SME News
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2020-11-02
Mixed reactions to placing ads for foreign workers on portal
PETALING JAYA: The move to get employers to advertise vacancies for foreign workers and expatriates on the national employment portal has drawn support from the country’s largest employers’ group, and thumbs down from small and medium-siz...
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2020-11-01
Tourism firms seek aid to protect jobs, businesses
Battered tourism players are pinning high hopes on the 2021 Budget to revive the sector's fortunes and help them stay afloat. Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta) president Datuk Tan Kok Liang said the tourism industry would...
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2020-11-01
E-commerce platforms hope government will continue working with them
KUALA LUMPUR: Shopee has proposed that the Finance Ministry and Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation continue with the Economic Recovery Plan (Penjana) involving e-commerce platforms by factoring it in the 2021 Budget. The government's efforts...
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2020-11-01
Budget 2021: EPF Account 1 withdrawal, targeted moratorium among Umno’s proposals
PUTRAJAYA, Nov 1 — Allowing Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contributors to withdraw savings from Account 1 and providing a targeted loan moratorium extension are among recommendations submitted by Umno to Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengk...
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2020-11-01
Finance minister: Budget 2021 is actually Malaysia’s ‘fifth budget’ this year due to Covid-19
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 — While the government budget is usually an annual affair, Budget 2021 which is due to be tabled in Parliament next Friday is actually akin to being the fifth budget for Malaysia this year, Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku...