Digitally enabled Tourism – The age of Post Covid-19

As businesses worked hard to survive and stay afloat in this Covid-19 pandemic while adhering to new social norms, this has caused the acceleration of digitisation and digitalisation. According to data gathered in Oliver Wyman's report (2020), 66% of people opted to use lesser physical cash transactions and prefer contactless solutions. Whereby 45% of them are ready to use biometric identification rather than a physical passport.

Understanding how the carbon market can be an effective way to improve greenhouse gas emissions

The Ministry of Environment and Water (KASA) proposal on developing voluntary carbon market (VCM) guidelines was approved at the Cabinet meeting on September 17, 2021. The VCM Guideline serves as a reference source for all stakeholders, including state governments and private sector players, who wish to participate in carbon credit trading at an international level. The main purpose of the VCM guidelines is to ensure that the country's interest in climate change reporting and the country's greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction commitments will not be compromised.

​​Project: Financial Modelling & Funding Strategy for Medical Devices Manufacturing Business

The Client has been servicing the Medical Device Industry worldwide for more than two decades and is recognized globally as an industry leader in providing medical packaging solutions. Since its inception in 1994 the group has grown steadily, undergoing expansion with manufacturing facilities located in Ireland, Poland and Malaysia. Their ISO Class 8 cleanroom production facilities house all manufacturing capabilities, ensuring that they remain at the very highest levels of quality and service at all times.

Catch Harish Subramaniam, Head of 27Digital at 2021 5G Tech panel discussion: Boosting Business and Industry with 5G.

Desmond Teo is an Analyst in 27Group’s Kuala Lumpur office. His focus is mainly on consulting assignments for corporate clients and public sector policy planning that involves the digital side of operation at national and regional level.

Prior to joining 27Group, Desmond’s consulting experiences have been mainly on the digital technology and tourism segments, assisting multiple clients in conducting in-depth market research and formulating economic development blueprints for state-level planning.

Do you feel productive working from home?
Not at 100% output as in-person human guidance is necessary to work effectively, especially when one is new in the organisation.

Where do you plan to go for your 1st overseas holiday destination once the borders are opened?
Taiwan. I plan to go back to meet my friends and explore the rest of the island, especially the Kavalan and Nantou Distilleries.

What is the 1 thing you cannot live without?
Family. No matter how tough life hits you, they'll be the ones to unconditionally back you up. "Blood is thicker than water"

Would you prefer to have Nasi Lemak or Satay?
Satay - the best Malaysian Food!

What Rebuilding Humanity project that you would like to work on next?
None at the moment.

What are your daily rituals that keeps you zen?
Goodnight sleep and a hearty meal.

What is the 1 most fun childhood memory you have?
To cycle in my neighbourhood. Once, I was randomly chased by a stray dog when I was cycling, that was a pretty memorable event.

What was the worst advice given to you whilst growing up?
Go Big or Go Home. Though I've never really gone 'all-in' without a contingency plan.

What is the one thing about yourself people don’t know about?
I'm a self-taught home-bartender with Youtube as my master.

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