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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