A successful and joyous St Patrick’s Day Breakfast celebration in collaboration with our fellow bilateral chamber, the Irish Chamber of Commerce in Malaysia (ICCM) was held last week. The celebration was focused on the St. Patrick’s Day Celebration, in Ireland with the EU in Malaysia.

The breakfast celebration was welcomed by Mr Donal Crotty, Chairman and CEO of the Irish Chamber of Commerce Malaysia (ICCM), as he opened the event with a colourful and delightful speech to start the celebration. The floor was then passed to Mr Oliver Roche, Chairman of EUROCHAM Malaysia to share an introduction to EUROCHAM Malaysia and bring the context of Ireland with the EU in Malaysia. The event proceeded with an introduction and speech by our Guest of Honour, H.E. Hillary Reilly, Ambassador of Ireland to Malaysia. The St. Patrick’s Day breakfast celebration was then graced by the presence and a keynote address by Mr Niall Collins T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science with Special Responsibility for Skills and Further Education.

The breakfast celebration would not have been a success if not for the Platinum sponsor, Hansel and Gretel Experience Driven School, in attendance on behalf of Hansel and Gretel was Mr Andrew Chong, Finance & Strategic Development, who is also the Deputy Head of our Education Sector Committee. EUROCHAM Malaysia garnered support from our fellow bilateral chambers and strategic partner, which brought an additional European element to the event. Special thanks to Mr Vincent Borgne, President of BeLuxCham Malaysia, Ms Jenny Westin, Director of the Malaysian-Swedish Business Association, Mr Daniel Bernbeck, Executive Director of the Malaysian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Ms Renata Brandstatterova, Trade and Economic Counsellor of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Kuala Lumpur.

EUROCHAM Malaysia received a warm welcome from the Special Officer of the Minister of Health, Dr Haji Helmy Haja Mydin and the team for a technical meeting. The delegation was led by Mr Sven Schneider, EUROCHAM Malaysia CEO alongside our esteemed members Mr Francesco Floris, EU Delegation to Malaysia, Ms Pear Lai, EUROCHAM Malaysia’s Board of Director and Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Director at Carlsberg Malaysia, Dr Mohd Emil, Head of the Healthcare Sector Committee of EUROCHAM Malaysia and General Manager Government Affairs & Market Access, ASEAN at B. Braun Malaysia, Mr Azhan Mokhtar, Fresenius Medical care, Mr Amir Sharif, BCN Smart Technologies, Mr Jegatheswaran Panderengen, Novartis Malaysia and Ms Jennifer Tang, Advantage Austria.

The technical meeting touched upon various issues with regard to the healthcare industry as such enhancing the development of healthcare infrastructure, execution of the Home Care Act, and the efficiency of the policy implementation of the Poison Act. Other topics included the improvisation of the Food Regulations 1985 Act on Alcoholic Beverages, emphasising on digitalisation of the Malaysian healthcare system and increasing foreign equity participation.

We would like to wish all our Irish members, friends and connections a happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhuit

Wishing you all the luck of the Irish this St. Patrick's Day!

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📍Hall 9, Level 3, Booth 3B33, Kompleks MITEC, KL

⏰ From 10am till 9pm

EUROCHAM Malaysia will be collaborating with our fellow bilateral chamber, the Irish Chamber of Commerce in Malaysia (ICCM) on the St. Patrick’s Day Celebration, in Ireland with the EU in Malaysia.

“Celebration St. Patrick’s Day, Ireland with EU in Malaysia” is a Business Networking Breakfast hosted by the Irish Chamber of Commerce Malaysia (ICCM) and EUROCHAM Malaysia to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. It is an opportunity to hear from the Chairman of EUROCHAM, Mr Oliver Roche reflecting on Ireland with the EU in Malaysia and from our Guest of Honour, Minister Niall Collins T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science with Special Responsibility for Skills and Further Education, reflecting on areas of interest to the Irish community in Malaysia and as relevant to the business and professional attendees.

Date: 17 March 2023, Friday

Time: 8:00am - 10:00am

Venue: Hibiscus - Level 10, Double Tree Hilton, The Intermark, 348, Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur

EUROCHAM Malaysia has been working closely together with Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) as well as being part of the recent workshop and government engagements to facilitate this decision.

As we aim to be the united voice of the EU business community in Malaysia, we strive to create opportunities through our engagements with the Malaysian government. EUROCHAM Malaysia is happy to see a more positive outcome from the workshop and we look forward to more engagements to facilitate more positive results like these.