On behalf of our fellow member Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), we would like to share a press release issued by MDEC regarding the KKD Investment Mission to London Tech Week 2023 Achieves RM8.3 Billion Investment Commitment – press release as follows:

An investment commitment of RM8.3 billion was successfully achieved by the Ministry of Communications and Digital (KKD) through Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), during the investment mission to London Tech Week 2023 led by the Minister of Communications and Digital, YB Fahmi Fadzil.

This achievement stems from:

• Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between MDEC and International Data Centre Authority (IDCA);

• Partnership Exchange with Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC);

• Partnership Exchange with UK-ASEAN Business Council (UKABC);

• MoU between Sunway Group and Wippd; and

• Investment announcements by nine prominent companies in the United Kingdom namely Access Group, Dataswyft, TPP, Activpayroll, Ekco, Yondr Group, GBG, Hamilton Barnes and MMOB.

EUROCHAM Malaysia CEO, Mr Sven Schneider and team had an engaging meeting together with Arun Menon, Managing Director of Ipsos Malaysia and Ahmad Suffian bin Ahmad Mazlan, Marketing Communications (Marcoms) Lead today. It was a fruitful and insightful meeting as several matters of mutual interest were discussed as well as future collaborations and engagements together with Ipsos Malaysia.

We appreciate and look forward to continuous support and collaboration with our fellow member Ipsos Malaysia as well as exploring opportunities to expand and create awareness on strategic advocacy-related topics to strengthen the EU-MY business community.

EUROCHAM Malaysia is proud to announce that UNHCR will be organising the ASB-UNHCR Research Workshop on Refugee Studies and Forced Displacement 2023. EUROCHAM Malaysia CEO, Mr Sven Schneider will be participating in the panel discussion that will be happening during the 2-day workshop.

More than 100 million people were forcibly displaced in 2022, which is equivalent to 1 in every 78 people on Earth being forced to leave their homes. Amidst these challenges lie opportunities for the private sector to meaningfully engage refugees in a win-win proposition. The topic of the panel discussion is Win-Win: Making a Business Case for Supporting Refugees.

The panel discussion will be moderated by Ms Tay Su Yuen, Assistant Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion Officer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR with an array of experienced professionals from various organisations as panelists to share their thoughts and experiences in this workshop.

EUROCHAM Malaysia was invited to attend the Czech-Malaysian Medical Devices Business Forum that was focusing on exploring potential opportunities and collaborations with medical manufacturing companies that produces medical devices. Showcasing that the Czech government can be a good technical partner in the research development of medical devices.

It was a fruitful event with the attendance and opening remarks by the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Malaysia, H.E. Milan Hupcej, an address of Chief Guest, H.E. Mr Jiří Kozák, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, industry views by Mr Johari Abu Kasim, President of Malaysian Medical Device Manufacturers Association (PERANTIM), Industry views by Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh, President, Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia and Introduction of Czech Association of Manufacturers and Suppliers of Medical Devices by Mr Petr Foit, Vice President of Association of Manufacturers and Suppliers of Medical Devices.

During the event, we were able to witness the signing of the MoU between Mr Petr Foit, Vice President of the Association of Manufacturers and Suppliers of Medical Devices and Mr Johari Abu Kasim, Malaysian Medical Device Manufacturers Association.

EUROCHAM Malaysia had a Technical Meeting with the Deputy Secretary General (Industry) of the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI), YBhg. Datuk Hanafi Sakri. The visit was attended by EUROCHAM Malaysia CEO, Mr Sven Schneider, Head of Automotive Sector Committee, EUROCHAM Malaysia corporate partners, members and bilateral chambers.

The government agencies that took part in the meeting were the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA), Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE), Road Transport Department (JPJ), Immigration Department (JIM) and Talent Corporation (TalentCorp) as well as representatives from Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change (NRECC).

EUROCHAM Malaysia recently organised the Healthcare Sector Committee meeting last week at our office. In attendance at the meeting were Mr Sven Schneider, CEO of EUROCHAM Malaysia, Head of Sector Committee, EUROCHAM Malaysia team, alongside other representatives of the Healthcare committee members.

We highlighted and discussed advocacy-related updates during the committee meeting, and discussion on topics to include in future publications as well as engagements with the relevant Ministries and/or Government Agencies. We also highlighted a few roadworks within the sector committee and have agreed to work together to identify long-term solutions moving forward.