This morning, InvestKL hosted an informative session on the Greater Kuala Lumpur Live Lab (GKL Live Lab) grant program. The session highlighted an interesting opportunity for companies to explore ideation, innovation as well as incentives for further investing in Greater Kuala Lumpur.
The session began with an opening address from Muhammad Azmi Zulkifli, CEO of InvestKL. Following this, Yam Hui Min & Chua Hsui Lin from the InvestKL team presented details of the grant program.
The GKL Live Lab initiative aims to support collaboration between foreign companies and local SMEs as it is designed to facilitate efforts for talent development, knowledge sharing and opportunities to co-develop ideas and solutions that address various industry challenges. Interested companies are required to meet set criteria to be eligible for further consideration. All enquiries and applications must be submitted directly to InvestKL representatives.
AMCHAM was proud to have partnered with InvestKL to support this session.
Azmi & Associates have released two new legal articles, both analyzing recent cases in Malaysia:
2. Recent Competition Law Cases in Malaysia
Talent Corporation Malaysia (TalentCorp) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Malaysia today launched the “Making Flexible Work, Work: Towards Better and More Inclusive Work-Life Practices” report.
Talent Corp says the joint publication is a timely assessment of Flexible Work Arrangements (FWAs) that result in a healthy and engaged workforce, despite disruptions caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic.
In recent weeks, news outlets had reported high-profile legal suits filed against a leading accounting firm in respect of the statutory audits carried out by the said firm. The legal suits were filed pursuant to alleged negligence, breach of contractual duty and breach of statutory duties. The damages claimed in these legal suits amounted to billions of dollars, which may cause concerns to all auditors. Can the opinions expressed by auditors in statutory audits expose them to civil liabilities?
A total of 14 companies across Malaysia are participating in Dell Technologies Malaysia’s fifth instalment of the MentorConnect programme – a multi-company collaboration which aims to engage, advance, and retain diverse talents by sharpening their leadership skills, broadening their network, and diversifying their perspectives, expertise, and knowledge.
The tech company, which is also a participant of the programme, is joined by the likes of Motorola Solutions, Intel, IHS-Markit, Zebra Technologies, UST-Global, Boston Scientific, NI, Osram, Globetronics, Citigroup, AIG, American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM), and Microsoft.
With various companies entering the programme, MentorConnect looks set to have 16 mentors, and benefit about 170 mentees. Having launched on 2 August 2021 (Monday), it will last until November 2021.
The first lap of Keysight’s On-Site Vaccination was completed with 9,000 people from over 50 companies vaccinated.
The culmination of support from the government, authorities and the AMCHAM Malaysian American Electronics Industry (MAEI) Committee is a huge boost in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic.
