Kasim Amat, you are forever the biggest idiot around.

unscrupulous – a word for describing Umno, not PWC.
impolite – yet another word about Umno, not PWC.
asking people to retract their truthful reports and declarations — Umno’s style
“Their licence should be put in review if they refuse to retract the report.” — Umno’s style (revoke, review licenses, passports etc, but dare not admit it).

If Govt dares threaten or take childish action against PWC, Malaysia will be internationally condemned and will go down the drain.

azar sharif
sri kebaya
doha, qatar

No. we did not apply for any of the grant (maybe because lack of knowledge and information about such allocation) from MITI or from tourism.

And no, we have not charged any fees for being Malaysia promotion hub in Qatar.

You are right, RM500,000.00 was not enough to open a restaurant in Doha. I mentioned, we did get soft loan from friends and relatives. We had full support from the Emir of Qatar in providing us the premise with a good rental.

We have good support from Malaysia companies in Qatar like Petronas, UEM, Muhibbah (just to name a few) and others. We have an endless support from Malaysia Embassy and former first secretary. We are also supported by Malaysia Association of Qatar, Tourism Council in Dubai and Malaysian staying and working in Qatar by supporting the business.

Thank you for your concern. For your information, we are in the midst of updating our webstie that will be up next monday. |Visit us at http://www.srikebaya.com.

Ok. Like wise said, in actual fact, a set up of a sdn bhd company can easily be obtained from SSM. But to cut it short, since undergrad2 likes to know, the majority share holders are Azar Sharif (35%) and Sunyta Ali (35%), Pempena (30%). Our paid up is RM 500k.

We applied loan from EXIM Bank who apparently in charge of loan Under Malaysia Kitchen program. And the loan is still in progress. In the meantime we did borrow soft loans from friends and relatives.

About the board, only me and Sunyta sit on the Board.

There has been no issue on our set up of the company and the restaurant.

Pempena’s involvement is to help us promoting the restaurant and at the same time promoting tourism back home. It should not be a subject of ridicule because we are working hand in hand in promoting Malaysia in Qatar.

We will try our utmost energy and time to explain to those who wanted to know the facts. But not to those who want to misconstrue the facts.

My explanation is not to belittle anybody. Not even PWC report. A report is just a finding. My argument is, how can Sri Kebaya venture was regarded as a loss whilst we have not even close our account for a financial calendar year?

I would like to stress, as an entrepreneur, we cannot be realizing the government effort alone. I must say, Pempena has given us all the support and did a good job in promoting Malaysia oversea. The result is, we get tourist coming to Malaysia in two folds.

Malaysian should be able to see beyond the predicament of issues and stories.

p.s. By all means, be a brave Malaysian by using your real name, not nicks. And be a proud Malaysian……because we have Malaysia Restaurant all over the World!

Thank You.

Also, if you aim to be a Tourist information Centre for Malaysia, do you receive a fee from the Government for this role ?

So that makes Pempena a minority shareholder of your company. Who are the other shareholders and what is the issued and paid up capital of your company?

For a professionally done report, we should hire Kasim Amat, Godfather and Chandran, the best accounting firm in Bolehland. This firm asks all the right questions, like (a) what you do want the answer to be (b) how much you want (c) who do you want to pin the blame on.

The firm of Kasim Amat, Godfather and Chandran has an impressive list of deals completed in Bolehland. We can send you our list of referees which include Mike Tyson and Najis.

Lastly, we can tell you we have professional indemnity insurance from the AG’s Chambers, so don’t worry about us being sued.

He said he also learnt that the ministry wanted another RM5 million to keep Pempena afloat.

http://sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=27813

“I hope this reply will make Malaysian understand more about Sri Kebaya and Mr Lim, with all respect, please do not make blind accusation based on PWHC report alone. I am sure we Malaysians are smarter than that.”

LKS did not make blind accusation. Like all of us he was blinded by the umno government.

So pempena is a stakeholder in your venture huh.

As long as you have nothing to hide, as long as you are not using the Rakyat’s money then we will wish you all the best in your noble venture. Only you will know the answer to that.

Sir,
I am writing as an obligation to explain to readers and Malaysian in general. Our vision and intention are crystal clear. Please, after this explanation I hope Malaysian will understand more about the setting up of Sri Kebaya Malaysia Restaurant in Doha.

As much as you and the general public would possibly want to know, Sri Kebaya Malaysia Restaurant is not a subsidiary of Pempena Sdn Bhd. We are a private company with a 30% share by Pempena Sdn Bhd that only amount to RM 150,000.00. The restaurant had just been opened in January 2008 and we are still in the midst of managing the business setups and direction of the restaurant. We have not even ending our fiscal year. Therefore claiming that the business is a loss venture is obviously untrue. Pricewaterhouse report is also deemed to be incomplete and one sided as we were not even contacted to explain about the business set up.

Pempena Sdn Bhd involvement is also crystal clear, to make the restaurant as a tourism information hub in Doha. Qatar as there has been a rising numbers of tourists from Qatar to Malaysia every year. Currently we don’t have any tourism information centre in Doha. Inevitably to setup information hub will incur more than the share Pempena had invested.

We took the ‘Malaysia Kitchen’ program seriously as a Proud Malaysian. We put ourselves into a lot more business risk and setup a restaurant in a foreign land none other than because of business potential and at the same time supporting tourism industry back home. We are promoting Malaysia through food and hospitality not only to the local Qatari but also to the expatriates. Even without brochures or any information from Motour, we had taken effort to buy coffee table books at our own expense for our customer to read and understand more about Malaysia. Therefore, profit should also be looked upon in a perspective of ‘profit in kind’ whereby local Malaysian will benefit from tourists who visit Malaysia based on our effort!

