KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 26): The Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) has urged industries to embark on circular economy (CE) practices as an integrated development concept for long-term economic growth, environmental protection and social inclusiveness.
Its deputy director-general Zahid Ismail said the CE is an economic model which aims to produce goods and services in a sustainable way by minimising consumption and waste of resources, as well as the production of waste.
“It goes beyond waste management and recycling,” he said in a statement today.
The CE also represents a systematic shift that builds long-term economic resilience, generate new businesses and economic opportunities, and provides environmental and societal benefits.
Ancom Berhad Group Human Resource director Phillip Karuppiah heads the Initiative Working Group tasked to forge a deeper collaboration between industry players and educational institutions.
IN light of the current working climate, it is imperative for new and existing members of the workforce to upskill themselves to remain relevant in their respective industries.
By upskilling ourselves, the productivity level in both private and public sectors would increase, thus improving Malaysia’s overall GDP.
In the 11th Malaysia Plan, the Malaysia Productivity Blueprint (MPB) which was launched in May 2017 targets to achieve 2.9% labour productivity growth per annum.
The private sector, in partnership with the Government, will be the key driver for this productivity agenda.
The architecture and engineering sectors are two important industries of the country.
Two agencies collaborated with the Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) to ensure the architecture and engineering industries remain competitive during the pandemic
The architecture and engineering industry are among the important sectors that continue to show an increase in productivity in contributing to economic transformation and national development.
Therefore, it is not surprising that these two sectors are important for the country and need to remain strong and competitive, especially in the face of the uncertain Covid-19 pandemic challenges at this time.
Under the Malaysia Productivity Blueprint (MPB), Professional Services has been identified as one of nine targeted industries covering architecture, accountancy, advertising, engineering, legal and management consultancy that require immediate priority.
08 Jan 2021 / 12:28 H.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8: Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) has successfully certified 88 companies and homestays with the Certificate of Compliance COVID-19 Adopt and Adhere Guidelines and relevant government standard operating procedure (SOP) at end-2020.
In a statement today, MPC said the certified companies included categories of travel agencies, adventure tourism operators, event management companies, event venues, homestays, and kampungstays, as well as tourism sites.
MPC through the Tourism Productivity Nexus (TPN) developed the initiative for tourism industry players in restarting and continuing their business operations and tourism activities in the face of the new normal.
MPC director-general Datuk Abdul Latif Abu Seman said the guidelines were developed to support the government’s efforts in ensuring businesses comply with the SOPs in preventing the spread of COVID-19.
The Miti team during a visit to Western Digital in Penang, as part of Miti’s key role in gathering insights on industries so good business policies can be in place.
EXTERNAL trade has continued to improve in November 2020, seeing a year-on-year increase of 4.3% to RM84.43bil compared to the corresponding period last year, thanks to higher exports to the United States, Singapore, China and Hong Kong.
Moreover, Malaysia recorded a total of RM109.8bil approved investments involving 2,935 projects in the manufacturing, services and primary sectors for the first nine months of this year, with the bulk 59.5% (RM65.3bil) coming from the manufacturing sector, followed by services at 39% (RM42.8bil) and the primary sector at 1.5% (RM1.7bil).