The Government is considering a deadline on registering for the COVID-19 vaccine in order to achieve its target of 80% herd immunisation. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said registration through the MySejahtera app is only about six million so far, relatively low compared to Malaysia’s current population of over 20 million people.

Malaysia could be ahead of schedule in meeting its target of administering vaccine shots in the first phase of the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme. Medical experts said based on the current vaccination rate and capacity, the country was on the right track towards achieving its target, as long as there was total cooperation from those who had registered for the vaccine.

AmCham Singapore, in collaboration with the other AmChams in the ASEAN region, will be presenting the findings of the 18th ASEAN Business Outlook Survey (ABOS) on 24 March 2021. AMCHAM's CEO, Siobhan Das is scheduled to speak at this event.

Shell Malaysia has undoubtedly played a big role in the development of the nation over its 130-year history in the country, especially from the perspective of its contribution to the domestic oil and gas (O&G) industry. Yet, it now faces a major hurdle — its transition to a net-zero emissions business.

The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has completed its series of three-on-ground outreach programme, targeted toward towards B40 families, non-income groups, senior citizens and youths in order to facilitate these targeted communities to go digital. The project under the #SayaDigital Movement was started to create awareness and empower the rakyat to embrace digitalisation ended with the visit to the Orang Asal settlement in Bukit Lanjan.

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.

Since AMCHAM is a supporting partner, AMCHAM members will have a complimentary access to this webinar.

Join us for a webinar with our panel of experts. We will discuss the topic of mental health and nutrition and understand how women face their greatest challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic and how we can support each other to overcome it.

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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 21, 2021. More firm timelines start to be set for reopening: Thailand approves the shortening of quarantine periods from 1 Apr and Indonesia has declared that Batam and Bintan are travel corridor-ready from 21 Apr, Bali from mid-2021. Malaysia announces domestic cruise to reopen in May; Singapore welcomes 100,000th passenger on its cruises to nowhere program.

Crises are adrenaline for innovation. You must make decisions quickly under extremely uncertain conditions, and you never have enough time or information to fully weigh difficult choices that may affect both employee livelihoods and the survival of the business. Yet these very constraints can unleash waves of creativity. Necessity and urgency spur ideas and dissipate inertia.