EUROCHAM Malaysia’s Chairman, Mr. Oliver Roche was invited to participate as one of the panellists during the panel session at the Annual Property Developers Conference, CEO Series, organised by Redha Institute.

The CEO Series 2022 by Redha Institute was more than a developer’s driven event as they highlighted a number of important topics, such as:

1. International perspective: factors impacting Malaysia’s 2022 economic outlook;
2. Malaysia’s key sectors outlooks for 2022 post-COVID 19: trends & opportunities;
3. Charting Malaysia’s recovery: how can industry stakeholders work together to rebuild Malaysia’s economy; and
4. Attracting strategic foreign investments into Malaysia: how can Malaysia differentiate itself regionally.

During the panel session, Mr. Oliver Roche thanked the Malaysian Government for always being willing to listen, discuss and procure solutions to continuously grow the nation’s economic outlook. He highlighted that Malaysia has a strong investment ecosystem while expressing his hopes for improvements in terms of consistency and clarity of policies of Malaysia to further attract new investment projects.

Today, the Commission and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) launched the new EU SME Fund, which offers vouchers for EU-based SMEs to help them protect their intellectual property (IP) rights. This is the second EU SME Fund aiming at supporting SMEs in the COVID-19 recovery and green and digital transitions for the next three years (2022-2024).

Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: “Small is beautiful, but if SMEs want to grow or take the lead in new technologies, they need to protect their inventions and creations, as big companies do. New ideas and expertise are the main added value we have in the EU. With this Fund, we want to support SMEs to face those peculiar times and remain strong and innovative through the decades to come.”

Commissioner for Internal Market, Thierry Breton, said: “It goes without saying that SMEs have been particularly impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. But what does not change is that they remain the backbone of our economy, of our ecosystems. This Fund will support SMEs to valorise their innovations and creativity. And this is crucial for SMEs to recapitalise and drive the green and digital transitions.”

On behalf of the EU-ASEAN Business Council, as a supporting partner, EUROCHAM Malaysia would like to invite our members to participate in the upcoming webinar by EU-ASEAN Business Council regarding ASEAN in 2022: Economic Outlook & Driver’s Growth happening Thursday 27 January 2022, 4 PM (SGT).

ASEAN is beginning to bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic. Vaccination rates in some member states are well above the global average while the rest are ramping up efforts to inoculate citizens, enabling the region to experience a strong recovery. The strong desire to focus on sustainable growth and digitalisation, renewed promises to achieve economic integration, and the growing consumption power of the middle-class are positive signs of growth in ASEAN. However, while some forecasts are optimistic, others remain cautious, citing the capricious nature of the coronavirus and its variants as a significant source for worry alongside increasing geopolitical tensions.

The Ministry of Health Malaysia has issued a media statement regarding New Period for Isolation of Covid-19 Positive Cases and Close Contact Quarantine of Covid-19 Positive Cases – media statement as follows:

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has implemented isolation orders on COVID-19 positive cases and quarantine for close contact of COVID-19 positive cases under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 [Act 342] to control the spread of COVID-19 infection.

Based on data, science, and experience of other related countries in the management of COVID-19 positive cases and close contact to positive cases, the MOH has re-evaluated the period of surveillance and observation and decided on the latest ruling as follows:

COVID-19 Positive Cases

The isolation order on COVID-19 positive cases for ALL types of variants is:

• Seven (7) days of self-isolation for cases where the individual has been fully vaccinated and asymptomatic;

EUROCHAM Malaysia would like to congratulate our Corporate Partner, Siemens Malaysia, together with our fellow members BMW Malaysia and Tenaga National on the recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) alongside BMW’s launch of the iX in Malaysia during NextGen event.

It is truly a remarkable occasion, and we celebrate the milestone that these exceptional organisations have reached in Malaysian electromobility.

The first day of BMW's NextGen Malaysia saw the official arrival of the all-electric sports activity vehicle (SAV) iX.