KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 (Bernama) -- Manulife Malaysia has been awarded the 2020 Sustainability and CSR Malaysia Award. This is the second time for Manulife to win this award following its 2018 recognition.
The Company’s flagship Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme held in 2019 was the Orang Asli Education Programme that supported the educational needs of 133 Orang Asli children from five villages: Kg. Sg. Ruai, Kg. Ulu Ruai, Kg. Sg. Kelang, Kg. Satak and Kg. Bertang. The financial support provided by Manulife enabled transportation arrangements to be made for the Orang Asli children to attend school as well as participate in after-school learning activities. In receiving the award, Manulife Insurance Berhad’s (MIB) Chief Marketing Officer, Jason Lim Yeong Tah said, “Winning this award solidifies the Company’s CSR culture of giving back to the community in which we operate. We have a strong values-driven culture, whereby one of our Values, “Share Your Humanity”, emphasises that our business is conducted in a manner that is socially and environmentally accountable to our stakeholders by practicing responsible ethics. This forms part of our commitment as an active and caring corporate citizen in Malaysia that focuses on helping people lead every day better and more financially secure lives.” According to Datuk R. Rajendran, CSR Malaysia Chairman, “More often than not, the focus on recognition for sustainability and CSR excellence has not been sufficient. It must be remembered that private sector companies are the driving force of the nation’s economy and they are well placed to carry out meaningful and significant CSR activities.” The annual Sustainability and CSR Malaysia Awards is a joint project by CSR Malaysia publication and Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility Malaysia Welfare Society. The Award recognises corporations that have excelled in corporate sustainability and social responsibility that boosts socio-economic transformation in the country. Among the judging criteria for the Sustainability and CSR Malaysia Awards are clear purpose and goals of the company for the CSR initiative, the impact created, and the frequency of CSR events held. Lee Seng Chee, the Managing Editor and Co-Chairman of CSR Malaysia said, “Corporate Malaysia’s aspirations should always go beyond mere profits or building world class buildings or infrastructures.” He added, “Corporations and organizations will need to promote sustainable economies by helping marginalised communities and making environmental efforts to preserve our heritage for future generations.” About Manulife https://www.manulife.com.my/en/individual/about-us/about-manulife-malaysia.html SOURCE: Manulife Insurance Berhad FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Name: Asha Devi Manager, Brand & Communications Manulife Insurance Berhad Tel: (603) 2719 9294 Email: [email protected] --BERNAMA
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CYBERJAYA, Nov 27 (Bernama) -- Dagang NeXchange Berhad (“DNeX”) has announced its results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2020 (“3Q FY2020”), and the nine months period ended 30 September 2020 (“9M FY2020”).
During the quarter under review, DNeX’s revenue stood at RM50.5 million as compared to RM62.0 million in the previous year’s corresponding period (“3Q FY2019”). The softer performance was mainly due to spill over effects from the Movement Control Order earlier this year. Revenue from IT segment eased to RM32.5 million in 3Q2020 from RM45.1 million last year, on the back of lower progress billing due to slowdown on project implementations, and the absence of contribution from a one-off submarine cable laying and maintenance contract completed in the third quarter last year. Lesser trade transactions have also impacted revenue for trade facilitation & e-Commerce business. On the other hand, the Energy segment recorded a 6.3 per cent increase in revenue to RM18.0 million from RM16.9 million in 3Q FY2019. The IT division remained the anchor revenue contributor to the Group, representing 64 per cent of the Group’s 3Q FY2020 revenue while the remaining 36 per cent was from the Energy division. In 3Q FY2020, the Group incurred a one-off non-cash impairment loss totalling RM4.6 million. Subsequently, the Group registered a lower profit after tax and non-controlling interest (“PATNCI” or “Net profit”) of RM3.9 million in 3Q FY2020. For the nine-month period, the Group registered revenue of RM176.2 million and net loss of RM14.0 million. The weaker performance was mainly impacted by operational disruptions in first half of the year and the recognition of one-off non-cash impairment loss totalling RM35.9 million. Excluding the one-off items, DNeX managed to post an operating profit of RM12.7 million in 9M FY2020 despite the unprecedented business landscape. “Our focus in the third quarter was to accelerate the recovery progress and execute cost optimisation activities to strengthen the Group’s foothold. While there are more to be done, we are pleased to note that our efforts are gradually coming to fruition as seen in our improved operating profit in 3Q FY2020,” said Dato’ Sri Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir, Group Managing Director of DNeX. “Another notable development is the upward trend recorded in transaction volume from our largest revenue contributor, trade facilitation & e-Commerce business. The improvement signifies recovery in trade activities and the domestic economic condition. We believe the current market offers robust growth opportunities for DNeX as the public and private sectors are accelerating their digitalisation plans, especially in a Covid-19 pandemic reality when physical movements and physical contact are restricted,” he said. He said the company is well positioned as the digital trade facilitation partner for businesses and Government agencies towards improvements and efficiency in trade processes as well as ease of doing business in the country. The Group, he said, is especially looking at the small and medium enterprises (“SMEs”) segment in pushing adoption of digitalisation in their trade process aimed at helping SMEs stay competitive and sustainable. In the Energy segment, the company is looking to strengthen its business in servicing the oil and gas industry as well as completing a heads of agreement to enter the upstream sector to capitalise on capturing attractive producing brownfield assets that have become available under current market conditions. http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=38808 - How does it attack your business and how can you prevent it? - SINGAPORE, Nov 25 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Netpoleon Solutions Pte Ltd (hereinafter: Netpoleon), a leading provider of integrated security, networking solutions and value added services, publishes the report “Business Email Compromise (BEC): How does it attack your business and how can you prevent it?”