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MBF Cards in Malaysia is the world’s first Visa Wave card issuer and will issue 2000 cards to consumers in this trial that runs from now to 31 August 2004. Visa Wave cardholders are able to wave and pay with their card at more than 150 merchant locations in Kuala Lumpur including outlets of: Baker’s Cottage, Caring Pharmacy, Delifrance, Dunkin Donuts, Fajar Dept Store and Supermarket, Famous Amos, Golden Oven, Hoca Coffee, Jaya Jeans Sdn Bhd, La Cucur, Strudels, Toycity, Victoria Music Centre, Memory Lane, Skipper Seafood,Pasaraya,TC Permata, Edwin, Brothers, Hallmark, P.K Time Sdn Bhd. and Key Color. More merchants will be added throughout the trial. Distinct Visa Wave acceptance signages are displayed at all these participating merchant outlets to make merchant recognition easy. Pending successful results from the trial, Visa intends to introduce Visa Wave to other markets in Asia Pacific.
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The demonic form common to Malaysia was that of the jinn, 190 in number. These were sometimes subdivided into "faithful" and "infidel," and further into the jinns of the royal musical instruments, of the state, and of the royal weapons. The afrit was ... known. Angels also abounded and were purely of Arabic origin. Besides these, the principal supernatural beings were as follows: the polong, or familiar; the hantu pemburu, or specter huntsman; the jadi-jadian, or wer-tiger; the hantu, or ghost of the murdered; and the jemalang, or earth-spirit. The pontianak, the Malaysian vampire, has become the most famous of the supernatural beings of folklore and the subject of many popular movies.
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Malaysia has a significant problem with piracy of copyrighted materials, particularly those stored on optical media. Malaysia’s production capacity for Compact Discs (CDs) and Digital Video Discs (DVDs) significantly exceeds local demand plus legitimate exports. U.S. industry estimates Malaysia’s excess capacity is between ten to twenty times that needed for the legitimate market. The resulting surplus is exported globally. Pirated products believed to have originated in Malaysia have been identified throughout the Asia-Pacific region, North America, South America, Europe, and Africa.
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Malaysia has one of the highest standards of living in SE Asia, largely because of its expanding industrial sector, which propelled the country to an 8%–9% yearly growth rate from 1987 to 1997. Growth contracted during the 1997–98 Asian financial crisis, and the government was forced to cut spending and defer several large infrastructure projects. Unemployment and interest rates rose, and thousands of foreign workers, many of them from Indonesia, were forced to leave the country. The economy began recovering in 1999. Despite long-term efforts of the government to improve the economic status of Malays through preferences, the Chinese have generally continued their long-standing dominance of the economy.
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The national carrier, Malaysia Airlines (MAS), currently flies to more than a hundred destinations worldwide. There is ... a small but growing number of domestic airlines serving popular tourist destinations such as Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Terengganu, Pulau Tioman, Pulau Perhentian, Pulau Pangkor, Taman Negara, Kuantan, Ipoh, Penang, Malacca and Langkawi. These airlines are Air Asia, Transmile Air and Berjaya Air.
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Malaysia ... seeks to attract foreign investment in the information technology industry, particularly in the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC), a government scheme to foster the growth of research, development, and other high technology activities in Malaysia. Foreign investors who obtain MSC status receive tax and regulatory exemptions as well as public service commitments in exchange for a commitment of substantial technology transfer. For further details on incentives, see www.mdc.com. Some corporations have used the MSC to outsource call center and back office operations, including HSBC and BMW. Initially, MSC firms were required to set up operations in the new town of Cyberjaya, south of Kuala Lumpur, and some areas of central Kuala Lumpur. In 2005, Malaysia announced that firms in the Bayan Lepas area of Penang also could apply for MSC status.
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