Mr John Ward a ended the mee ng and submi ed AMMI’s

MIDA Mee ng with Collec ve Feedback for the 2017 Budget Incen ves Proposal.
Industry Associa ons, Refer to page 21 for full details.
Kuala Lumpur
22 July

Exclusive Dialogue Session with MIDA Top Management
and Launch of the AMMI Medical Device Industry
Outlook Report, Kuala Lumpur
– Refer to page 20 for full details.

2 Aug & 20 Oct AMMI became a member of the SME Corp HIP-5 Steering

Mee ng with SME Corpora on – Commi ee. The objec ve of the commi ee is to help local
home grown medical companies in various aspects, such as
Discussion on Pre-Implenta on of HIP5
cer fica on and regula on support, marke ng strategy
Catalyst Programme – Medical Devices support, interna onal partner search, technology roadmap
Ini a ves under SME Masterplan, development and industry landscaping; and supply chain
Kuala Lumpur management.

8 August
Mr Jason Ng (UWC Healthcare Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd.) a ended the
mee ng on behalf of AMMI. The objec ve of this mee ng is to discuss MOF Focus Group Mee ng :
“how to boost our export as the increase in import is faster than export”. Budget 2017 - Enhancing
Export Growth, Putrajaya

23 August Mr Ching Choon Siong (AMMI Secretariat) represented AMMI in the
mee ng. The objec ve of the mee ng is to encourage industry
Human Resource Development associa ons to join HRDF Sectoral Training Commi ee (STC) so that
Fund (HRDF) Sectorial Training industry training programmes can be funded via HRDF Pool Fund by
Commi ee (STC) Membership submi ng proposals for STC's approval. Update 31 August : AMMI
Engagement Session, joined the STC and will con nue to explore ways to help members to
Kuala Lumpur maximise their benefits from the HRDF Pool Fund.

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