Hospital Ampang has close to 150 COVID patients now in, and for the past few weeks the hospital has been expanding the wards in terms of manpower, equipment, and proper isolation spaces.

Both patients and clinicians need equipments urgently to be able to do their work.

If anyone is able to assist, please contact Kevin at kevin@amcham.com.my or Elaine at elaine@amcham.com.my

With the implementation of the Full Movement Control Order (FMCO 3.0) effective from 1 June to 14 June 2021, a new set of SOPs have been released for General FMCO SOPs and for Manufacturing Sector.

Notable updates include the list of essential sectors, movement restrictions, workforce capacity, business and services operation hours, and the activities prohibited.

In exercise of the powers conferred by subsection 11(2) of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 [Act 342] changes to the regulations have been made. These changes cover essential services, types of movement and conditions of movement.

Application from the ICT and eCommerce sectors to be exempted from the Movement Control Order (MCO) can be made through the COVID-19 Intelligent Management System (CIMS) 3.0. In a statement today, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) said companies that have applied and received approvals for their applications through CIMS 2.0 do not need to re-apply, and could download and print approval letters for operation from 8pm on Monday, May 31.

Housing and Local Government (MHLG) minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin today requested those in the facility and property management sector to hold on to their operation applications, until a code is prepared by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI).

Some 95,142 companies have obtained approval to operate during this latest movement control order (MCO) as of this afternoon, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) revealed today.

An estimated 1.2 million workers from these approved companies are expected to be working at their respective premises under the latest standard operating procedures.

Police will allow the use of existing letters issued by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) for work-related travels until June 3. In a press conference on Tuesday (June 1), Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Mohamad Fakhrudin Abdul Hamid said many are still using the old letter.

Khairy Jamaluddin, coordinating minister for the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme, shares an important message to the public regarding the current phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia.

KLSP Exchange Theatre takes corporate training up several notches presenting, through performed scenarios, issues experienced in the workplace. And participants in the safety of their seats watch, discuss, and finally, play with the actors to experiment how they will respond to these workplace issues.

RHB Banking Group has announced its new Group Management Organisation Structure that entails the setting up of new Strategic Business Groups (“SBG”) and the appointment of existing senior management members to head these SBGs, as part of its effort to further strengthen the senior management bench.

This perspective piece introduces our approach to resilience. “Develop resilience” is easy to say but hard to define, and yet harder to do. In this article, the imperative is reiterated, the components of resilience are defined, and the approaches companies can take to become more resilient are introduced. In the coming months, McKinsey will publish a series of more detailed articles on the topic, focused on the actions that institutions of different types can take to measure and improve their resilience.