We would like to wish all our Austrian members, friends and connections a happy Austria National Day!

Nationalfeiertag

On behalf of our fellow member, Straits Interactive we would like to share the upcoming webinar how to strengthen an organisation’s data governance and data protection programme.

According to Bernama, there were more than 20,000 cyber crime cases recorded in Malaysia in 2021, with losses amounting to RM560 million (USD125.6 million). These figures were up from the 13,000 cyber crime cases in 2019, which had resulted in losses of RM539 million (USD 120.9 million).

By all accounts, that’s a huge number just for Malaysia alone and you can see that data is the hottest commodity today. Do you know what you need to do as a responsible organisation to safeguard the personal data in your care and to build a reputation as a trusted business partner?

On behalf of our fellow bilateral chamber, the Danish Chamber of Commerce Malaysia (DanCham) we are pleased to share the 8^th Parliament Briefing Series – Unpacking the General Election: What’s at Stake for Malaysia’s Future.

Join them together with Vriens & Partners as they unpack the subject matter at hand and discuss the following topics:

• Recap of Malaysian politics leading to Parliament dissolution;
• Dynamics impacting GE15 (relationships between political parties);
• Process of a new government coming into power (from dissolution to after GE);
• Potential scenarios;
• PM candidates post GE-15; and
• What's next after GE-15 (status of budget, new govt's priority, new political realities).

Date: Thursday, 27 October 2022

Time: 10 AM

Venue: Virtual

We would like to wish all our members, friends, and connections a happy Deepavali!

Wishing everyone a Deepavali full of joy and prosperity.

Polling day for the 15th General Election (GE15) has been set for Nov 19 says the Election Commission (EC).

It also announced that Nomination Day for candidates will be on Nov 5 and early voting on Nov 15.

This was decided in a special meeting on GE15 chaired by EC chairman Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh at its headquarters on Thursday (Oct 20).

Abdul Ghani also announced that the state elections for Perlis, Perak and Pahang will be held concurrently with GE15.

The dates for nomination, early voting and polling for the three state elections will be the same as the general election.

Today, the Commission adopted its 2023 Work Programme. It sets out a bold agenda to respond to the current set of crises affecting the everyday lives of Europeans, while doubling down on the ongoing green and digital transformations, making our European Union more resilient.

In this spirit, the Commission aims at supporting people and businesses – whether by reducing energy prices, securing the supplies critical for our industrial competitiveness and food security, or by reinforcing our social market economy.

This Commission Work Programme contains 43 new policy initiatives across all six of the headline ambitions of President von der Leyen's Political Guidelines, building on her 2022 State of the Union speech and letter of intent.

Many of the key initiatives in this Work Programme also follow up on the outcomes of the Conference on the Future of Europe. In addition, the new generation of citizens' panels will be part of the Commission's policymaking in certain key areas. The first citizens' panels will address the issues of food waste, learning mobility and virtual worlds.