InvestKL eNewsletter Issue2

Business Fortune 500 company, Darden Restaurants to bring three of its largest brands to Kuala Lumpur Food & beverage group Secret Recipe Cakes & Cafe has signed a partnership agreement with American restaurant group Darden Restaurants, Inc to bring three of its largest brands to Malaysia in the first half of next year.     Innovation The first sleep centre in South East Asia - brought to you by Phillips Malaysia & University Malaya Specialist Centre (UMSC)  It was a perfect match made in innovation paradise. The Asean Sleep Research and Competence Centre (ASRCC) is the result of an initiative from InvestKL in the first quarter of 2013.     Talent Nurturing A-class talent in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia is a country that has various facets of wealth, namely natural resources, cultural diversity and world-class talent. As the business capital of Malaysia, Greater Kuala Lumpur has been earmarked as a destination of choice due to its perfect amalgamation of competitive cost, high capabilities, investor-friendly business environment, attractive tax incentives and first-class infrastructure.     InvestKL Conversations Kuala Lumpur rises as a regional hub for business and financial activities David Vicary Abdullah, President and CEO of INCEIF and Saif Malik, Managing Director, Co-Head of Wholesale Banking of Standard Chartered Bank talk about Business and Finance in KL, particularly the contributing factors to Greater KL's appeal as a regional hub for financial activities.     World Class Events US Secretary John Kerry and other renowned personalities inspire at 4th Global Entrepreneur Summit (GES) 2013 The recently concluded GES 2013 was held on October 11-12 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia. Attracted close to 4,000 empowered and connected entrepreneurs and stakeholders from around the world. This year’s turnout was the biggest in the history of GES. Amazing turnout at the 3rd World Capital Markets Symposium (WCMS) The 3rd edition of WCMS was held on 22 October 2013 in Kuala Lumpur and it was the biggest in the event's history. Featured renowned personalities such as UK Financial Services Authority Institute for New Economic Thinking senior fellow and former chairman Lord Adair Turner, the USA Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation former chairman The Honourable Sheila C Bair, and Time magazine editor-at-large Fareed Zakaria, who is also the host of the CNN flagship international affairs programme Fareed Zakaria GPS.     KL - Lights, Camera, Action Sports Ryan Moor clinches win in sudden death playoff at CIMB Golf Classic 2013 at Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club (KLGCC) Entertainment Alicia Keys to "Set The World On Fire" in Kuala Lumpur Art & Culture Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" Intrigues All InvestKL Office 16th Floor, Menara SSM@Sentral, No. 7, Jalan Stesen Sentral 5, Kuala Lumpur Sentral, 50623 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tel: +603 2260 2270      Fax: +603 2260 2292       Email : info@investkl.gov.my Copyright © 2013 InvestKL. All rights reserved. Follow us at:       Unsubscribe: If you no longer wish to receive promotional emails, please click here to unsubscribe.