MACP'S 15 TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING MACP's 15th Annual General Meeting which was held last 16 June 2005 at the Istana Hotel, Kuala Lumpur saw the re-election of Ahmad Izham Omar and Rosli Khamis (Loloq) into MACP's Board of Directors as Writer Directors while P n. Jennifah Johari (Luncai Emas Sdn Bhd) and Mr. Jack Teo (Universal Music Publishing Sdn Bhd) were both re-elected as Publisher Directors . The Directors newly appointed to fill the existing vacancies were Mr. Tan Tiou Chong as a Writer Director and Ms. Carol Chan (Warner Chappell Music (M) Sdn. Bhd.) and also Ms. Yap Sook Han (EMI Music Publishing Malaysia Sdn Bhd) as Publisher Directors. All the abovementioned Directors will join Pn. Habsah Hassan (Chairperson), Ms. Esther Leong (Vice Chairperson) (BMG Music Publishing ( Malaysia ) Sdn. Bhd.) and En. Adnan Abu Hassan in the Board. The AGM which was attended by about 100 members had also approved all resolutions proposed in the Notice of Meeting as distributed to all members, including the re-appointment of Messrs Ernst & Young as MACP's auditors. The appointment of new Music Development Fund (MDF) Committee members was also discussed at this AGM and some of the names proposed were M. Nasir, Zul Mahat, Yusri Yusuf and To'Ki. We are pleased to announce that all the proposed names have subsequently agreed to be part of the MDF Committee.   Excerpts of Speech By Pn Habsah Hassan, MACP Chairperson, At MACP's 15th Annual General Meeting Financial Year 2004 MACP achieved an encouraging development last year with an income reaching RM19.2 million, exceeding its target of RM18.2 million. This is a 17% increase from the RM16.3 million collected for the previous financial year. This achievement is due to the increase in income from all sectors namely general licensing (14% increase to RM13.5 million), broadcast (27% increase to RM4.9 million), interest and other income which increased by 12% to RM70 thousand. TV is still the biggest royalty contributor of 20% from MACP's total income while 14% is from hotels and clubs, 12% from concerts/permits, 10% from shopping and entertainment centres, 9% from ringtones, 8% from restaurants, radio 5%, MAS 3%, cinemas 1% and 8% from the other categories. Breakdown of income from the TV sector is 50% from Astro TV, 27% TV3, 12% NTV7, 8% RTM and 3% from 8TV. Menawhile the breakdown of income from the radio sector is 76% from AMP Radio Networks, 7% each from THR.fm and RFM, 5% from RTM and the other 5% from all the other radio stations (such as Ikim FM, WaFM, Manis FM, Cats FM and Best 104). The income-cost ratio (including MDF cost) was reduced from 15% to 14%. This means that from each RM1.00 of MACP's income, 86 cents will be distributed to the owners of the copyrighted songs. Accordingly, MACP's excess income (before tax) for 2004 has increased by 19% to RM16.5 million, an increase of RM2.6 million as compared to year 2003.   Membership MACP's membership currently stands at 2,130 from which 2,060 are writers while another 70 are publishers. 77% (1,633) are full writer members and 3% (68) are full publisher members. Full members are those whom received royalties from MACP last year. Based from requests made by some veteran members at last year's Annual General Meeting (AGM), the Board has considered a few medical insurance plans for veteran members. The Board finally decided to reimburse hospitalization expenses (one hospitalization only) for members aging between 50 to 60 years old with a total not exceeding RM10,000. All claims must be enclosed with original receipts from the relevant hospital and the member must have at least 50 recorded and registered songs with MACP. Members exceeding 60 years old fulfilling requirements of 50 registered works with MACP and needing hospitalization financial assistance are required to submit original receipts to MACP and the Board will consider the applications on ‘case-to-case basis'.   MDF Activities Since MACP's AGM last year, there had been many activities organized such as sports activities, 9th MACP Awards, briefings for new members and government agencies and also our participation in WIPO/CISAC international seminar held in Kuala Lumpur and also the CISAC Congress in South Korea . MACP's Website Arising from members' request at last year's AGM, members' names and the Company's Memorandum and Articles of Association have been incorporated into MACP's website, namely www.macp.com.my .   