..Jack Ma to launch Alibaba's regional distribution hub in Malaysia

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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Limited plans to set up a regional distribution hub in Malaysia to cater to its fast-growing business in the region, two sources aware of the discussions said.

The hub would be sited within KLIA Aeropolis, a 24,700-acre development led by airport operator Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) that is expected to generate more than 7 billion ringgit ($1.58 billion) worth of domestic and foreign investments.

Alibaba executive chairman Jack Ma and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak are expected to announce the plans at an event in Kuala Lumpur next week, the sources said.

The hub will be set up with the help of Malaysian state-linked agencies. It was not clear whether Alibaba would invest any funds in the project.

"Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) has existing facility for Alibaba Group to pilot their distribution services here, and if (Alibaba) decide to expand in the future, there is the option to build more on other (undeveloped) sites in KLIA Aeropolis," one source said.

Alibaba and the Malaysian prime minister's office did not respond immediately to requests for comment.

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Najib appointed Ma as his government's digital economy adviser during an official trip to China in November.

Malaysian media reported that Ma, whose Alibaba owns Chinese online shopping business Taobao, would help steer Malaysia's e-economy development with the implementation of online payment and banking.

"Many people see Malaysia as an emerging hub next to Singapore. Malaysia may not be able to take all of Singapore's business but it is a good choice (logistically)," one source said.

This would mark Alibaba's first investment in Malaysia. The company invested $1 billion last year to control Singapore-based e-commerce platform Lazada, Southeast Asia's largest online shopping platform. It also increased its shareholding in Singapore Post to 14.4 percent from the 10.2 percent acquired in 2014 and bought a 20-percent stake in Thai e-payment service, Ascend Money.

Ties between Malaysia and Beijing have blossomed in recent months with a surge of investments from China.

China agreed to buy assets of troubled state fund 1MDB for $2.3 billion in December 2015.

Najib returned from November's Beijing visit with 14 agreements amounting to $34.4 billion, which included an agreement to buy four Chinese naval vessels and collaboration to build rail projects in Malaysia.

Sources said the distribution hub would be part of Malaysia's Digital Free Trade Zone (DFTZ), also slated to be launched during Ma's visit next week.

"KLIA Aeropolis includes many components and the DFTZ is likely a new component to be added into the development," one source said.

Plans to establish the DFTZ were announced in the national budget last October.

(Reporting by Liz Lee; Additional reporting by Anshuman Daga in SINGAPORE and Adam Jourdan in SHANGHAI; Editing by Paul Tait)

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Changa

bagus lah kalau gitu dek.

selamat maju jaya sis.

lepas ni tarik amazon pula buat hub di ibu pertiwi sis.

tripleid

Changa replied at 18-3-2017 01:05 PM
bagus lah kalau gitu dek.

selamat maju jaya sis.

jgn haraplah sis.most big kompeni yg dtg berkuntum di tanah air mostly originate drpd negara2  asia/prc komunis jah.western multinasional kokosen punya lbh prefer set up regional opis di temasik drpd kl.
agaknya bg kokosen maju kl ni taraf pprt je kot compare dgn kota singa itu.

pyropura

tripleid replied at 18-3-2017 01:32 PM
jgn haraplah sis.most big kompeni yg dtg berkuntum di tanah air mostly originate drpd negara2  asi ...

Janji better than Indon tamadun batu tertua yang dicuekkin terus      @.aetis. @anhar1

mulutcomel

pelaburan byk di malaysia... malaysia nak bankrap ke?

china labur... malaysia akan ikut telunjuk china... arab labur...malaysia akan ikut telunjuk arab... malaysia nak sign TPPA... malaysia ikut telunjuk amerika... apa hanat sangat rakyat malaysia

Changa

mulutcomel replied at 18-3-2017 02:07 PM
pelaburan byk di malaysia... malaysia nak bankrap ke?

china labur... malaysia akan ikut telunjuk ...

