About 1.4 million people have not completed their registration properly for the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme using the MySejahtera application, says Khairy Jamaluddin. The coordinating minister for the immunisation said the 1.4 million people had only confirmed their name and MyKad details without completing the health assessment questionnaire.

Banking and financial investment services provider, HSBC Malaysia has unveiled the Solactive Luxury Dynamic Factors Index (Luxury Index) in addition to the standard and thematic market indices. This Luxury Index is also available as a conventional and a Shariah-compliant solution. The Luxury Index aims to generate potential positive long-term returns and build wealth for HSBC Malaysia’s clients by capturing the luxury trends, having well-established stock selection principles and volatility control.

Sime Darby Property Bhd (SDP) has embarked on a digital transformation journey with Microsoft as part of the organization's efforts to modernize its systems and offer a more enhanced experience to customers. The collaboration sees SDP partnering with Microsoft to adopt its trusted cloud platform, Microsoft Azure for cloud solutions.

In collaboration with the EU-funded programme WeEmpowerAsia of UN Women, LeadWomen is inviting Malaysian and Malaysian-based corporates to expand on their gender diversity efforts by joining the upcoming Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) programs. The Implementation Training will happen in two phases, where two pillars will be addressed in each phase, with 3-4 months in between phases. The pillars that will be covered are Leadership, Workplace and Marketplace.

The BMCC in collaboration with The British High Commission Kuala Lumpur (BHCKL) will be organising a webinar titled “The time is now: Race to Zero”. This webinar aims to highlight that the shift to a zero-carbon future is underway.

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Pear Anderson has been keeping track of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Southeast Asian travel industry. This is the latest update as of March 14, 2021. Reopening on many ASEAN countries' minds: Singapore forecasts bilateral travel corridors in H2, in discussion with Australia for travel bubble, whilst Thailand seeks to shorten quarantine for vaccinated travellers, set up vaccination passport agreements with similar-risk countries. Vaccination rollouts have now started across all the 9 countries this report covers.

Business leaders watching their organizations experience profound upheaval because of the COVID-19 crisis may find it difficult to understand what it all means until the dust settles. But the pandemic hasn’t afforded them, or any of us, that luxury. It has created profound and immediate changes to how societies operate and how individuals interact and work. We have all witnessed an at-scale shift to remote work to meet changing individual and organizational needs.