Date: 6 March 2025, Thursday
Time: 10.30 am
Venue: Bilik Aspirasi 2, MPC
A productive discussion with MRCA focused on enhancing productivity in the retail and F&B subsectors, emphasizing the need for sector-specific data from DOSM to better understand industry performance. Key challenges identified include licensing, labour policies, and local regulations, which require government attention. A targeted approach for specific subsectors was highlighted as a more effective strategy for improvement.
Global benchmarking was recognized as a valuable method to drive productivity growth, alongside the adoption of digital solutions and consumer education to facilitate industry transformation. MRCA expressed strong support for the initiative and committed to engaging more council members to strengthen collective efforts in advancing productivity.
Attendees
Malaysia Retail Chain Association (MRCA)
1. YBhg. Dato' Liew Bin, Deputy President
2. YBhg. Dato' Vincent Choo Kok Leong, Vice President
3. Ms. Valerie Choo Yoke Chin, Vice President
4. Dr. Afendi Dahlan, Vice President
5. Ms. Cindy Lee, MRCA Executive Director
6. Ms. Sheetal Kaur, Head of Membership & External Affairs
Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC)
7. YBhg. Datuk William Ng, Champion, Retail and F&B Productivity Nexus (RFBPN) & National President, SAMENTA
8. Mr. Syukri Mazli, SAMENTA
9. Ms. Nor Adira Adnan, Assistant Manager
10. Ms. Putri Nabila Mustafa Kamal, Assistant Manager