KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- Due to the ongoing pandemic, Malaysian Financial Planning Council (“MFPC” or the “Council”) has virtually organized its sixteenth Annual General Meeting (“16th AGM”) and this allow our National Council members, MFPC members, Chartered Promoter Organisation (ChPO), Financial Services Organisation (FSO), Chartered Financial Services Institution (ChFSI) and proxies alike to participate remotely, ask questions and approved all the agendas proposed during the meeting.
The AGM brought up one of the important note on how MFPC found its way to provide their programmes through a Learning Management System (LMS). During this unprecedented time of Covid-19, MFPC have fast-tracked and launched the LMS to ensure members can attend a series of free programmes; and paid professional courses and CPD programmes at the reasonable and affordable rate. The Digital Membership Card (eID) was also implemented effective 1 July for professional membership verification; and at the same time to reduce the usage of plastic and papers. In addition, the Council has also commenced My Money & Me workshops, a series of online learning programme that made available in different zones to ensure youths and public alike could follow our financial planning talk sessions at https://www.gokelas.com/course/mymoney/.
During the meeting, the Council has announced the conferment of Associate Membership for individuals who have passed a modular examination of the Registered Financial Planner (RFP) or Shariah RFP programme; and for individuals who have supported the Council and/or registered for the professional programme but yet to obtain an examination grade shall be categorised as Affiliate Member. The Council feels it is only appropriate and conceded in professional field by implementing this professional affiliation.
The Council hopes to motivate financial practitioners to pursue professional education; and continuously better their professional practise and offering advisory services to their clients and consumer at large. This is important because we want them to be professional while maintaining relevancy and competence level set in MFPC’s Code of Ethics. This ensure that our financial practitioners who adhere to the code act with integrity, competence, diligence, respect and in an ethical manner while engaging with their clients.
MFPC President Vincent Kwo in his speech said, “at MFPC, we make sure that our members continuously acquire, maintain and use the standards of knowledge and due care relevant to their role as a financial planning professional and to meet guidelines and rules set by the authorities and relevant self-regulatory organizations.”
The Council led by Vincent Kwo will continue its service from 2019 – 2021. The AGM was broadcasted live from MFPC office in Mont Kiara and only critical individuals involved in conducting the AGM were physically present at the broadcast venue, while obeying to the standard health and safety operating procedures (SOP) for businesses during the recovery movement control order (RMCO).
Interested individuals may refer https://mfpc.org.my/ for programmes offered at MFPC and register at https://1st.mfpc.org.my/
SOURCE : Malaysian Financial Planning Council
Wednesday 26 August 2020
ALTERNATIVE WAY OF LEARNING FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMME AFTER PANDEMIC ENSUES
Thursday 6 August 2020
AIRLINERATINGS.COM LAUNCHES COVID-19 RATINGS
PERTH, Australia, Aug. 6, 2020 / Medianet International-AsiaNet/--
An unsettled world means traveling safely is now of paramount importance and significant new services from AirlineRatings.com allow you to take the worry out of choosing an airline.
We answer the questions on everyone's lips: which airlines have implemented full COVID-19 protocols and which airlines' pilots have been trained correctly?
In two industry firsts, the world's only safety, and product rating website is giving passengers greater peace of mind with a refined safety rating system focused on passenger health during COVID-19 and an insight into crucial flight outcomes on hundreds of carriers.
For a COVID-19 compliance star, airlines must pass four of six criteria:
website information on COVID-19 procedures; face masks for passengers; personal protection equipment for crew; modified meal service; deep clean of aircraft; and social distancing on boarding.
Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas said that "it was concerning to find than many airlines did not appear to comply with the COVID-19 agreed standards for protection of passengers and crew."
"That is changing and our team is reviewing compliance on a weekly basis," said Thomas.
While introducing the COVID-19 rating, AirlineRatings.com has refined its rating system to focus on serious incidents as a guide to an airline's operational performance and pilot training.
In an industry first Airline Ratings has examined over 11,000 serious incident reports since 2015 to arrive at an incident rating for airlines. Incidents and crashes account for five of its seven-star ratings.
Completion or compliance of audits – ICAO, IOSA, EU black list and FAA restricted list – make up an additional star.
Commenting Thomas said: "There is growing concern industry wide at some pilot performance issues and we have evolved our rating system to put greater focus on outcomes."