Bila.tak ada pelabur asing pun acik acik sama jua meroyan konon negara dah mundur pelabur asing enggan melabur bagai.
Typical.pemikiran acik batak macai sis
Semua nya salah dan tak kena.gitu, apa jah yang kena di mata acik kepam batak macai?

pulauturtle

terima kasih china. kita mmg byk terhutang budi kpd china sejak zaman kesultanan melaka.

tapi hati2, di sini ada sekumpulan species ketuanan melayu yg dilahir utk benci cina tanpa sebab sampai buat seumur hidup. mereka takkan kenang budi org yg bantu mereka

pyropura

pulauturtle replied at 18-3-2017 02:25 PM
terima kasih china. kita mmg byk terhutang budi kpd china sejak zaman kesultanan melaka.

tapi hat ...

Tapi depa dah pecahkan jadi 2 kategori:

- cina Prc - baik
- cina jinjang - jahat ...

  

pulauturtle

pyropura replied at 18-3-2017 02:31 PM
Tapi depa dah pecahkan jadi 2 kategori:

- cina Prc - baik

tak nampak pun...bila pilih antara yahudi dan china prc...mereka pilih yahudi yg kasi hancurkan negara2 islam

pulauturtle

dlm sejarah malaysia, mmg cina byk menyumbang kpd tanah ni, tapi ketuanan melayu yg super racist tamak tak pernah kenang budi cina.

let them burn in hell

pulauturtle

kalau ketuanan melayu ada maruah, jgn pakai barang buatan china, jgn kerja di syarikat cina, jgn pakai tax collected from cina, jgn invite investors dari china la..

wana89

pulauturtle replied at 18-3-2017 02:40 PM
kalau ketuanan melayu ada maruah, jgn pakai barang buatan china, jgn kerja di syarikat cina, jgn pak ...

so kalo macam tu
kena start kosong la..
kena tarik semua kerakyatan dan halau semua dna jinjang??macam tu

pulauturtle

wana89 replied at 18-3-2017 03:32 PM
so kalo macam tu
kena start kosong la..
kena tarik semua kerakyatan dan halau semua dna jinjang? ...

start kosong. balik kpd zaman british. sohai

wana89

pulauturtle replied at 18-3-2017 03:35 PM
start kosong. balik kpd zaman british. sohai

yelah
dah u cakap macam tu..
senang cerita..start balik la..
start dari kosong..
so cina pun xada kat sini..melingkup or bankrup, biar aje la melayu dan kaum asli yang tanggung..

pulauturtle

"prince of the earth" claim 30% from British:

British:"u lazy greedy bastard, goto hell..."

**BANG!!
"prince of the earth" fall back to the earth

pulauturtle

wana89 replied at 18-3-2017 03:37 PM
yelah
dah u cakap macam tu..
senang cerita..start balik la..

sohai. melayu dulu pun tak wujud di sini, hanya org asli saja.

berambus balik ke indonesia la

wana89

pung pang sana pung pang sini..
suggest start dari kosong..
tak mahu pulak...
banyak bising betul..
perjanjian is perjanjian la...

pulauturtle

wana89 replied at 18-3-2017 03:42 PM
pung pang sana pung pang sini..
suggest start dari kosong..
tak mahu pulak...

kenapa? tak berani balik indonesia?

mana black & white so called "perjanjian"?

wana89

pulauturtle replied at 18-3-2017 03:41 PM
sohai. melayu dulu pun tak wujud di sini, hanya org asli saja.

berambus balik ke indonesia la : ...

auww...
pek..kami semua memang kaum memang kaum austronesian pek..
pergi belajar sejarah la..
apa itu kaum austronesian pek
SEA memang tempat tinggal kami..

pulauturtle

wana89 replied at 18-3-2017 03:45 PM
auww...
pek..kami semua memang kaum memang kaum austronesian pek..
pergi belajar sejarah ...

autronesian satu kaum ke sohai

org asli di sini, bukan ko yg original di indonesia.

hak org asli pun melayu rompak. tengoklah kelantan as a good example.

bila nak claim status bumi, berpura2 berkawan dgn org asli...lepas tu aniayai orh asli.

pui...ketuanan melayu mmg species yg paling tamak dan tak jujur di planet ni