President of MCBA, Puan Nora Manaf officially launched the MCBA website at the MCBA office on 16.03.2012.
The ceremony was attended by about 30 representatives from member banks and other stakeholders, including developers from Intreek Interactive who helped to design and create the MCBA website. Among those present to witness the launch were EXCO members of MCBA led by Mr. Looi Heong Meng, Executive Vice President and Head of IR, Maybank and a number of HR leaders in the banking community. They were Mr. Lee Voon Seng, Executive Director of UOB, Puan Mazlina Saidi, Head, HR of Hong Leong Bank and Puan Nor Azliza, Head, HR of Deutsche Bank.
Many Heads of Industrial Relations and HR practitioners from the banking industry also turned up at the ceremony to support MCBA in rolling out this particular project which would certainly help further strengthen the existing ties and network among member banks, in particular the HR community.
The ceremony started with a welcoming note by the Executive Director of MCBA, Mr. YY Lam who presented an overview of the functionalities and features of the MCBA website. This was followed by a speech delivered by the President of MCBA, Puan Nora Manaf to mark the official launching of the website. Puan Nora reminded members the importance of “staying in touch with one another” and urged MCBA to hold more gathering of this nature to build network and comradeship. She also called for members to expeditiously start using the MCBA website as an additional tool to achieve this very purpose. “The web contents on a number of industrial relations subjects would serve the educational needs of the members”, she added.
Mr. Felix Edward Wilson, Head of IR, Hong Leong Bank commented, “As a start, the website is superb”.