AMCHAM held its first Environmental Sustainability Governance (ESG) workshop today, titled 'Deciphering the Alphabet Soup of Sustainability Frameworks', as part of our ongoing ESG Program for 2022.

The Ministry of Finance Malaysia has published the 2023 Pre-Budget Statement to share the direction and focus for the 2023 Budget. The themes for 2023 are Strengthening Recovery, Facilitating Reforms Towards Sustainable Socio-Economic Resilience of Keluarga Malaysia.

This document also provides updates on key initiatives implemented under Budget 2022 and the stimulus and assistance packages.

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is conducting research on “investment facilitation” for the preparation of the flagship ASEAN Investment Report 2022. UNCTAD has contracted Mekong Economics, an economic consulting firm (www.mekongeconomics.com), based in Hanoi to carry out the research.

They would like to collect information on Malaysia's process of foreign investment, administrative procedures, expatriate entry and visa, infrastructure and industrial facilities from a foreign investor's perspective.

Registration for the 2022 SelectUSA Investment Summit is now live. This in-person event will take place from June 26-29, 2022 as the annual Investment Summit returns to the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.

The SelectUSA Investment Summit is the highest-profile event in the United States dedicated to promoting foreign direct investment (FDI.) This year’s Investment Summit returns in its familiar format to provide exciting opportunities for more investors from more markets and greater representation from economic developers (EDO) across the nation to engage and interact - the 2022 Investment Summit will be the most highly anticipated and productive FDI event you attend all year.

Recently, a dozen OIS students and staff spent the day with local organizations learning about different ways to combat hunger. In the morning, students spent time serving at Kembara Kitchen’s community farm. Afterwards, students learned how Kembara Kitchen uses community partners and creative solutions to solve food shortages during times of crises.

Deloitte Malaysia Tax Services has released its latest Tax Espresso – Special Alert bulletin update. This release covers Global Minimum Tax (GMT) and BEPS 2.0 along recommendations from Deloitte Malaysia’s tax experts .

This weekly COVID-19 news roundup brings you a selection of the latest news and updates on the coronavirus pandemic, as well as tips and tools to help you stay informed and protected.

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 have passed 532 million globally, according to Johns Hopkins University. The number of confirmed deaths has now passed 6.29 million. More than 11.82 billion vaccination doses have been administered globally, according to Our World in Data.