Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Air Negara (SPAN) is teaming up with
Shopee to encourage Malaysians to use water-efficient
products through the Jimat Air 1.0 campaign, from now to 31
December 2021.
Malaysian households will be provided with a RM200 voucher when buying
the selected water-efficient washing machines approved by
SPAN through the e-commerce platform. There are more than
200 types of washing machines carrying the “Jimat 1.0” tag for ease
of identification, to be featured in this campaign via a microsite.
The Jimat Air 1.0 microsite can be found in the Buy Malaysia in-app
portal on the Shopee app homepage. Users can also reachthe
microsite by typing “Jimat Air” or “SPAN on Shopee” at the search
bar.
Dato' Haji Ahmad Faizal bin Abdul Rahman, SPAN Chief Executive Officer said “Due to the increase of economic activities and population as
well as urbanization, clean water has already become a scarce commodity in the
country, therefore, it is important to educate the mindsets of Malaysians
towards water conservation. I am hoping that each Malaysian can gradually
reduce the amount of water that they consume daily through the awareness of
programs such as the Jimat Air 1.0 campaign. Our ultimate goal is to reduce the
country’s water consumption from the current 241 litre per capita per day, to
160 litre per capita per day by 2030.”
Kenneth Soh, Shopee Senior Manager (Marketing) said “Water plays an important role in our daily lives.
Everyone has their responsibility in ensuring sufficient resources for
years to come. Besides environmental conservation, consumers will not
only obtain the savings from the vouchers, but they will
eventually be benefitting from the reduction of their water bills. We
thank SPAN for allowing us to be a part of this campaignwhich has a lasting
impact not just on the lives of people but also the environment.”
For greater savings and a more rewarding experience, Malaysians can also
look for deals during the e-commerce platform’s 10.10 Brands Festival
which will take place from 20 September till 10 October 2021. The 10.10 Brands
Festival will be offering Free Shipping Vouchers with a minimum spend of RM10
and 50% off Big Brand Discounts, along with a chance to Tap and Win a
Toyota Vios. The lucky winner will be announced on 13 October 2021.
It
is D-1 before the Mid-Autumn Festival, or also known as Mooncake Festival. If
you haven’t gotten any mooncakes yet for yourself and your loved ones, don’t
panic!
Check
out ShopeePay’s Jom Cari Mooncake campaign that offers mouth-watering cashbacks
when you purchase mooncakes from various brands and F&B merchant partners.
All you have to do is get the ShopeePay Voucher for 1 sen via the Shopee App
and head over to the respective outlet to enjoy the cashback when you pay with
ShopeePay.
Here
are some ideas on where you can do your last-minute mooncake shopping:
Tea
Garden
If
traditional mooncakes have always been your cup of tea, then check out the
classic handmade mooncakes at Tea Garden. They come in various fillings such as
lotus paste with single or double yolk, red bean, mixed nuts and black sesame.
Purchase the ShopeePay Voucher for 1 sen to enjoy RM5 cashback when you spend a
minimum of RM10 at Tea Garden. The voucher will be valid for seven days from
the date of purchase.
RT
Pastry House
Shanghai
mooncakes are ones with a crumbly, flaky texture which are just as good as
traditional mooncakes. You can find them at RT Pastry House and be spoiled for
choice with their unique assortment of red dates, yam, yuzu and more. It gets
better with the RM4 cashback when you spend a minimum spend of RM10 with
ShopeePay.
BaWangChaJi
Looking
to try something different this year? How about tea-flavoured mooncakes?
Specialist tea beverages provider, BaWangChaJi launched its first exclusive
mooncake tea gift set in collaboration with PARK-IN BINGSUTT, a Hong Kong
inspired café virtual pop-up store. Available in a set of three, the mooncakes
come in Matcha Lava, Salted Egg Lava and BaWangChaJi’s signature drink, White
Peach Oolong Milk Tea flavours. Don’t miss the chance to enjoy a RM4 cashback
with a minimum spend of RM10 on these limited edition BaWangChaJi
mooncakes.
