SMEs are an important part in creating jobs in Malaysia's economy, thus, the National SME Development Council (NSDC) as founded to support SMEs businesses, has the main responsibilities of formulating the policy and strategies as well as budget allocation for the
So-called “SME Corp” for supporting SMEs. The main vision of SME Corp is to build capacity and capability, strengthening and enabling infrastructure and enhancing access to finance. The NSDC, in addition, has tried to minimize the regulations which are obstacles for the SME businesses, for example, allowing business registration to be completed within 1 day, working time expansion for foreign laborers from 2 years to 5 years. Malaysian's entrepreneurs, however, have more advantages compared to Thailand in terms of language skills, yet they still lose to Thailand in terms of high employment rates and lack of fund resources access. In order to cope with the upcoming AEC merger, the Malaysian government has indicated the target for their country's development for the next 10 years by increasing income per capita from 7,000 US dollars to 15,000 US dollars per years. (OSMEP, 2009).