CIMB Foundation yesterday set the tone on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) leadership by announcing fresh policies to further institutionalise the spirit of corporate citizenship in CIMB Group’s staff, during the unveiling of the Foundation’s refreshed brand and tagline, in commemoration of the Foundation’s tenth anniversary. 

The new policy, called Flex4CSR, allows any of CIMB Group’s staff to take up to a whole month’s paid leave to support any of the Foundation’s projects with no impact to their existing tenure and benefits. Apart from that, employees are also entitled to a half-day leave for every 10 hours spent volunteering. 

Trend Micro welcomes the announcement of allocations and amendments to encourage the digital economy under Budget 2018. These initiatives underline how Malaysia remains on the right track, and taking another step forward towards becoming a fully-developed digital economy. 

The measures to strengthen Malaysia's commitment to the Digital Free Trade Zone (DFTZ) will further invigorate the country’s eCommerce industry and enable local businesses to capitalise on the opportunities from the internet economy and cross-border activities.  This is also in line with Trend Micro’s continuous investment of resources and efforts in supporting this digital transformation growth in Malaysia,” said Goh Chee Hoh, Managing Director, Trend Micro Malaysia.

TalentCorp welcomes the Government’s announcement for Budget 2018, which puts special emphasis on human capital development, particularly women, and its plans toward nation building. We remain focused in developing Malaysia’s talent landscape through attracting, nurturing and retaining skilled talent in the country.

“We welcome the Government’s announcement to introduce the National Leaders’ Circle programme to be spearheaded by TalentCorp,” said Shareen Shariza Dato’ Abdul Ghani, Chief Executive Officer of Talent Corporation Malaysia Berhad (TalentCorp)

The Budget continues to empower our SMEs and for the first time ever, they receive a big boost of RM23.7 billion in terms of government allocation, grants, soft loans and guarantees. These initiatives are vital in building the capabilities of our SMEs to ensure they remain competitive in meeting the economic challenges of today and tomorrow, said Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.

“In addition to these said allocations, the RM1 billion provided by major institutional investors and the tax incentive for investment in venture capital will stimulate entrepreneurship and promote the growth of start-ups and innovation in our economy.”