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From the President
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Greetings from MRCA
T
he elections are over and it’s back to business as usual! I hope this finds you all well and that the business year is going as planned for all of you.
I’m incredibly pleased to present the second issue of the new MRCA Magazine. We are constantly looking to improve ourselves in content and layout and this time around, we have added the important element of ‘branding’ to our content. It is our hope that you, our readers, will benefit from the industry related articles and information available here.
In this issue, we are privilleged to have on our cover, Dato’ Tay Sim Kim, 5th President of MRCA and Executive Chairman of Osim. Dato’ Tay is significant in materialising the MRCA Branding Education Charity Foundation that is the charity arm of the association. This fund was set up so members could contribute to giving back to society, especially the less fortunate. Dato’ Tay’s contribution to MRCA during his tenure as President is invaluable and I am happy to say that the Branding Education Charity Foundation is doing what it was set up to do and is very active in changing the lives of many. So far, this year has been very eventful for the association as well as for me, personally. I am incredibly honoured to have recently been named Honorary Consul of the Republic of Mozambique to Malaysia. In August, I will be leading a delegation of MRCA members and other Malaysian retailers to Mozambique to explore the opportunities available for Malaysian businesses. It is my hope that through this trade relationship we are able to explore our business options and expand our local brands beyond our shores. Lastly, I would like to say a special thank you to the team from MRCA Secretariat and MPH Group Magazine who worked tirelessly on this issue and to congratulate them once again on a job well done. To end this note, I will leave you with this quote for some mid-year motivation: “If you don’t see yourself as a winner then you cannot perform as a winner” – Zig Ziglar
Dato’ Nelson Kwok JP President, Malaysian Retailer-Chains Association
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