Kuala Lumpur, 4 January 2021 - Bringing the Christmas spirit of giving last year, Tune Protect Group Berhad (“Tune Protect” or “Company”) fulfilled the wishes of  two Orang Asli communities through its ‘Wish Upon A Christmas Star’ initiative that provided  essential food items to 123 families from two Orang Asli villages in Negeri Sembilan. Collaborating with Majlis Belia Orang Asli Malaysia (“MBOAM”) and Majlis Belia Malaysia (“MBM”), Tune Protect rallied a donation drive among its employees for essential food items for a total of 95 families in Kampung Batu Peti, Rompin, and 28 families in Kampung Jeram Padang, Bahau, both in Negeri Sembilan.  

Tune Protect champions the idea of assisting Orang Asli youth to venture into entrepreneurship to attain financial independence by. Tune Protect organizes bootcamps that teach basic financial knowledge and skills necessary for entrepreneurship and to make a living. However, the Orang Asli communities have not been spared of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and in response to their appeal for assistance, Tune Protect shifted its gears to  contribute the essentials requested during the festive season to lift their spirits and help to see them  through tough times brought on by the pandemic.

Kuala Lumpur, 4 January - Poptron, a lifestyle social commerce platform today announced a USD 1 million funding from a NASDAQ listed company. This strategic investment will enable Poptron to scale its operations and technology toward being a key regional social commerce platform. Poptron is planning to fundraise the remaining USD375,000 on pitchIN - an equity crowdfunding platform in Q1 2021. 

These investments will be used to develop the platform’s version 2.0, expected to be up in January 2021 as well as expand the team and begin operations in Singapore by Q1 2021.

Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad (“Alliance Bank” or the “Bank”) today informs that two employees based at the branch and direct marketing office at its Jalan Ipoh location in Kuala Lumpur, had tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on 28 and 30 December 2020 respectively. The branch employee had also visited the Bank’s Star Boulevard branch on Jalan Yap Kwan Seng. 

The two cases are unrelated. Both employees are currently pending medical treatment at an appointed government hospital. The affected branch employee has been physically absent from office since 25 December 2020, while the other employee was last at the office premises on 28 December 2020.