The virtual PLF CEO Forum 2021 came to a grand close on 21st October with a Closing Keynote Address by former Prime Minister and PLF Honorary President, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. In a speech that was broadcast live to the Forum, “Top Priorities for an Improved Future”, Tun remarked how the Covid-19 pandemic has changed lives in Malaysia and the world, as well as necessitated new solutions.
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Mr Eddin Khoo, Founder-Director, PUSAKA
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Mr Reza Ghazali, Client Partner & the Head of ASEAN, Pederson & Partners
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Mr Sudev Bangah, Managing Director, IDC ASEAN
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Mr Firdaos Rosli, Chief Economist, Malaysian Rating Corp Bhd (MARC)
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Datuk Dr Hamzah Kassim, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The iA Group
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Mr Nigel Wong, Honorary Secretary-General, ASEAN Tourism Association (ASEANTA)
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IT’S WAY PAST TIME FOR US TO ACT TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT
Sunway’s Centre for Planetary Health’s newly appointed Executive Director, Tan Sri Dr Jemilah Mahmood, or Dr Jim as she prefers to be called, is no stranger to crises. The founder and former CEO of humanitarian NGO Mercy Malaysia, Dr Jim has been to locations devastated by war, famine, and natural disasters, and has seen her share of hardships. Now, however, the scale of the devastation that is under way is global and we cannot return to “business as usual”.
“The business-as-usual attitude that has spanned entire generations, is one the main reasons that the pandemic happened in the first place, with zoonotic leaks spurred on by the human-created, human-generated imbalances in our relationship with the natural ecosystem,” Tan Sri pointed out in her keynote address at the CEO Forum, “The Environmental Imperative and What It Means for Businesses”. Read More “CEO FORUM 2021: KEYNOTE SPEECH 3”
THERE IS NO RETURN TO “BUSINESS AS USUAL”
Where does the Malaysian economy stand in terms of its recovery and what are government plans for its way forward? Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, YB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed, addressed these questions in his remarks on “Shifting the Malaysian Economy into Higher Gear: Statistics, Strategy, and Action” at the Forum.
Covid-19 has Prepared Malaysia for Future Pandemics
The Covid-19 pandemic thrust the Ministry of Health to the fore with the public depending on the rapid response of the Ministry in dispensing care, treatment, and advice. The pandemic was the first in recent history to cause global alarm, and while Malaysia had painful lessons to learn in the midst, there were also successes.
Given the country’s experience in dealing with Covid-19, the Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Health, Datuk Dr Hishamshah Mohd Ibrahim, representing Tan Sri Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, the Director- General of Health, had plenty of wisdom to draw on in his keynote address, “Lessons Learned from Malaysia’s Battle Against Covid-19”.
