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Client Experiences

What businesses in Sarawak say about working with us

A selection of feedback from clients who use our compliance, vendor, and support services.

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4+

Years in Miri, Sarawak

60+

Businesses served

4.7

Average rating

98%

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Client Feedback

What clients have shared with us

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Ahmad Hairul

Trading company, Miri

We file four returns a year and each one used to take my assistant most of a week. With the Reporting Aid, we get a ready-to-check package with source links, and the actual review takes maybe half a day. There was a short setup period to get the data access sorted, but once that was done it ran without issues.

July 2025

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Norizan Rashid

Wholesale distributor, Miri

The Vendor Desk handles most of the standard enquiries we get from suppliers — availability, lead times, that sort of thing. I was a bit cautious about it at first because some of those conversations are sensitive, but the flagging system works the way they described. Anything touching pricing or credit terms comes straight to me without a draft. That was the part I was most concerned about.

June 2025

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Tan Kheng Wei

Retail business owner, Miri

I mainly use the Support Hours. It fits how we operate — we handle most things ourselves but every quarter there are a few tasks that benefit from outside help. The hour logs are clear and I can see exactly what was done. Unused hours rolled over once when we had a quiet quarter, which they mentioned they would do.

July 2025

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Siti Aisyah Binti Daud

Small manufacturer, Sarawak

They were straightforward about what they could and couldn't do when I enquired. I asked about something outside the Reporting Aid scope and they said plainly it wasn't covered rather than trying to stretch it. That gave me more confidence about the parts they do cover.

June 2025

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Rajesh Nair

Import business, Miri

We get a large number of enquiries about product availability and lead times, especially before Raya. The Vendor Desk handles the bulk of those with drafted replies that my staff check before sending. The monthly refresh of lead times means the drafts are usually accurate. We occasionally edit before sending but rarely have to rewrite from scratch.

July 2025

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Wong May Lin

Services firm, Miri

We use Support Hours for the smaller tasks that don't fit anywhere else — a question about a vendor's offer, a correction to a document we produced, that sort of thing. The quarterly report is useful; I can see where the hours actually went. We used slightly more than expected in Q2 but nothing unreasonable.

June 2025

Case Studies

Three client situations in more detail

AH

Trading firm · Miri · Reporting Aid

Setup completed: May 2025 · Service in use since June 2025

The situation

The business files quarterly SST returns. The owner's assistant was spending four to five working days per return period pulling figures from two separate accounting systems and reconciling them before the accountant could review. Minor figure mismatches were causing delays and one return had to be amended.

What we set up

We built the data access and assembly process across both accounting systems, mapped figure categories to the SST return format, added source links to each figure, and produced a three-page verification checklist matched to the return structure. The assistant reviews the checklist; the accountant reviews the assembled return.

After two cycles

Preparation time dropped from four to five days to roughly a working day of combined review time. The first cycle after setup required some adjustments; the second ran without changes. No amendments required on either return produced so far. The assistant's time is now used on other tasks during return periods.

"The difference between week-long preparation and a day of checking is large enough that I don't think about filing periods the way I used to." — Ahmad Hairul
RN

Import business · Miri · Vendor Enquiry Desk

Setup completed: March 2025 · Service in use since April 2025

The situation

The business receives sixty to eighty vendor enquiries each month, peaking above one hundred in the months before Hari Raya. Staff were spending several hours daily drafting replies from scratch, often repeating the same answers about lead times and product availability with small variations.

What we set up

Setup involved loading the full terms library, current lead times, and product availability data. We agreed routing rules: standard availability and lead time enquiries receive drafted replies; pricing exceptions, credit terms, and new vendor relationships go directly to the owner without a draft. Monthly lead time refresh is built into the schedule.

After three months

Roughly 70% of enquiries are now handled via reviewed drafts. Staff time spent on vendor correspondence dropped from around three hours daily to under an hour of review. The Raya period came in above the monthly average and the draft volume scaled accordingly; the review step stayed at about the same size.

"The part about sensitive matters never getting a draft — that was what I checked first. It works the way they said it would." — Rajesh Nair
TK

Retail business · Miri · Support Hours

Started: October 2024 · Currently in second year

The situation

The owner manages the business largely alone with one part-time staff member. The recurring issue was not any one large task but a collection of small ones — a vendor quote that needed a second opinion, a staff question about a procedure, a document that needed a correction. These didn't justify hiring anyone but consumed more time than expected over a quarter.

How the hours are used

Support requests come through by message, typically two or three per month. Most tasks take between forty minutes and two hours. The quarterly log shows the full list. Hours used per quarter have ranged from six to nine out of the ten available. One quarter had four hours unused; these rolled forward once.

After six quarters

The retainer is still in use. The owner renewed twice. The main value described is not the volume of work done but the availability — knowing there is somewhere to send small tasks that would otherwise stay on the to-do list for weeks. One request was flagged as outside scope; a referral to a more appropriate provider was given instead.

"It's not about doing a lot. It's about having somewhere to send the things that pile up." — Tan Kheng Wei

Reach us directly

Address

9 Jalan Bendahara
98000 Miri, Sarawak

Hours

Mon–Fri: 8:30–5:30
Sat: 9:00–1:00

Credentials

Professional standing

Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation — SME Digital Adoption

Participant, 2023 cohort. AI tools for SME administrative efficiency, Sarawak region.

Sarawak Business Federation — Associate Member

Member since 2022. Connected to the Sarawak SME business community.

Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) — Malaysia compliant

Client data handling follows PDPA 2010 requirements. Data not retained beyond task completion.

SSM registered — Malaysia

Registered business entity under Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia. Operating in Miri, Sarawak since 2021.

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