to resolve issues. The relevant regulator implements the intervention, and its progress is escalated to PEMUDAH and EAC. In 2021, #MyMudah received 523 issues through the UPC portal. The percentage of registered issues can be categorised according to sectors: services (55.9%), manufacturing (5%), agriculture (9.8%), construction (29.1%), and mining and quarrying (0.2%).
Through the #MyMudah platform, the issue concerning the requirements in registering new trade names for pesticide products was solved when the Pesticides Board published the Garis Panduan Nama Dagangan Produk Racun Makhluk Perosak (Pindaan 2021) to guide businesses on registering new products involving trade name changes and labelling.
One of the high impact projects via #MyMudah was the facilitation, by MPC, of Project E10: Express Construction Permit, which was driven by the Kulim Municipal Council.
The regulatory experiment through E10 shortened the construction and business permit time from 24, to ten (10) months, which yielded about RM600 million in cost savings for the investors.
Participation in Development of National Policies DSM continues to advocate the importance of standards and accreditation by ensuring incorporation of these elements through participation in the development of national policies as follows:
(i) Blueprint for the Malaysian Digital Economy
(ii) Global Innovation Index Competitiveness Monitoring
(iii) Collaborative Action for Single-Use Plastic Prevention in Southeast Asia
(iv) High Tech Nation Council (v) National Trade Blueprint (NTBp) (vi) Emerging Technology Cluster (vii) Virtual Water and Water Footprint (viii) National Circular Economy Council (ix) Hydrogen Economy Roadmap (x) Electric Vehicle Roadmap
(xi) Intelligent Transport System Blueprint (xii) New Industrial Master Plan
(xiii) National e-Commerce Strategic Roadmap
(xiv) Supply Chain for Personal Protective Equipment, Medical Devices and Pharmaceutical
(xv) Recreational Vehicle Industry Development (xvi) Iron and Steel Industry Foresight Research
Development of Strategic Plan 2022-2025 for the Department of Standards Malaysia
The Strategic Plan 2022-2025 for the DSM is the key document to set the vision, mission, long term goals, priorities, strategies, objectives, and the related action plans for the next four (4) years. The document is aligned to 12MP, The Shared Prosperity Vision 2030, United Nation Sustainable Development Goals, and other relevant national policies, such as the National Strategy on Industry 4.0, Digital Economy Blueprint and NTBp.
The document also refers to the recommendations set in the impact study on the usage of standards to the Malaysian Economy 2020.
The strategies were designed to provide focus on the visibility of the DSM as the leading agency to promote National Quality Infrastructure (NQI). This is an integral strategic move to strengthen the awareness on NQI as the key enabler to facilitate domestic and international trade, increase safety, health, and quality of living for the rakyat and sustainable development goals. The document also gives focus to strengthen the core services delivery to enhance the performance-driven culture in the DSM.
Branding and promotion form a strategic thrust on its own to emphasise efforts on effective promotional activities in focus sectors identified in the 12MP, such as E&E, the halal sector, tourism, and healthcare. This is to enhance general awareness on standards and conformance, and to inculcate quality culture among Malaysians in all walks of life. Talent development has always been an important agenda for the DSM. Strategies to enhance knowledge and technical competencies among officers remain an important agenda in the document. This is to ensure DSM will remain robust and agile, with current development, and new emerging technologies.
EXHIBIT 4.17
NUMBER OF MS DEVELOPED AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2021 National
Safety Code (NSC)
Description Cumulative MS Developed
Aligned MS
Indigenous/
Adapted
MS in Malay Language
only
translated MS to Malay Language Identical Modification
A Agriculture 168 2 0 166 2 22
B Chemicals and Materials 565 222 42 301 0 0
C Consumer Interests 3 0 0 3 0 0
D Buildings, Construction and
Civil Engineering 387 49 1 337 0 0
E Power Generation,
Transmission and Distribution of Energy
442 232 39 171 0 0
F Mechanical Engineering 222 75 7 140 0 0
G Information Technology, Communications and Multimedia
193 156 0 37 0 2
H Petroleum and Gas 208 30 6 172 0 0
I Halal Standards 35 0 0 35 0 12
J Plastics and plastic Products 393 179 25 189 0 0
K Packaging and Logistics 82 4 0 78 0 0
L Transport 216 117 5 94 0 0
M Fire Safety 101 22 3 76 0 0
N Rubber and Rubber Products 160 104 8 48 0 0
P Metallic Materials and Semi-
Finished Products 251 123 12 116 0 0
Q Textiles and Apparels 34 13 2 19 0 5
R Medical Devices and Facilities
for Healthcare 278 226 3 49 0 0
S E&E Equipments and
Accessories 368 207 28 133 0 0
T Tourism, Exhibition and
Hospitality Services 14 10 2 2 0 0
U Food and Food Products 326 35 12 279 6 0
V Timber, Timber Products and
Timber Structure 86 2 12 72 0 0
W Occupational Safety and
Health 126 88 4 34 0 0
X Oil Palm and Its Products 4 0 0 4 0 0
Y Quality and Organisational
Management 94 90 0 4 0 3
Z Environmental Management 94 66 0 28 0 0
TOTAL OF MS 4,850 2,052 211 2,587 8 44
% OF ALIGNMENT TO
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS 46.66%
% IDENTICAL TO INTERNATIONAL
STANDARDS 42.31%
Source: Department of Standards Malaysia (DSM)
MS on Primary Healthcare Laboratories
MS 2702: 2020 – Primary Healthcare Laboratories:
Malaysian Standard (Indigenous) is a requirement for quality competence approved by YB Dato’ Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, Senior Minister of International Trade and Industry on 14 October 2020. It is the main reference document for the Primary Healthcare Laboratories Accreditation Scheme (PHLAS) which was launched on 1 February 2021.
An online Awareness Workshop for MS 2702 was held on 1 March 2021 and was attended by 210 participants comprising medical officers, science officers and medical laboratory technologists throughout Malaysia.
The speaker for the workshop was Madam Fariza Wan Abdullah from the Accreditation Division, DSM.
The objective of this workshop was to provide initial exposure to the requirements stated in MS 2702 and the implementation of the PHLAS scheme.
EXHIBIT 4.18
MS DEVELOPMENT MAIN ACTIVITIES
Source: Department of Standards Malaysia (DSM)
EXHIBIT 4.19
NUMBER OF MANDATORY STANDARDS
Source: Department of Standards Malaysia (DSM)
Launching of MS2714: 2021 Kenaf Fiber – Classification and MS2715: 2021 – Kenaf Fiber – Test Methods for Physical Properties
MS on Kenaf fiber was developed by the WG on Kenaf Fiber (NSC V/TC 3/WG 3). This WG consisted of representatives from the National Kenaf and Tobacco
Board (NKTB), Malaysian Timber Industry Board, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Forest Research Institute Malaysia, and representatives of the kenaf
industry. MS 2714 1714: 2021 and MS 2715: 2021 have been approved by YB Senior Minister of International Trade and Industry on 15 June 2021.
The introduction of this MS is important as a standard reference in developing and strengthening the kenaf industry. Mr. Shaharul Sadri bin Alwi, the Director-
General, DSM, presented the MS document to Tn. Hj.
Idris Mohd Salleh, Director-General of the National Kenaf and Tobacco Board (NKTB) on 3 October 2021 at the NKTB Headquarters. It was witnessed by YB Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin, Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities.