21.   Facilities would have to be efficient enough to make it a regional centre for trans-shipments from countries such as China, Vietnam and even Singapore.

22.   Hee said this to reporters at the SAP regional training centre in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

23.   It brings teachers together at a regional centre for an initial week of work consisting of seminars and discussions.

24.   It is envisaged that the campaign will assist in establishing Malaysia as a regional centre of excellence for IT research and development.

25.   Rafidah noted that Recaro joins the growing number of companies which had selected Malaysia as a regional centre for their operations.

26.   She added she was happy with the progress made in the setting up of regional centres for training and technology transfer.

27.   She said the broadening of the investor base would also bring Malaysia one step closer to realising its vision to become the regional financial centre.

28.   She urged companies which need a regional centre or headquarters to consider Malaysia.

29.   The council aims to make Malaysia the leading regional centre for the book industry.

30.   The economic downturn has an accelerator effect on the educationsector, which for a few years had been gearing up to transform Malaysiainto a regional centre of educational excellence.