AMCHAM and British Malaysian Chamber of Commerce collaborated for the first Business Speed Dating event on 26th September. 38 members attended with an equal number coming from each Chamber yesterday. It was a fun-way to spend a couple of hours connecting with different people to learn about each other’s businesses.
It was an interesting networking concept that allowed guests to have the opportunity to meet everyone in the room without missing out on anyone.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank BMCC for inviting us to be a part of this event and we look forward to future collaborations.
We hope our members enjoyed our experiment; thank you for your support by attending this event and we’ll see you at our next event!
32 members and guests gathered at the AMCHAM Executive Office for the Malaysia launch of the ASEAN Business Outlook Survey (ABOS) on 13 September 2017. After a presentation by Hazlyn Aidzil, of AmCham Singapore, and the lead analyst, Siobhan Das, AMCHAM’s Executive Director, moderated a distinguished panel: Y. Bhg. Datuk Seri J. Jayasiri, Secretary General, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) along with Belinda Ford, Public Affairs & Communication Director, Coca Cola and Nat Turner, Economic Counselor, U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur.
The report felt that while optimism remains strong, there had also been a clear softening of sentiment toward business prospects in the region over the past few years. In the 2015 survey, for example, 72% of respondents said their level of trade and investment in the region had increased over the prior two years. In 2013, 91% of respondents said their trade and investment would increase in the next five years.
Key topics discussed related to the role Malaysia plays in enhancing the ties between ASEAN and the US and Datuk Seri also shared his views on the short & long term goals for Malaysia, as well as the industries that will encounter growth in the near future and were important to the country’s development.
KUALA LUMPUR, 15 SEPTEMBER 2017 – The Honourable Minister of Transport Malaysia witnessed the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between MIROS and 3M Malaysia Sdn Bhd (3M Malaysia) at Wisma MCA this afternoon. The signing commemorates the strengthening of a working relationship of cooperation and collaboration between both parties in road safety.
The appointment of MIROS as the ASEAN Road Safety Research Centre in 2014 demonstrates the recognition by the ASEAN Ministers of Transport of MIROS’s role in promoting road safety in Malaysia as well as in the ASEAN region. Therefore, 3M Malaysia is proud to support MIROS in achieving its goals for improving road safety in Malaysia and in the ASEAN region since road safety is the responsibility of both governments and citizens. As such, there is a need to continuously encourage individuals and organizations in the region to work together towards achieving a higher level of road safety. The cooperation between 3M Malaysia and MIROS is symbiotic in an effort to promote road safety in the region.
Dato’ Sri Liow Tiong Lai expressed his appreciation towards 3M Malaysia’s support in bringing down the death toll due to road crash not only in Malaysia but also in ASEAN. This effort will help us to achieve our global goal in stabilizing and reducing global road fatalities as aspired in Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 since 90% of road death occurred in low and middle income countries. “Therefore, I would like to call other organizations to join our effort to make this world safer and improve our quality of life”, add Minister of Transport.
“3M has more than 75 years of expertise in road safety and with our expertise and vast global experience in the Traffic Safety industry, 3M is able to work together with MIROS to improve road safety standards not only in Malaysia, but also throughout the ASEAN countries. This initiative is another testament to 3M’s commitment to our vision of 3M innovation improving every life. The Ministry of Transport launched the Malaysia Road Safety Plan 2014 – 2020 in November 2014 to improve road safety in Malaysia. The target is to reduce the mortality index to 2.0 in 2020 (2 out of 100,000) with the cooperation of various government and private agencies. We are excited for this partnership with MIROS and we look forward to achieving great things with MIROS through this partnership”, said Mr Parameswaran Nair, Managing Director of 3M Malaysia.
Todd Rhinehart, 46, now has a nice office, unlike the one he had to make do with when he first arrived five years ago as rep for the PGA (Professional Golfers’ Association) Tour’s signature regional Tournament, the CIMB Classic, that’s into its eighth edition this year.
Situated on the top floor of an annex of TPC Kuala Lumpur that has a multi-level driving range, he has plenty of room for himself and seven staffers who will assist him.
On the wall behind him, a large framed picture of Tiger Woods teeing off at the CIMB Classic 2012, at The Mines Resort & Golf Club. There’s a family photo too, wife Lisa cuddling their two dogs, a Yorkshire Terrier named Marley and the other, Rita, a mongrel, found in the jungle in Cherating during an excursion there.
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KUALA LUMPUR: After suffering a steep fall in last year’s ranking, Malaysia moved up two spots to the 23rd place out of 137 countries in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2017-2018 Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) released today.
The country was in the 18th place in 2015, but fell seven spots to 25th in 2016.
In a statement, International Trade and Industry Minister (Miti) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said the latest ranking affirms the strength of Malaysia’s macroeconomic fundamentals and that its economic policies are on the right track. “Our exports are doing well and we continue to receive healthy flows of foreign direct investments,” said Mustapa.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said he stood firm in his decision to appoint Datuk T. Subromaniam as the Customs Department director-general despite receiving a petition against his appointment.
He insisted that the Government would always be fair in the appointments of officers to important civil service posts. Subromaniam, he added, was the most qualified senior officer in the department to be appointed as its director-general.