MACP's Office At last year's AGM, some members proposed that MACP move to another area due to the lack of parking spaces and the congested road during school breaks. After considering the prospect of buying a new building and to sell the current office, it is noted that the idea is not feasible financially. Due to this, the Board decided to stay put at the current place until a suitable time when the office no longer serves to fulfill MACP's needs.     MACP Awards 2005 The MACP Awards 2005 was held successfully on 14 May 2005 at the Palace of the Golden Horses, Sri Kembangan, Selangor Darul Ehsan. The “attendance by invitation only event” saw Yang Berbahgia Dato' Seri Dr. Arshad bin Hashim, the General Secretary of the Ministry of Information, as the Guest of Honour. As a symbol of MACP's appreciation and recognition to members who achieved success in their composing careers and also for the support and contribution given by various quarters not only to MACP but to the music industry as a whole, MACP gave out various awards during the event. Other than the Nadi Cipta and Most Promising Young Songwriter (which recipients are determined by a MACP panel taking into consideration their talents and contributions to MACP and the advancement of the local music industry), the winners of the other awards are determined from MACP's distribution last year (for year 2003 income). Guests were entertained by performances from a few local artistes. Fresh from winning the Best Album Award at the 12 th AIM recently, the group Spider kickstart the performances by rendering their latest single “Cinta Dewa-Dewi”. Ziana Zain gave her rendition of “Sembilu Kasih” followed by VE with their hit “Message Girl”. The first Malaysian Idol winner, Jaclyn Victor, performed two songs namely “One Moment In Time” and “Di Bawah Pohon Asmara” much to the delight of the attendees and Misha Omar then followed suit with one of her fast numbers from her second album “Hati Keliru”. To show appreciation to this year's recipient of the Nadi Cipta Award namely En. Fauzi Marzuki, the organizers invited Shima to re-live the past glory of the hit song “Teringin” and also featured a medley segment featuring a few of Fauzi's past hits namely “Mata” sung by Ziana Zain, “Kekasih Awal dan Akhir” by VE and lastly Misha with her own rendition of Sheila Majid's “Legenda”. The full list of Awards and the recipients are as follows:   AWARD RECIPIENT(S) 1 Nadi Cipta   Fauzi Marzuki 2 Top Composer Mohd Nasir B. Mohamed @ M. Nasir   3 Top Lyricist Rosli B. Khamis @ Loloq   4 Top Publisher   EMI Music Publishing Malaysia Sdn Bhd 5 Top Local Publisher   Suwah Music Publishing Sdn Bhd 6 Song With The Highest Foreign Royalties   Qing Fei Dei Yi ( Harlem Yu) composed by Theng Siaw Hang 7 Most Performed Foreign Song Dilemma (Nelly featuring Kelly Rowlands) composed by Antoine L Macon, Cornell Haynes, Kenneth Gamble & Walter B Sigler 8 Most Performed Malay Song Sandarkan Pada Kenangan (Jamal Abdillah & Sarah Raisuddin) composed by M. Nasir 9 Most Performed Chinese Song   Jue Bu Neng Shi Qu Ni (F4) song by Theng Siaw Hang; lyrics by Lee Cheuk Hung 10 Most Performed Local English Song Jezzebelle (Too Phat) song by Zushahron Dina & Ahmad Izham Omar; lyrics by Cairel Adrin Ibrahim, Johan Ishak & Zushahron Dina 11 Most Promising Songwriter Johan Bin Ishak     Visit By KCI's Board of Directors MACP received a visit by five Directors and one Manager from our affiliate in Indonesia namely Karya Cipta Indonesia (KCI) last 16 June 2005. The Board members were En. Munif A Bahasuan, En. Dian Ventha Lesmana, En. Eddy Lestaluhu, En. RM Tedjo Baskoro and En. Hedy Haryatno while En. Memed Umaedi is the Manager for Member Services, Documentation & Distribution. The purpose of the visit was to familiriase themselves with the structure and set-up of MACP and how the organisation works; with the aim to change from its (KCI) current structure as a foundation into a membership based organisation like MACP. Discussions were also held with representatives from MACP's Board, led by our Chairperson, Puan Habsah Hassan. The representatives were given a briefing on MACP's set-up, structure and operations by MACP's General Manager, Ms. Chan Miew Lan, and was also given a tour to the various divisions in MACP. The representatives also took the opportunity to be at MACP's 15th Annual General Meeting held on the same day as observers with the hope that the observation and experience would help in KCI's future operations. 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