AMCHAM hosted the third session of Dell’s Mentor Connect 2021 Program today. The session today focused on “Career Planning”. Prior to the session, mentees were asked to reflect on the following question, “what is the biggest challenge in your current career path?”.

Malaysia and Singapore will soon recognise each other's COVID-19 vaccination certificates which would see the resumption of movement between the two countries. The matter was recently discussed and agreed upon during in a call between National Recovery Council Chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsein Loong.

A total of 19,156,694 individuals or 81.8% of the adult population in the country have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Thursday (Sept 23). 93.3% or 21,847,551 individuals of the adult population had received at least one dose of the vaccine until Thursday. At the same time, 23,703 individuals or 0.8% of the adolescent population in the country had completed their COVID-19 vaccination as of Thursday.

Today, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese convened semiconductor industry participants and discussed the progress industry has made to address supply chain challenges and increase supply chain transparency, following the convenings hosted by the Administration in April and May.

On 23 September, United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai released a statement congratulating Sarah Bianchi after the United States Senate confirmed Bianchi to serve as Deputy United States Trade Representative, citing Sarah's understanding of how trade plays an important role in the Biden-Harris Administration’s Build Back Better agenda.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and the prolonged Movement Control Order (MCO) period, the RHB Banking Group has continued its assistance to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), providing more than RM20.3 billion in financial assistance comprising RM12 billion in Repayment/Payment Assistance and more than RM8.3 billion in loans and financing facilities.

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and one of the world’s largest express transportation companies, unveiled a series of new integrations with leading e-commerce technology platforms across the Asia Pacific region which will substantially benefit e-tailers or e-commerce sellers.

Businesses have been forced to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic and find innovative means to thrive under these new circumstances. As part of this morning's "Innovating Through Crisis Showcase", AMCHAM brought together member companies to share the innovative technology, devices and processes that they have implemented to protect the health and safety of their workers during this pandemic while ensuring business continuity.

At recently hosted webinar on E&E investment in Malaysia organised by Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) and the Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association, the agenda of the day was to tell the attendees that Malaysia is open-for-business and efforts are being made to improve the ease of doing business in the country.