SME News
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2021-03-31
Retaining jobs and keeping businesses afloat
KUALA LUMPUR: THE three rounds of the Wage Subsidy Programme have been carefully tailored to meet industrial needs and demands, an economist noted yesterday. Associate Professor Aimi Zulhazmi Abdul Rashid said the Perikatan Nasional government had...
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2021-03-31
Holistic labour market policy framework needed to guide policymakers post-Covid-19 — BNM
KUALA LUMPUR: The government should consider implementing long-term structural reforms, such as a holistic labour market policy framework to guide policymakers in building a robust labour market ecosystem post-Covid-19. BNM said broadly, this fram...
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2021-03-31
Covid-19 hitting digital banks hard
Covid-19 has hit digital-only banks hard, putting them in a more vulnerable position than traditional banks that have been expanding their digital offerings during the pandemic, says S&P Global Ratings. The US-based credit rating agency notes ...
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2021-03-31
PM: Cooperative sector should embrace digitalisation
The cooperative sector should leverage the disruptions brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic by embarking on digitalisation initiatives, said Prime Minister (PM) Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (picture; centre). “The cooperative movement mus...
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2021-03-31
Insight - Shifting the balance from direct to indirect taxes
The current worldwide trend is shifting from direct tax to indirect tax by decreasing direct tax rates and increasing value-added tax (VAT) as well as goods and services tax (GST) rates. According to the International Monetary Fund, more than 160 ...