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Women In Tech: Three Women Leading Malaysia’s Digital Economy
Category: News & Events
More professional women are working in technology Despite the current onslaught of challenges both globally and domestically, Malaysia’s digital economy efforts remained on an upward trajectory at the turn of the year – culminating with a growth of 9% annually between 2010 to 2016, [...]
Women Surge Into Boardrooms Across Malaysia, But Gender Equity Target Still Beyond Reach
Category: News & Events
From left, Media Prima Berhad director Anne Abraham, ICAEW Malaysia head Loh Wei Yuen, Media Prima Berhad Group CMO Shareen Ooi and Talent Corp head of programmes Siti Aishah Md Lasim at Women in Leadership Malaysia. Photo by Rohanis Shukri. KUALA LUMPUR: In a sign of increasing gender equality [...]
Working For A Reasonable Wage
Category: News & Events
COMMENT | On 25 May 2017, a tragedy occurred involving a Malaysian citizen on a bridge that separates two nations with a composition of foreign workers of different faces. A man felt discomfort and died on a lane. Before discussing the details of the tragedy, let us look into the situation [...]
World Bank Recommends Changes To Improve REP And RP-T
Category: Press Releases
PUTRAJAYA, 26 June 2015 –The World Bank’s report “Improving the Effectiveness of TalentCorp’s Initiatives” released today concludes that Talent Corporation Malaysia Berhad’s (TalentCorp) Returning Expert Programme (REP) and Residence Pass-Talent (RP-T) [...]
World Bank: Raising Productivity Key To Malaysia’s Economic Growth
Category: News & Events
Although saying the economy remains resilient, the latest World Bank report notes the problems facing the economy, and suggests some solutions. KUALA LUMPUR: The World Bank expects the Malaysian economy to be resilient in the face of the current economic slowdown and drop in prices of crude oil [...]
Written Guidelines Issued For Expats To Return To Malaysia
Category: News & Events
Following the announcement that Malaysian Immigration is beginning to relax the rules for some categories of work permit holders to return, they have now issued written guidelines on the Immigration and Expatriate Service Division (ESD) websites. Some people quickly reported to us that they were [...]
Xpats Gateway Integration Streamlines Expat Approvals, Strengthens Malaysia’s Business Environment
Category: Press Releases
YB Steven Sim Chee Keong, Minsiter of KESUMA (Middle) together with, from left, CEO MEF, Mr Sheikh Farouk, TalentCorp GCEO, Mr Thomas Mathew, Deputy Sec-General KESUMA, Dr Mohd Shaharin, Director General of Immigration, Ybhg. Dato' Zakaria, Deputy Director General of MPC, Dr Norjayadi, and [...]
YAB Prime Minister Calls For Corporates To Show Leadership On Talent As Malaysia Readies To Chair ASEAN In 2015
Category: Press Releases
Key highlights: All listed companies are required to disclose their diversity policy for board, management and workforce in annual reports issued after 1 January 2015. Corporate leaders to emulate best international practices in diversity and inclusion by disclosing the breakdown of their [...]