AMCHAM's CEO Siobhan Das was invited by the Learning and Development Committee of AmMetLife to share her career journey with the staff of AmMetLife. It was truly an inspiring session to learn about our CEO, the challenges she had to face and choices she had to make which led to where she is today. She’s an inspiration to us and we hope that the staff of AmMetLife found her journey inspiring and managed to grab some key points that they can use in their future.

Pharmaniaga Bhd expects to supply the Sinovac vaccine to the private sector and state governments by the end of June. Pharmaniaga Group Managing Director Datuk Zulkarnain Md Eusope said the move depended on the government's obligations that the company had to comply with.

Putrajaya has moved COVID-19 appointments from two troublesome COVID-19 vaccination centres to a new location, The Malaysia International Trade & Exhibition Centre (Mitec). The COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV) confirmed that the move will take place for those with appointments from May 31 until June 6, 2021.

More than 35,000 factory workers in Penang have registered their interest in a proposed mass COVID-19 vaccination for the manufacturing sector under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Immunisation Model. The Federation of Manufacturers Malaysia (FMM) Penang will continue to get more workers to register for vaccination and work with the state government on making the mass vaccination a success.

AMCHAM will be having a Corporate Citizenship Committee Meeting on the 10th of June, 2021.

This meeting serves as the main platform through which members in the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) space gather to share and update each other on CSR related news and to roll out AMCHAM's CSR agenda for the year.

AMCHAM strongly recommends its members to participate in the CCC meetings, especially the CSR leads, Managers or Head of the CSR departments to stay updated to what's happening in the area.

For more info, please contact Elaine at elaine@amcham.com.my or Kevin at kevin@amcham.com.my.

Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) has launched MDEC Innovation Exchange (MIX) as part of the agency’s corporate innovation programme to accelerate the digitalisation of the nation’s economy. MDEC said MIX will act as the essential link between corporates and high calibre local technology startups and scale-ups, enabling organisations to realise their asset value, understand their pain points, and pervasively deploy and utilise digital and data technologies.

Business as usual is no longer sustainable and the COVID-19 pandemic has proven that over the last one year. The pandemic had accelerated all progress into a digital economy within a year as cashless transactions and work-from-home dominated workforces. Digitalisation and sustainability became the key words for change for many businesses worldwide and while some saw the transition smooth, others struggled.

On 25 May, Samtec Asia Pacific (M) Sdn Bhd contributed 15,000 pcs of surgical face mask and 4,800 bottle of mineral water to Hospital Sultanah Aminah Johor Bahru. A much appreciated donation. Amazing work Samtec!

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This daily round-up brings you a selection of the latest news and updates on the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, as well as tips and tools to help you stay informed and protected. Confirmed cases of COVID-19 have passed 168.4 million globally, according to Johns Hopkins University. The number of confirmed deaths stands at more than 3.49 million. More than 1.74 billion vaccination doses have been administered globally, according to Our World in Data.