Date                 : 29 January 2019 (Tuesday)
Time                 : 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Venue               : Clarke Ballroom, Level 6, Le Meridien Hotel, KL

The ASEAN-Japan Women Entrepreneurs’ Linkage Program (AJWELP) Networking Reception 2019 was held in conjunction with the 3rd AJWELP, an event co-organised by the ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) and SME Corp. Malaysia from 27 to 30 January 2019 in Kuala Lumpur to link novice women entrepreneurs with supporting companies, mentors and others. The programme was organised in cooperation with ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (ACCMSME), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs Network (AWEN) and other relevant organisations.

The reception was graced by Yang Amat Berhormat Dato’ Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Dr. Wan Ismail, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia who is also the Minister of Women, Family and Community Development.

Among the distinguished guests who attended the networking reception were Yang Berhormat Datuk Wira Dr. Mohd Hatta Ramli, Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development; Mr. Masataka Fujita, Secretary General, ASEAN-Japan Centre; Datuk Dr. Rose Lena Lazemi, Secretary General, Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development; Ms. Wan Suraya Wan Mohd Radzi, Secretary General, Ministry of Entrepreneur Development; Dato' Sri Syed Hussein Al Habshee, Chairman of SME Corp. Malaysia as well as Mr. Noor Azmi Mat Said, CEO of SME Corp. Malaysia. The event was also attended by Government officials and representatives from embassies and high commissions of ASEAN Member States and Japan in Malaysia. 

YAB Dato’ Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Dr. Wan Ismail, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia graced the 3rd ASEAN-Japan Women Entrepreneurs’ Linkage Program (AJWELP) networking reception. Other distinguished guests who attended the event were YB Datuk Wira Dr. Mohd Hatta Ramli, Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Mr. Masataka Fujita, Secretary General, ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC).

Keynote address by YAB Dato’ Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Dr. Wan Ismail, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia

Presentation of tokens of appreciation to YAB Dato’ Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Dr. Wan Ismail, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia; and between YB Datuk Wira Dr. Mohd Hatta Ramli, Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Mr. Masataka Fujita, Secretary General, ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC).

Certificate awarding ceremony for mentors and supporting companies, independent participants and finalists by YB Datuk Wira Dr. Mohd Hatta Ramli, Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Mr. Masataka Fujita, Secretary General, ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC).

AJWELP 2019 participants with YAB Dato’ Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Dr. Wan Ismail, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.