We are proud to be the first and the one and only Malaysian Restaurant in Qatar.

Being the only Malaysian Restaurant in Doha, Sri Kebaya has also become a centre where Malaysians working in Qatar meet.

We have realized the importance of Sri Kebaya Malaysia Restaurant to be in Doha, Qatar.

As a result to this turmoil and misunderstanding, we have discussed with Pempena to buy back the share. We do not want to be a victim to politic and please do not politicize the issue as that will bring a bad publicity to Sri Kebaya. We have built Sri Kebaya painstakingly and the reputation has been very good with the local Qatari, expatriates, tourists and Malaysians working there. Please do not tarnish our reputation with baseless accusation.

I would also like to take this opportunity to straighten some claims and rumors verbally made and got to our knowledge. Claims that Sri Kebaya is a government subsidized restaurant is not true. Sri Kebaya is a MITI initiated restaurant is not true. Sri Kebaya set up was an awarded grant is not true. Sri Kebaya is Pempena own is not true. Sri Kebaya is Pak Lah crony restaurant is not true. We open Sri Kebaya from our live saving money and bank loan that need to be served. So please set the record straight.

I chose to clarify here not on political reason. It is merely our reputation alone and our voice as a proud Malaysian living oversea could be heard by Malaysians.

I hope this reply will make Malaysian understand more about Sri Kebaya and Mr Lim, with all respect, please do not make blind accusation based on PWHC report alone. I am sure we Malaysians are smarter than that.

azar sharif
managing director
Sri Kebaya Malaysian Restaurant
Doha Qatar

We should be aware that the integrity of our former and current Minister of Tourism should not be questioned. They have contributed a lot to tourism industry of Malaysia. All Malaysian can see the improvement in the tourism industry in the past years and they should be give credit to it. Making losses does not necessary means one company has committed fraud. It could be due to the generous policies which are not profit driven. For example, we ned to set up a lot of information centres in different countries to help promoting Malaysia and give away free brochures and flyers. This does not make any money but it benefited the tourism industry as a whole. Lim Kit Siang should refrain from making any conclusion on this matter before further investigation is carried out by the authorities. An audit report does not cast stone to this matter. I hope all readers view the matter objectively and think of what our government has done in the past and not just blindly believe what the opposition is claiming.

So Ng Yen Yen ‘tou tai’ Ms Chew MF also gets involved. Typical case of you scratch my back I scratch your butt.

List down all of them. These scandals will never disappear in the internet age. If our PDRM refuse to take any action, very soon the 13th political tsunami will be even more devastating that will sink the Sinking Rotten Ship together will the cronies once and for all!

i discovered that her character is very similar to KJ!the kera jahat!

Jom Makan, owned by Perbananan Nasional. It says there are 50 Malaysian in the UK, so why is it investing RM9m in one more? it makes no sense. If you want to enchance Malaysian food you should promote our halal and non-halal food production. If you go into any oriental store overseas, you will find most of the canned, preserved food is from Malaysia and this is without any active govt. involvement (which may be best).

Jom Makan Offers ‘Roti Canai’ In London
10 JUNE 2008 – NST

LONDON: Efforts to promote Malaysia as a culinary destination among British tourists will get a big push with the opening of a Jom Makan restaurant in the posh area of Pall Mall here.

The outlet, established under the MalaysiaKitchen programme of the Malaysian government, will be officially opened by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak tomorrow night.

With a seating capacity of 140, Jom Makan offers some 50 all-Malaysian menu items, from roti canai to nasi lemak, teh tarik and char kuey teow, at prices affordable by London standards.

Malaysian High Commissioner Datuk Abd Aziz Mohammed said the restaurant would enhance the profile of Malaysian food in the UK.

Malaysia has hitherto been known more for its nature and natural beauties among foreign visitors.
About 280,000 British tourist arrivals were recorded in Malaysia last year, earning the country nearly RM900 million in revenue.

“Today, we are lagging behind our competitors in using Malaysian cuisine as a tourism attraction,” Abd Aziz told Malaysian journalists.

“We need to popularise our food and position ourselves accordingly.”

He said the last 20 years had seen the mushrooming of Indian, Chinese and Thai food outlets in the UK, but not those from Malaysia.

“Indian food has been the most popular, as shown by the presence of 6,000 Indian restaurants in the UK today. In comparison, there are only about 50 Malaysian outlets.”

Tourism promotion aside, MalaysiaKitchen and other initiatives aimed at popularising Malaysian dishes will also help Malaysian food producers to make bigger inroads abroad.

“Three or four years ago, our agricultural produce and agro-based products were only available at Oriental outlets,” Abd Aziz said.

“But with the opening of Tesco and the like in Malaysia, our products can now be found in mainstream supermarkets (in the UK).”

The Jom Makan restaurant here is run by JomMalaysia (UK) Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Perbadanan Nasional Bhd.

It is the second outlet under the MalaysiaKitchen brand, the first being Jom Makan Tokyo that opened in November 2007 in the upmarket district of Daikanyama.

The Japanese outlet, managed by JomMalaysia Japan Co Ltd, is a specialty restaurant as opposed to the quick service restaurant concept adopted here.

JomMalaysia (UK) Ltd managing director Mohd Zuhri Abdullah said some RM9 million had been invested in the London outlet.

The 3,900 square feet outlet employs 36 workers, mostly non-Malaysians.

“Our target is to break even within 18 months,” Mohd Zuhri said.

“We also plan to open three more outlets, probably here in the British capital, by the end of next year.”