The approvals of new Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) membership must be based on consensus.

Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz said this was one of the two agreed approval criteria set by the CPTPP countries namely Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.

Malaysia has been recognized as the best country in Southeast Asia in the Energy Transition Index by the World Economic Forum recently.

The index takes into account system performance and the country’s readiness to switch to more environmentally friendly energy sources.

AMCHAM's Healthcare Forum will be on Wednesday, 26 July 2023 at Sheraton Imperial Kuala Lumpur Hotel and we are delighted to have YBhg. Datuk Dr. Muhammad Radzi bin Abu Hassan, Director-General of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia as our Guest of Honour. This forum will bring together an ensemble of expert speakers to discuss how companies can help strengthen and expand the healthcare system in Malaysia.

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MyDIGITAL Corporation and Microsoft recently concluded their joint skilling pilot program through the MyDIGITAL GovTech Innovation Partnership, which recorded a participation of up to 80 civil servants from across 12 public sector agencies in only four weeks.

Application for the Malaysia Digital Acceleration Grant (MDAG) 2023 is now open until July 28.

The Communications and Digital Ministry, through the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) said MDAG aims to drive the growth of digital and technology companies in the commercialisation stage that holds the Malaysia Digital (MD) status.

When the COVID-19 pandemic began, it dramatically changed the way people worked, lived, and shopped in cities around the world. Obeying lockdowns and office closures, tired of uncomfortable masks, and enabled by remote-work technology, many employees abruptly retreated from traditional offices to home offices.

Many of those employees, newly freed from their daily commutes, chose to move out of urban cores.