Governments struggle meeting social demands, need private, social sector assistance - CAPS20/6/2020 KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 -- The Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society (CAPS) recently released the second edition of its Doing Good Index (DGI2020), revealing the social sector's vital role and how Asian countries help or hinder it.
According to a statement, DGI2020 shows not only that governments must do more, but that private/corporate donations must play their part in meeting people’s needs. Today, 45 per cent of Asian social development organisations (SDOs) receive funding from foreign sources (approximately 25 per cent of their budget), but more than half of Asian economies are witnessing declining foreign funding. Meanwhile, 25 per cent of SDOs in Asia are unaware that tax deductions are available for charitable donations. Also, according to the DGI2020, 61 per cent of SDOs with government contracts find it difficult to access procurement information. Three-quarters of organisations surveyed report being involved in policy consultations, up from half in 2018. Eleven of 18 economies say CSR and public-private partnerships are receiving more attention. In the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak, charitable giving has focused on local community response. International support is declining and ‘Asia for Asia’ philanthropy must fill the gap. The DGI2020 research surveyed 2,189 SDOs and interviewed 145 country experts across 18 Asian economies including Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Myanmar. More details at http://caps.org/ -- BERNAMA
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KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 -- Global executive search firm, WittKieffer has expanded into the Asia-Pacific market with the opening of an office in Singapore, headed by Managing Director, Anissa Low.
The Singapore office will allow WittKieffer to operate seamlessly on a global scale, to source talent across continents and serve clients in healthcare, education and life sciences wherever they are located. According to a statement, WittKieffer selected Singapore as the regional hub for its Asia-Pacific services as part of its commitment to support multinational clients with comprehensive access to the global talent pool. “Under the leadership of Anissa Low, WittKieffer’s clients will receive the focused attention and exceptional service they expect of our firm, along with localised insights needed to remain competitive in a tight executive talent market,” said WittKieffer President and Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Chastain. Low will oversee all Southeast Asia operations. Her depth of expertise in the Asian marketplace - nearly 15 years of executive search experience in healthcare and life sciences - will benefit clients seeking comprehensive, strategic approaches to securing executive talent. Prior to WittKieffer, Low served as Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences, Consumer & Industrial for a leading global executive recruiting firm. More details at wittkieffer.com -- BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 -- Aspire, a research company specialising in Customer Communication Management (CCM), recently updated the CCM Leaderboard for 2020, placing Assentis as one of the leaders in CCM in Europe and Asian markets.
According to a statement, Assentis is ranked third and clearly ahead to the next competitor. Compared to last year, Assentis has moved up significantly. Additionally, in the Asian region (Singapore, Hong Kong), Assentis also ends up in the top quadrant for ‘communication composition’. As per Aspire’s detailed analysis, Assentis has also been judged to be a strong solution, wherein ‘Cloud Deployment’ and ‘Chat Integration’ capabilities are selected in the dynamic filtering options. Aspire has made several adjustments to the analysis criteria in the CCM Leaderboard 2020. Among other changes, the default critical capabilities weighting is now more focused on ‘communication composition’, reflecting its growing importance in the CCM field. Nevertheless, a detailed analysis shows that Assentis has made the greatest positive year-on-year change, moving from Aspirational to the Leader quadrant. -- BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 (Bernama) -- Mr Gan Ean Chye emerged as the Grand Prize winner of the Visa Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Campaign for AmBank Cardholders. The 59-year-old marketing executive walked away with the Grand Prize - RM30,000 in cashback.
