PETALING JAYA: The government’s move to grant local artistes a full entertainment tax exemption in the Federal Territories is a step forward but the same should be accorded to international performers, say industry players.
KUALA LUMPUR: Twelve personalities from the local corporate scene were shortlisted for the finals of the Malaysian chapter of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award last night. In the event co-hosted by Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia, the 12 were nominated for four categories by a panel of judges guided by a set of judging criteria applied globally under the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year programme. The nominees for the Master Entrepreneur category are Andrew Reddy of Chaswood Resources Sdn Bhd, Brandon Tay of Guan Chong Bhd, Datuk Liaw Choon Liang of Focus Point Holdings Bhd and Dr Chia Song Kun of QL Resources Bhd. For the Women Entrepreneur category, the three shortlisted are Selangor Dredging Bhd’s Teh Lip Kim, Lisa Fong of Oscar Footwear Marketing Sdn Bhd and Sunlight Taxi Group’s Choi Wei Yee. In the Technology Entrepreneur category, Norman Abdul Halim of Kru Studios Sdn Bhd is among the three shortlisted for the final round. The other two are Wong
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IQIYI International has tied up with Malaysia s National Film Development Corporation (FINAS) for a month-long anti-piracy campaign called #JanganTontonHaram. The campaign aims to galvanise a public movement around addressing content theft and digital piracy, bringing consumers into the heart of tackling one of the leading threats to Malaysia’s rapidly growing entertainment industry.
The company s country manager for Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, Dinesh Ratnam, said #JanganTontonHaram is a grassroots approach to combating content theft and digital piracy and is a digital-led campaign centred around several pillar initiatives.
IQIYI and FINAS will work together with Yusof Haslam, Namron, Adrian Teh, Syazwan Zulkifly, Bront Palarae, Amelia Henderson, Daniella Sya and other actors and producers for a series of public service announcement videos and social media activations designed to rally their fan base and drive partici