PUTRAJAYA, Aug 12 (Bernama) — The Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture YB Dato’ Sri Hajah Nancy Shukri has appointed Tan Sri Dr. Ong Hong Peng as the Chairman of Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board effective 4th August 2022, replacing Dato’ Seri Ramlan Bin Ibrahim. Tan Sri Dr. Ong Hong Peng began his service…

SINGAPORE, Aug 12 (Bernama) — Virtuos, a leading global video game development company, today announced the official launch of its studio in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Virtuos Kuala Lumpur delivers full game development, engineering, and art production services to some of the world’s biggest game developers and publishers. It is part of…

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 (Bernama) — Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd (‘PayNet’) concluded its inaugural FinTech e-Payments Accelerator Programme 2022 on 8 August 2022 after 6 start-up companies were selected during a final pitch session before a panel comprising PayNet’s ecosystem participants from several banks and a fintech. Launched in…

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 (Bernama) — The second edition of the International Project Management Conference (IPMC) 2022 will be held on 12 – 13 December 2022 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre to share cross industry best practices, lessons learnt, cutting edge technologies, processes, and tools in line with the theme “The…

NEW YORK & BEIJING, Aug 12 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP today announced that the firm will change its name to Marcum Asia CPAs LLP, subject to regulatory approval. The name change will reflect the rapid growth of the firm’s work at the intersection of the U.S. and…

KANGAR, Perlis, Aug 12 (Bernama) — On 1st of August 2022, Mutiara Perlis Sdn Bhd (Mutiara), the Owner-Developer-Operator of the new Perlis Inland Port (PIP) signed a Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement with PTT pcl (PTT), and Nathalin Group (Nathalin), for Thailand-Malaysia Track and Perlis Inland Port (PIP) Cooperation. At the…

NANNING, China, Aug 12 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — Recently, Jingxi Cross-border E-commerce Experience Center & Jingxi E-commerce Public Service Center in Baise, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was inaugurated. This new model of cross-border e-commerce will help reduce the operation and management costs of cross-border trade enterprises, improve the facilitation level of cross-border…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug 12 (Bernama-PRNewswire) — Internationally renowned and leading motor oil brand Duckhams announces its rebranding and repackaging of products in Malaysia and Singapore to align its regional presence with the overall global positioning. The shift to a unified branding and messaging which was recently shared with distributors and partners on July…

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 (Bernama) — CIMB Group Holdings Berhad (“CIMB” or “the Group”) today announced the CIMB ESG-SME Pitch Challenge to accelerate and enable ASEAN small and medium sized enterprises (“SMEs”) that have sustainability-focused business models or operations to seek equity funding that will enable them to advance their business to the…

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 11 (Bernama) — The Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) has boldly taken a step forward in addressing the pressing issue of forced labour to show its commitment towards human rights and upholding labour standards with a seminar on the effective management of migrant workers, at the Le Meridien Hotel…