For the upcoming Members' Briefing on 1 September 2021, another guest, Ibrahim Suffian, Co-Founder and Program Director of Merdeka Center for Opinion Research, will be appearing alongside with Michael Newbill, Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur.

AMCHAM Spotlight is a unique and interactive event platform for companies to highlight their brand and showcase particular products or services to an exclusive audience within the AMCHAM membership.

Interested? Please email our events team at events@amcham.com.my.

Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Prime Minister of Malaysia has announced his Cabinet line-up. The formation of the Cabinet was a re-formulation based on the current situation in order to maintain stability and uphold the interests of the “Malaysian Family”. Each Ministry must prove its performance within the first 100 days.

Malaysia’s trade performance maintained its upward movement in July 2021 as trade increased by 13% to RM180.96 billion compared to July 2020. This was the sixth consecutive month of double-digit growth since February 2021. Exports grew by 5% to RM97.32 billion, the 11th consecutive month of year-on-year (y-o-y) expansion since September 2020.

Following the Malaysian Government's decision and amendments to the MM2H program, Beyond Corporate Group together with other bi-lateral Business Chambers in Malaysia would like MM2H holders to take this survey to help us with our advocacy and communication with the Malaysian authorities. We will use the results to prepare for upcoming dialogues with MITI, MoHA and MOTAC.

Please note that this survey is only for those currently under the MM2H Programme. Information received will be aggregated and treated as confidential

AMCHAM CEO, Siobhan Das hosted the second meeting for the eight mentees assigned to her as part of Dell’s Mentor Connect 2021 Program. Today’s discussion centered around the theme of “Leading Teams”. Siobhan and the mentees started the session by sharing their experience either leading a team or being part of a team.

Some 60.2 per cent of the country’s adult population or 14,095,554 people have completed both doses of the COVID-19 vaccination as of yesterday, 26 August. 18,948,648 individuals, or 80.9 per cent, have received the first dose, bringing the cumulative total of vaccine administered under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP), as of yesterday, to 33,044,202 doses.

Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) launched the 2021 edition of its #SMART Automation Grant (SAG), a matching grant that helps services companies automate their business processes and move towards digitalisation. Calling for applicants, MDEC says successful applications will receive up to 50 per cent of the total project cost, subject to a ceiling limit of RM200,000.

ManpowerGroup has released a talent market snapshot on the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry in Malaysia. The snapshot covers key areas to consider, labor market impact, an update on talent demands and more.

Export Excellence Awards 2021 (EEA) is on the lookout for Malaysia's top exporters. EEA is a platform for exporters to showcase their capabilities and inspire businesses to promote Malaysian products and services to the world.

Apply today! Tell us your export story and take your place among the best in the arena.

Applications are open until 24 September 2021.

Hospital Kuala Lumpur is currently in urgent need of hospital equipments due to overwhelming number of COVID-19 patients. AMCHAM is seeking support from any of our member companies who is able to contribute.

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

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.

Hospital Kepala Batas has set up the new Hospital Medan to cope with the rising numbers of ICU patients since May 2021. They are currently in urgent need of medical equipment. AMCHAM is seeking support from any of our member companies.

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

Some parts of the world felt a surge of optimism in the spring, as vaccination rates were climbing and COVID-19 cases dropping. Those regions now face the disappointment of a reversal, thanks to the spread of the Delta variant. Such whiplash is starting to feel like a way of life for people everywhere, as well as for industries including shipping, retail, and healthcare.