KUALA LUMPUR, 12 MAY 2020 – Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) Southeast Asia has appointed Ogilvy Malaysia as its public relations partner in Malaysia following a pitch held in early 2020.

Effective May 2020 for a period of three years, the appointment will see HKTB tapping the agency’s expertise in destination public relations to develop strategic communications campaigns reinforcing Hong Kong’s position as the travel destination of choice in Asia. Led by its PR & Influence team, Ogilvy Malaysia will work closely with HKTB’s regional and market teams based in Singapore and Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, 12 May 2020 - To support businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, Facebook and Instagram have lined up new features to direct people to gift cards from local businesses on the platforms and purchase them via select third party partner sites.

Facebook is testing a feature where people will be able to access gift cards from participating merchants in their cities through a “Support Local Businesses” promotion on Facebook. The gift cards are made possible through our partners, Fave and StoreHub who will share the value of the gift card minus their transaction fee with the participating merchant.

KUALA LUMPUR – May 12, 2020 - Accelerating the migration to electronic payments is a key part of Malaysia’s Financial Sector Blueprint, which charts the direction of the financial system over the next ten years, and consumers are right behind this according to the latest findings from Visa’s Consumer Payments Study[1]. More than seven in ten Malaysians are supportive for the country to become a cashless society and 62 percent believe it can be achieved within the next five years.

The top three benefits consumers believe a cashless society offers include tracking financial records easily, removing the hassle of having to queue at banks, and enabling the country to become more efficient.

KUALA LUMPUR, 9 May 2020 – The Business Events Council Malaysia (BECM) is appealing to the Malaysian Government to make a clear distinction between business events and mass gatherings with a view to establishing a restart date for this crucial economic sector. Currently, under the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) conferences and exhibitions are prohibited from taking place. 

The Chairman of BECM, Mr Alan Pryor, said that it was important that the Government understood that the business events industry can operate safely under comprehensive Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Malaysia’s business events venues and facilities can offer controlled environments combined with high quality operational standards to ensure the health and safety of people, which has always been and will continue to be, a primary concern of the business events industry. As such, the sector should not be subject to the mass gathering restrictions that apply to other large-scale events such as weddings, religious gatherings, sports events and concerts.