Although the time required for this interview is not very long, the questionnaire is fairly complicated and the concepts involved are by no means simple. Our trained interviewers could assist the respondents in furnishing the required statistical data in a convenient and accurate manner. All our interviewers are bound by regulations to keep your information in strict confidence and will not disclose data collected in the survey to any third party. Please feel comfortable to answer the questions raised by our interviewers.
It is the design of the sampling method in this survey to include certain households enumerated again in the current round. This design allows comparison to be made on the data supplied by the same households during different periods. In this way, changes in the socio-economic conditions of the population could be more precisely measured.
Flows data refer to transactions of an economy with the rest of the world over a period of time (i.e. quarter). Positions are stock-oriented measures that provide a balance sheet statement (financial assets and liabilities) of the Malaysian economy vis-à-vis the rest of the world at a point in time (usually at the end of the year).
FDI refers to investment in the form of financial instruments namely equity capital, reinvested earnings and other capital (inter-company loans, trade credit, advances, etc.) by foreign direct investors in their direct investment enterprises in Malaysia. A direct investor is a foreign entity (individual or company) that owned, either directly or indirectly, at least 10 per cent of equity capital (in the form of ordinary shares or voting power) of an enterprise in Malaysia.
Conversely, Direct Investment Abroad (DIA) refers to investment (namely: equity capital, reinvested earnings and other capital) made by Malaysian-based companies (direct investors) in their overseas affiliates where they own at least 10 per cent of equity capital.
Net FDI and DIA statistics are available in the Quarterly Balance of Payments Report, which can be downloaded from DOSM website. Detailed statistics on FDI & DIA by country and sector are available in Monthly Statistical Bulletin of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), which are available in BNM website (www.bnm.gov.my). Data sources are from Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) and BNM.
