Sarawak Energy partners UN Global Compact on SMEs sustainability toolkit

KUCHING: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) wishing to incorporate sustainability best practices into their operations will now find it easier with the SME-Sustainable Development Goals (SME-SDG) toolkit, a step-by-step guide to help SMEs approach sustainability. Sarawak Energy Bhd (Sarawak Energy), in collaboration with United Nations (UN) Global Compact Malaysia and Brunei, launched the SME-SDG toolkit […]

Motac, Statos to jump-start Singaporean tourist arrivals

KUCHING: The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac) and the Sarawak Trade & Tourism Office Sarawak (Statos) are engineering a partnership to revive Singaporean tourist arrivals to Sarawak, with full reactivation to begin once the Covid-19 pandemic is over. Motac and Statos will explore ways to tap the lucrative Singaporean market, with further tinkering […]

Finas partners TVS and will fund its works

KUCHING: The National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (Finas) has agreed to accept TVS as a strategic partner and will fund its published works through the Creative Industry Immediate Economic Action Plan (Pelaksana) initiative. In a statement on Thursday, Finas said this was one of the key decisions made during a meeting chaired by its chairman […]

Aiding families via team work

MIRI: Over 70 Curtin undergraduates recently partnered with the Dayak Bidayuh National Association (DBNA) Miri branch to help needy families. This group of final year degree students from the varsity here are those taking the General Studies or Mata Pelajaran Umum (MPU) Team Leadership and Community Service unit. Their partnership with DBNA is for the […]

TikTok confirms proposed deal with Oracle, Walmart for US business

NEW YORK: Popular video app TikTok announced Saturday it had prepared a deal with Oracle as its US technology provider and Walmart as a commercial partner, the day before a federal ban was to go into effect against the Chinese-owned platform. “We are pleased that the proposal by TikTok, Oracle, and Walmart will resolve the […]

Mukah businesses interested in KGC partnership

MUKAH: Businesses in this town are excited when they learned about strategic partners’ possibility pertaining to the Kenyalang Gold Card (KGC) initiative implemented by the Sarawak government last year. A few business owners were approached on Tuesday (Aug 11) to find out how much they knew about the KGC. They were briefed about the benefits […]

Partnership to help small businesses

KUCHING: United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd (UOB Malaysia) partnered with leading business technology company StoreHub to help food and beverage (F&B) small businesses reduce operational costs amid the growing demand for online food delivery services. The bank’s F&B small business customers can digitalise their food ordering operations, and save costs when using StoreHub’s tablet-based retail […]

No Kenyalang Gold Card partners in Sibu?

SIBU: Kenyalang Gold Card holders here are finding the card redundant as there are no participating businesses here. They want the authorities concerned to look into the matter. A public member, Pauline Ho, said there were even some hesitated to collect their card after being told by other card holders that they could not enjoy […]

Astro expands its broadband services with Allo partnership

KUALA LUMPUR: Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd (Astro) and Tenaga Nasional Bhd’s (TNB) wholly-owned subsidiary Allo Technology Sdn Bhd (Allo) have announced a strategic partnership where Astro will offer its unique bundled broadband and content offering to new and existing residential areas connected by Allo. In a statement today, Astro group chief executive officer (CEO) Henry Tan said the offering, which […]