SME News
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2020-04-22
Zafrul: RM2.7b loans approved for SMEs
KUALA LUMPUR: Loans totalling RM2.7 billion have been approved for more than 5,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) up to April 15 under three easy financing facilities for SMEs administered by Bank Negara, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri ...
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2020-04-22
Businesses want clear SOP on operations post-MCO, says trade group
KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 — A majority of businesses want the federal government to list a set of clear and transparent Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) that would be consistently enforced and interpreted post-movement control order (MCO), the ...
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2020-04-22
Businesses worry about incurring extra health prevention costs post-MCO, says trade group
KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 — Incurring additional health prevention costs is the main concern shared by businesses complying with new standard operating procedures (SOP) in the post-movement control order (MCO) period, a survey by the Associated Ch...
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2020-04-22
Unemployment could hit 13%, says MEF
PETALING JAYA: The unemployment rate in Malaysia is a ticking time bomb as a result of the coronavirus (Covid-19) aftermath. If not nipped in the bud, the country could be seeing an all-time high unemployment figure, higher than both the 1998 Asia...
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2020-04-22
Call for MCO exit strategy to facilitate business ops
KUALA LUMPUR: Amid the third phase of the movement control order (MCO), the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM) has urged the government to prepare an exit strategy from the MCO to facilitate business operations....