SME News
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2025-02-05
Palm oil industry urges review of mandatory EPF contributions for foreign workers
KUALA LUMPUR: The two per cent increase in Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) contributions could impose an additional annual cost of RM137 million on employers, particularly impacting small and medium-sized estates in the plantation sector, accordi...
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2025-02-05
Foreign firms should buy 50% local goods to boost economy, says Guan Eng
KUALA LUMPUR: Lim Guan Eng (PH-Bagan) has urged the government to compel foreign companies operating in Malaysia to buy 50% of their essential goods from local businesses to boost the domestic economy. The former finance minister cited the ex...
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2025-02-05
Guan Eng urges tax relief, local procurement rules to shield SMEs, struggling middle class from economic pressures
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng has urged the government to introduce additional tax reliefs and enforce local procurement requirements to ease economic pressures on Malaysia’s struggling middle class and small businesses. ...
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2025-02-05
Malaysian, Uzbek companies must forge new collaborations - Tengku Zafrul
KUALA LUMPUR:All Uzbek and Malaysian companies are urged to forge new collaborations to reap the synergistic opportunities offered by both countries, said Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz. ...
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2025-02-05
ASEAN 2025 Chairmanship: Programmes To Benefit All Levels Of Society – Foreign Ministry
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 (Bernama) -- Various programmes have been planned for all segments of society, including rural communities, persons with disabilities, senior citizens and children, throughout Malaysia’s ASEAN chairmanship this year, accordi...

