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Joins forces with MOF and MDEC to accelerate e-commerce and online shopping Touch ‘n Go Group is proud to announce its partnership with the Ministry of Finance of Malaysia (MOF) and the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) to drive the Belanjawan 2021 (National Budget) initiatives, aimed to support local businesses and encourage online purchases. The Go-eCommerce Onboarding and Shop Malaysia Online (SMO) campaigns, as announced by MDEC, runs from 1 July to 31 December 2021. “As the pandemic continues to fuel eWallet adoption and digital payments, getting more SME and Micro merchants to adopt e-commerce and e-payment platforms via Touch ‘n Go eWallet is something that we strongly encourage as these merchants will have access to more than 16 million users across Malaysia. With the country moving towards digitalisation and ePayments, Touch ‘n Go eWallet is the obvious choice for both merchants and shoppers,” said Ignatius Ong, Chief Executive Officer, TNG Digital Sdn Bhd. Through ...

As part of its Program Mentor Wanita Cukup Berani MAGGI® (PMWCBM) campaign, MAGGI® announced the roll out of its new reality TV series – Resipi Berani MAGGI®. The six-episodes reality TV series will be broadcasted weekly and commences on 14th July 2021, featuring 8 contestants going through a series of culinary and business-entrepreneurial challenges set by 3 MAGGI® mentors. The Resipi Berani MAGGI® TV Series aims to showcase the transformation and success stories of women who are part of the Program Mentor Wanita Cukup Berani MAGGI® in year 2020. Official Launch of Resipi Berani MAGGI by Juan (R) & Geetha (L) As part of the Program Mentor Wanita Cukup Berani MAGGI® (PMWCBM) campaign, MAGGI® unveiled its new six-episode TV series – Resipi Berani MAGGI®. The show complements the campaign’s learning and empowerment journey, as it has provided skills and leadership enhancement opportunities for the show’s contestants – also known as mentees, while showcasing their transformative jour...

Supporting Micro Enterprises and SMEs through Shop Malaysia Online and Go E-Commerce foodpanda Malaysia today announced a collaboration with the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to encourage the adoption of e-commerce by micro enterprises and SMEs as well as encourage online consumer consumption through the Shop Malaysia Online and Go E-Commerce initiatives which will be running from July to December 2021. The Ministry, through a co-funded matching programme with Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and selected e-commerce platforms will provide on-boarding training, seller subsidy and sales support to both micro enterprises and SMEs from 1 July to end December, to widen their market reach, as well as assist in their shift towards business digitisation through Go E-Commerce. Fresh food producers such as farmers and fishermen as well as women entrepreneurs and home cook chefs are also encouraged to join this campaign. Similarly, the Government will also be co-funding digital discount vo...

Alchemy Stars, the revolutionary line strategy RPG. The game has gained more than 2 million global downloads & 5 million registration in just 2 weeks of its launch. Thanks to the overwhelming support from fellow Navigators, Alchemy Stars also announced that they are working on Bahasa & Thai language, it will be available to the game very soon! For those that haven’t tried this game, you can download the game HERE . Each character in Alchemy Stars has their specialty, which are Detonator, Sniper, Converter & Support, this will determine how you will build your team composition based on the role and specialty of the characters. The role of each character can be categorised to Detonator, units that specialise in dealing large AOE damage to multiple targets around them with proper chain combo; Sniper, high damage single-hitting units that are able to snipe down targets from longer ranges; Converter, units that can change the tile’s colour with their active skills; and Support, ...

In just few days of launching, Alchemy Stars has reach over 2 million downloads globally. To celebrate reaching 2 million downloads, the official has prepared some rewards for everyone! The voice actor for one of the main characters – Vice, is voiced by Tomori Kusunoki who started voice acting in 2017. She has played many roles in different Anime series such as Sword Art Online, Love Live, and also on video games. In this interview with Tomori Kusunoki, she talks about her impression of Alchemy Stars and also more about her character; Vice. An interesting point that she brought up is that Vice has a special connection with the main protagonist and for some reason, she is able to control Soroz; our Colossus. For those of you who don’t know, a Colossus is an enormous vehicle equipped with self-aware AI that is used for combat, transport, and flight. However, a Colossus can only be navigated by a Caelestites. The main question here is, how is Vice, an Aurorian able to control a Colossus? ...

iCare4U campaign provides RM400 subsidy on new-in-market Zeiss AntiVirus lenses and free ZEISS anti-fog kit for 10,000 medical front-liners between 1 July to 31 July 2021 Metro Optical Group (MOG) today announced a RM4,000,000 eye care subsidy for medical front-liners through an iCare4U programme starting today. The iCare4U programme, organised by MOG will be extended to the first 10,000 medical front-liners. The subsidy will mainly include a RM400 aid for AntiVirus Lenses made by German renowned lensmaker, ZEISS. To redeem the subsidy, medical front-liners will need to register online at https://www.mog.com.my/icare4u-project-by-mog/ and then walk-in to any of the 95 MOG outlets in West Malaysia within 1 month of registration date and present their medical identity card for final verification. On the launch of iCare4u, MOG’s Chairman Dato’ Frankie Ng said, “the medical front-liners have been working tirelessly, protecting us from an invisible enemy for the past fifteen months. We wou...