Häagen-Dazs
Can’t
decide between ice-cream or mooncakes? Now, you can have the best of both
worlds with Häagen-Dazs’ delectable ice-cream mooncakes in chocolate, green tea
or fruity flavours. Available in five different combinations - Twinkle Night
Mix, Twinkle Fruity, Choco Moonlight, Greeny Moonlight and Harmony Moonlight,
enjoy RM5 off with a minimum spend of RM20 with the 1 sen ShopeePay Voucher
(valid for seven days from the date of purchase) at any Häagen-Dazs’
outlets.
FamilyMart
Attention
to all Hello Kitty fans! FamilyMart together with Good Chen, the manufacturer
of traditional oriental biscuits, are bringing two adorable Hello Kitty-themed
mooncake sets to town (only available at selected outlets). The Hello Kitty
Strawberryland Music Tin Box comes with four delicious mooncakes: Bamboo
Charcoal White Lotus with Salted Egg Lava, Durian Lotus with Musang King Lava,
White Lotus Double Yolks and Pandan White Lotus Single Yolk. The other is the
Hello Kitty Fun Forever Cooler Bag set which comes with five snowskin mooncakes
consisting of Royal Bird’s Nest Nourishing Mooncake, two Musang King Durian
Mooncakes, one Coco Diva and an Uji-Matcha Red Bean with Cookies. Enjoy a
cashback of RM3 with a minimum spend of RM5 when you pay with ShopeePay.
Voucher is valid for three days after purchase.
Lavender
You
will be spoilt for choice with the various types of mooncakes that Lavender
Bakery is offering. If you are adventurous, check out the sensational lava core
filled with creamy salted duck yolks, white lotus bamboo charcoal, durian
lotus, green tea lotus, red bean strawberry, sesame white bean, white lotus
banana with single yolk and many more. Get 40% cashback (capped at RM4) with no
minimum spend via the 1 sen ShopeePay Voucher. It is valid for seven days from
the date of purchase.
Happy Malaysia Day! ATLAS Vending, Malaysia’s biggest vending machine supplier is looking
to make Malaysia Day more meaningful with their new Sapot SME campaign,
featuring a multibrand collaboration involving 13 SMEs, each from a different
state in Malaysia.
In partnership with ATLAS Vending, each SME will place
Halal-certified local favourites in ATLAS Vending’s machines located at the
KLIA Ekspres Departure Hall in KL Sentral.
The SMEs will be able to use the vending machines rent-free with free refilling services for the next three months starting from mid-September onwards.
The Sapot SME campaign is the first phase in ATLAS Vending’s upcoming rollout of the new ATLAS Minit Mart concept which is set to offer an expanded range of products via the vending machines.
This initiative is in line with ATLAS Vending’s effort to support
local SMEs affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this collaboration, the 13 SMEs will be able to
use the vending machines to expand market access, reaching a wider audience by
offering convenient purchase of their products around the clock from the
vending machines. To protect customers passing through the KL Sentral travel
hub during the pandemic, ATLAS Vending has also installed 99.99% effective UV
light disinfection on the high-contact keypad. To further keep customers safe
from UV light exposure, the UV light disinfection feature will be disabled if
people are detected nearby by the motion sensors on the machine.
The brands participating in this campaign are Madina Food (Perlis), Nature's
Fresh (Kedah), Yee Hup Hiong Piah (Perak), TalentCook (Penang), TFN (Selangor),
myEureka (Melaka), Rehan (Negeri Sembilan), Azhar Food (Johor), Tokey Sambal
Hitam (Pahang), Anopokku (Terengganu), Akifcafe (Kelantan), Heera Enterprise
(Sabah) and Lee Fah Mee (Sarawak).
“At ATLAS Vending, in conjunction with Malaysia Day, we wanted to do
something to benefit our fellow Malaysians impacted by the pandemic. We found
that many local entrepreneurs had to scale back their business plans, amidst
challenges of stock logistics, rental costs and shortened operation hours, so
we proposed to offer our vending machines as automated retail channels to help
them expand their reach. We chose Sapot SME as the theme for the
campaign as the SME Association of Malaysia found that 100,000 SMEs have closed
their business since the first Movement Control Order (MCO) on 18 March 2020
and another 50,000 SMEs are at risk of shutting down their business if our
current MCO 3.0 is extended further[1].
