DATO’ SERI RAMLAN BIN IBRAHIM APPOINTED AS NEW TOURISM MALAYSIA CHAIRMAN

“Through this approach, the Cuti-Cuti Malaysia TV Promo Campaign at RTM will be able to help provide greater exposure to various local products in order to revitalize the country’s tourism industry, thus placing Malaysia as a safe tourist destination to visit,” said Yang Berhormat Dato’ Sri Nancy during the launch.

In line with the launch of the Cuti-Cuti Malaysia TV Promo Campaign, the winners of the Cuti-Cuti at Home Music Video Competition organised by Tourism Malaysia during the Movement Control Order period were also announced. The competition was open to the public through digital platforms from 18 April 2020 to 9 June 2020, and participants were given three category choices in producing short video clips, namely playing musical instruments, singing, or performing sketches.

Apart from being a platform for participants to highlight their talents in various fields, the competition also aimed to spark and boost domestic tourism by opening holiday opportunities to the public through the prizes offered.

“It is the duty of all of us to ensure that Malaysia recovers from this pandemic, with our discipline in adhering to the standard operating procedures (SOPs), wearing face masks, and maintaining social distancing. Let us not take this matter lightly because prevention is indeed better than cure,” advised Yang Berhormat Dato’ Sri Nancy.

DATO’ SERI

RAMLAN BIN

IBRAHIM APPOINTED AS NEW TOURISM

MALAYSIA

CHAIRMAN

Dato’ Seri Ramlan Bin Ibra- the Bilateral Department, the sechim has been appointed as ond-highest post in the Malaysian the Chairman of Malaysia foreign service. In April 2015, Dato’ Tourism Promotion Board effec- Seri Ramlan was appointed as Mative 3rd August 2020. laysia’s Permanent Representative

Dato’ Seri Ramlan entered the to the United Nations in New York. Administrative and Diplomat- In 2017, Dato’ Seri Ramlan was ic Service of Malaysia in 1983. appointed as the Secretary GenerHis first posting was as Second al of Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In Secretary to the Embassy of February 2019, he was appointed Malaysia in Jakarta in 1988. Two as the Member of Election Comyears later, he was reassigned mission of Malaysia until July 2020. to the Embassy of Malaysia in He looks forward to working the Netherlands, but as First closely with the management and Secretary. officers of Tourism Malaysia, the

In 1994, Ramlan returned to Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culthe headquarters and was as- ture, the tourism trade industry signed to the Europe Division. It and the media and to further prowas not long before the Minis- moting Malaysia as a main tourist try sent him on another posting destination in Southeast Asia. - this time as the Chargé d’Affaires ad interim in the Embassy of Malaysia in Zagreb, Croatia. He returned three years later, in 2000, to become the Princi57 pal Assistant Secretary at the Division of South East Asia. The following year, Ramlan was appointed as Deputy High Commissioner to Singapore.

His first posting as Ambassador was to Bosnia Herzegovina, in 2004. In 2009, Ramlan was again appointed Ambassador of Malaysia - this time to the Republic of Korea. His return from Korea in 2013 saw him heading