For further clarifications relating to the operations of the economic sectors and the Work From Home (WFH) directive announced on 21 October 2020 by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), please contact MITI at the hotline number provided or visit the social media platforms mentioned or head to the MITI official website.

MYXpats Centre remains committed to ensuring the safety of its employees and public stakeholders. In light of the recent increase of COVID-19 cases in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, and Putrajaya, all counter services in Expatriate Services Division (ESD) at Putrajaya and MYXpats Centre at Mutiara Damansara will be temporarily CLOSED effective from 22 October 2020 until further notice.

Employers should be paying the same salary to their employees and should not make them use up their annual leave if they are required to work from home (WFH) during the conditional movement control order (CMCO) period, the government said today. Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan said workers should also not be forced to take leave without pay.

The Taman Harmoni People's Housing Project (PPR) in Sandakan, Sabah will be put under an enhanced movement control order (MCO) from Friday, 23 Oct until 5 Nov. Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said that upon the advice of the Health Ministry, the National Security Council has agreed to implement the Enhanced MCO in the area due to the rising COVID-19 cases.

The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) expects the country’s economy to continue its recovery trend based on the smoothed growth rate of leading index (LI), a predictive tool to anticipate upturns and downturns in the economy, Chief statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the LI registered 108.5 points in August 2020 from 100.8 points in August 2019, maintaining an annual growth of 7.6 per cent.

2020 showed AMCHAM at its best, pulling together for our members and moving the needle on issues at a great time of need. This was only possible because you supported us in the past. We need your support for the future.

As we enter 2021, AMCHAM would like to announce changes in its membership. We encourage you to consider increasing your support towards having a strong and sustainable Chamber by elevating your membership to one of the tiers. This will enable the Chamber to carry out the stronger engagement and advocacy that the times ahead will require.

Please click on the link below for more information on the membership tiers available.

The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), during its recent #MyDigitalWorkforce Week, introduced the newly published Digital Skills Training Directory and its on-going collaboration with SOCSO. The latter will provide an incentive subsidy for Malaysians who want to acquire new digital skills. Businesses that are looking to get new personnel and have plans to equip talent with relevant digital tech skills can refer to this digital-first focused directory catalogue as it lists down all the courses that addresses in-demand digital skills.

Launched early this September, Intel’s 11th Gen Intel® Core™ processor (formerly codenamed Tiger Lake) has taken the PC processor world by storm, heralding a new era of laptop performance. Optimizing power efficiency and running at significantly higher frequencies than its predecessors, it’s a technological leap so big that this is the largest performance gain yet within a process technology in the company’s history.

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.

This program will commence from November 2020 until September 2021 and is expected to engage 300 companies to commit to gender equality by becoming signatories of the Women Empowerment Principles (WEPs).

The public cloud has emerged as an important technology platform since its advent about two decades ago, offering benefits to businesses that extend far beyond convenient data storage and innovative applications. By boosting internal productivity, ensuring a robust security environment and providing the technology and tools such as artificial intelligence and machine learning to enable digital transformation, the public cloud makes it possible for companies to develop new revenue streams and drive higher productivity within their organizations.