Through the Sapot
SME campaign, we hope to celebrate the Malaysian spirit by supporting
entrepreneurs across the country and their determination to survive,” said
Amy Gan, Head of Marketing & Ancillary Business, ATLAS Vending.
Expanding Accessibility To Hometown Favourites
With the ongoing pandemic, many Malaysians living in the Klang Valley
may be missing the opportunity to stock up on hometown favourites or other products they often purchase
during domestic travels. Through the Sapot SMEcampaign, ATLAS Vending is offering an additional channel for
Malaysians to conveniently access products from different states, from
their vending machines.
Chai Chin Siew, Marketing Manager of Lee Fah Mee Sdn Bhd based in
Sarawak said, “As a Sarawak-based manufacturer and
exporter of dried and instant noodles, this pandemic has slowed down our
expansion plan into West Malaysia. When ATLAS Vending approached us for the Sapot
SME campaign, deciding to participate was an easy decision to make. Our
products are local Sarawakian favourites and thanks to ATLAS Vending, our
instant noodles and snacks like our Sarawak Laksa Chips can now be accessed
through a new channel, not only by Sarawakians who have not been home due to
the pandemic but also by other Malaysians who have yet to try them! This campaign
is definitely a great Malaysia Day gift for us.”
“For some of our partners, they may have reduced their physical
presence due to loss of income. By embracing technology and placing their
products in ATLAS Vending’s machines, they now have new market access options
and new ways to promote their products. We want to help SMEs resume their
business activities and also embrace the new normal in doing business. While
the pandemic is ongoing, we also want to protect consumers by arming all 13
vending machines with 99.99% effective UV light disinfection on the
commonly-touched keypads,” Gan said.
"We have been in the online market since 2017 and have not
explored a physical sales channel so far. Being able to sell our products
physically via our very own vending machine in the heart of Kuala Lumpur,
provided by ATLAS Vending, is a meaningful milestone. This opportunity from
ATLAS Vending has enabled us to expand beyond our current market, and we hope
it will lead to growth in sales that will in turn allow us to survive this
pandemic and expand in the future,” shared Khairril Adhzaha Awahab, Founder of Tokey
Sambal Hitam, supplier and producer of Sambal Hitam from Pahang.
Tan Ai Leen, Director of Epic Food Manufacturing, the Penang-based
manufacturer of TalentCook, said, “Our mission is to share our ethnic
food with consumers globally and enable Malaysians to enjoy their favourite
Penang foods anytime, anywhere. ATLAS Vending has taken our dream one step
further with their vending machines that offer Klang Valley consumers another
convenient way to make purchases. We would recommend other SMEs to consider
placing their own products in vending machines!”
“Sapot SME is just the first phase in our planned introduction
of new vending machines across Malaysia that will offer much more than the
commonly sold drinks and snacks. Through the introduction of the ATLAS Minit
Mart vending machines, Malaysian consumers will be able to access a 24-hour
automated source of products they used to buy in convenience stores and mini
markets.
From instant noodles to sambal and pastes and spices for cooking, to a
wide range of local fried snacks, dried fruits and even popcorn and brownies,
and on to products like ice blended milkshakes, the products offered through
the Minit Mart will transform the concept of vending machines in the minds of
Malaysians,” Gan further elaborated.
The Sapot SME campaign is supported by Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd
(ERLSB) as the official venue partner, lending help to strengthen SMEs through
this meaningful initiative in conjunction with Malaysia Day. Check out the 13
vending machines located in KL Sentral to explore local favourites from SMEs
participating in the Sapot SME campaign.
Each vending
machine has been decorated with design elements to reflect each state’s
identity. Let’s celebrate Malaysia by choosing to Sapot SME and support
each other.
As they say, #KitaJagaKita. Other SMEs interested to be part of the
ATLAS Vending Sapot SME campaign can contact ATLAS Vending via their hotline
at 1300-1300-61, Facebook
or visit their Website for more contact options.
