Kamarudin Meranum Opens Air Asia New Hub

This name is not more uncommon for Malaysian people. Dato’ Kamarudin Meranum is listed in Forbes richest people in Malaysia as the number #19^th. He is the co-founders of Tune Group and still the Deputy Group Chief Executive Director of Air Asia since 2001. His assets are recorded around RM1.480billion with shares are told to be 39.44% of Tune Air. Alongside Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, Kamarudin Meranum has build up Tune Group and help the corporation to sign up for more types of business such as building hospitals, even management, finance and also telecommunication (Tune Talk). As the firm is growing globally, Kamarudin Meranum is also been known in other places.

On June 14, 2012, Kamarudin Meranum unveils the new official Air Asia nerve centre, Air Asia ASEAN, as a strategy on regional growth of the company. Air Asia ASEAN is understood to oversee the expansion blueprint for the carrier’s six subsidiary airlines which are five anchored in ASEAN and one in Japan. By doing this, Air Asia could expand their market base to 600 million people and bring ASEAN closer with them as well as Malaysia. Tony Fernandes and Kamarudin Meranum have come out with a new strategy which is “within four-hour flight radii”. Meaning, all AirAsia flight will only fly to a destination which is less than 4 hours flying time. This will help Air Asia to bring in the mega population in China, India, Japan as well as South Korea to Malaysia.

“Shifting Air Asia’s emphasis to regional strategy is, we believe, not just good business, but also a move that will keep us ahead of the inevitable competition that is heading our way,” said Fernandes.

He added that establishing Air Asia ASEAN in Jakarta would also allow the airline to ride the wave of increasing regional integration due to the impending implementation of ASEAN Open Skies and ASEAN Economic Community initiatives.

“One of the reasons for locating the office in Jakarta is to help us engage more closely with the ASEAN Secretariat, which is headquartered here. Air Asia ASEAN will help ensure that our voice, our concerns and appeals are heard much more clearly in the corridors of power with ASEAN,” he explained.

Quizzed by TTG Asia e-Daily on what the airline was expecting from ASEAN member governments, Fernandes said: “I hope that (our new office and growth strategy) will spur ASEAN governments into further integration. For example, in Europe there is one open sky, one aviation authority to regulate jobs...”

(TTG Asia e-Daily, June 14, 2012).

This move from Air Asia will not just help the company but also it will bust up the Malaysian economy as what the Prime Minister, Dato’ Sri Najib is doing today (9/9/12) in APEC to try bring more foreigners inside the country. This movement from Kamarudin Meranum and Tony Fernandes should be supported by the Malaysian people in the years coming.

AZMAN HASHIM DR M MAN OF THE YEAR

12th Richest People in Malaysia

Azman Hashim is one of the great people in Malaysia in term of business and entrepreneurship. Best known as Tan Sri Dato’ Azman Hashim. He is also listed as the 12^th richest person in Malaysia according to a website TheRichestPeople.com in the year 2012. Tan Sri Azman is well known in the finance industry and is one of the big names in the Bumiputra committee in Malaysia. He is also the Chairman of AmBank Group and currently the Executive Chairman of Amcorp Group Berhad. The famous Charted Accountant is generating up to $785 million of assets.

BrandLaureate BestBrands Award 2011-2012 in Petaling Jaya

Recently, Tan Sri Dato’ Azman Hashim was awarded the Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad Man of the Year 2012 in the BrandLaureate BestBrands Award 2011-2012 in Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur. This award was given based on his success and significant contribution to the development of the country as well as his contribution in making Ambank as one of the main financial institution in Malaysia.

He is the Chairman of AmBank Group

The contribution of Tan Sri Azman has lead Ambank Group into one of Malaysia’s premier financial services group with leading the like of market retail banking, commercial banking, investment banking and insurances. The company has also built in an Islamic banking system and funds management system services. The company has grown bigger and bigger every year with a wide range of innovative products and services introduce.

