Malaysian attaché to speak with Visayas IT-BPM sector

DTI Iloilo Provincial Director Diosdado P. Cadena Jr. receives a token from Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation Trade Commissioner Nyaee Ayup during a meeting at Richmonde Hotel Iloilo.

Malaysian Trade Commissioner Nyaee Ayup will share the Malaysian Information Technology-Business Process Management (IT-BPM) Industry to the Visayas Cluster of IT-BPM and other industry players at Richmonde Hotel Iloilo, today.

Information Communication Technology (ICT) players all over the Visayas Region are here in this city for the two-day Strategic Planning Session for IT-BPM from November 24-25, 2016, in collaboration with the DTI Export Marketing Bureau.

Ayup said that this will also be a venue “to connect to business industries in Iloilo and which industry we can collaborate with local business communities here that we can link to Malaysian companies.”

“Iloilo is part of the cities that we see in terms of development, one of the fastest growing cities in the Philippines, especially on IT-BPM,” she explained. Other cities that they have visited in the country are Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Puerto Princesa and Cebu.

She added: “There are other opportunities in these parts of this country. We would like to promote these cities to Malaysian companies, whereby there are opportunities in the Philippines not only in Manila.

DTI Iloilo Provincial Director Diosdado P. Cadena acquainted the trade attaché on the various programs, projects and initiatives offered by the DTI to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

The Malaysian Trade Commissioner is also scheduled to meet with Lea Lara of the Iloilo Business Club and Donna Rose Ratilla of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Iloilo Chapter.