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Qualifications: As an expert in international business and one who has spent a considerable amount of time in Malaysia, I am fully qualified for this task.

Work Schedule: This section of the work will be conducted in the next two weeks. A final report will be completed a week after that. The findings will be presented to senior management, who should make a decision to proceed or not to proceed by the end of May, when budgets for the following year are set.

Call to Action. We need to investigate opening a chain in Malaysia now, before other companies seize this opportunity.