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Manufacturing plunges
26% in February Moving Proton Exora gets
from
KUALA LUMPUR: Sales value of
the manufacturing sector in February
leum products (34.7%); manufacture
of computers and computer peripher-
million year-on-year to register
RM1,856.3 million. Seed encouraging response
2009 declined 26.1% or RM11.6 billion als (46.6%); manufacture of electronic The total amount paid in February
year-on-year to RM32.9 billion. valves and tubes, and printed circuit 2009 also dropped by 2.6% or RM50.4
to Fist KUALA LUMPUR: There yesterday.
For January 2009, the sales value boards (49.4%); manufacture of basic million compared to the previous pg 18 has been an encouraging A customer, Rozlin
has been revised to a negative 29.1%, iron and steel products (54.5%); and month. response to the first locally Mahat, 28, said the price
the Statistics Department said in a manufacture of other basic industrial Productivity or average sales value made multi-purpose vehicle of the Exora which is
statement yesterday. chemicals except fertilisers and nitro- per employee in February 2009 went (MPV), the Proton Exora, just competitive compared with
The department said on a monthly gen compounds (48.6%). down by 20.9 percent year-on-year one day after it was officially imported models is a big
basis, sales value for February 2009 Total number of employees en- to register RM34,305 from RM43,379 launched on Wednesday. draw for him.
was down by RM738.9 million or 2.2% gaged in the manufacturing sector in a year ago, according to the depart- The factors of price, “To me, RM70,000 is a
from RM33.7 billion recorded in the February 2009 was 960,652, a decrease ment. design and the technology fair deal and it would be the
previous month. of 67,177 persons or 6.5% compared to However, productivity in Febru- of its engine drew the atten- better choice for those who
The decline was attributed to the a year ago, the department said. ary 2009 increased 0.5 percent when tion of consumers, especially have many family mem-
drop in sales value from 77 industries Month-on-month, the number of compared to the preceding month. those with families. bers,” said the information
or 66.4% out of 116 industries covered workers employed also declined by In the first two months of 2009, According to a Proton technology officer when
in the survey, it said. 2.7% or 26,302 persons when compared sales value of the manufacturing Holdings spokesman yes- met at a Proton showroom.
The five major industries whose to 986,954 persons in January 2009. sector was down by 27.6% or RM25.4 terday, the reservations for The Exora, powered by a
sales value decreased significantly Salaries and wages paid in Febru- billion to RM66.6 billion compared to the Exora exceeded 3,500 CamPro CPS 1.6 litre engine
were manufacture of refined petro- ary 2009 decreased 8.3% or RM167.1 the same period last year. – Bernama compared to about 2,000 with a 4-speed automatic
announced by Prime Min- transmission, is available
ister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul in two variations – the Me-
Public Bank Berhad, aims to entrepreneurs and Azhar Wan Ahmad said the after the launch of the SME
recognise and acknowledge employers with many ratings, to be created based Credit Bureau yesterday
SHARIL AMIN
dynamic managers and man- challenges. on local data for all SMEs in by Bank Negara Malaysia
agement leaders who work “This is an opportune Malaysia, would address governor Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar
behind scenes to continue time for us to see how we the perception of this sector Aziz. – Bernama