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Type of Businesses not Permitted for Foreigners in Malaysia

All foreigners are advised to know the various type of businesses not permitted for foreigners in the service industry to conduct in Malaysia before they register a business in Malaysia especially incorporating a Sdn Bhd Malaysian Company.

Below the list is governed and compiled from various Malaysia Governmental departments and agencies. The aim of the Malaysian Government is to provide sufficient market for local Malaysian businessmen to ear their income and also these services usually available by local expertise. All companies are encouraged not to hire any expatriate visa for jobs can be easily performed by local Malaysian, check out the list of the jobs reserved for local Malaysians.

BUSINESS SERVICES FALL UNDER THE PREVIEW OF THE GOVERNMENT MINISTRY OF TRADE CONSUMERISM is as follows:

1 Market research and public opinion polling services
2 Management consulting services
3 Other business services:
 
  • Collection agency services
  • Telephone answering services
  • Duplicating services
  • Translation and interpretation services
4 Repair services relate to metal products, machinery & equipment on:-
 
  • Office, accounting and computing machinery
  • Electrical machinery and apparatus
  • Radio, television and communication equipment and apparatus
  • Optical equipment
  • Medical, precision optical instruments, watches and clocks
  • Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers
  • Other transport equipment
  • Personal and household goods
5 Other land transport services
 
  • Rental services of passenger cars with operator
  • Passenger transportation by man- or animal-drawn vehicles
  • Freight transportation by man- or animal-drawn vehicles
  • Transportation of other freight
6 Supporting services for road transport
 
  • Parking services
7 Services related to management consulting
 
  • Project management services other than for construction
8 Building- cleaning services
9 Photographic services
 
  • Portrait photography services
  • Photography advertising services
  • Action photography services
  • Specialty photography services
  • Photography processing services
  • Restoration, copying and retouching services of photography
10 Leasing services concerning machinery, equipments and computers
11 Leasing services concerning:-
 
  • Personal and household goods
  • Televisions, radios, video cassette recorders & accessories
  • Video and CD tapes
  • Furniture and other household appliances
  • Pleasure and leisure equipment
12 Services furnished by a membership organization
 
  • Special group advocacy services
13 Recreational, cultural, sporting and library services
14 Other services:-
 
  • Laundry collection services
  • Textile and fur product cleaning services
  • Dry cleaning services
  • Pressing services
  • Dyeing and coloring services
  • Hairdressing and barbers, services
  • Funeral, cremation and undertaking services
  • Car washing and cleaning services
  • Building or Premise cleaning services
15 Storage and warehousing services
16 Packaging services
17 Research and experimental development services on:-
 
  • Social sciences and humanities
  • Cultural sciences, sociology
  • Economics, Law
  • Linguistics and languages
  • All other social sciences and humanities
18 Placement and supply services of personnel
 
  • Executive search services
19 Investigation and security services
 
  • Alarm monitoring services
20 Services incidental to manufacturing
21 Publishing and printing, on a fee or contract basis

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