Tuesday, 18 January 2022

MIDA Affirms Commitment to Building a Sustainable Investment Ecosystem for Malaysia in 2022

Kuala Lumpur, 18 January 2022- The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) kickstarted their 2022 to build relationships in appreciating partners and stakeholders' contribution towards MIDA in 2021. During their annual media appreciation and networking event, YBhg. Dato' Arham Abdul Rahman, Chief Executive Officer of MIDA, thanked the unwavering commitment and support from the media team in helping MIDA highlight Malaysia's potential as an investment destination in 2021 and shared a brief insight into the organisation's theme for this year, "Rebuilding a sustainable economy through quality investment and strategic investment supply chain development in 2022". 

The Government, via MIDA, remains focused on attracting high-quality investments from foreign and domestic companies into Malaysia through various investment strategies and policy initiatives amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Tuesday, 18 January 2022

The Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre Appoints First Director of Strategic Projects

Haryati Md Haidar, Director of Strategic Projects, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

KUALA LUMPUR, 18 January 2022 - The Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (the Centre) is proud to announce the appointment of its first Director of Strategic Projects, Haryati Md Haidar, an experienced programme and project management professional.

In this role, Haryati is responsible for establishing the structure and framework for the Centre’s strategic projects and organisational change management, while streamlining, facilitating and providing cross-divisional support to ensure seamless project management.

Tuesday, 18 January 2022

CIMB to Issue USD500 Million Regs/144a Sdg Bond, the First in International Capital Markets by a Malaysian Bank Issuer

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 (Bernama) -- CIMB Bank Berhad (”CIMB Bank”) has successfully priced its USD500 million RegS/144A Sustainable Development Goals Bond (“SDG Bond”) on 13 January 2022, marking the first ever RegS/144A SDG Bond to be issued by a Malaysian bank in the international capital markets. This USD SDG bond also marked the first ever 144A bond offering into the US markets by a Malaysian bank. The SDG bond complies with CIMB Group’s updated SDG Bond & Sukuk Framework, which is aligned with the latest market standards including the Green Bond Principles, Social Bond Principles and Sustainability Bond Guidelines issued by the International Capital Market Association, and was assessed as credible and impactful by second party opinion provider, Sustainalytics.

Tuesday, 18 January 2022

New Data Shows Three Doses of CoronaVac® Offer Protection Against COVID-19 Variants of Concern, Including Omicron

Kuala Lumpur, 18 January 2022 - SINOVAC Biotech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SVA) ("SINOVAC" or the "Company") released new data that shows that 95% of individuals who have received three doses of CoronaVac® possess neutralising antibodies against Omicron. The study, posted on bioRxiv, was conducted in China and examined the immune response of CoronaVac®, a β-propiolactone-inactivated vaccine, in 120 participants. 

Results from the study supported the use of a three-dose immunisation regimen as the seroconversion rates of neutralizing antibodies against Omicron jumped from 3.3% (2/60) to 95% (57/60) for two- and three-dose schedules respectively.1 In those participants who received three-doses, researchers also isolated 323 human monoclonal antibodies derived from memory B cells, half of which recognise the receptor binding domain (RBD) and show that a subset of them (24/163) provide neutralisation of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concerns (VOCs).1 The World Health Organization (WHO) designates a variant as a VOC if it is associated with “increase in transmissibility or detrimental change in COVID-19 epidemiology, increase in virulence or change in clinical disease presentation, or decrease in effectiveness of public health and social measures or available diagnostics, vaccines, therapeutics”.  

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