On 27 July 2021, Junior Achievement (JA) Malaysia, celebrated the launch of their Young Enterprise E-Commerce Platform – JAM Mall, the first of its kind developed to foster entrepreneurship education amongst secondary school students. Our CEO Siobhan Das and also a member of the Board of Trustees of JA Malaysia was invited to deliver a speech at the launch.

Applications for The UN Women 2021 Asia-Pacific WEPs Awards are now open until 31 July 2021! The WEPs Awards honours Asia-Pacific private businesses that champion gender equality in the workplace, marketplace, and community in alignment with the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs).

Join us at the Export Excellence Awards free webinar to learn from the industry experts on the support and opportunities available for Malaysian businesses to regain their business momentum.

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COVID-19 vaccine development in Malaysia has entered the recruitment phase at eight study sites, the Dewan Rakyat was told today, 27 July 2021. It involved the inactivated vaccine produced by Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products Co Ltd., which began in June.

By 7.00pm of July 25th, Intel Technology has 14,000 COVID-19 vaccinations complete!

A major milestone as part of the PIKAS program to combat the rising COVID-19 cases.

The government is committed to improving and maintaining the nutritional wellbeing of the people through the three objectives of the National Nutrition Policy (NNP) 2.0 launched today. The three objectives are to upgrade nutrition status, reduce the prevalence of nutrition-related non-communicable diseases and strengthen food and nutrition security.

Sanmina has made a donation of medical supplies to Hospital Kepala Batas to be used in their COVID-19 ICU wards! The items included 20 units of wall mounted oxygen flow meters and also 20 units of Disposable Humidifiers.

Thank you to Sanmina for the kind contribution and keep up the good work!

Wong & Partners, member firm of Baker McKenzie International is proud to announce that our partners and Firm have won several awards at the recent Asian Legal Business (ALB) Malaysia Law Awards 2021. This year's Awards ceremony was held virtually on 22 July 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Desaru Coast, located on the south-eastern coast of Johor has been named one of Time Magazine’s World’s Greatest Places of 2021.

The beautiful Coast is nestled against 17km of pristine beach front and home to world-class and ultra-luxury hotels, including AMCHAM member hotel One&Only Desaru Coast.

RHB Banking Group announces that PT RHB Sekuritas Indonesia, a subsidiary of RHB Investment Bank Berhad, has entered into a conditional share purchase agreement (“CSPA”) with Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific Limited (“AllianzGI”) and PT Asuransi Allianz Life Indonesia (“Allianz Life Indonesia”) for the disposal of its investment management services in PT RHB Asset Management Indonesia (“RHBAMI”) (“Proposed Transaction”).

Hospital Kuala Lumpur is currently in urgent need of hospital equipments due to overwhelming number of COVID-19 patients. AMCHAM is seeking support from any of our member companies who is able to contribute.

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

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

Hospital Kepala Batas has set up the new Hospital Medan to cope with the rising numbers of ICU patients since May 2021. They are currently in urgent need of medical equipment. AMCHAM is seeking support from any of our member companies.

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

AMCHAM is HIRING! Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding career in corporate affairs and policymaking? Are you enthusiastic and passionate about business and policy matters, especially related to Malaysian and U.S.?

If this is you, apply today to join the team as a Government Affairs Manager.

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll on the global psyche. Today, as the world moves toward the end of the pandemic, almost one billion people have a mental-health or substance-use disorder—collectively referred to as behavioral-health conditions. As companies prepare for a postpandemic return to the workplace, identifying behavioral-health conditions and offering the necessary support for employees affected by them should be a top C-suite priority.