Monthly Archives: April 2017

Malaysian passport ranked 4th most powerful in the world.

Published April 20, 2017 | By PriorityCD

The Malaysian passport is ranked the fourth most powerful in the Global Passport Power Rank 2017 by a financial advisory firm, Arton Capital – reported by The Sun Daily. Malaysia is tied with seven other countries including Austria, Belgium, Japan, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Portugal and Switzerland which provides its holders visa-free access to 156 countries. The Malaysian passport has also improved its position with an overall visa-free score (VFS) of 156 from 154 and fifth ranking in January this year.

Malaysia ranked 2nd most competitive tourism destination among South-East Asia by WEF

Published April 13, 2017 | By PriorityCD

According to the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017 by World Economic Forum’s (WEF) , Singapore topped the table among the nine nations in South-East Asia with Malaysia second, followed by Thailand and Indonesia.

Globally, Malaysia dropped one spot from 2015 to be placed 26th among 136 countries, although it improved on its overall performance from various indicators by rising from 4.41 points in 2015 to 4.50 in 2017.

MyIHAB, world’s first halal ecosystem solution

Published April 6, 2017 | By PriorityCD

Malaysia has developed a system to fully integrate online registration and management system that further empower the halal industry.

Known as the Malaysia International Halal Authorities and Bodies System (MyIHAB), it is a fully centralised database under the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim)’s Halal Ecosystem Solution and first of its kind.

According to the New Straits Times, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said this was a starting point for Malaysia to move forward towards establishing an International Halal Accreditation Board in the near future.