Today, 11 January, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Prime Minister of Malaysia, announced the implementation of the Movement Control Order (MCO) in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Penang, Melaka, Johor, Sabah, Putrajaya and Labuan starting from midnight Wednesday (Jan 13). This MCO would last until Jan 26. For more details, click on the 'Read More' tab.

Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Kedah, Perak, Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Kelantan and Terengganu will be placed under the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) beginning Wednesday (Jan 13) for two weeks. In a special address aired live today, Muhyiddin said Perlis and Sarawak will continue to observe the Recovery MCO (RMCO). While interdistrict travel is permitted in CMCO and RMCO states, interstate travel will not be allowed nationwide during this period.

The government, via the Health Ministry and Pfizer (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, today signed a manufacturing and supply agreement for the pharmaceutical company's COVID-19 vaccines in Malaysia. Today's agreement is an extension of the Binding Heads of Terms agreement signed on Nov 24, 2020.

Pear Anderson has been keeping track of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Southeast Asian travel industry. This is the latest update as of January 10, 2021. Sriwijaya Air crash raises questions over safety of Indonesia's aviation sector once more, potentially damaging consumer confidence even further. Cases continue to reach new heights in Indonesia and Malaysia, with more stringent lockdowns on the horizon.

AMCHAM are excited to announce its partnership with LeadWomen and UN Women, as one of the supporting organizations for the upcoming WEPs Malaysia Activator Campaigns.

Join LeadWomen on 14 January 2021 where they will be officially announcing the UN Women and LeadWomen partnership, as well as formally introducing the Women Empowerment Principles into Malaysia!

Speaking at the Dell Technologies 2021 Perspectives Media Briefing, Amit Midha, President of the Asia Pacific and Japan, Global Digital Cities, said that Dell’s goals to have major social impacts in 2021 are precedent. The President presented the 2030 social impact moonshot goals which consisted of advancing sustainability, cultivating inclusion, transforming lives, and upholding ethics and privacy.

The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) announced a key appointment to its new senior management team member on 7 Jan, naming Nazral Safril Mohammad Sapari as its new Director of Human Capital. Bringing over 25 years’ experience in human resources, Nazral will be managing the planning and execution of the integrated HR, administration, and operations function for MDEC

Change is a constant. We knew that even in the prelapsarian days before the outbreak of COVID-19. But we didn’t know how fast that change could happen. In the grips of the pandemic, companies and their employees have had little time to devise new ways of working. And the changes will keep coming: artificial intelligence, automation, augmented reality—all the technologies we’ve been talking about in recent years will become fair game.