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- Amendments to the Foreign Investors’ Long-Term Lease Act
- E-Governance Act
MBC advocates for improvements in governance, infrastructure, and transparency as key drivers to attract more investors, thereby creating more jobs. We believe that these reforms are aligned with these advocacies.
We hope that the proper implementation of these reforms will achieve the intended goal of enhancing the country’s competitiveness. (END)
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