Utusan Melayu (Malaysia) Bhd - Announcements

Chairman’s S TATEMENT
In the other venture, Utusan Melayu (Malaysia)
Berhad and the British Council will collaborate to
design, develop and market a course on “Secretarial
Skills For The New Millennium” targeted at
Malaysian corporations and businesses. The course
content will focus on the two key skills of English,
the lingua franca of the global economy and IT,
the essential tool to compete successfully in the
digital age. In what is an ideal partnership, the
British Council will handle the language aspects of
the course while our Net Space Learning Centre will
take care of the technology component.
Utusan’s Advertising Division is the Group’s cash cow.
In the outdoor billboard advertising business, we are
the number one player in Malaysia. To consolidate
our position, we have recently acquired the country’s
first LED mobile electronic screen, which can be used
for entertainment, concerts and sporting events.
Our overseas forays produced mixed results, whilst
business is booming in Indonesia with very
encouraging returns, we are still undertaking
developmental work in India.
No report to our shareholders would be complete
without some mention of the Y2K or Millennium
Bug. The Utusan Group has invested considerable
resources and efforts to ensure all our critical systems
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have been effectively bug-proofed to ensure
Y2K compliance. No doubt as a result of these
precautionary measures. I am pleased to report a
smooth roll-over to the new millennium, with nothing
untoward happening to disrupt our operations.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
One thing we can be certain of is that our success in
navigating the economic turbulence of the past two
years would not have been possible without the
concerted efforts and commitment of various parties;
the Management and staff of the Utusan Group,
our shareholders, customers, suppliers, business
associates and the relevant authorities.
On behalf of the Board of Directors, I extend my
sincere appreciation and thanks.
Datuk Jalaludin Bahaudin left the Board during the
year. We thank him for his contributions and wish
him every success in his future undertakings. Last but
not least, I would like to thank my fellow members
of the Board for their support and wise counsel.
KAMARUL ARIFFIN
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