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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161006
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SUMMARY:Members’ Briefing
DESCRIPTION:The Members’ Briefing is a regular session between the U.S. Embassy’s senior officials and AMCHAM members. On October 5th\, AMCHAM organized the members’ briefing and our guest of honor was U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia\, H.E. Joseph Y. Yun. He was accompanied by Catherine Spillman\, Senior Commercial Officer\, Nat Turner\, Economic Officer and Matt Keene\, Consular General. \nDuring his remarks\, Ambassador Yun mentioned he will be leaving to Washington after three years in Malaysia\, and will be the newly appointed Special Representative for North Korea Policy where he will be working together with various U.S Government Agencies. If confirmed by the Senate\, Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir would replace Joseph Y Yun as the next US ambassador to Malaysia. \nThe briefing was well attended by our membership of about 40 attendees including Datuk Timothy Garland\, Vice President of AMCHAM\, Board Members\, members from C-Suite levels and other members.\nAMCHAM would like to encourage all our members to attend this briefing to get to know the Chamber\, U.S. Embassy and other fellow members.
URL:https://amcham.com.my/event/members-briefing/
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20161018T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20161018T170000
DTSTAMP:20260623T120527
CREATED:20170523T235623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170612T234341Z
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SUMMARY:U.S. Visa Briefing & Update
DESCRIPTION:Matt Keene\, Consular General at U.S. Embassy in Malaysia started off the session by providing a regulatory overview of the visa application process with particular emphasis on visas for business/training along with the visa interview process into the United States.  It is very important to submit all the required documents to ensure smooth process of your application\, said Matt. The consular officer at the U.S Embassy or Consulate will determine eligibility for visa including type of visa required based on the application. \nThose unable to attend and would like to know more on the application process for travel or business visas\, please visit www.travel.state.gov.
URL:https://amcham.com.my/event/u-s-visa-briefing-update/
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20161018T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20161018T170000
DTSTAMP:20260623T120527
CREATED:20170524T010908Z
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion on Performance Management System
DESCRIPTION:AMCHAM organized a HR panel discussion featuring Rahul Chawla\, Practice Leader at AON Hewitt\, Masliza Mansor\, HR Director at First Solar Malaysia and Marcin Zabrzanski\, HR Consultant at Motorola. The discussion led by Rahul Chawla was on the future of Performance Management Systems and how companies measure employee productivity. \nMarcin mentioned that Motorola used to practice the traditional performance management system of the distribution curve\, which was forced/guided and rigid. They have now moved to a more flexible system\, whereby regular coaching and feedback are provided. This new methodology better suits the needs of the organisation and its demographics\, especially so for the Generation Y (who do not like Performance Managements but like feedback). \nFirst Solar’s appraisal system provides flexibility as well. Feedback is given on a quarterly basis and during these sessions\, goals can be mutually reviewed. As the solar industry is very volatile\, a flexible system suits their needs. Masliza also added that supervisors and staff are briefed on the process and assessment methods. \nAMCHAM would like to thank HP Malaysia Manufacturing\, Penang for hosting this event.
URL:https://amcham.com.my/event/panel-discussion-on-performance-management-system/
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20161019T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20161019T233000
DTSTAMP:20260623T120527
CREATED:20170612T153504Z
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SUMMARY:Briefing on the Malaysian Expatriate Services (MYXpats).
DESCRIPTION:This morning\, Mr Tan Keat Meng\, Manager of Foreign Talent Facilitation & Shared Services from TalentCorp Malaysia briefed members and guests latest update on the Malaysian Expatriate Services (MYXpats) mainly on The Residence Pass-Talent (RP-T)\nThe Residence Pass-Talent (RP-T) is a 10-year renewable pass for highly qualified expatriates to continue to reside and work in Malaysia. Introduced in 2011\, the RP-T also offers expatriates an attractive range of benefits\, including the flexibility to change employers multiple times during the validity of the pass. \nOther areas that was discussed were the new requirement for Employment Pass (Category I\, II and III)\, sharing on updated statistics of Employment Pass across all sectors in Malaysia\, Scholarship Talent Attraction & Retention Program (STAR)\, Returning Expert Program (REP)\, including new programs. \nMany questions were raised to seek clarification and to further understand TalentCorp and Immigration’s role in the many programs facilitated by TalentCorp. \nAMCHAM would like to thank TalentCorp for briefing our members this morning and thank you to all our members and guests for their participation this morning. \nIf you have any questions about Malaysian Expatriate Services (MYXpats)\, please feel free drop us an email at events@amcham.com.my.