. The report was written by Macnica Networks Corp. (hereinafter: Macnica Networks) that is the parent company of Netpoleon and analyzes threats targeting Asia’s organizations and provides security solutions in Japan. This report summarizes the reality of fraud, the flow from careful preparation to transfer to the account prepared by the attacker, the measures that we believe have a certain effect at this point in the system and accounting departments and the incident response required when faced with BEC. It is the result of an analysis based on many emails obtained by Macnica Networks. Macnica Networks has analyzed not only BEC email received by group affiliates of Macnica Group from 2015 to 2019, but also BEC email received by trading partners purporting to be from Macnica Group, as well as BEC cases handled through the incident response service provided by Macnica Networks and has exposed the methods used by attackers. Furthermore, with the cooperation of Itochu’s ITCCERT, which has provided analysis results regarding the daily BEC attacks on the Itochu Group, as it continues to expand around the world, we have now been able to shed even more light on the methods and identities of attackers. We should pay more attention to BEC. According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), within a period of less than five years from October 2013 to May 2018 the number of reported cases of business e-mail compromise (BEC) was a little less than 80,000, and the total cost of damages came to approximately 12.5 billion USD (approximately 1.4 trillion yen). [Examples]
Netpoleon will endeavor to contribute to cyber security measures by investigating, analyzing, and disclosing information on attacks. [URL for downloading the report] https://www.netpoleons.com/news/netpoleon-publishes-the-report-for-business-email-compromise-bec Netpoleon Company profile Netpoleon Group is a Value-Added Distributor (VAD) of Network Security products, headquartered in Singapore with various full-fledged offices across APAC region in Australia, India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. https://www.netpoleons.com/about-us.html * Company names mentioned in the text are registered trademarks or trademarks of each company. http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=38783 THE DAY I RAN CHINA II: EXPLORING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW SOCIALIST COUNTRYSIDE TO THE WORLD27/11/2020 CHANGSHA, China, Nov. 27, 2020 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/-- Co-produced by Mango Excellent Media, Mango TV and Discovery, the first transnational employment reality show named THE DAY I RAN CHINA II is now on hit. The show invited ten foreign youth with different nationalities, career and professional background to explore the "Kungfu" that China adopted for poverty alleviation in the countryside, and to witness the China's achievements in building a moderately prosperous society in 2020. It depicted a vivid image of China's economic development and building a moderately prosperous society through opening-up to the whole world. By visiting Hunan, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia, they traveled a long journey through coastland, inland, plateaus, basins, mountains and grasslands. These nine special poverty alleviation areas have become their training camp in practice. "RAN" is the keyword in this season. The show well presented the fruits of rural vitalization, on account of adopting measures according to local conditions and formulating suitable policies regarding poverty alleviation by extending their advantages and avoiding the disadvantages. A picture of poverty alleviation in China is being slowly revealed by presenting these nine areas. In Zhangyi county, Hunan province, the international youth experienced the life of "Internet farmer celebrity". Phones became their new farm tools, and broadcasting turned to be their new farm work. In Hani terrace in Yunnan province, they discovered the poverty alleviation model of tourism with local characteristics and witnessed how the agricultural heritage became alive. In the southern mountain area in Ningxia province, they learned why it is named as "The Land of Cold Vegetables in Western China". Over the years, Chinese farmers have always been working diligently and down-to-earth for their better future. THE DAY I RAN CHINA II presented the rich fruits of "targeted poverty alleviation" through the foreign youth's perspective and depicted a vivid view of China's prosperous society. It will help the whole world see and feel more of the extraordinary features and power of China. Source: Mango TV Image Attachments Links: Link: http://asianetnews.net/view-attachment?attach-id=378184 Caption: International employees in Hani terrace in Yunnan province Link: http://asianetnews.net/view-attachment?attach-id=378188 Caption: International employees are broadcasting with pop star Yuan Yonglin to support farmers. --BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 -- Haikou recently saw the opening of the three-day 2020 Hainan International Tourism Equipment Expo where various new equipment attracted widespread attention from tourists and citizens, alike.
These included intelligent manned autonomous flying machines, 360-degree transparent star gazing houses, unmanned sightseeing vehicles, autogiros and fixed-wing aircraft. According to the organising committee in a statement, this year's tourism equipment expo is themed, ‘New Tourism, New Equipment, New Development’. It set three major exhibition halls for high-end tourism transport equipment, tourism infrastructure equipment, and sports equipment for outdoor travel. There were also eight exhibition areas, covering smart travel, recreational vehicles and camping equipment, outdoor tourism facilities, recreation facilities, outdoor sports equipment, marine tourism equipment, low-altitude flying equipment, and national tourist destinations. Since the Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port was released, a large number of preferential policies have been implemented to vitalise development of global free trade ports. This provides new development opportunities for Hainan, promoting the high-quality development of the tourism industry, a pillar industry of Hainan Province. The emergence of new-format tourism products such as road trips, waterfront tourism, low-altitude sightseeing tourism, and outdoor sports has boosted market demands for high-end tourism equipment like recreational vehicles, yachts, low-flying aircraft, cable cars, and recreation facilities. Under this background, the 2020 Hainan International Tourism Equipment Expo was born at the right moment. -- BERNAMA |
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