It was not that strange that this person who started his career in Perth, Australia was nominated as the Dr M man of the year award as he has also lead the Amcorp Group Berhad to a successful 2011 and 2012 years. The company is recently told to be investing in London with a £23 million property project in hand. Tan Sri Azman’s company was invited to join venture with other companies to set up a freehold property in London via wholly owned subsidiary. Amcorp Group is also told to have launched a new global sukuk fund called AmDynamic Sukuk1by primarily in Islamic bonds, both locally and globally. The Sukuk bonds is said to have made a three times higher returns compared with the conventional bonds which is more volatile and uncertain at times.     

Mark Zuckerberg in Trouble?

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has so far been unable to sell stock in the firm. It is estimated its plunging stock price has so far cost him $10bn

Everyone knows that the person in that picture is the founder of Facebook Inc the most well-known social media network in the world. And, everyone knows that that is also the CEO of Facebook Inc. Mark Zuckerberg is one of the youngest billionaires in the world and was kick out of school because a few problems. It appear to be that Mark is going to have the same story as our beloved late Steve Jobs (APPLE CEO) after his company’s stocks is not looking as good as before. He looks to be another brilliant guy that will be force to leave their own company after failing to discover the “wrong” in his business lately.

Dustin Moskovitz, one of five Facebook co-founders, has sold another 450,000 of his shares in the company

Remember one of Facebook co-founder, Dustin Moskovitz, he is making such selling process lately with his Facebook stocks. Daily Mail has eventually discovered that Dustin is busy selling out his Facebook stocks from August 17 until the latest August 29. It appears to be more than 450,000 stocks has successfully traded by him in only the month of August. It looks like Dustin has taken an early step to avoid making loss as what happen to Mark Zuckerberg where he lost more than $10 billion in a short period of time.

           Right now, the young billionaire must find a way out of this problem quickly as the company’s shares are decreasing more than 50% compared with its first IPO. Facebook is not making profit but vice versa. Mark’s credibility to bring back the company is in deep question because people believe that not everyone is Steve Jobs and sometime they can also be a “Jerry Yang”. In the Mark Zuckerberg situation, only time will tell but people predict that this smart young entrepreneur will find the solution even though that it does not seems to look like it’s going to happen. 

I believe that with the recent history with greatness surrounding it, this CEO of the largest social network media will find the right equation for the right problem his surrounded.    

Tun Mahathir Muhammad

If anyone is wondering who is this? let me share with you my local idol.

This is the 4th Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Muhammad. He is the reason that any of us can see sky-high buildings in this particular Asian country. This wonderful country was billed by his side when he was in charge. I would b harsh to say that it is all his work but, the ideas, vision and successful implementation made it all happen in such a quick succession.

Today, Tun Mahathir has been link with an offer to become an economic adviser of an Arabic country. He visited Yemen, an Arab country located in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula, on Thursday to seek further clarification on Mohamed Salem's invitation for the Malaysian statesman to be his advisor, the Malaysian embassy in Sana'a said in a statement today. This shows the intelligent in economy interpretation and adjustment that Tun Mahathir has which is respected not just by local citizen but also globally. There is no wonder that Malaysia have achieved such success and economic growth in his years of conducting the country. Malaysia's achievements and transformation from an agro-based economy to a developed nation was one of the great works of Dr. Mahathir at that time as well. He transform lots of government links companies such as PETRONAS, Sime Darby, Telecom Malaysia (TM) and much more to global and successful companies.

As we all know that Yemen just went under a hard time after a civil war in their country that has cool down after sometimes few months before. So, they are looking forward to bring back the Arabic country back to their best and start generating income to give a more harmony life to their people. Yemen would need someone that has this experience of coming out from zero to hero style to guide them back where they belong or also beyond that if possible. From what I see, Yemen must bring home their smart people living overseas back to their beloved country and be a part of the reinforcement process. They have lost many of their doctors, engineers, architects, lawyers and also politician in that civil war as they fly over board to find shelter. It would be more meaningful if the local intelligent can serve their country in this time of circumstances and I feel there will be more tolerant, honour and sincere in making their duties. I also feel that Dr Mahathir will start with the financial system first and will move on towards the government sectors first before going for other things (technology, private sectors, etc...). As a Malaysian that is the early step that Tun Mahathir did in his time in charge. I really hope that Yemen could achieve big things with their new president, Mohamed Salem Basendowah and of course with Tun Dr Mahathir Muhammad at their side.

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