AMCHAM was once again invited by the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia to be a part of the National Tax Conference (NTC) 2021 held from July 27 to 28. Our CEO Siobhan Das alongside Abu Tariq Jamaluddin, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Policy) of LHDN and Steve Chia, Council Member of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia moderated by Soh Lian Seng, Council Member of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia spoke on the topic Issues Relating to COVID-19 (Domestic & International Issues), a very timely topic of discussion.

Join us on 6 August 2021, 7.00am - 8.00am (MYT), for a panel discussion focused on the E&E industry in Penang, Malaysia.

During the session, you will be able to gain insights on the industry outlook for Malaysia and investment opportunities within the sector. You will also hear from American corporates about how they have benefited from the support provided by HSBC Malaysia and industry associations in the country including Invest Penang.

AMCHAM's CEO Siobhan Das will be featured as a panelist.

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.

Panel discussion highlights:

Today, SMART Modular Technologies completed its 1st dose at the Flextronics vaccination centre (PPV).

By now, they have achieved 96% of employees vaccinated. This was all possible thanks to the great coordination Flextronics management & PPV operations team, enabling the completion of mass vaccination of employees ahead of time.

Over a million vaccine doses have been administered over the past two days. Two records were set with 553,871 doses administered on Tuesday (July 27) and 512,000 doses on Monday. (July 26). Based on the data from Oxford University's Our World in Data website, Malaysia is now one of the fastest countries in the world when it comes to per-capita vaccinations.

Malaysia has secured access to enough COVID-19 vaccines to cover over 130% of the entire population, or 41.7 million people.

The county's vaccine portfolio consists of eight types of vaccines approved by the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) from six different suppliers around the world.

Malaysia’s trade performance continued the growth momentum in June 2021 with trade increasing by 29.3% to RM188.7 billion compared to June 2020. Exports recorded the 10th consecutive month of year-on-year (y-o-y) expansion since September 2020, registering a strong growth of 27.2% to RM105.47 billion. This was the third time exports exceeded RM100 billion.

With entries from leading technology conglomerates to financial institutions, NGOs to manufacturing firms, the International SOS Foundation’s 2021 Duty of Care Awards shortlist was revealed recently. Three Malaysian business leaders – PETRONAS, TechnipFMC and Telekom Malaysia Berhad – are among the world’s leading organisations who have been shortlisted. The winners will be announced at a virtual event starting on 21 September 2021.

The Malaysia Tech Month 2021 returns for the second year featuring stellar line up of internationally-renowned speakers such as Professor Dr. Michio Kaku, Theoretical Physicist, Bestselling Author, Acclaimed Public Speaker, Renowned Futurist & Populariser of Science; Dr Luc Julia, Chief Scientific Officer of Renault Group and the Co-Creator of Apple Siri, and more.

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.

In 2020, as societies the world over struggled to respond to the spread of COVID-19, it seemed Singapore had come up with an effective technology-powered contact tracing system. Citizens were required to scan a QR code with identification information whenever they entered a public place, thus enabling contract tracers to track down anyone who may have been exposed to the virus.