"In some recent crashes, pilots have either shown total disregard for ATC instructions, ignored repeated cockpit warnings or ignored company procedures – or, in one case, all three."
"The fake pilot's license scandal has also brought into sharp focus that in some parts of the world getting a pilot's license can be subject to abuse."
About:
AirlineRatings.com (https://www.airlineratings.com/) rates the safety and in-flight product of 380 airlines. It is used by millions of passengers and is the industry standard for ratings.
For more:
Geoffrey Thomas
+61-417-936-610
Geoffrey.thomas@AirlineRatings.com
Twitter: @Airline_ratings
SOURCE: AirlineRatings.com
An unsettled world means traveling safely is now of paramount importance and significant new services from AirlineRatings.com allow you to take the worry out of choosing an airline.
We answer the questions on everyone's lips: which airlines have implemented full COVID-19 protocols and which airlines' pilots have been trained correctly?
In two industry firsts, the world's only safety, and product rating website is giving passengers greater peace of mind with a refined safety rating system focused on passenger health during COVID-19 and an insight into crucial flight outcomes on hundreds of carriers.
For a COVID-19 compliance star, airlines must pass four of six criteria:
website information on COVID-19 procedures; face masks for passengers; personal protection equipment for crew; modified meal service; deep clean of aircraft; and social distancing on boarding.
Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas said that "it was concerning to find than many airlines did not appear to comply with the COVID-19 agreed standards for protection of passengers and crew."
"That is changing and our team is reviewing compliance on a weekly basis," said Thomas.
While introducing the COVID-19 rating, AirlineRatings.com has refined its rating system to focus on serious incidents as a guide to an airline's operational performance and pilot training.
In an industry first Airline Ratings has examined over 11,000 serious incident reports since 2015 to arrive at an incident rating for airlines. Incidents and crashes account for five of its seven-star ratings.
Completion or compliance of audits – ICAO, IOSA, EU black list and FAA restricted list – make up an additional star.
Commenting Thomas said: "There is growing concern industry wide at some pilot performance issues and we have evolved our rating system to put greater focus on outcomes."
"In some recent crashes, pilots have either shown total disregard for ATC instructions, ignored repeated cockpit warnings or ignored company procedures – or, in one case, all three."
"The fake pilot's license scandal has also brought into sharp focus that in some parts of the world getting a pilot's license can be subject to abuse."
About:
AirlineRatings.com (https://www.airlineratings.com/) rates the safety and in-flight product of 380 airlines. It is used by millions of passengers and is the industry standard for ratings.
For more:
Geoffrey Thomas
+61-417-936-610
Geoffrey.thomas@AirlineRatings.com
Twitter: @Airline_ratings
SOURCE: AirlineRatings.com
SOKA GAKKAI CALLS FOR ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, URGES RATIFICATION OF UN NUCLEAR BAN TREATY ON 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF ATOMIC BOMBING
TOKYO, Aug. 6, 2020 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ --
On August 6, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soka Gakkai Buddhist organization put out a statement calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons and the early entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
The Soka Gakkai pledges to exert all efforts for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons and also urges the Japanese government to move toward participation in the TPNW, stating, "At this deeply significant juncture, the government of Japan, the only country to have suffered atomic bombings during war, should announce its readiness to consider participation in the TPNW, thus positively shaping the discourse on the elimination of nuclear weapons within the international community."
In the statement, Yoshiki Tanigawa, chair of the Soka Gakkai Council on Peace Issues, states, "In recent years, there are signs that a nuclear arms race among the nuclear-weapon states is again intensifying. At the same time, the global spread of the novel coronavirus has demonstrated that military force is incapable of resolving global challenges, compelling us to confront the question of what constitutes authentic security for human beings."
See full statement at https://www.sgi.org/in-focus/press-releases/75th-anniversary-hiroshima-and-nagasaki.html
On August 6 and 8 respectively, the Soka Gakkai in Hiroshima and Nagasaki will hold online meetings to listen to testimonies of hibakusha, the survivors of the atomic bombings. Over the past year, youth members in these areas have continued to collect testimonies of wartime experiences, including those of hibakusha, aiming to publish the latest volume this fall. The Soka Gakkai in Japan will also hold an online youth summit toward the renunciation of war in September.
