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Join the AmChams of the Asia Pacific (AAP) on 27 October for a regional conference on the immediate issues facing international travel.

As countries worldwide prepare to re-open their economies, international travel is poised to resume. However, in the absence of globally accepted vaccine regulations and passports, would-be travelers need to navigate a complex and rapidly changing patchwork of vaccine, testing and quarantine requirements, specific to each destination.

Being the first company in Malaysia to receive recognition for its adoption of IR4.0 technologies, Western Digital (WD) will share their lights-out manufacturing journey based on 4IR technologies. Join this session to hear from WD on how they manage to deliver 32% factory cost improvement, reducing product inventory and order lead time by 50% as well as 360% increase in labour productivity by automating production & logistics on site.

The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) in collaboration with Intel Malaysia and Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) is organizing an AI4S Enhanced Programme, which will be a continuation of the AI4S programme launched earlier this year. The AI4S Enhanced Programme aims to provide a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) card to each of the 100 Malaysian companies chosen for the AI4S programme. Click on the 'Read More' tab to sign up.

The Malaysian Institute of Corporate Governance (MICG) is organizing the "9th Governance In Procurement Conference” on 8 December 2021. This Conference will bring thought provoking and diverse insights and perspectives from experienced professionals and practitioners across a wide range of industries, on how organizations can be better prepared to step up Governance in their procurement areas.

In less than two months, 80 per cent of adolescents, aged between 12 and 17, have been inoculated with at least one dose of the Pfizer vaccine. The rate was one of the fastest adolescent COVID-19 vaccination rollouts in the world. 80.2 per cent of adolescents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of 11.59pm yesterday.

Malaysia saw its leading index (LI) improve in August 2021, with the contraction narrowing 2.3 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to 106.2 points versus a y-o-y contraction of 4.0 per cent (105.0 points) in July 2021. The improved LI in August 2021 was influenced mainly by the drop in the number of housing units approved, following challenging real estate market and pessimistic sentiment among investors during the pandemic.

A huge shout out to Johnson & Johnson (J&J) for making a donation of USD 46,000 to The Giving Bank! J&J hopes that their contribution will be able to help 2,400 patients within the next 3 months. This is a great contribution from the J&J team to help those in need. Keep up the good work!

Asia Pacific real estate investment volumes continued to rebound strongly in the first nine months of 2021, up 30% compared to the same period in 2020.

According to global real estate advisor JLL, Asia Pacific direct real estate transactions year-to-date reached US$125 billion, just 6% below 2019 levels as investors deployed capital into to more income-resilient assets, such office and logistics sectors.

ManpowerGroup has released a talent market snapshot on the telco industry in Malaysia. The snapshot covers key areas to consider, labor market impact, current talent demands, questions to consider in helping your company align Telco talent strategies to business goals. and more.

AMCHAM held a special briefing today on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), two defining elements that will reconfigure trade in Asia Pacific.

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 have passed 242 million globally, according to Johns Hopkins University. The number of confirmed deaths stands at more than 4.92 million. More than 6.72 billion vaccination doses have been administered globally, according to Our World in Data. New Zealand has reported a record daily rise in COVID19 cases for the second time in three days, with 102 new infections.