MRCA 24th Annual General Meeting

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MRCA 24th Annual General Meeting

MRCA held its 24th Annual General Meeting at the Quill City Mall, Kuala Lumpur, graciously hosted by Quill Group of Companies.

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n compliance with the MCO and relevant SOPs, the AGM, held on April 28th, was conducted in both physical and virtual modes. Ordinary Members were invited to join the physical meeting whilst the Associate and Affiliate Members joined via Zoom. The meeting was attended by 79 members.

MRCA President, Shirley Tay in her opening remarks welcomed the Board of Advisors, Immediate Past President and Honorary Past Presidents, Legal Advisors and Auditor, Excos, Council and Members.

Despite the on-going challenges encountered during her term, she

highlighted that MRCA remained active and has conducted 169 activities over the past 14 months consisting of Zoom meetings and/ or webinar, academy trainings and several relevant activities conducted for the benefit of its members.

She also thanked the Immediate Past President and Honorary Past Presidents for their significant contributions to the growth of MRCA. She strongly believes in serving the Members as MRCA “would not be where we are today without the unwavering support from them, aligned with the tagline ‘powered by YOU, WE serve better’”.

The five focus areas during her tenure are Charity, Collaboration with other Associations and business groups, Direct Engagement with the Government, Media Support, and Formation and Activation of Focus Group Division/Chapter.

Together with the MRCA Branding Education Charity Foundation, MRCA also embarked on several new charity projects. The Single Mother Project and A Good Deed A Week have achieved great results thus far based on the amount of donations collected and disbursed. Due to this, the programmes have been extended to assist the under privileged group that are economically affected by the COVID-19 crisis.

Together with a small group of seven Associations including MRCA, a coalition known as Industries Unite was formed in February this year. To date, more than 100 associations are working collectively to engage with the government effectively. Through this participation, MRCA has been able to proffer to the government relevant suggestions which represent the interest of members and the retail industry relating to, amongst others, Government Incentives, Government Stimulus Packages, Clarity on SOPs, Business Trade Flexibility, Special appeals segmentised into various sectors and Vaccination programme roll out.

With the Past Presidents’ effort and continuous initiative by the MRCA, the Association continues to strive to work closely with the relevant government bodies and agencies bridging for the members.

Media support has been instrumental for the MRCA to be the medium to highlight the latest news and concerns. This year, MRCA also made great progress with the Tamil media apart from the three major media – English, Chinese and Malay. With the aim of catering to the various needs and concerns within the retail industry, several focus groups have also been formed. Contributions from the various divisions of the MRCA Association include Youth, Women Division, Southern Chapter and F & B Division.

Shirley Tay also reiterated her six objectives during her term and added that she is committed to render support to the members to cope with the scourge caused by the pandemic.

PRESIDENT’S OBJECTIVES 2020 TO 2022 TERM

1Networking and Liaison

To facilitate and enhance networking and liaison among members for business development and expansion. Provide a viable platform for members to get connected for mutual benefits.

2Elevate and Uplift Women Entrepreneurs

Assist female entrepreneurs in enhancing their business opportunities by providing the platform for exchanging business ideas. Working together and synergising growth in addition to giving more recognition to women in their role in business and other communities.

3Build Alliance for Members who are in the Food and Beverage Industry

Build a cohesive alliance for members in the Food and Beverage industry for the purposes of networking, cooperation and expansion.

4Educate, Share and Enhance Retail and Business Knowhow and Technology

Assist members to align their businesses to conform to new digital and online development and transformation to increase productivity and market competitiveness.

5Assist in Recoveries

Assist companies where possible to recover from the scourge caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by offering information and connectivity leading to better business integration.

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