The Coordinating Minister for National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme, Khairy Jamaluddin has refuted claims that Malaysia’s vaccination rate was slow despite having sufficient vaccine supply. According to the latest data by the COVID-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF), 1,144,841 individuals who have been inoculated including the first and second dose.

A Cabinet paper on the country's new investment policy will be tabled on Wednesday (April 21), says Senior Minister cum Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali. He said the new policy was to attract more high-quality investors in an effort to make Malaysia a high-income nation, and it was expected to be implemented immediately.

Siobhan Das, CEO of AMCHAM, was delighted to be on the panel at World Bank’s webinar “Aiming High – Navigating the next stage of Malaysia’s Development” this morning. This webinar coincided with the recently launched World Bank report.

This afternoon AMCHAM held a briefing session on Safe@Work an initiative by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). MITI has taken a proactive and responsive step by introducing a comprehensive initiative known as Safe@Work aimed at balancing the operational sustainability of the manufacturing sector with the control of the spread of the pandemic among workers.

Join us on 21 April at 9.00am for the Author Series with Ryan Hass as he makes the case in "Stronger: Adapting America's China Strategy in an Age of Competitive Interdependence" that the United States will have greater success in outpacing China economically and outshining it in questions of governance if it focuses more on improving its own condition at home than on trying to impede Chinese initiatives.

InvestKl is organizing a briefing session on 27th April at 10.00am on their Fit4Work programme.

This programme is catered to enhance the skillsets of Malaysia’s fresh graduates. Fresh graduates will be exposed to 4 essential skill elements i.e. Management Skills, Knowledge Skills, Essential Skills and IR4.0 Business Skills training.

Shell and digital road freight platform Ezyhaul are partnering to further transform the Malaysian freight market. The partnership seeks to build a relationship with its customers by learning about their fleet management problems and then providing solutions for issues related to safety, maintenance, and fuel consumption using telematics, mobility services, and others.

Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has appointed Fadzli Abdul Wahit as its new Chief Strategy Officer, effective May 16, replacing Fadzli Shah. Reporting to Chief Executive Officer, Surina Shukri, he will lead strategic planning for the lead agency driving the digital economy as well as transformation and change management across MDEC.

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With multiple approved vaccine candidates worldwide and manufacturing capacity that covers 85 percent of the world’s population, hope is surging. But getting vaccination right is multifaceted, with abundant opportunities for missteps, and complicated by variants that can throw even the best-oiled system into disarray.