Herbalife Nutrition, a premier global nutrition company, recently lent support to a World Hypertension Day Virtual Run hosted by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). In conjunction with the World Hypertension Day last month, the Virtual Run aimed to raise awareness on hypertension and encourage Malaysians to lead a healthy, active lifestyle. According to the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) conducted by the Ministry of Health (MOH) in 2019, hypertension is one of three major risk factors leading to cardiovascular diseases in Malaysia, along with diabetes mellitus and high cholesterol. [1] Hence, it was key to spread awareness and work towards tackling these issues and taking responsibilities for one’s health. “In conjunction with World Hypertension Day, we wanted to highlight the ongoing hypertension issue in Malaysia. In order to improve in this aspect, multi sector collaboration is needed to raise awareness and work towards the same goal of improving people’s quality of ...

In an effort to further strengthen its cargo footprint across the region, airlines under the AirAsia Group have made available cargo spaces on their flights on Freightchain, the world’s first digital air cargo network based on blockchain. Increase cargo space utilisation on flights with Freightchain AirAsia's cargo services are managed by its logistics venture, Teleport who has also adopted Freightchain in order to provide AirAsia and other airlines a platform to increase their cargo capacity utilisation. With Freightchain, AirAsia is now able to fully interline its flights digitally with other airlines, allowing for a faster and more on-demand connectivity to transport cargo across Southeast Asia and beyond. This will greatly benefit cargo-related businesses such as exporters, importers and freight forwarders as it simplifies the process and improves efficiency that translates into huge cost savings. Tony Fernandes, Chief Executive Office of AirAsia Group, said, “As we continue to...

Experts weigh in on the balance between acknowledging pains and creating opportunities for gratitude in conversations to boost mental health at the workplace As mental health issues continue to rise amid the pandemic, employers and co-workers are taking proactive steps to create a more positive work environment to manage employees' mental health. More often than not, these measures include keeping regular contact with the team and making sure that managers are checking in on more than just work tasks. Asst. Prof. Dr Pamilia Lourdunathan According to lecturer and clinical psychologist, Asst. Prof. Dr Pamilia Lourdunathan, there is an art to checking in and that one should be mindful of one’s conversations. “Perhaps it is perceived as a given that one should always strive to stay upbeat and optimistic. However, telling a person who is coping with emotional loneliness, mental stress and coping with pandemic fatigue during the lockdown to look at the bright side can be unhelpful and ...

Company’s first initiative in the financial services sector well received. Touch ‘n Go Group recently announced that it has achieved a very important milestone where its financially inclusive investment product GO+ is concerned. The Group announced that GO+ users have surpassed the 1 million mark. All this was achieved in just over two months. GO+ was launched on 29 March 2021. Effendy Shahul Hamid “We are pleased that we’ve been able to get to this milestone in just over two months, and well ahead of our internal estimates. We will now build on this success and add more varied products in this category. We will also be making improvements to GO+ on the back of some very encouraging customer driven feedback and data on user experience,” said Effendy Shahul Hamid, Group Chief Executive Officer, Touch ‘n Go Group. “Many of our users found the fungibility function between the GO+ balance and Touch ‘n Go eWallet use cases very attractive, and that drove sign-up’s. Another data point we wer...

Over 10,000 specially designed Keffiyeh Patterened shawls have been sold online globally in aid of the thousands of Palestinian citizens who have been left homeless and injured. Modanisa, Turkey’s first international e-commerce platform for modest fashion, has recently launched a fundraiser campaign for Palestine and is calling on all of its customers to do their bit to help. All profits from the sales of the shawls will be donated to the Palestine cause, which will be used to provide medical care, treatment, food, water, basic necessities as well as Covid-19 hygiene products for the victims. This will be done through a collaboration with Wafaa International Group in Palestine, which is also a member of the UN ECOSOC committee. Wafaa has teams in Gaza, West Bank and Jerusalem to mobilise the necessary help. “The response has been overwhelming since we started on June 3 and it is still building. We have seen support from 140 countries in five continents and I am so thankful to all our c...

The unique concept will bring together people, processes, and technology over 3,400km ensuring the continuity and resilience of the race NTT Ltd ., the official technology partner to A.S.O , today announced it will create the world’s largest connected stadium, a concept unique to the Tour de France, generating a ‘digital twin’ of the event. Millions of data points will be collected and brought to life through stunning, insightful visualizations and digital experiences for fans, as well as new services to support the event operations for this three-week long race that takes place from 26 June – 18 July 2021. Due to ongoing travel restrictions and COVID-19 safety measures, NTT, together with A.S.O, will deliver a host of digital experiences to engage fans around the world. This includes: Race Center – the official live tracking site that provides race updates including rider live tracking data on letour.fr and on the official Tour de France Mobile application LeTourData – data-driven ins...