Selangor continued to receive the highest number of manufacturing projects and created the highest employment opportunities in Malaysia despite 2021 being a challenging year, according to Invest Selangor.

In a statement on Wednesday (April 13), Invest Selangor said 247 investment projects and 14,393 employment opportunities were secured last year.

Since 2017, Selangor has been in the forefront annually, and received a total of 1,329 investment projects with a total capital investment of RM67.5 billion, it added.

"In addition to the unpredictability nature of the pandemic and delayed economic growth, the lack of the state's promotional missions and engagement sessions overseas due to the closing of international borders, compounded to a comparatively lower foreign direct investment in 2021.

EUROCHAM Malaysia will be hosting our upcoming BizTalks Webinar together with KPJ Healthcare Berhad on the topic of Managing Mental Health this month!

This webinar will be highlighting who has been most affected and summarises the effect of the pandemic on the availability of mental health services and how this has changed during the pandemic. Ever since the beginning of the pandemic, an increasing amount of people are experiencing work-related stress. In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25%, according to a scientific brief released by the World Health Organisation (WHO earlier this month.

Join our experienced speakers from KPJ Healthcare Berhad, Ms. Shazrina Sabri, Clinical Psychologist, KPJ Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital, and Dr. Chan Yee Fai, Geriatric Psychiatrist, KPJ Tawakkal Health Centre who will be sharing an overview of how to manage mental health and how to manage work-related stress to become more productive and efficient at work.

EUROCHAM Malaysia will be hosting our upcoming Advocacy Talks webinar together with the South-East Asia IP SME Helpdesk on the topic of New Trademark Updates in Malaysia this month!

This webinar will be an in-depth discussion on key cases pertaining to the new Trademark Acts (TMA), what is protected and how to get registration under the TMA as well as what is an infringement and how does one enforce one’s right under the TMA.

Join our experienced speakers, Dr. Chris Hemingway, Director (Office Managing Partner), Marks & Clerk (Malaysia), and Muhammad Azrul Abdul Hamid, Partner, Azrul, Liew & Co who will be sharing on the New Trademark Updates in Malaysia.

The European Commission has today raised a further €6 billion in NextGenerationEU funds with its second NextGenerationEU green bond syndication. Due on 04 February 2043, this 20-year bond brings the total long-term financing raised under NextGenerationEU to €99.5 billion, of which €20.5 billion in NextGenerationEU green bonds.

This bond issue was more than 13 times covered by investor orders and represents the largest green bond issued in 2022 to date. The size and quality of the order book confirm investor confidence in the EU's green bond programme. 

Proceeds raised from the deal will boost Europe's green transformation by financing sustainable investments in the Member States' Recovery and Resilience Plans. The syndication follows on from the Commission's record-breaking €12 billion, 15-year green bond transaction in October 2021, and its €2.5 billion tap in February 2022.

Connecting and building relationships is the name of the game – networking is the key to success and we couldn’t agree more!

EUROCHAM Malaysia is delighted to start the second quarter of the year with another anticipated networking session! Where there will be some light refreshments, drinks, and a whole lot of fun – we want to take this time to connect and further build our relationship with our fellow members and colleagues from our EU bilateral chambers.

We welcome our fellow members to join us at our networking event together with KSK Land

EUROCHAM Malaysia will be hosting our upcoming BizTalks Webinar together with KPJ Healthcare Berhad on the topic of Managing Mental Health this month!

This webinar will be highlighting who has been most affected and summarises the effect of the pandemic on the availability of mental health services and how this has changed during the pandemic. Ever since the beginning of the pandemic, an increasing amount of people are experiencing work-related stress. In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25%, according to a scientific brief released by the World Health Organisation (WHO earlier this month.