Pfizer
today officially launched Zavicefta® a novel combination antibiotic developed
to treat serious Gram-negative bacterial infections requiring hospitalisation,
in Malaysia.
Zavicefta® is a combination of ceftazidime, a third-generation antipseudomonal cephalosporin and avibactam, a beta-lactamase inhibitor.
Zavicefta® has a well-established efficacy and safety profile.
In Malaysia,
Zavicefta® is indicated for the treatment of adults 18 years and above with
complicated intra-abdominal infection (cIAI) in combination with metronidazole,
complicated urinary tract infection (cUTI) including pyelonephritis, and
Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP), including Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
(VAP)[1].
“The
launch of Zavicefta® reaffirms Pfizer’s commitment to addressing the threat of
antimicrobial resistance through antibiotics research and development of a more
robust antibiotics pipeline. To help patients facing serious infectious
diseases, Zavicefta® was developed to address difficult-to-treat Gram-negative
bacteria, many of which have become increasingly resistant to currently available
antibiotics,” said Dr Jerusha
Naidoo, Country Medical Director for Malaysia at Pfizer.
“Early
adequate antibiotic therapy is crucial for patients with serious Gram-negative
infections, to avoid increased healthcare utilisation, cost and mortality. We
hope Malaysians will be able to benefit from Zavicefta® when needed,” she
added. Failure to treat early and appropriately has been associated with poor
outcomes in patients with serious Gram-negative infections, although early
treatment must consider patient risk factors as well as local epidemiology.
“Today,
antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health, impacting
our ability to treat serious infections and provide standard medical procedures,
and influencing public healthcare outcomes and costs. Antimicrobial medicines,
especially antibiotics, are among the most precious medical resources the world
has ever known, but more and more incidents of resistant infections are being
reported, including by Gram-negative bacteria,” commented Dato' Dr Mahiran
Mustafa, Consultant Infectious Disease Physician and National Head, Infectious
Disease Discipline, Ministry of Health Malaysia.
She said all stakeholders will need to
play their part if there is to be any significant headway in mitigating the
threat of antimicrobial resistance.
“Healthcare providers will need to
prescribe antibiotics appropriately and adequately, while members of the public
will need to use antibiotics responsibly. The efforts of the pharmaceutical
industry is key and we appreciate the leading role Pfizer plays in global antimicrobial
R&D and stewardship.”
Meanwhile,
infectious disease physician Dr Asok Kurup shared, “For multifactorial reasons
including inappropriate antibiotic use and poor infection control standards,
antibiotic resistance has become a major threat in healthcare settings
universally, and our region is not spared.
Gram-negative bacteria in particular
are becoming more resistant not only to typical antibiotics but also
broad-spectrum ones like Carbapenems. Infections implicating these multidrug
resistant organisms (MDRO) are associated with higher morbidity, mortality and
cost compared with susceptible infections. Moreover, there is an imperative to
treat these infections early to prevent adverse outcomes.
Up until recently,
managing these difficult to treat infections have been very challenging given
inadequacies of available therapeutic agents, or toxicities.
Pfizer’s commitment to tackling
antimicrobial resistance
Pfizer
takes a multi-pronged approach to tackling antimicrobial resistance, developing
vaccines that help prevent infections and reducing the need for antibiotics
that may result in resistant strains, while also actively developing
anti-infectives and working with partners to close critical prevention and
treatment gaps in infectious disease around the globe.
In addition, Pfizer offers
one of the largest and most accessible AMR surveillance programmes in the
world, called the Antimicrobial Testing Leadership and Surveillance (ATLAS)
database – the only platform that provides public access to both antifungal and
antibacterial resistance data through a single resource, enabling decision
makers to adapt stewardship and infection control and prevention programmes.
Pfizer is also one of the leading contributors to the AMR Action Fund, a collaboration
among more than 20 biopharmaceutical companies that aims to bring 2-4 new
antibiotics to patients by 2030 through collaboration between pharmaceutical
companies, philanthropies, development banks and multilateral organisations.
For more information on Pfizer's antimicrobial stewardship and efforts to improve the antibiotics pipeline,
