Malaysia and ASEAN’s largest Islamic bank in terms of total assets, Maybank Islamic Berhad has emerged as the Best Global Islamic Financial Institution award, its first ever, at the Global Finance Awards 2017 ceremony, held in Washington last Saturday. 

It was also recognised as the Best Global Sukuk Bank and Best Global Provider of Shariah-Compliant Short-Term Investments – the Bank’s second consecutive wins in both categories. 

OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Berhad CEO Datuk Ong Eng Bin led the way as a hundred of his staff planted 80 hardwood and fruit-bearing trees at Field 43 of the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) recently.

The go-green initiative, spearheaded by a team of OCBC Young Bankers, saw saplings of trees such as cengal, merbau, rambai and jambu bol planted at the designated spots in the world-renowned man-made forest reserve.

In view of the upcoming Budget 2018, the National ICT Association of Malaysia (PIKOM) as the ‘Voice of the ICT Industry’ proposes the following recommendations to the Malaysian government for inclusion in the budgetary plans for the coming year. 

These recommendations will provide a needed boost for the digital economy which comprise of a wide range of sub-sectors including ICT hardware, software, services, communications and e-commerce.

SIRIM, a leading research and technology agency under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), y signed seven Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with various parties including institutions of higher education and private companies to enable collaborations in technology and commercialisation, in conjunction with the National Innovation and Creative Economy Expo (NICE) 2017 organised by MOSTI, here. 

The MoU with Universiti Teknologi Petronas will enable both parties to explore collaboration in the fields of testing and analytics, joint research, consultancy services, practical training and technology transfer. SIRIM also signed an MoU with local innovation company, Zull Design Autotronic, for partnership in the areas of training, consultancy and technical guidance to produce skilled workforce in design and fabrication.