At the global level, the SGI (Soka Gakkai International), with around 200 organizations of different faith backgrounds, including Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Jewish, Muslim and indigenous traditions, has signed a Joint Interfaith Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The statement affirms that "the presence of even one nuclear weapon violates the core principles of our different faith traditions and threatens the unimaginable destruction of everything we hold dear." It lays out the environmental, health and economic consequences of a nuclear explosion and urges governments to ratify the TPNW. This is the twelfth such interfaith statement issued since 2014, supported by a growing number of faith groups.
Read the statement here: https://20561860-86b7-4801-a5d6-af3a3b4e6a59.filesusr.com/ugd/dca5da_26cbc5f57ae94e36a3394ff914d00893.pdf
The Soka Gakkai is a global Buddhist organization with 12 million members around the world that promotes peace, culture and education. The Soka Gakkai has worked toward the abolition of nuclear weapons for 60 years, since the Declaration Calling for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons issued by second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda on September 8, 1957.
Source: Soka Gakkai
On August 6, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soka Gakkai Buddhist organization put out a statement calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons and the early entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
The Soka Gakkai pledges to exert all efforts for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons and also urges the Japanese government to move toward participation in the TPNW, stating, "At this deeply significant juncture, the government of Japan, the only country to have suffered atomic bombings during war, should announce its readiness to consider participation in the TPNW, thus positively shaping the discourse on the elimination of nuclear weapons within the international community."
In the statement, Yoshiki Tanigawa, chair of the Soka Gakkai Council on Peace Issues, states, "In recent years, there are signs that a nuclear arms race among the nuclear-weapon states is again intensifying. At the same time, the global spread of the novel coronavirus has demonstrated that military force is incapable of resolving global challenges, compelling us to confront the question of what constitutes authentic security for human beings."
See full statement at https://www.sgi.org/in-focus/press-releases/75th-anniversary-hiroshima-and-nagasaki.html
On August 6 and 8 respectively, the Soka Gakkai in Hiroshima and Nagasaki will hold online meetings to listen to testimonies of hibakusha, the survivors of the atomic bombings. Over the past year, youth members in these areas have continued to collect testimonies of wartime experiences, including those of hibakusha, aiming to publish the latest volume this fall. The Soka Gakkai in Japan will also hold an online youth summit toward the renunciation of war in September.
At the global level, the SGI (Soka Gakkai International), with around 200 organizations of different faith backgrounds, including Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Jewish, Muslim and indigenous traditions, has signed a Joint Interfaith Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The statement affirms that "the presence of even one nuclear weapon violates the core principles of our different faith traditions and threatens the unimaginable destruction of everything we hold dear." It lays out the environmental, health and economic consequences of a nuclear explosion and urges governments to ratify the TPNW. This is the twelfth such interfaith statement issued since 2014, supported by a growing number of faith groups.
Read the statement here: https://20561860-86b7-4801-a5d6-af3a3b4e6a59.filesusr.com/ugd/dca5da_26cbc5f57ae94e36a3394ff914d00893.pdf
The Soka Gakkai is a global Buddhist organization with 12 million members around the world that promotes peace, culture and education. The Soka Gakkai has worked toward the abolition of nuclear weapons for 60 years, since the Declaration Calling for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons issued by second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda on September 8, 1957.
Source: Soka Gakkai
Wednesday 5 August 2020
Hyland reports significant increase in cloud services among organisations
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 4 -- Hyland, a content services provider for global organisations, has reported a significant increase in the number of organisations moving content services to the cloud.
Having recently launched Foundation versions of many of its key products including OnBase, which offer more flexibility and frequent updates, Hyland has seen growth in the number of organisations deploying content services in the cloud, especially in the commercial enterprise and banking sectors.
Rather than rolling out software upgrades on an annual basis, and relying on customers to update their platform every year or two, Hyland’s Foundation versions provide regular updates on a more frequent basis in the form of enhancement packs.
According to a statement, all Hyland Cloud solutions are fully managed by the company, and therefore subject to stringent security and quality measures.
“We take full responsibility for the software, including application delivery, so it is critical for us to provide a fast, smooth, safe service with an exceptionally high uptime,” said Hyland APAC director, Eugene Chng.
Moving content services solutions to the cloud also provides flexibility for companies during times of change, making it easy to scale up or down as needed.
Hyland offerings such as Brainware intelligent capture, Content Composer for customer communications management and ShareBase for cloud-based sharing and collaborating can be added or removed quickly and efficiently, as circumstances dictate.
More details at https://www.hyland.com/en-SG
-- BERNAMA
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