To alleviate the situation for logistics players and to clear capacity at the ports and airports, exporters and importers are allowed to perform loading/unloading of non-essential goods from 8:00am to 8:00pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays starting on Friday, 18 June 2021.

Operations for essential goods that have been granted MITI's letter are not subject to this arrangement.

As of 16 June 2021, more than 1,733 companies with a total of 280,820 employees have registered with the COVID-19 Public-Private Partnership Industry Immunization Program (PIKAS), of which 186 companies and a total of 139,851 employees are from industry players in Penang.

The Works Ministry through the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has offered COVID-19 vaccines to 40,000 construction workers. This programme would expedite the vaccination rate among economic frontliners. Under the programme, private sectors will need to prepare their own teams, certified medical personnel and vaccination centres (PPV) while the supply and delivery of the vaccines will be provided free by the government.

The mega COVID-19 vaccination centre (PPV) at the Mines International Exhibition and Convention Centre (MIECC) is expected to deliver some 10,000 doses daily soon, as part of the government's efforts to ramp up the National Immunisation Programme (NIP). Its current daily capacity stood at about 5,000 vaccine doses since its opening on Monday. The average daily doses administered is expected to pick up within 21 days.

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Conference of Rulers have said on 16 June, that there is no need for the ongoing State of Emergency to be extended past its original end date of August 1, 2021.

Keeper of the Rulers’ Seal Tan Sri Syed Danial Syed Ahmad said in a statement that this was one of seven recommendations which resulted from the special Conference of Rulers meeting at Istana Negara earlier today.

The Royal Malaysia Customs Department (RMCD) and Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) are organising a Free Webinar together with Malaysian International Chamber Of Commerce & Industry (MICCI) about “Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) : What Is It All About?” on 18 June 2021 at 10:30am to 12:00pm.

To have a better insight view of the benefits of AEO and to learn more about AEO, a concept that encourages electronic transactions for better security management in the supply chain, be sure to tune in to this webinar.

Being digital or not is no longer an option – it is a given. Where business leaders need to put their focus is how fast they want their business to realise the value of new innovations, of new digital investments. It’s about being able to do digital at speed.

‘Gradual’ and ‘steady’ are fading fast from digital transformation rhetoric. Speed has become the crucial factor to business performance, the dividing line between businesses that thrive, and those who fall behind.

Hospital Ampang has close to 150 COVID patients now in, and for the past few weeks the hospital has been expanding the wards in terms of manpower, equipment, and proper isolation spaces.

Both patients and clinicians need equipments urgently to be able to do their work.

If anyone is able to assist, please contact Kevin at kevin@amcham.com.my or Elaine at elaine@amcham.com.my

For anyone under the MM2H program facing issues returning to Malaysia as well as other similar problems, please email us at info@amcham.com.my

In facing the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, policymakers, scientists, medical staff, and IT and data specialists are flooded with terabytes of pandemic and case history data. As a consequence, they now face the demanding task of analysing voluminous data for policy formulation, decision making, predicting and managing future outbreaks.