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A recent survey revealed that sentiment towards capital investment among Japanese companies doing business in Malaysia had improved, a trend continued from the last time when a similar research was carried out.
The Japanese Chamber of Trade and Industry, Malaysia (JACTIM) conducted the survey in September and October 2012 to project business conditions for the second half of fiscal 2012 (September 2012-March 2013).
The JACTIM said that Japanese enterprises operating in the Southeast Asian nation had become more active in making capital investment.
Companies having launched capital investment projects for the last 12 months carefully?either with their own financial resources or as part of depreciable assets?accounted for 60%, a significant decline from 71%.
On the other hand, those having done so actively?planning to either increase capital or raise funds from outside?increased from 14% to 25%.
Approximately 60% of the respondents answered they think the Southeast Asia will have a more powerful impact on the growth of the global economy than any other region.