URL:https://amcham.com.my/event/briefing-on-the-malaysian-expatriate-services-myxpats/
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20161021T100000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20161021T110000
DTSTAMP:20260623T120527
CREATED:20170612T154018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170612T234011Z
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SUMMARY:Briefing on TalentCorp's New Initiative APEC-YouthConnect Program
DESCRIPTION:AMCHAM together with TalentCorp organized a briefing this morning on a new initiative program called MyAPEC-YouthConnect as part of Malaysia’s effort under the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to promote people-to-people linkage within the region in collaboration with Ministry of International Trade & Industry (MITI). \nMy APEC YouthConnect is a graduate mobility programme that aims to create a network of top talent for Malaysia and APEC economies. \nFarah Delah Suhaimi\, Manager of Industry Partnership at TalentCorp provided an overview of APEC-YouthConnect\, its roles & responsibilities and benefits & opportunities for employers. \nAMCHAM would like to thank TalentCorp for keeping our members updated on their latest program and also thank you to all our members for participating in this mornings’ briefing.
URL:https://amcham.com.my/event/briefing-on-talentcorps-new-initiative-apec-youthconnect-program-2/
CATEGORIES:Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20161027T143000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20161027T170000
DTSTAMP:20260623T120527
CREATED:20170524T010220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170612T154134Z
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SUMMARY:Powering Malaysia - Addressing the Demand for Energy
DESCRIPTION:AMCHAM was honored to feature Amos J. Hochstein\, U.S. Special Envoy to Bureau of Energy Resources on his official visit to Malaysia at our new Energy Forum:  Powering Malaysia – Addressing the Demand for Energy. The transformational change around the world in the energy landscape is shifting energy policy priorities in the U.S.\, the role of the Energy Bureau plays an integral interconnection of foreign ministry and energy policy. \nThe decline in oil prices and technological innovation saw an increase of investment renewable energy\, and has proven that renewable energy is able to coexist with and conventional energy sources. As the future demand of energy will be led by the Asian countries\, non-OECD countries\, electrification accounts for the highest demand growth and the major challenges are for the industry players to keep up with the current state of play. Amos pointed out that in evaluating the future cost of energy source\, it is important to consider its full life-cycle\, health cost\, environmental and clean-up cost. \nAs Malaysia is diversifying from conventional energy\, these are opportunities to leverage latest technology for better cost\, health and climate for the future generation. \nIr. Akmal Rahimi Abu Samah\, Chief Operating Officer of Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) provided an overview of SEDA’s role of renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) in Malaysia. Apart from Feed-in-Tariff initiative\, SEDA is also implementing the large scale solar and net energy metering project as part of the 11th Malaysia Plan. \nCurrently there are 4 renewable energy sources qualified for FiT scheme such as Biomass\, Biogas\, Solar\, and Small Hydro. SEDA is also exploring additional RE potential such as wind and geothermal energy. While acknowledging some of the challenges of implementing RE projects\, the new RE roadmap and policy will be drafted to replace NREPAP to chart future growth of RE as important energy source for Malaysia to support the power demand of 20GW.\nThe session continues with a panel discussion featuring Ir. Akmal from SEDA\, Ismail bin Haji Abd Rahman\, Sr. General Manager from Tenaga Nasional Berhad\, Dato’ P’ng Soo Hong\, Managing Director of First Solar Malaysia\, Azli Mohamed\, Chief Operating Officer of GE Malaysia and the session was moderated by Lee Yuien Siang\, Executive Director of PwC.\nThe panel discussed on the potential of setting a greater ambition for renewable energy in Malaysia and its requirement from policy\, technical capabilities as well as its impact on cost of electricity to consumers. As the storage technology development is not as efficient\, it is best to use the solar energy directly or through a hybrid system to improve access to electricity in rural areas. \nCross-country energy interconnectivity\, usage of industrial technology and market deregulation best practices was discussed on its impact on capacity development and energy security. Malaysia will be implementing its Power Development Plan for 2025\, chaired by the Minister of Energy\, Green Technology and Water which assessed learning in new markets\, financing structure\, role of Government’s subsidy and regulatory framework to support the increasing demand for energy sustainability in Malaysia. \nFor further information\, please email jesselynn@amcham.com.my.\nFor sponsoring and speaking opportunities at AMCHAM events\, please email nadeeka@amcham.com.my.
URL:https://amcham.com.my/event/powering-malaysia-addressing-the-demand-for-energy/
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