Lean In Malaysia's signature career accelerator, the Lean In Career Programme (LICP), has been focused on helping women 'career breakers' to prepare themselves to re-enter the workforce.

AMCHAM in support of Lean In Malaysia is seeking support from our member companies to send a HR/Recruitment representative from your organization to the LICP 6.0 Finale event, to be held virtually on Saturday 20th November, at 10am-12pm, to hear the graduates make their pitch and identify any potential candidates of interest.

Malaysia and the United States (US) intend to begin discussions on a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) pertaining to supply chain issue, with a goal of signature in early 2022. Both the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MITI) and the US Department of Commerce planned to collaborate with industry partners on semiconductor supply chain transparency, security and resilience.

The Drug Control Authority (DCA) has granted conditional approval to AstraZeneca and Sinovac vaccines to be used for booster shots. Both vaccines could be used to administer booster shots to individuals aged 18 years and above who received the same vaccine brand for their primary vaccination series.

NI (Nasdaq: NATI) has donated RM830,000 to Penang Science Cluster (PSC), an industry-led initiative, in collaboration with the Penang state government. This amount will be distributed over the next four years to fund the Girls in Engineering and Tech (GET) Program following the successful completion of a pilot program this year.

Leveraging Malaysia’s heavy rainfall as part of its sustainability strategies, the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre reveals its newly installed zero-energy rainwater harvesting system, designed by its own team member. Designed to effectively utilise the Centre’s architecture, the gravity-reliant system is comprised of four 300-gallon tanks constructed on the venue’s rooftop with the potential of harvesting up to 60,000 gallons of rain water a year.

The recent tabling of the Budget 2022, which included full exemption of import duties, excise duties and sales tax for electric vehicles is an important milestone in the local development of technologies and business activities related to electric vehicles. Incentives rolled out directly to consumers are expected to catalyze consumer demand and market excitement in the new electric vehicle segment in the country.