The campaign which ran from 15 December 2019 to 15 April 2020 offered AmBank Visa credit cardholders a chance to win attractive prizes, including a Grand Prize of RM30,000 in cashback and rewarded its lucky cardholders who spent a minimum of RM20 in a single receipt to earn entries throughout the campaign period. With the postponement of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the Grand Prize was revised to cashback, instead of the all paid trip to Tokyo. Aside from the RM30,000 cashback, 10 lucky winners were presented with RM2,020 cashback and another 10 won the latest edition of smart tablets worth RM1,499. “We are pleased to work with AmBank to create this campaign and reward our cardholders who have spent on their AmBank Visa cards during this period, particularly when they make contactless payments or shop online. At Visa, we constantly work with our bank partners to create more privileges and rewards for our valued cardholders. We would like to thank all our participating cardholders for their support, and a huge congratulations to our grand prize winner, Mr Gan,” said Mr. Ng Kong Boon, Visa Country Manager for Malaysia. “AmBank offers a variety of Visa credit cards to cater and suit our cardholders’ needs. This campaign is one of our many rewards programmes for our loyal cardholders who deserve our gratitude for their continuous support and confidence in banking with us. My heartiest congratulations to all winners” said Aaron Loo, Managing Director, Retail Banking, AmBank (M) Berhad. “As we are in unprecedented times where staying at home is the new norm, we are offering cashback for online groceries shopping and food delivery service when customers use their Visa AmBank credit cards. We hope that this will help customers cushion their overall household expenditures” he added. Eligible cardholders along with their supplementary cards were automatically tracked throughout the campaign period. The campaign entries include 10 entries for a minimum of RM20 retail spend in a single receipt, 20 entries for every RM20 retail spend via Visa payWave (contactless transaction), 50 entries for every RM20 retail spend in foreign currencies (including online) and a special double entry for AmBank BonusLink Visa Credit Card and AmBank SIGNATURE Priority Banking Visa Infinite Credit Card. In addition to that, for every new Primary AmBank Visa Credit Card/-i applied, approved and activated during the campaign period were entitled for 100 campaign entries. In light of the current implementation of the Movement Control Order (MCO), no official prize giving ceremony was held as the cashback will be credited directly to the Grand Prize winner. As for the other winners, arrangement has been made to deliver the respective prizes to them. About Visa Inc. Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) is the world’s leader in digital payments. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, reliable and secure payment network - enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive. Our advanced global processing network, VisaNet, provides secure and reliable payments around the world, and is capable of handling more than 65,000 transaction messages a second. The company’s relentless focus on innovation is a catalyst for the rapid growth of digital commerce on any device for everyone, everywhere. As the world moves from analog to digital, Visa is applying our brand, products, people, network and scale to reshape the future of commerce. For more information, visit www.visa.com.my About AmBank Group AmBank Group is a leading financial services group with over 40 years of expertise in supporting the economic development of Malaysia. We have over three million customers and employ over 8,000 people. The Group was listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia in 1988. It is the sixth-largest banking group by assets in Malaysia, with a market capitalisation of around RM13.7 billion and assets of RM158.8 billion as at 31 March 2019. AmBank Group serves over three million individual and corporate customers. It provides services in wholesale banking, retail banking, business banking, investment banking and related financial services which include Islamic banking, underwriting of general insurance, stock and share broking, futures broking, investment advisory and management services in assets, real estate investment trust and unit trusts. For more information, please visit ambankgroup.com SOURCE : AmBank Group Surge in secure access sales supports research bellwether for long-term workplace flexibility, and increased hybrid IT application infrastructure capacity for WFH workloads and cloud services
SINGAPORE, June 11 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pulse Secure, the leading provider of Zero Trust Secure Access solutions, today announced it is extending its offer to help customers support ongoing work-from-home (WFH) initiatives and bolster new online business services. The Pulse Cares program will be offered through Sept. 30, 2020, providing flexible licensing and enabling expedited deployment and capacity enhancement to support business continuity as organizations extend digital workplace capabilities in the wake of the COVID-19 global health crisis. The Pulse Cares program is designed to expedite sales and service response to ensure customer business resiliency. Since being introduced earlier this year, Pulse Secure has provided temporary licenses to over 1,500 enterprise accounts that needed immediate support to eliminate deployment delay during their procurement of permanent licenses. Companies are accelerating digital offerings to offset the economic impact on their business due to the pandemic. According to an upcoming Enterprise Management Associates “Application Delivery Infrastructure for Cloud-Forward Enterprises” report, 40% of organizations needed to increase their application infrastructure to support increased WFH workloads. Additionally, 35% of organizations have invested in more automation, and have added more public cloud services to support COVID-19 WFH transition. mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=37522 |
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