Troublesome at registering for authorised forwarders/shipping company

It has been turned from bad to worse for our custom department in Port Klang. Previously we can appoint any forwarders (Max 3 per company) at anytime by the person in charge of office. Nowadays it has chaged and need the company's director, whose name appeaed in the company's registration form to write in.

This has cause so much problem, especially foreigner owned company, like mine. We have to go around the world to get the director just to sign the letter of appointment, and what make it worst is that they would require a local to be that director.

How on earth do they expect a local to own a 100% foreign company? Any person with brain would know it is not neccessary a local to be in board of directors for foreign company. Does it mean government or custom department is indirectly insisting foreign company o have some sort of Bumi shares in its company?

This is ridiculous and is moving away from their aim to become an important and complete internation port. This will only cause more problem for companies, and it will not only scare away foreigners, but also prolong the port handling time. That means they will never be able to compete with any other neighbouring countries' ports and that they are wasting the strategically located port its advantages because of all these senseless regulations.

As for me, it's not a big deal to acquire for our management signatory, but imagine if all these are minory affected each, it could added up to a huge loss and it will only do harm to its credibility and losing its potential 'customers'