SDEC AND SHOPEE ANNOUNCE COLLABORATION ON SARAWAK DIGITAL MALL CAMPAIGN

Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation Berhad (SDEC), together with the Sarawak Economic Planning Unit (EPU) will collaborate with e-commerce platform Shopee to kickstart ‘Sarawak Digital Mall’ campaign, with the objective to provide a sales boost to Sarawakian sellers on the platform. This partnership will benefit tens of thousands of new and existing merchants on the platform by offering incentives such as discount and free shipping vouchers worth RM1mil to the participating merchants.

SDEC is a government-owned agency mandated to implement the Sarawak Digital Economy initiatives. Among its stakeholder segments is Digital Business, where digitalisation of Sarawakian entrepreneurs is the key focus. 

 

“It is important for entrepreneurs to start taking their businesses online. In this age of technology, everyone prefers to do things through mobile phones or computers. By embracing digitalisation, it opens up bigger opportunities to these sellers,” said SDEC Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Sudarnoto Osman.

He also highlighted that this collaboration would encourage digital adoption among Sarawakian SMEs which is a significant move especially in a time where the rising COVID-19 cases in the region has rendered almost every industry to a physical halt.

Sudarnoto added that while Sarawak is a state with rich culture and heritage, many of the state’s local products are not yet widely known due to its lack of exposure and accessibility.

“With the discount vouchers provided in this campaign, Sarawakian merchants will be able to sell their local products at a more competitive value within the wider Malaysian and regional market, without the significant shipping fee as a barrier,” he said.

On the same note, Shopee will also be helping to onboard many more local sellers as well as providing entrepreneurial courses through Shopee University, a free online training workshop available in Bahasa Malaysia, English and Chinese. The courses are tailored to assist participating local merchants on their digitalisation journey with the Sarawak Digital Mall campaign.

Meanwhile, Shopee Regional Managing Director Ian Ho said, “We are always striving to empower small businesses, especially those who lack access to tech platforms and the potential they could harness just by going online. By teaming up with the Sarawak state government, we are erasing the geographical boundaries between these sellers and customers, allowing access to even those in the Peninsular to goods such as bario rice, gula apong, salted terubuk fish and many more, as we see through on our

mission to make e-commerce for all. We also understand that Sarawakians who are unable to go home miss Sarawak and its rich cuisine. They can take advantage of vouchers that SDEC is providing and Shopee will add on to the assistance with free shipping especially during this 6.6 Awesome Sale. This will also help give the participating local sellers a boost in their sales."

For more information on the Sarawak Digital Mall on Shopee, please visit https://shopee.com.my/m/sarawak

GUARDIAN GIVES BACK TO SOCIETY DURING FESTIVE SEASON

Guardian Malaysia recently organised several charity programmes to bring some
cheer to the unfortunate during this year-end festive season.

Jennifer Wong, Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs and Event, Guardian Health And
Beauty Sdn Bhd said:

“At Guardian, we always strive to give something back to the society we operate in.
At the end of the year, during the festive and holiday season, when most people are
with their families, some are not so fortunate not to do so. Hence we feel that it is a
very appropriate time to do it.”

Recently Guardian Malaysia treated 55 children from Pertubuhan Kebajikan Anak
Yatim Mary KL, a registered Home with the Welfare Department run with donations
from the public. It is a foster Home for children from poor families, dysfunctional
families, single parents and orphans

The 55 children were given the opportunity to shop for whatever they want at the
recently remodeled Guardian store at Berjaya Times Square and each received
presents including tokidoki cuddly toys.

Karyll Chee, a Guardian’s Face of Healthy Beauty winner was present to spend time
with the children at the Guardian store.

She said she was so happy that Guardian, in this season of giving, had given the
children the opportunity to shop for what they wanted and to experience the
pleasure of shopping.

“Seeing their happy faces really makes me feeling so grateful and blessed with what
I have,” she added.

In Kuching, Sarawak, Guardian had also worked with The Spring shopping mall
Kuching and Bintulu to deliver more than RM9000 worth of daily necessities for
Sarawak’s Children Cancer Society and Extrameal Bintulu. Guardian also visited
some children from Sarawak’s Children Cancer Society who are being treated at
Kuching’s General Hospital where they were given tokidoki plush toys to bring cheer
to them.

Additionally, Guardian customers also personally contributed their own cheer to the
needy by buying products at the Guardian store at The Spring Shopping Mall in
Kuching and Bintulu and dropping them off at the cashier counters to be delivered
to Hope Place Kuching, The Salvation Army and Extrameal Bintulu. This campaign
for The Spring Kuching ended on 18 December while for The Spring Bintulu, it will end
on 20 December 2019. These products will be collected and distributed to these
charity organisations at the end of December 2019.