SME News
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2022-12-27
Border reopening offers hope for Malaysia’s sectoral recovery
MALAYSIA has been in Covid-19 lockdowns for two years, shutting out movements into and out of the country. According to Malaysia’s Institute of Strategic and International Studies analyst Calvin Cheng, the country’s economy ...
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2022-12-27
New minimum wage put off for companies with fewer than 5 workers
PETALING JAYA: The government has postponed the implementation of the RM1,500 minimum wage for companies employing less than five workers. Originally set to be implemented on Jan 1, it will now come into effect on July 1, said human resources mini...
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2022-12-26
Aviation sector to 'fly high' in 2023
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's aviation sector will charge ahead in 2023 after 2022 has shown turnaround signs, according to analysts. They, however, are mixed on whether the sector would see a full recovery or still be a long way from matching the ...
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2022-12-26
Malaysia’s robotics sector can benefit from collaborative ecosystem
PETALING JAYA: Universal Robots (UR), the Danish collaborative robot (cobot) company, urged Malaysia’s robotics industry to leverage its extensive global ecosystem to realise the benefits of strategic collaboration. To facilitate this ecosys...
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2022-12-26
Better to have single agency to handle foreign workers' employment: MCMTC
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Consortium of Mid-Tier Companies (MCMTC) has backed the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers' (FMM) call for a single agency to handle the entire foreign worker employment process to ensure clarity, transparency and g...