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According to information, the first hardware industry organization in my country was established in Perak; it is known that in 1936, the Perak Chinese Hardware Association established a preparatory committee and was formally established in 1939. Among them, not long after the establishment of the Preparatory Committee, the “Anti-Japanese Fund” was donated to China, which was devastated by Japan at that time.

Subsequent to the establishment of the Malacca Hardware and Magnetic Merchants Association (1940), the Selangor Hardware Merchants Association (established in 1943; formerly known as the Selangor Hardware and Secondhand Merchants Association) and Sibu Hardware Traders established the Sibu Hardware Importers Association in 1955. Immediately after, Johor Bahru, Kota Kinabalu, Kelantan, Penang and Pahang were also announced to be established, and received the support of their peers, and actively played their role as leaders of their peers.

On August 31, 1991, when the hardware industry from all over the country was invited to attend the 52nd anniversary dinner of the Perak Chinese Hardware Association, a number of regional leaders of the hardware, machinery and building materials industry talked at the same table about the prospects and difficulties of the industry. The concept and discussion of the Association of Industry Associations is here! At that time, the peers participating in the discussions were mainly from Perak, KL and Penang.

At that time, the peers participating in the discussion all believed that it was necessary to establish a national peer organization to improve the quality of domestic peers, and at the same time, to strive for and safeguard the rights and interests of peers with a stronger organization.